Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文)
Have you ever been to a desert? A desert is a place full of sand.
Death Valley is one of the most ______ deserts in the United States. It covers a wide area with its bright sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water lake, is about 280 feet below sea level and the ______ place in the United Sates.
Long ago the Indians there called this place “Tomesha”. It means the land of fire. Death Valley’s name now dates back to 1849. At that time a group of miners came across the desert from Nevada, but they became _______ in this desert. They were hungry and thirsty. Their journey was certainly a sad story.
Today Death Valley is made a National Monument and people can cross it along several well-marked roads. They can _______ water and drinks in the roadside bars when thirsty, and they can have meals in the restaurants, too. Luckily with so many people traveling and living there, this desert’s special beauty has not been ruined.
Here you’ll have a lot of surprises. It is ________ like what you can see on the moon. The sight changes as the wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most unusual and surprising _______ of Death Valley is Devils Golf Course(魔鬼的高尔夫球场). If one goes there, it seems you are in some terrible dreams. Sand sculptures stand on a ________ ground, and their long shadows moves in the darkness of the night.
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完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
My classmates and I went to Dalian for vacation. First , we went to the beach . We had great fun ____ in the water. Then we went shopping. We _____ lots of interesting things.
The next day, it rained , so we went to a museum. It was _____. I_____ a little boy crying in the corner. He was lost and I helped him _____ his father. That made me ___ very____. I ____ have enough money for a taxi, so I____ back to the hotel. I was really _____.
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完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
Once there was an old mall in a town．He always forgot things．So his wife always had to say to him，“Don’t forget this!”One day he went on a long trip(旅行)alone．Before he________ home，his wife said，“Now you have all these_________．They are what you need for your trip．Take care of your things during the trip．”He went to the station，bought a ticket and ________ the train with it．
_______ haft an hour later，the conductor began to check the tickets，He came to the old man and said，“Will you please __________ me your ticket?”The old marl looked for his ticket in all his pockets，but he could not find __________．He was very worried．“I can’t find my ticket．I realty bought a ticket _________ I got on the train，”said the old man．
“I believe(相信)you have bought a ticket．All right，you don’t have to buy _________ one，”said the conductor kindly．“But how can I know _______I'm going? I can’t remember my station!，the old man said sadly．
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完形填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Friends are very important in people’s lives. Some friends have views（观点）and interests, and like the same things. Should friends be different same? In my opinion, I don’t care. I have two best friends, Wang Lei and Lin Ying. Wang Lei like me. I am than most of the students in my class, and Wang Lei is also quiet. And we both enjoy . On weekends, we often go to the library to do some reading. But the other friend of mine, Lin Ying, is different from me. She is much more outgoing, and she likes and often makes me laugh. She also likes , so she is stronger. I don’t think differences are important in a . What’s your opinion?
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It was the last day of the examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building , a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin soon. This was their exam---then on to graduation and jobs. On their faces was . With four years’ hard study in the college, they felt and able to take it. The coming exam, they knew, would be an one, as the professor(教授) had said they could bring_____ books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not from each other during the exam.
they walked into the classroom. The professor gave the papers. And the students found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed, the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. The professor looked at the faces before him, and then asked: “How many all five questions?” ,No hand was . “How many answered four?” Still no hand. “Three? Two?” Still no one. “One, then?” But the class silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ”, he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are still many things you don’t know.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all this course, but remember----even though you are now college graduates, your education has just . ”
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If you meet Walker Smith, a 2-year-old boy from Coral Gables, Florida, the ___ thing he will ask you is what kind of car you drive. Walker has been interested in ___ for more than a year, ever _____ the day his father, a car fan, brought home a single matchbox car for him. “He started to ____ cars from his father, and within a week _____ two, he could name many cars on the road,” Walker’s mother Lynley Smith said.
Walker’s father often brings home magazines____ cars. Lynley said, “So Walker and his father would try to find cars _____in the magazines we and our friends drove. So they’d find a Saturn and my husband would say ‘This is the car ______ mommy drives !’ and then they’d look for Saab and say ‘This is daddy’s !’ Before we knew it, he pointed _____our kinds of cars out on the road.”
So now he knows every car you can ___,” said Lynley, “including some super fancy cars that you ____ see on the road,” such as Aston Martins and Lamborghinis. “We’re so ___ to have such a clever baby. Walker can now identify the cars he sees on the road though his ___ isn’t always right “He’s not _____ at ‘r’s, so for example when he sees a Porsche, he calls it a ‘Posh’. And when he sees a Ford, he’ll call it ‘fod’,” said Lynley. When you ask him what he wants to be when he ____, he will say “Of course a car businessman”. This must be his dream job.
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