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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Have you complained your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.
An ass (驴), (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a petition (请求) to God, to be released from his present service and provided with master. After warning him he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had (heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he (fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner, will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”
We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not (like) to find happiness in another.
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Once upon a time, a poor traveler stopped under a tree. From his bag he took out a bowl of _______ (boil) rice and started to eat. Nearby was a small shop,______ a woman was selling fried fish to travelers able to pay for it. When the man finished eating and got up to leave, she shouted, “You have not paid me for your meal!”
“But I ordered ______ from you!” he said.
“______ everyone sees, you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice,” argued the woman. “If you hadn’t smelt the fish, your meal would not have been so_______ (please)!”
Soon a crowd gathered,_______ supported the traveler, but also agreed that the wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, ______ (carry) the smell of the fried fish to him.
At last, the woman took him to a judge and after_______ (tell) the judge the story, she insisted that _______ the man had enjoyed her fish smell, he should pay 25 cents. After hearing the evidence, the judge asked the man to drop a 25-cent coin on the ground. “Here is your payment, the sound of 25 cents _______ the smell of the fried fish.”
How do learning habits influence learning results? It’s useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous(say)“Good habits lead to good endings”, which shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” also(show) a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge (include). At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and (attitude) to the content of our learning. (obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits — keeping learning diary every day. We can start the habit by (write)a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind, gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What’s(much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
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Mike: I’d like to buy a computer. Could you please give meadvice?
Rose: Yes, with (please). I’ve got some information about computers. Computers with a P4 work much(fast) than other ones.
Mike : How about computers with a P3 ?
Rose: Oh, very good,they don’t work as fast as P4 computers, yet they are much cheaper. Generally (speak), they can meet people’s very well.
Mike: I think I buy the fastest one I can get. My old computer was out of work lately. It(work) slowly. I’ve got tired of that working speed.
Rose: I don’t think is necessary for you to buy the fastest one. It would be a waste of money. A P3 computer is ( probable) good enough for you.
Mike: Thank you for your advice. Can you help me choose one?
SECTION C (共8小题;每小题 1.5分,满分12分)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
In most colleges and universities the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently,side effects are also enormous.
To begin, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. No subjects can be taught successfully merely through being approached with intent to take examinations. In addition, the most undesirable effect isexaminations encourage bad study habits. Asexamination score is the only criterion for his academic performance, a student is driven to memorize mechanically ratherto think creatively.
In fact, fewus admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development. If that is the case,cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations?
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Nowadays,the ice bucket challenge is among the (hot)news of a11.It is an activity(hold)by an American charity organization.It not only helps the sick people to get the money to heal their disease,but also makes moie and more people aware the disease,so that they can give more care to the patients,
Ice bucket challenge is like the epidemic(流行病),becomes popular around the world very (quick).The starter holds the activity,(hope)people can experience the ALS patients’pain.In the activity,people need to pour the ice water down from their heads,and then propose another three people.They can either choose to accept the challenge donate 100 dollars,or do the both.
The ALS makes people’s muscles become hard.It is hard for the patients to move.Stephen Hocking is one of the (suffer).Ice bucket challenge is great success.Until now,a big donation (receive).
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It was a burning-hot,summer’s day and I was longing to go swimming at the local pool.Instead,I was riding in back seat of the car as my parents drove to a friend’s house.They were going to lend a hand to a church work camp(repair)her roof and porch.
The work camp was (main)made up of teenagers had given up part of their summer vacation to help others. an eight-year-old boy,I (spend)most of that afternoon sitting in the shade while they sweated in the sunshine.They were cutting boards and hammering them in place.They were pulling out rotted tiles(瓦片)and nailing in new (one).They were doing it all with an energy of joy.
Finally our friend called me into the house (help)her pay them with the two things she could afford:sweet tea and smiles.By the end of the day the three gallons of tea were gone.The workers were out of nails and paint,but the job was (do).There was one thing left,however.It was the one thing that you never run out of.It was Love.I went home with a heart full of it and was (happy)than any day at the pool could have made me.
Two weeks before Christmas,two little girls were walking down the street hey saw old Harry,who was on his knees pulling weeds from around a tree. He wore a pair of worn gloves.His fingers were sticking out the ends,blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him.
Harry told them he (get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother,who had died several years before.“My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees,so I do this for her every Christmas."
His -words touched the girls and soon they(join) him,pulling weeds. When they finished,Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands.“I wish I could pay you more,but that's all rve got right now,”he said.
The girls had often passed his house,and they remembered that it had always been poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight.
As they walked on,the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of (guilty).The next day she called her friends.they agreed to put their coins in a jar marked“Harry's Christmas Gift".Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more.Every coin they earned went into the jar.
Finally,they had enough (buy)new gloves. Christmas Eve found them on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With(tremble)hands,he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again feltlove of others as the girls reached out to him.
.M: Excuse me, Madame. Could you tell me where I can stay in this town, please?
W: Of course, it’s my (please).You must be a (strange) here.
M: Yes, I am here for a tour.
W: OK, I see. That’s you are carrying a lot of things .There are lots of hotels, but they tend to be (fair) expensive. And then there(be) bed and breakfast places, which are much cheaper. And you can find out about them through looking in the paper, or just walking around the streets. They have signs in the window (say) “Bed and Breakfast”.
M: Are there any cheap hotels?
W: Oh, yes, of course.
M: are they like?
W: They are OK. All you get is a bed, but they do tend to be very cheap.
M: Do I have to become member?
W: Yes, you do. But it’s very easy to join, and there is an office along the road, you can go and sign on.
M: It’s very kind_ you to tell me so much about it. Thank you very much.
W: You’re welcome.
将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
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I had been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting for the train _(start). Suddenly I heard someone shouting on the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man on duty put out his hand to stop her but she ran past__ and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle _ (blow) and the train started. “I nearly missed it, didn’t I?” the girl said. “How long does it _ to get to London?” “It depends on the engine driver” I said. “Some days it’s much slower than others.” “I’ll have to have my watch (mend), so as not to be late again tomorrow,” she said.
“It’s my first day at work with a new firm today and they told me that the man I’m going to work for is very strict. I haven’t met him yet so I don’t know what he is like,he sounds a bit (frighten).”
She talked about her new jobthe way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. It was only fair to tell her. “Oh, dear,” she said. “a terrible mistake! I wish I had known”. “Never mind,” I said. “At least you’ll know when your train’s late, __(I) will be, too.”
Umbrella is what we easily forget and leave behind in our daily life. When the weather is fine, we certainly don’t think of it; only when it's raining, we’ll carry it purposefully. But as soon as the rain stops, most likely we’ll forget we’ve put it. It has to wait patiently and pitifully for owner to claim it, otherwise it’ll remain alone as a deserted umbrella.
Once I suddenly found my longtime (use) umbrella “disappeared”. I really got lost and regretted quite some time my own carelessness.
Several days later, out of my (expect), I saw it quietly stand in a corner of the house where I worked. I was extremely glad to regain it. Looking carefully at it, though it was so familiar me, I found for the first time its wooden handle (wear)out as a result of repeated rain-wash for years. I sought for it only when I needed it. It occurred to me that I should have paid (much) attention to it.
It sets me thinking. Around us there are always people giving us support in silence just like umbrella that protects us from the rain or any wretched weather. Will gou think of those individuals have helped you get through difficlty when you are leading a comfortable life?
第二节语法 填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
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One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming(宣告)that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowdgather), and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as. ”The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart, was full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several jagged(凹凸不平的)edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges(沟槽)where whole pieces were(miss).
The young man laughed. “Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars. ”“Yes, ”said the old man, “Yours looks perfectI would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person toI have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me oflove we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of his or her heartme. These are the empty gouges. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, (remind)me of the love I have for those people. So now do you seetrue beauty is? ”
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Louis invited his friends to lunch one day. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he (find) that he had run out of salt. So Louis called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Louis said.
Louis’s guests, had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Louis replied, “The only reason why a man would sell sale a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce .”
“But such a small thing couldn’t (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
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There are moments in life you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
When one door of happiness closes, opens, but often we have been looking so long at the closed door we don't see the one which (open) for us already. Don't go for looks; they can deceive(欺骗). Don't go for wealth; that fades away. Go for someone makes you smile because takes only a smile to make a dark day bright. Dream what you want to dream; go you want to go; be what you want to be. The happiest people don't (necessary) have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be (base) on a forgotten past. When you were born, you were crying and everyone you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.