When studying in Australia, do not worry about understanding the local language.General English programs are offered to help you English.As a General English at Greenwich College,I will tell you what you can learn from these programs.
I teach English at all levels from to advanced.My classes usually with a fun activity.We play vocabulary and grammar .Sometimes we listen to Australian and decide if we like the lyrics(歌词).After we have all up,we move onto the grammar or vocabulary of the day.We it through writing or speaking.
We on our other skills(reading,writing or listening)in the afternoon,and use these skills to better understand the grammar or vocabulary. ,at the end of the day, we talk about to live and work in Australia.We discuss the problems, how to understand different accents.new words and make new friends.If there are any problems,we help each other, offering advice and .
General English also offers classes to improve your speaking ability.We offer special grammar and conversation classes,as well as a movie club! You can also come with us to the Opera House,the beach,the zoo or even to a museum.
If you feel about using your spoken English,don’t worry! Everyone feels the .So,in General English we have activities that you talking to classmates,excursions(远足)that your confidence,and student parties that help you talk to others.
It's a great way to all you English skills as well as have a fantastic . Maybe I’ll see you in my class soon.
A.test B.grasp C.cover D. teach
A.student B.worker C.teacher D. guide
A.beginners B.1earners C.courses D. subjects
A.deal B.work C.compete D. start
A.toys B.sports C.games D. music
A.songs B.dialogues C.news D. reports
A.turned B.shut C.looked D. warmed
A.catch B.practice C.appreciate D. enjoy
A.depend B.keep C.focus D. base
A.Firstly B.Secondly C.Thirdly D. Finally
A.why B.how C.when D. whether
A.including B.remaining C.deciding D. judging
A.house B.disadvantage C.support D. challenge
A.1istening B.writing C.accent D. reading
A.nervous B.comfortable C.excited D. proud
A.opposite B.fixed C.same D. forced
A.take B.imagine C.get D. remind
A.build B.catch C.appreciate D. draw
A.value B.improve C.instruct D. arrange
A.feeling B.thought C.adventure D. experience
Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is:Is economic globalization for all?
According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.
Those who globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.
Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to and will be crowded out.
One thing is certain about globalization—there is no . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all.
A.possible B.smooth C.good D.easy
A.crime B.poverty C.conflict D.population
A.contributing B.responding C.turning D.owing
A.remain B.drop C.shift D.increase
A.doubt B.define C.advocate D.ignore
A.In addition B.For instance C.In other words D.All in all
A.mature B.new C.local D.foreign
A.finding B.exploring C.bridging D.widening
A.suffered B.profited C.learned D.withdrawn
A.Furthermore B.Therefore C.However D.Otherwise
A.consume B.deliver C.export D.advertise
A.trouble B.business C.power D.mind
A.keep up B.come in C.go around D.help out
A.taking off B.getting along C.holding out D.turning back
A.agreement B.prediction C.outcome D.challenge
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors. Doors many have_ __functions and purposes which lead to ___ _ differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different__ ___ and they had distinct(不同的) functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to_ ____the building. This was new to me, because we use the ___ __ door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also ____ __ to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, ___ _who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on __ _ . In South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I___ ____tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally_ _,and my face went red.
A.different B.important C.practical D.unusual
A.national B.embarrassing C.cultural D.amazing
A.exits B.entrances C.signs D.doors
A.enter B.leave C.open D.close
A.main B.same C.front D.back
A.annoying B.hard C.satisfying D.strange
A.parents B.students C.teachers D.drivers
A.sooner B.later C.faster D.earlier
A.politely B.patiently C.unconsciously D.slowly
A.embarrassed B.annoyed C.unsatisfied D.excited
Anyone who has been a parent knows that raising children is a tough job. It is filled with as many difficult and moments as with moments of joy. Children don’t come with an instruction manual(说明书). And each child is . So parents sometimes feel , not knowing what to do.
But in raising children—as in all of life—what we do is by our culture. Naturally then, American parents teach their children basic American . To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children become . From childhood, each child may get his or her own room. As children grow, they get more to make their own choices. Teenagers choose their own forms of entertainment, as well as the friends to share them with. When they reach young adulthood, they their own jobs and marriage partners. Of course, many young adults seek their parents’ advice and approval for the choice they make. But once they “ the nest ” at around 18 to 21 years old, they want to be on their own, not tied to their mother’s apron strings (围裙带).
The between parents and children in America is very informal. American parents try to treat their children as individuals—not as of themselves. They them to achieve their own dreams . Americans praise and encourage their children to give them the to succeed. When children become adults, their relationship with their parents becomes more like a among equals. But contrary to popular belief, most adult Americans don’t make their parents pay for room and board when they come to visit. Even as adults, they respect and honor their parents.
A.delightful B.meaningful C.hopeful D.painful
A.strange B.different C.new D.similar
A.excited B.frightened C.puzzled D.surprised
A.influenced B.made C.controlled D.changed
A.services B.standards C.languages D.values
A.brave B.active C.independent D.optimistic
A.freedom B.space C.time D.money
A.love B.change C.design D.choose
A.still B.then C.thus D.therefore
A.build B.get C.enter D.leave
A.conversation B.relationship C.competition D.gap
A.friends B.children C.teenagers D.extensions
A.allow B.force C.forbid D.persuade
A.dependence B.trust C.belief D.confidence
A.friendship B.citizenship C.membership D.leadership
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two ______ systems on the whole.
The ______ of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River _____ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own _____. Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture _____ went overseas to Japan, _____ into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same ______.
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was ______ on the Mesopotamian Plain ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known ______ the base of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also ______ waters. When the colonists of England _____ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't _______ from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the difference of the language systems _______ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language (see the picture below) while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, ______ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no ______ from the other.
A.connected B.separate C.ancient D.remote
A.preservation B.development C.resource D.origin
A.if B.until C.while D.as
A.styles B.habits C.ways D.means
A.hurriedly B.slowly C.unfortunately D.suddenly
A.made B.crashed C.mixed D.applied
A.culture B.nation C.influence D.system
A.brought up B.brought out C.brought in D.brought along
A.after B.as C.for D.of
A.crossed B.drunk C.swam D.plunged
A.touched down B.put down C.got down D.settled down
A.evolve B.judge C.distinguish D.rise
A.adds to B.results from C.turns up D.takes over
A.but for B.for all C.due to D.at all
A.relationship B.difference C.interference D.familiarity
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Do you know insurance? Buying insurance is a ________ by which people can protect themselves ________ large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay ________ sums of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only ________ will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes out or the sums of money it has ________.
The first modern fire insurance company was ________ in London, England in 1666. A great fire had just ________ most of the city, and people wanted protection against ________ losses. The first company________ rapidly. Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. He also ________ a new kind of insurance for ________ . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops ________ storms.
In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start ________ new insurance company in America. This company, ________ offered life insurance, collected some money ________ from many different men. ________ a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is ________ in business.
Over the years, people have ________ from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from ________ accidents as car and plane crashes.________, almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two ______ systems on the whole.
The ______ of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated by rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River _____ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own _____. Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture _____ went overseas to Japan, _____ into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same ______.
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was ______ on the Mesopotamian Plain ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known ______ the base of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also ______ waters. When the colonists(殖民者) of England _____ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't _______ from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the difference of the language systems _______ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, ______ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no _____ with the other.
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Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 36 from all other animals. Language is a means of 37 , but it is much more than that. Many animals can 38 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 39 other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 40 things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 41 in the fact that different words can be 42 together in different ways, according to 43 to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can 44 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract 45 , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex 46 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 47 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 48 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 49 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 50 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 51 what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 52 the spoken words, understand the pattern of 53 of the words (sentences), and finally 54 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n) 55 process.
A.apart B.off C.up D.down
A.advertisement B.communication C.discovery D.invention
A.transfer B.move C.convey D.communicate
A.to B.from C.over D.on
A.only B.almost C.even D.just
A.stays B.situates C.hides D.lies
A.stuck B.joined C.rung D.controlled
A.rules B.scales C.laws D.standards
A.combine B.contain C.define D.declare
A.activities B.thoughts C.effects D.chances
A.expectation B.progress C.process D.produce
A.aspects B.abstracts C.angles D.assumptions
A.anybody B.another C.other D.everybody
A.body B.gesture C.written D.spoken
A.growing B.fixing C.beginning D.building
A.put out B.take down C.draw up D.figure out
A.identify B.locate C.reveal D.discover
A.performance B.organization C.design D.show
A.regulate B.justify C.release D.interpret
A.slow B.interesting C.continuous D.serious
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with 26 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客).In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 27 .But what makes blogging different from writing in a(n) 28 diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 29 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 30 that he does not want to 31 with others.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 32 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 33 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 34 I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 35 in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 36 that my sister might read it.
The biggest 37 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 38 about him in my diary, he would never know. 39 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 40 her blog and get angry.
There are also 41 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “ Nobody cares about me”, because no one would 42 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly 43 and tell her how much they 44 her. Blogs help people 45 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.
A.the same B.interesting C.difficult D.daily
A.simple B.special C.similar D.different
A.personal l B.ordinary C.meaningful D.traditional
A.attractive B.public C.exciting D.quick
A.thoughts B.puzzles C.ideas D.secrets
A.tell B.sh4re C.publish D.solve
A.instead of B.as well as C.except for D.besides
A.blog B.diary C.report D.web
A.Although B.Since C.When D.Because
A.only B.already C.still D.never
A.angry B.sad C.glad D.worried
A.problem B.doubt C.question D.mistake
A.boring B.wrong C.mean D.funny
A.So B.However C.Therefore D.Then
A.steal B.break C.write D.read
A.reasons B.wishes C.shortcomings D.advantages
A.care B.know C.think D.ask
A.prepare B.begin C.respond D.feel
A.like B.miss C.need D.stand
A.lose B.stay C.leave D.find
To advertise effectively today, you must abandon the old-school idea of “reaching the masses”. All advertising is local and personal. The key to effective advertising today is to focus on the 45 .
Some are the 46 ways every advertiser could work out. You can print a specific offer of your goods or service on door-hangers and place them on doorknobs in your area. Door-hangers on doorknobs will produce results in direct 47 about the strength of your offer. If you need to reach the drivers, flyer (宣传单) under windshield (挡风玻璃) wipers may have better effect than door-hangers. Imagine, how 48 if you hire someone to be a walking ad or launch a T-shirt advertising, 49 , you can print your products on T-shirts of your 50 . In the early 1970s “Hamp Baker says Drive with Care” was spray-painted on cars, which was a public service ad. Ever since, spray-painted sign has become more and more 51 .
More grand ways are as follows: virtual showroom. Build a website to 52 a virtual showroom. Use it when people call to ask 53 about your company, your products or your services. Also you can even use an old slide projector to put on a nighttime show. They’re 54 effective, and in the long run, cheap. Nothing is quite as powerful as a public 55 that seizes the public’s attention. You can invite a band to give a performance. 56 , you can hire famous models to show it vividly.
Nothing screams “expert” quite as loudly as a book written about a subject. You simply can’t 57 the power of your name on the cover of a book. You might only sell a few copies online, but the copies you give away in your town will make you a fortune. You won’t make money on the book. You’ll make it because of the book.
Of course, word-of-mouth is the best way to promote your 58 . Friends and past customers recommend your products to their family, friends and colleagues. Word-of-mouth works because the 59 is based on previous positive experiences.
A.person B.product C.individual D.style
A.special B.common C.amusing D.normal
A.description B.decision C.discussion D.permission
A.surprising B.funny C.impressive D.amazing
A.that is B.at the same time C.as a result D.on occasion
A.customers B.employers C.consumers D.employees
A.expensive B.usual C.popular D.meaningless
A.refer to B.serve as C.stand for D.use as
A.location B.business-hours C.salary D.details
A.unbelievably B.consequently C.accidentally D.occasionally
A.speech B.sport C.debate D.performance
A.For example B.Moreover C.However D.To be exact
A.create B.guess C.imagine D.think
A.production B.reflection C.consciousness D.business
A.information B.relationship C.pronunciation D.achievement
Are you interested in Korean TV series? If so, you must know Dae Jang Geum (《大长今》). Because of this series, my personal status and living standard have been greatly _____. My girlfriend used to cook every evening. Well, now she does nothing but _____ herself in front of the TV when she’s not ____, and commands me, “You — go to make some instant noodles. Come and watch the play and just imagine we are enjoying Korean _____.”
She also swears to ____ all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum. So she orders me to ____ the TV and record any details of Jang Geum’s cooking. But when she presented her version of Korean food, it is like the dog-meal. “You can ____ get things done if you don’t have the right tools”, my girlfriend blamed her clumsy kitchen performances on ____. So I decided to ____ her a new kitchen knife. In a store, she became unusually ____ when making her selection. She finally picked one that was ____ Jang Geum’s. To prove that her slow knife skill was due to the blunt knives, she ____ her cutting. As a result, she hurt her fingers three times. Fortunately,the knife is not ____ the salesman boasts.
My girlfriend is a fan of Jang Geum’s Korean ____. Not only did she talk about the dress every day, she also threatened to change my tie into a ____ like the one on Jang Geum’s dress. Finally, I lost my patience and took her to a maternity shop (孕妇专卖店) where I recommend ( one suit to her, “Do you think it looks like a Korean dress?” ____, my future parents-in-law just happened to be shopping at the time. They were ____ when they saw what we were doing.
The Dae Jang Geum series __ realizing the ambition of the youth. However, it fails to realize my girlfriend’s. ____ being engaged in her work or study, she simply sits on the sofa every night, staring at the TV, a bag of chips in her hand. This situation has changed little ___ the series is now over.
A.increased B.degraded C.depressed D.raised
A.stand B.lie C.sit D.seat
A.at table B.at work C.on leave D.on business
A.fruit B.vegetables C.dishes D.cakes
A.learn B.eat C.cook D.perform
A.stand by B.stand for C.pass by D.go by
A.hardly B.easily C.difficultly D.carefully
A.her forks B.her spoons C.her knives D.her pans
A.lend B.borrow C.buy D.fetch
A.careless B.modest C.patient D.alert
A.similar to B.better than C.sharper than D.taken from
A.brought down B.speeded up C.slowed down D.improved
A.as fast as B.as sharp as C.as slow as D.as dull as
A.diet style B.dish flavor C.cooking style D.dressing style
A.butterfly knot B.inside pocket C.pretty collar D.long belt
A.Disappointedly B.Fortunately C.Coincidently D.Excitedly
A.pretty shocked B.pretty satisfied C.very pleased D.very puzzled
A.shoots at B.works at C.aims at D.directs at
A.In spite of B.Instead of C.Because of D.In case of
A.only if B.even though C.as if D.so that
Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was 36 in Britain in 1881 to restrict 37 from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions 38 “fair trade” laws to construct构建what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that 39 a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge收费special taxes to protect it from “unfair” 40 .
Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the 41 of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their 42 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their 43 by cutting out the inflated profits虚抬利润of the middlemen on whom they 44 for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products 45 cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and 46 do not have a protectionist motive(动机).
This is how it works: In 47 for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 48 by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark 49 supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than 50 price . Third-world farmers get their income increased, 51 first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven.
The fair-trade movement, 52 in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons 53 to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations, 54 1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very 55 share—typically less than 1%—of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
A.discovered B.founded C.encouraged D.promoted
A.imports B.exports C.output D.trade
A.disobey B.break C.use D.study
A.suspects B.needs C.wants D.advertises
A.agreement B.contract C.game D.competition
A.worries B.minds C.comments D.projects
A.educational B.political C.worthy高尚 D.immediate
A.favour B.benefit C.interest D.produce (n.农产品)
A.depend B.spend C.look D.apply
A.as B.like C.with D.for
A.instead B.otherwise C.therefore D.anyhow
A.fear B.store C.preparation D.exchange
A.secretly B.publicly C.officially D.successfully
A.urges B.enables C.orders D.forces
A.normal B.potential C.lowest D.best
A.when B.while C.as D.but
A.launched B.arranged C.invented D.developed
A.wanted B.refused C.had D.decided
A.telling B.representing C.Choosing D.receiving
A.small B.little C.good D.large
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a 11 that starts in school. The cool kids are good at sports. They are popular with the opposite sex. They are good-looking and people want to 12 their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would not be cool.
The 13 kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright, but they don’t have great 14 skills, not popular with the opposite sex and they are 15 at sports. When they are not programming computers or doing calculus (微积分) , they are watching shows like the “X Files”. They are known as the geeks.
But the geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and 16 your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations. They 17 good degrees, though they might not be too popular at university.
The most important 18 of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks. Geek heroes like Bill Gates 19 others to follow their examples. Being a geek is a way of earning good money. And the creation of the Internet gave them a 20 of their own to work and play in, making them a global force. 21 , the effect of the geeks on popular culture has started a new trend. It is now cool to be 22 . Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you 23 is more important than what you look like.
But there are also 24 . Geeks were often bullied (欺侮) or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your 25 . Perhaps it is time for punishment.
A.time B.division C.group D.part
A.show B.act C.copy D.represent
A.uncool B.unimportant C.clever D.strange
A.personal B.attractive C.experimental D.social
A.tasteless B.careless C.hopeless D.helpless
A.introduce B.bring C.prefer D.add
A.score B.lack C.take D.save
A.discovery B.industry C.progress D.improvement
A.excite B.discourage C.demand D.promise
A.world B.challenge C.chance D.heaven
A.However B.Therefore C.Still D.Besides
A.imaginative B.uncool C.attractive D.cool
A.remember B.understand C.receive D.know
A.dangers B.questions C.possibilities D.wonders
A.secretary B.trainee C.friend D.boss
The first Christmas I spent away from home happened to be in England. At that time, shops in Poland were still ______ bare and decorations didn’t appear in the shop windows until about a week before the actual celebration of Christmas. Therefore, I was _______ to see so many English shops _______ decorated from top to bottom as early as November. I was enchanted(喜悦) and I loved it. By the middle of December, however, it had started to _______ me and when I could hear Christmas carols in every ______ I went to, I started to feel sad and ______. Never mind, I thought, as I was really looking forward to ________ Christmas the English way.
I spent Christmas Eve with an English family. The house was tastefully ______, there was a Christmas tree and roaring fire in the fireplace. My first ________ on that day came when instead of going to church, everybody went to the local pub. Surely, I thought, there can’t be anything ______ about it as they go there every Friday, Saturday and ______ in the middle of the week. So I missed our Polish special moments that happen on Christmas Eve, our traditional supper, breaking the bread and ________ each other only good things.
At first I thought that I ______ spending Christmas the way we do it in Poland but looking back, I know that it was a(n) _______ experience. Now, whenever I happen to spend Christmas in England, the thing I ______ most is the way it differs from the Polish way of celebrating Christmas.
A.pretty B.hardly C.somehow D.unexpectedly
A.excited B.surprised C.pleased D.worried
A.actively B.surprisingly C.strangely D.beautifully
A.displease B.puzzle C.interest D.frighten
A.school B.church C.restaurant D.shop
A.angry B.homesick C.heartbroken D.astonished
A.experiencing B.accepting C.touching D.making
A.built B.celebrated C.decorated D.arranged
A.shock B.story C.sadness D.happiness
A.interesting B.ordinary C.special D.important
A.even B.often C.never D.seldom
A.explaining B.introducing C.wishing D.congratulating
A.regretted B.forgot C.complained D.missed
A.useful B.unforgettable C.unpleasant D.unfortunate
A.experienced B.enjoyed C.hated D.Disagreed
Time is very important in our lives. It our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I a watch from my father, which organized my life and made my more .
It’s round in the center with two silver bands that around my wrist and all of it is made of silver.This tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this on a gray–sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 am to up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house.
, I was late because I was out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 am, I my uncle, but I was very for him. He had the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 pm that day and felt of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Peter, did you have with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, Father, and I am sorry for not picking up my Uncle Ali.” He said, “What you was not very nice and you should be sorry for your .” I was ashamed and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again . I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my .
I learned a very important lesson from my father: to time and never to be late to get someone. This watch is to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
A.appreciate B.organizes C.orders D.supplies
A.important B.similarity C.necessity D.interest
A.confident B.independent C.efficient D.responsible
A.object B.belonging C.matter D.stranger
A.card B.letter C.gift D.thing
A.call B.pick C.put D.bring
A.Otherwise B.Fortunately C.However D.Hopefully
A.going B.hanging C.standing D.leaving
A.forgot B.remembered C.saw D.visited
A.anxious B.nervous C.early D.late
A.reached B.recognized C.left D.found
A.ashamed B.frightened C.disappointed D.shy
A.kind B.happy C.angry D.doubtful
A.pleasure B.fun C.appointment D.quarrels
A.said B.did C.thought D.forgot
A.idea B.words C.actions D.promises
A.wonder B.hope C.requirement D.reminder
A.life B.day C.way D.thought
A.waste B.respect C.neglect D.enjoy
A.useful B.necessary C.different D.important