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The question “How are you?” seems simple, but _____ can actually make people feel very strange.
Last month, Alina Simone wrote in The New York Times about the difficulty ________ Russians have with this question. __
_____ same question, in Russian language and culture, is always answered in a negative manner. In Russia, when people are asked “how are you?”, they usually complain _____
___ health, weather or things that __
___ (happen) recently. So when they’re asked “How are you?” in English, they don’t know what to do.
In English-speaking countries, “How are you?” has one standard answer: “Fine, and you?” It is not _______ (actual) about getting information --- it’s a greeting. If a native English-speaking friend really wants to know ____
___is going on in your life, he or she is more likely to ask: “What have you been up to?” or “What’s new?”
But I understand why people are so ______(confuse). When we learn second languages, we have to learn ____
____(rule) for using words. How can you learn them? ____
____(watch) English-language TV shows is a good place to start. If you can, try to make a native English-speaking friend and talk to him or her directly.
M: Michelle D: Drake
D: Michelle, why are you dancing? I thought we had to study for our math test!
M: Oh, hi, Drake! I was doing some exercise just now. I thought you must have been (stick) in the heavy traffic for it was the rush hour. Let me turn the music
.
D: You exercise by (dance)? I thought things like running and bicycling
(consider) exercise.
M: Well, those are other good ways to work out, but I like to dance. It is fun to move around to music, and you can (sure) work up a sweat. Do you like to dance?
D: Yes, I do, I am not a very good dancer. For exercise, I prefer playing soccer. Guess what? I
(play) in a match this time next Saturday.
M: Cool! I know you like to go to the park on the weekend and play soccer. Maybe you should try dancing, and I will try playing soccer.
D: Do you know how to play soccer? is really very easy to learn once you try.
M: I cant play soccer very well, even though I used to play a lot when I was a kid. you teach me some of your soccer moves, I’ll teach you some dance moves! How does that sound?
D: It’s deal. If it weren’t for the math test tomorrow, we could go to the gym right now.
M: Right. No more fun and games. Let me get my notebook.
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As an exchange student, Wei Hua studied in a British high school for one year. She was happy __ the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m and ends about 3.30 p.m.
On the first day, all the new students _ (attend) an assembly in the school hall. Wei Hua sat next to a girl
_ _ name was Diana. .During the assembly, the headmaster told the students that the best way to earn respect was to devote themselves _
_ _ study and achieve high
_ _( grade). As there were different students in some classes, _
_ _ was a struggle for Wei Hua to remember all the faces and names. Although the homework was not as heavy as _
_ _ she used to get in her old school, it was a bit
_ (challenge) for her at first because all the homework was in English. Luckily, all her teachers gave her much
_ _(encourage). To improve her English, Wei Hua used English every day and spent an hour each day _
_ _(read) English books in the library.
In a word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for Wei Hua.
Mark: You don’t know what you’ve done! You just want to enjoy .You don’t care for anybody
.Just yourself.
Betty : are you mad at me? What’s wrong with you?
Mark: What’s wrong with me? I want to know what is wrong with you! Tell me why you took my book away without my (permit)?
Betty: What book? What do you mean?
Mark: Don’t pretend .A moment ago, I (see)you and Jack looking at the Story book I managed to get last week. And now I can’t find
anywhere.
Betty: Oh, that? Sorry, I forgot to tell you that our head teacher (take)it away. She said such books are forbidden all
time in our school.
Mark: What? Mrs. Jones has taken away my favorite book? No, no.
Betty: But it is true. By the , you are required to go to her office and explain why you were absent again this morning.
Mark: Gosh! What shame! What a day!
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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __ (they). Some watch TV__
go to the cinemas. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways_
(spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __ others don’t cost anything at all. Some _
(collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and _ (think) the price was reasonable. _
the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt__
they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __
(extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __
(happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.
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In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled
right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said
(rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins
. "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked
. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long
the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised
what she saw. There,
(place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!
语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing ____
_____ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once __
___ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes ____
______ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of ______remain with them as long as they live.____
__(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many ___
____ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has __
____to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ___
___ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits___
___ will be good for ourselves and others.
He met his wife at a party. At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal .At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee him. She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed. He was too nervous
(say) anything . As a result, she felt so
(comfortable) that she wanted to go home . Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put
in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and
(drink) it . She asked him curiously, “ Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the
(salt) coffee.” She was deeply touched because she thought a man
could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family. After 40 years, he passed away,
(leave) her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. That was
only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar,
I said salt.”
There are moments in life you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug (拥抱) them for real.
When the door of happiness closes, opens, but often we look so long at the closed door
we don’t see the one which has been opened for us.
Don’t go for looks; they can deceive(欺骗).Don’t go for wealth; even that fades(消退)away.Go for someone makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day bright.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be you want to be.
The (happy) of people don’t
(necessary)have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that
(come)along their way.The brightest future will always be based
a forgotten past.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone you was smiling.
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Based on recent researches.distance.1earning is slowly proving as (value)as the traditional campus.based form.It is a fixed truth that this form of learning is
the increase.Moreover, both students and teachers have expressed their
(happy)with these courses.The best part of distance learning courses is their flexible format.Students can continue
(work)and study at the same time without any kind of difficulty.You will
(provide)with the facilities of a virtual(虚拟的)classroom and a virtual campus.Anyone
upgrades their professional knowledge to a new level can apply for these courses.With an online study format,the tests and notes can be
(access)with just a mouse click from your home computer.However, a student
(attend)an online course must take the time management
(serious).Every online student must keep
in mind that proper management of time and study schedule is the key towards success in this format.
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In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly____ one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and _
__(society) changes. Naturally, these changes also __
__(lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters
____(break )away from the traditional style of painting___
__ the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.
The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell___ objects at different times of day. __
__, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as_
___ (detail)as those of earlier painters. At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very __
___(anger) about it. They said that the painters were__
__(care) and their paintings were ridiculous.
A
Oliver is a host of a TV programme on food. He says food (1) (play) a big role in his life. "My mum was a great cook, and she'd sometimes let me have a try," he said. The first dish Oliver prepared for his family was fried chicken wings. He made it with his mum's help. Oliver says if you're (2) (luck) enough to have someone close to you who enjoys cooking, ask them (3) you can join in when it's possible.
B
Single﹣use plastic bags are used at most a few times before they (4) (throw) away. It takes them hundreds of years (5) (break) down. Many of these bags end up in the ocean where larger ones can trap sea creatures, such as turtles and dolphins. Over time, the bags fall apart (6) countless tiny pieces, and fish can accidentally eat some of them. Now, lots of (7) (country) and regions are taking action to ban the sale of such bags to stop people using them.
C
A piece of stone (8) (find) on a Dutch beach suggests that our extinct human relatives, known as Neanderthals, were cleverer than previously thought. The Neanderthals (9) (live) alongside human ancestors in Europe for tens of thousands of years, before dying out about 40,000 years ago. They were much stronger than modern humans, but it's long been assumed that human ancestors were (10) (smart) than the Neanderthals. However, the stone tool made by Neanderthals suggests otherwise.
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When he was a little boy, Christopher Cockerell once noticed his mother turning the wheel of her sewing machine with her hand. “Won’t it work quickly if a machine (turn) the wheel for you?” he asked. “I suppose it will.” said his mother, without paying any attention to him. Christopher knew she always had a lot of work and that she was
stubborn that he could hardly do anything to change
mind. But he wanted to help. In his bedroom there was a toy steam engine
(buy) by his father as a gift to him. “I will make better use of it,” little Christopher said to himself. So, when his mother was not using her sewing machine, he decided to fix the toy steam engine onto it. When he finished
(do) it, he was quite pleased, thinking his mother would like it. “Very clever,” his mother said when she saw it. But then she sat down and went on turning the wheel
hand. “I
(work) like this for too many years,” she explained. Christopher felt very
(disappoint). He couldn’t understand his mother’s
(behave).
This teaches Christopher a lesson that anyone tries to improve anything has to learn: many people don’t like new ideas.
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Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not (real) prepared me for anything practical. I knew I felt like
(make) a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea
to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work,
that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my
(decide) to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly.
did my family.
Eventually, however, I (win) the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among
candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call
(ask) me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.
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When police experts debate climate change solutions, they often talk about “a price on carbon". They are (argue) about whether companies shouldpay when they put carbon pollution in the air.
Carbon pollution, like every other from of pollution, (have) an impact on the environment.
(throw) waste into a river will cause the fish to die and the people
drink the water to get sick. And when you produce carbon pollution, you get climate change-sea level rise, stronger storms, severe droughts, damage to agriculture, and more.
All of those impacts cost money. Insurance rates go up when storms get more (destruction). Taxes increase when cities have to rebuild bridges and roads. Military budgets go up when droughts and population
(change) cause conflict, not to mention impacts on agriculture and health care costs.
In other words, the price on carbon is we all pay when there is no market force
(limit) the pollution that causes climate change. So the debate is
(real) about who will pay that price--
companies which are making a profit from the fossil fuels, or the taxpayers who pick up the cost now?