词语运用（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）。
根据句意，用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空（每词或短语只限使用一次）。
| sleep production lie down burn succeed |
Teachers are often compared to ____________ candles.
Bob was too ___________ to see the end of the football match last night.
I’m afraid my attempt(尝试)to make a cake wasn’t very ____________________.
Now factories are trying their best to produce more _____________ for the customers.
Lucy was seriously sick. She ________ when she had the PE class.
My earliest childhood memory was about kindergarten (幼儿园). My father was a doctor, my mother was a teacher. __60__. They had no time to look after my younger sister and me.
When I was five years old, I was sent to a kindergarten with my sister. It was not far from our home. __61__, because I didn't like staying with strangers. I wanted my parents to take me back home, so I cried very loudly there. __62__. She was crying so much that I stopped, because I had to be a big girl. My parents told me to be brave and look after my sister, and I listened to them. In fact, my teachers were very kind to us, they often told stories and taught us to sing and dance. It was very interesting. __63__, so it was a happy memory. 
从下面方框中选出与下列各句中画线部分意思相同或相近，并能替换画线部分的选项。
| A. at home B. around C. is good at D. look alter |
My mother usually goes to work at about 7:30 in the morning,
John is a clever boy. He does well in all the subjects,
Dave' s father was ill two days ago, so he had to take care of him at home.
Last night, Tom was not in. He went to a movie with his friends.
用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。
| research common they fun before compare sudden social same find affect exact |
Worried That People Are Laughing at You?
Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But 1 they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something 2 that one of them said? Or, to be honest with yourself, would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.
Being laughed at is a 3 fear. But a major study published(公布)in 2009 found that this fear is not the 4 around the world, It differs from culture to culture.
Some people in the study said they felt unsure of 5 in social situations and hid their feelings of insecurity (不安全). Others said they avoided (回避) social situations where they had been laughed at 6 .
Shy people often avoid situations that would make them get into close contact (接触) with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make other people laugh at them, It can be truly sad for those who live with the fear of laughter. It can 7 how they lead their lives.
In the study, a team from the University of Zurich led more than ninety 8 from around the world. They wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true fear of being laughed at. Another purpose of the study was 9 the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures. The scientists surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people in forty-two different languages. The 10 would appear in Scientific Humor.
从方框中选择恰当的短语，用其正确形式填空，完成句子。
| turn down be friendly to in fact come from day off |
Koalas are lazy animals and they Australia.
Would you mind the music a little? Mom is sleeping now.
I like different kinds of meat. ，I have beef, mutton, chicken and fish every week.
On our next , we will volunteer our time to visit the old people' s home.
Tony everyone and many people like making friends with him.
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）
| ask, answer, for, and, large, learn, mean, question, why, smile |
Long ago, there lived a learned man in Greece. He was well-known (1) his wide knowledge. And lots of people from all over the country came to (2) things from him. The great man taught his students with all his heart and (3) their questions with great patience.
One day a student (4) him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you have many more questions than we do? But we think we students have a lot more than you.” With a (5), the teacher drew two circles — one is as (6) as a big plate (盘子), and the other smaller.
“Of course, I’ve learned much more. But I don’t think I know all you know. Now, look at these two circles. Inside the big one is my knowledge of things, (7) inside the smaller one yours. Out of the circles is what we don’t know. My circle is larger, so its line is longer. That (8) I have more opportunities to meet with what we don’t know. And that’s (9) I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more (10) you’ll have. You will never learn enough, you know.”
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