语法填空 (共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5分, 满分 15分) (答在答题纸上)
There was a boy who was excellent at his study except for his poor handwriting . One day he made up _____ mind to improve it . With the strong will , he made use of old newspapers to write on to reduce his family’s burden. _____ time went on , he found that little progress was made ______ he had practised a lot , which made him quite upset .
_______( disappoint) , he turned to his teacher for help . After hearing his story , the teacher _____ (advise ) him to use the best paper rather than the old newspapers. Much to his puzzle as well as delight , by following his teacher’s ____(suggest), he did make it . The teacher then explained to him , “ the key _____ your success is that you couldn’t take it seriously with so many old newspapers . ______you wrote it well or not didn’t matter at all . Instead , while using the paper , you treasure it because it costs you much . Therefore , you devote yourself to ____(practise) so as not to waste the best paper and the money. “
So do you treasure everyday by leading _____ meaningful life or do you regard your daily life just as “ the old newspapers “ ?
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Friendship is a kind of treasure in our lives. It is actually like a bottle of wine, the longer it (keep), the sweeter it will be. It is also like a cup of tea. When we are thirsty, it will be our best (choose), but when we have enough time to enjoy ourselves, it is also the most fragrant drink.
, in this fast-developing modern society, the reality is not that. More and more people forget (enjoy) the beauty of life and the beauty of friendship; they work hard in order to gain a (high) position in the society and to earn more money for their work. Of course, we don't deny that is important to find a better place in our lives, but we wish more and more people could pay a little more attention themselves and their friends. All of us have to spare some time for personal lives. We have to find the chance to express our emotion and love. When (stay) with our friends, we can release ourselves (complete). We can do whatever we want, we can laugh together, talk together, and even cry together. I should say that being together with our best friends is the most wonderful moment of our lives.
As we know, we would feel lonely if we didn't even have a friend, but it doesn't mean we could depend on our friends all the time. There is famous motto saying that “a friend is like a quilt with cotton wadding, but the real thing that keeps you warm is your own temperature.”
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Questioning can lead to _______(search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to ______ what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years ago, our teacher _____(offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody _______ I doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I _______(careful) analyzed the problem and tries to work ____ out in a different way. Half an hour _______, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my _______(depend) thinking.
From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as ________ bridge that helps us to seek the ______(true).
Body and Food
Our body, which has close relations with the food that we eat our daily life, is the most important thing that we own, so our body (need) proper treatment and proper nourishment (营养).
The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is not as silly as some people think. The body needs fruit vegetables, such as apples, pears, banana, carrots and cabbages, because they contain vitamin C, is very necessary and important to us all. It’s clear that a lack of vitamin C can make people ill and weak easily.
In order to get enough needed vitamins, many people take extra vitamins in pill form,(believe) that these will make them(health). But a good diet is made up of nourishing food and this gives all the vitamins that we need. The body doesn’t need or use extra vitamins, so why waste money on them?
Nowadays many people are too busy to bother about eating properly. They throw anything into their (stomach), eating something carelessly and (hurry). The list of illnesses (cause)or made worse by bad eating habits is frightening. It is high time we should realize the importance of having a good diet. If not, it is impossible for (we) to keep fit and strong.
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Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai whitecollar workers have received native Englishspeaking___(nation) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.
It is usually free for a foreign student to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take___the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain member of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her____(limit) English. “I never knew what to say to an Englishspeaking person,” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but____has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw____advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, U.S.) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a____(manage). She stays in Li's apartment for free,____has to teach Li oral English for an hour every day. “She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess____each other meant through gestures,” said Li.
Two months later, they could talk to each other___gesticulating. Now, Li can communicate with any Englishspeaking person freely. About 100 Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure__(rise). However, foreign boarding students can not only help improve oral English, but examination skills.
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It was a busy day at the grocery store and the old couples were in line behind me with birthday balloons.
They were chatting together about their rush to get ready for the party. From they said, I knew their nephew had a twin and something bad happened to the baby at birth. Though they did all they could (help) them but times were still tough for them.
They seemed to be too nervous and were too (anxiety) to leave, so I asked they wanted to go ahead of me or not. They didn’t understand what I (mean) at first. After knowing it, they were very appreciative. But they stood behind me.
At that time I knew it had to be a significant day to them. Nothing could be (good) if someone offered to help them. So I told the cashier to add the balloons to my purchases. The old couples refused at first I insisted. I said, “You tell your sweet nephew that there are always nice people who want to give them hand in this world.” They thanked me over and over and the cashier got teary-eyed, (say) there was an angel in her line today.
That little act of (kind) made everyone who saw it feel good—but it made me feel the best of all!
How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It’s useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings.”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away .”also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudesthe content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits----keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit bywrite) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What’s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I ( conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
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Once a farmer's donkey (驴) fell into a deep well. The animal cried loudly for hours, but the farmer couldn't figure out how to deal________it. Finally, he decided that the animal was old and that the well needed to be covered anyway, so he ________ (think) the donkey wasn't worth saving. Then, he invited some of his neighbors to come over and help ________ . They all took a shovel (铁铲) and began to put dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried________ (sad). Then, to everyone's surprise, the donkey became quiet. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down into the well and was astonished at ________ he saw.
Each shovel of dirt hit its back, but the donkey was doing something ________ (amaze). It was shaking the dirt off and taking a step up.________ the neighbors continued to put more dirt on top of the animal, it would shake the dirt off and take one more step up.
Pretty soon everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the edge of ________ well and ran off happily!
When life sometimes ________ (put) dirt on you, the best way of getting out of the well is to shake the dirt off and take a step up. Each of your troubles is a stepping stone. You can get out of die deepest well just ________ never giving up!
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W: ____do you think of the football match we _____(watch) yesterday afternoon?
M: Very _________(excite).The two teams did very well in the match and it was really ____close game.
W: I enjoyed it very much too. I have never seen a more interesting game so far this year.
M: I had expected it to be a wonderful match because of the teams had excellent players.
W: I’m sorry I missed the first part of it..
M: You were late for the match? What for?
W: I was filled with anxiety to see the match and fell my bike on the way. My leg hurt, I had to ride my bike slowly. It took me quite some time before I got to the sports field.
M: I’m sorry (hear) that. Were your legs hurt?
W: Yes, but not very ________(serious).
M: You should have seen a doctor first. How long were you late for the match? What time was it when you got to the sports field?
W: When I got to the sports field, was already three twenty.
M: Three twenty? Oh, you were twenty minutes late for the match. You missed a wonderful part of the match.
W: Yeah. It was really a pity.
Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Koran
Most religions have some kind of holy text on which the religious beliefs are based.For Christians this text is the Holy Bible; for Jews it is the Torah and for Muslims it is the Koran.
Muslims believe that the Koran(consist) of revelations from God to Muhammad during the years 610 to 632 when Muhammad died.These revelations were written down by those were close to him during this time and for several years after his death.They were gathered into the text (know) as the Koran during the years 630 to 650.
The interpretation of the Koran has always been a difficult task, even for Islamic scholars.For example, the meanings of some words are determined by dots above the vowels(元音).In ancient Arabic, however, very often these dots (omit).As a result some letters looked identical.Thus, the meanings of these words depended in many cases the memories of the men who had written them.Early Muslims had to try to get the exact meanings of the words these people died and it was too late.
Unlike the Bible, in which the events are provided in time order, there is no reference tothings occurred in the Koran.In any case, unlike the Bible, most the suras - sections - are composed of orders and warnings.Unlike in the Bible, there are very few stories in the Koran.
Muslims believe that by (recite) the book, they create a holy atmosphere, and there are many Muslims who have learned the Koran by heart.
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For certain reasons I (stay) with relatives currently, and in their living room sits a piano which is my favourite musical instrument.
As child I started learning to play the piano but soon decided to stop so that I could concentrate more my studies. This is one of my biggest regrets. Every year I would say, “I’m going back to it soon” but I never managed to. Some years later, my teacher had taught me to play the piano died. I was heartbroken.
(sit) sat their piano, I think of the times when I used to practice. One time my teacher hugged me after I played an entire sheet of music (correct) in front of her colleagues. I was so (embarrass) but her efforts to comfort me helped in easing the shame. These occurrences, good or bad, never decrease my desire (play) the piano. I still want to make music.
This (think) then leads me to think that life is like music. Sometimes the music (produce) is perfect while other times we are out of tune. However, we all coutinue to create our own unique style of music.
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Some people live in the world for body others for dignity (尊严).
I once took a walk along the street on a Saturday dusk, with Pepsi can in my hand. An old woman in ragged clothes, who was living on collecting used cans and tins, moved slowly towards me, with a bag on the back. (walk) nearer, she looked up at me and then fixed her eyes my can. At that time, I hadn’t finished my cola, I gave several coins instead.
She stared at me for a few seconds and handed back the money. Quite (confuse), I asked, “Why not? Isn’t that what you want?”
“I am not a beggar,” she said seriously, word by word. Instantly, I felt so sorry. I (intend) to help her, but I (complete) misunderstood her. Thus I hurt her. I could do at that moment was to drink up the cola and hand her the emptied can. This time, she gave me a smile with (satisfy) and gratitude in her eyes. The woman is poor in material life but is so respectable as a person. I am not only moved but also have learned a good lesson.
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Styrofoam is a plastic with a bad reputation.
It cannot be recycled without releasing(释放) dangerous (pollute)into the air. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (say) it is the fifth largest creator of dangerous waste.
Scientists from the U.S. and China have discovered that mealworms can digest plastic. One mealworm can digest a pill-sized amount of plastic a day.
Study co-author Wei-Min Wu says that in 24 hours, the plastic (turn) into carbon dioxide.
Are the worms hurt by (eat)plastic? The study found that worms eating Styrofoam were as (health)as worms eating bran(糠).
Styrofoam is a light-weight material, about 95 percent air, with very good insulation properties(绝缘性), according to Earthsource.org. It is used in products from (cup) that keep your drinks hot or cold to packaging material protects items during shipping.
“Solving problem of plastic pollution is important. Landfill space is becoming limited.”says Wu, a Stanford University environmental engineering instructor.
About 33-million tons of plastic are thrown away in the United States every year. Plastic plates, cups and containers take 25 percent to 30 percent of space in America's landfills. One Styrofoam cup takes more than 1 million years (recycle) in a landfill, according to Cleveland State University.
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Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car ________ (steal). They filed a report ________the police station and a detective drove them back _______ the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their __________ (amaze), the car had been returned ________ there was a note in it that said: "I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the ____________ as soon as possible. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets __________ tonight's Rowan Atkinson concert."
Their faith in humanity restored(恢复). The couple attended_________ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house_______(be) ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ________ note: "I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?"
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A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. ______ sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold. There was nothing but gold,” answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears and was _____ great surprise. Then he began to think about _____to get the money. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man ______(lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.
The young man took _____ big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur(毛皮)coat was under the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out, ______ in vain(白费). At last he took off his coat, ____(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat.
Worried but ______(delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place _____ he thought the old man couldn’t find him. He stopped and quickly opened the bag but he just found a great many of small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station ____(hurry) only to find that the old man was gone.