阅读下列各小题, 根据括号内的汉语提示, 用句末括号里的英语单词完成句子。Knowing table manners will help you ____________________________ (给别人一个好印象) if you go to a formal Western dinner party. (impression)
It was difficult to save the palaces and buildings ______________________________ (而不破坏它们原来的美). (without, destroy)
In Sydney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals, ______________________________ (列所有参赛国的第三). (rank, compete)
As we all know, __________________________________________________ (奥运会每四年举办一次). (hold)
According to Wang Mei, her cellphone helps her ____________________________________ (想做什么就做什么). (whatever)
Having a cellphone also helps us feel safer, since we can call for help ____________________ (如果发生紧急情况). (case)
Steve Jones is an environmental expert who tries to __________________________________ (保护动植物免遭濒危). (keep, endanger)
___________________________________ (对我来说没有什么区别) which side wins or loses.
The blues comes from African songs ______________________________ (人们过去常常唱的) when they worked and during festivals. (used)
The house where Elvis Presley once lived _________________________________________ (已被变成了一座博物馆) and is visited by thousands of people every year. (turn)
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 36 at my face, but I pushed them 37 . My mom believed I would learn 38 I was ready. But the 39 never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 40 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 41 me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some 42 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 43 .
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I 44 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish 45 surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fishman. But he 46 my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased 47 their impatience. With every 48 , the breath of the dragons（龙）on my back grew stronger---my blood boiling--- 49 me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu， please.” “ Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned 50 and I ran back home 51 ,expect for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at 52 Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace（丢脸）to the language.
Sometimes , I laugh at my fish 53 , but , in the end .the joke is on 54 . Every laugh is a culture 55 ; every laugh is my heritage （传统）fading away.
36. A. custom B. games C .characters . D. language
37. A. ahead B. around C. along D. aside
38. A. when B. before C. unless D. until
39. A. success B. study C. time D. attempt
40. A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare
41. A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after
42. A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time
43. A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation
44. A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept
45. A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market
46. A. guessed B. forgot C. doubted D. ignored
47. A. by B. as C. with D. from
48. A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement
49. A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading
50. A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red
51. A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted
52. A. service B. home C. risk D. root
53. A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident
54. A. it B. us C. me D. them
55. A. thrown B. lost C. divided D. reflected
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing ___50___.
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, ___51___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. ___52___ several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___53___ some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in ___54___ to your evolving purpose, or to include ___55___ ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___56___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___57___. topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows ___58___. Always make time to become your own ___59___and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___60___ new ideas.
Revising involves ___61___ the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose ___62___ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the ___63___ that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___64___ details that may confuse readers?
50. A. technique B . style C . process D . career
51. A. in particular B . as a result C . for example D . in other words
52. A. undergone B . skipped C . rejected D . replaced
53. A. rewrote B . released C . recorded D . reserved
54. A. addition B . response C . opposition D . contrast
55. A. fixed B . ambitious C . familiar D . fresh
56. A. However B . Moreover C . Instead D . Therefore
57. A. discuss B . switch C . exhaust D . cover
58. A. drafting B . rearranging C . performing D . training
59. A. director B . master C . audience D . visitor
60. A. personal B . valuable C . basic D . delicate
61. A. mixing B . weakening C . maintaining D . assessing
62. A. amazing B . bright C . unique D . clear
63. A. angles B . evidence C . information D . hints
64. A. unnecessary B . uninteresting C . concrete D . final
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
E atmosphere G. matched H. reducing I. carried J. increase |
Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America. The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide in the ___41___.
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater. Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be ___42___ to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region. The growth may also be influenced by the significant ___43___ in atmospheric CO2, he said.
"We made a list of reasons these forests could be growing faster and then excluded half of them," Dr. Parker said. Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in ___44___ the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate.
Dr. Parker and his colleagues have ___45___ out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) ___46___ basis since 1987. They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing ___47___ tons of wood each year.
The scientists ___48___ the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate. More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had ___49___ from estimates of the long-term rates of growth.
It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __36___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __37___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __38_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __39___ —so I thought. I waited baskstage all __40__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __41__ that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __42___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an __43__ move. I was concentrating so much __44___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look __45__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __46__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___47___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___48___.” I did my best to follow her ___49___ as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my __50___ for the evening. I ___51___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __52__ me down.
Recently I realized I had been a __53__ that night. I was ___54___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __55___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
36. A. filled B. visited C. attended D. decorated
37. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention
38. A. take over B. show off C . look after D. give up
39. A. reasonable B. suitable C . obvious D . perfect
40. A. dressed up B. folded up C. covered up D. mixed up
41. A. suggested B. explained C. announced D. predicted
42. A. music B . audience C . curtain D . stage
43. A. easy B . active C . adventurous D. extra
44. A. containing B . hiding C . sharing D . keeping
45. A. why B . whether C . where D . what
46. A. wandered B. slipped C . waved D . skipped
47. A. blood B . pleasure C . pride D . tear
48. A. leave B . cheer C . believe D . notice
49. A. gesture B . example C . advice D . plan
50. A. doubts B . hopes C . voice D . patience
51. A. argued B . shouted C . begged D . sobbed
52. A. turn B . calm C . let D . put
53. A. star B . pioneer C . loser D . fool
54. A. satisfied B . moved C . embarrassed D. confused
55. A. However B . Instead C . In total D . in return
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __36_, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so __37__.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __38__ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move __39__ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __40__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __41__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need __42__. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You __43__ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers __44__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __45__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __46__ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __47__ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __48__ in time.”
The __49__ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __50__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __51__ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __52__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __53__ just above the ground. As the car __54__ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __55__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
36 A However B Besides C Therefore D Otherwise
37 A brave B excited C curious D stubborn
38 A fell B seemed C proved D grew
39 A aside B around C forward D backward
40 A arrived B stopped C stayed D started
41 A gathered B existed C dropped D moved
42 A help B gas C rest D water
43 A necessarily B normally C basically D certainly
44 A if B until C unless D as
45 A drive B walk C follow D march
46 A address B signs C notices D guidance
47 A doubt B room C time D way
48 A have it B get it C make it D finish it
49 A door B window C headlight D wheel
50 A passed B rushed C turned D continued
51 A strange B sensitive C imaginable D horrible
52 A developed B appeared C spread D faded
53 A rolling B floating C drawing D flashing
54 A pointed B returned C broke D rose
55 A tune B voice C sound D tone
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