What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making______(predict) is a risky business. But one thing is certain-they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important _______earth’s natural resources run out. We will use lots of_______(recycle) materials, such as plastic, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural_______.We will also have to rely more _______ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future _______ are not certain.
填空 Yesterday I ____ _____ _____ (遭遇) a sandstorm. Deserts are created because people______ ______(砍倒) trees and dig up grass. He_____ ____ ____(放火烧)the houses and hundreds of houses caught fire. _____ _______(浏览) magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster. Trees ______ _____(吸收) carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to ________ ________ ___________(做出更大的努力) . His father died, when he was young, and he was______ ______(抚养) by his mother. _____ ________(平均) there are twenty boys present every day . I _______ ____(以…结束;最终) spending the night at the airport yesterday. That will cost you 1,000 dollars _____ ______(总共).
填空 Paris is the capital and largest city of France,________ (坐落在)on the River Seine. Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most___________(损失). F__________(幸运地), we put all the fires out quite quickly. Confucius is the philosopher whose_______(影响) is the greatest. Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very________ (类似;相似) to those of Confucius. Our teacher often stresses the___________ (重要性) of studying English. You are___________(绝对地;完全地) right. The earthquake in 1956 a________(影响) eight provinces. The_________(以前的) owner of the flat is an old man. Many people were made____________(无家可归的) after the earthquake. The flood hit the city yesterday , __________(造成) three deaths. We must protect____________(环境). We________ (经历) a lot of difficulty in selling our house the other day. s. This river is one of the most p_______ (受到污染的) areas in that region.
Junk food is food that has a lot of calories but few nutrients (营养物质), vitamins and minerals (矿物质). Some food does have nutrients, for example pizza, but because it contains too many calories, it is 48______ called junk food. Fruit and vegetables are the best examples of good food. 49______ contain few calories and many vitamins and minerals. A healthy diet should include a variety of food, most of 50______ should be rich in nutrients. That does not mean that we are never allowed to eat junk food. 51______ of us who love French fries, sweets, ice cream and cheeseburgers can still enjoy an unhealthy bite every now and then. All we have to do 52______ to be careful how often and how much we eat 53______ it. If we make the right choices about 54______ we eat, we will be healthier 55______ have more energy to enjoy the good things in life. A balanced diet combined with exercise is the key to a healthy life.
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. You are mistaken if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen a person from Shanghai try talking to someone 48 Guangzhou? 49 is quite likely that both of them may feel puzzled! The Chinese language, as a whole, uses the same set of character, 50 even the same characters can have different pronunciations. That is 51 it is difficult for people to understand each other. Luckily, the widespread use of Putonghua in China has made a great contribution 52 people’s communication, though people from different areas tend to speak with various accents. People in Northern Europe are 53 luckier. Even though people from Sweden , Denmark and Norway have their own official languages, it is very convenient 54 them to communicate with one another. Do you know why? That is because their languages are quite similar, though not without small distinctions. 55 , they can communicate easily in their mother tongues.