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German doctors have warned that headbanging(随音乐猛烈摇头晃脑) could be bad for you. Headbanging is a dance from heavy metal music. Dancers shake their heads backwards _____ forwards, from side to side, very _____(quick). Doctors say the dance could lead to brain injury. They once _____(treat) a 50-year-old heavy metal fan. His headbanging led to brain damage. The man had no history of head injuries but had been headbanging for many years. The doctors say the risk of brain damage from headbanging _____(be) low, so heavy metal fans _____ not need to stop doing the dance.
The man had bad headaches _____ going to a concert. He had a brain scan at a hospital. Doctors found bleeding inside his brain. He had an _____ (operate) to repair the damage. Doctors drilled a hole in his brain _____(release) the blood. Two months later, his headaches disappeared. The head doctor said:” We are not against headbanging. The risk of injury is very, very low. If our patient _____ (go) to a classical concert, this would not have happened.” He said heavy metal fans should carry on dancing, ____(say):“ Rock’n’roll will never die. Heavy metal fans should rock on.”
语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分),答案写在答题卡对应的空格中!!
One day, Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere _______ business by air. He liked sitting by the window when he was flying, so when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He found all of them ______(take) except one. There was a soldier _______ (sit) in the seat beside this one. _____ Mr. Robinson’s surprise, the soldier didn’t take the one by the window; but, anyhow, he at once went towards it.
When he reached it, _______, he saw there was a notice on it. It was written in ink and said, “This seat is preserved(保留)for proper load balance(平衡), thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such an ______(usual) notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in it, so he walked on ______(find) an empty seat.
______ the plane took off, two or three people tried to sit in the seat beside the soldier. But they also read the notice and went on. When the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane. The soldier, ____ was watching the passengers coming in, ______(quick) took the notice off the seat beside him and in this way succeeded in having the company(陪伴) of the girl during the whole trip.
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One sentence from the news in Washington has remained in my mind since a trip last summer: “When you see people run againstthe crowd escaping the danger, they are (probable) firefighters, police or journalists.”
I think this is most true for the firefighters. Whenever and wherever (disaster) happen — 9/11 Attacks in New York 14 years ago or the explosion in Tianjin on Wednesday night — it is always the firefighters take the lead to run to the very center, saving lives by (risk) their own. I cried today near the explosion site, not because of the smoke from the ongoing fire because of a short message a firefighter sent to a trusted friend that went viral online. It reads, “If I cannot make it, my father is (you) father; and please remember (sweep) my mother’s tomb.” I was thrilled later to learn that he did make it.
“Everyone knows it’s (danger) to be a firefighter. But he has always liked it and has done it for 12 years,” his father said. “He survived this time, but no one knows what (happen) next time.”
In the distant past, friends relied on each other for their survival. They hunted together and defended each other against ____________(danger) animals and enemies. In those days, if you didn’t have a friend ,you would either starve, be eaten____________ killed. Nowadays, friendship isn’t _____________(exact)a matter of life and death .However. friendship is still of great importance and not having a friend is something to be ____________(concern ) about. Most people look upon a friend as someone they can depend when they are going ______________ times of trouble .In such times, friends provide them with emotional support and sometimes financial help. It is in these troubled times ____________they find out who their true friends are. As an old saying _________________(go),in times of prosperity, friends will be plenty: in times of _______________(suffer), not one in twenty. And there is another saying ____________ says you can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily upside one in an hour. So do your best to get along with and be grateful to all those _______________ are willing to side with you even when you are in the wrong as they are true friends and they are not easily come by.
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Just now,I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel ________ (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus. In fact,more students now come to school________ cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think________ is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone,________also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides,it is nice to enjoy ________ (variety) functions of different
cell-phones.
Others think differently. First,the cell-phone is not________ must in school,as there are some IC phones there,________ (make) it easy to call others. Second, many students often play e-games and send________ (message) with their cell-phones,even in class, which will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more, a large amount of time and money will________ (waste).In my opinion,the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use it________ (free) in school.
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What should you do if you are not able to sleep? The best thing is to try to avoid bad habits.____ you always go to bed and get up at about the same time,this will set a ____ (health)rhythm in your life.Don’t drink caffeine drinks in the evening.Smoking and alcohol can also keep you awake.You may have trouble____ (sleep) if you have a heavy meal just before you go to bed.
You may also find it difficult____ (get)to sleep if you have a problem or something else on your mind.This is ____ you need to relax.As you lie in bed,tense the muscles in your feet and then relax ___.Continue up the body,tensing and relaxing the muscles until you reach the heaD. Start with the feet again if you are still tense.If you ____ (think) about a problem or about something exciting that is going to happen the next day,get up and write about it.That will help to take it off your mind.You can also get up and read,but be sure to choose____ book that is not too difficult.____,you may get so interested that you won’t want to go to sleep even when you feel sleepy.
Sleep welt and have sweet ____ (dream)!
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.