Modernlifeisalotlesstotheadvan-优题课

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Mozart was born 1_____________January 27, 1756 and died on December 5, 1791. When he was three, he often had lessons with his elder sister. His father took him to many different countries 2.__________ he played music for lots of people.3._ ___, some people didn’t believe that a little boy could write wonderful music. They asked him to stay in a room all by himself for a week and somebody watched 4._________ room all the time. In the week, he finished a new piece 5.____________music. After that, people believed that he could write beautiful music. Mozart died when he was still a young man. 6.____ _______ his short life, he studied music and taught music, played music and wrote music. Even by working 7.________ hard, he couldn’t make much money. Often he had to borrow money 8_________ his friends. But his music made him happy and for more than two hundred years his music has made other people happy, too.

Here are descriptions of four people. Choose the best information that can match from the second part.
______Liu Xiang and some of the greatest athletes in the world will compete in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix next month. Most of them have been competing against each other all summer in Europe and America.
______Li Yuchun from Chengdu has won millions of female fans with her perfect mixture of boyish charm and a girly softness. She dresses like a boy, has a low voice and gentlemanly good manners.
______Lee Young-ae was the youngest child and the only daughter in her family. Her parents and two brothers loved her much. Unlike other girls who like playing dolls, she was fond of wrestling.
______Liu Yifei was born in Wuhan but moved to the US with her mother when she was 10. Things were not easy at first. But she tried her best and at last overcame the challenges and finally won.

A．Over the past years, she, a Chinese American, has shot to fame while playing Wang Yuyan, in Jin Yong’s Eightfold Path of the Heavenly Dragon.

B．She was chosen to play Jang Geum(长今), a perfect woman, in the hugely popular TV drama
“ Dae Jang Guem”. After “ Dae Jang Guem” she was anxious to take on a totally different role.

C．She won the Super Girl’s Voice that year. Meanwhile she was selected as one of the Asia’s Heroes 2005. She is popular among the young.

D．He was born in July 13, 1983 and won the 110-metre hurdle in the 2004 Olympic Games. And was the first Asian to win such a title.

认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:每个空格不超过3个单词。
Some people think that the Internet is a necessary part of our getting an education, but others blame it for making people addicted (上瘾). This article will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet.
One of the advantages of the Internet is that one can find all the information on it
with ease(轻易，毫不费劲). Internet portals (入口) like "YAHOO" and "AltaVista" have been created to help us do so. With an Internet connection at home, one has almost no need to go to a library, and this can save a lot of time. Another advantage is that we can communicate with almost everyone over the Net. Email is much cheaper and faster than the normal mail.
On the other hand, the disadvantages are a serious problem for today’s world. The Internet has led to a new disease: Internet addiction. Many students who used to work hard on their studies now spend all their time online, chatting and doing other worthless things, and wasting a lot of money in Internet cafes. In extreme(极端的) cases teens are even lured (引诱) into doing things that are improper and even illegal (不合法的), such as making videos for adults.
The Internet is part of our lives now, but we still have to learn to avoid the dangers that come with it. We should remember that it’s only a source of information, and not a way to search for true friendship.
1.:We need to learn to make use of the Internet properly.
Advantages:
●We can look for (2)______ we need.
●We can get information (3)______ with the help of Internet portals.
●If the Internet is available at home, we don’t need to go to a library, which can save a lot of time.
●The Internet lets us (4)______ almost everyone.
( 5 ):
●People become addicted to the Internet.
●Students waste (6)______ chatting and doing useless things.
●Internet cafes can cost a lot of (7)______.
●Children can be lured into doing (8)______ things.
The author’s (9)______ :
The Internet is a (10)______ of our lives, but we should learn to avoid the dangers it involves.

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Invention is a creative process. An open and curious mind enables one to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, a new connection or relationship can spark(引发) an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different fields that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors skip over the boundaries between separate fields. Ways of thinking, materials, processes or tools from one field are used as no one else has imagined in a different field.
Play can lead to invention. Childhood curiosity like playing in a sand box, imagination can develop one’s play nature—an inner need according to Carl Jung. Inventors feel the need to play with things that interest them, and to explore, and this internal drive brings about interesting creations.
Inventing can also be an obsession(痴迷). Inventors often imagine a new idea, seeing it in their mind’s eye. New ideas can arise when the conscious mind turns away from the subject or problem; or when the focus is on something else; or even while relaxing or sleeping. An unusual idea may come all of a sudden! For example, after years of working to figure out the general theory of relativity, the solution came to Einstein suddenly in a dream “like a giant die making an unforgettable impress, a huge map of the universe summarized itself in one clear vision”.
Invention can also be accidental. Insight(洞察力) is also an important element of invention. It may begin with questions or doubt. It may begin by recognizing something unusual. It may be useful and it could open a new way for exploration. For example, the odd metallic color of plastic made by accidentally adding too much catalyst(催化剂) led scientists to explore its metal-like properties(性能). They then invented electrically conductive plastic and light emitting(散发) plastic—an invention that won the Nobel Prize in 2000 and has led to new kind of lighting, display screens, wallpaper and much more.
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Invention is a creative process. An open and curious mind enables one to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, a new connection or relationship can spark(引发) an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different fields that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors skip over the boundaries between separate fields. Ways of thinking, materials, processes or tools from one field are used as no one else has imagined in a different field.
Play can lead to invention. Childhood curiosity like playing in a sand box, imagination can develop one’s play nature—an inner need according to Carl Jung. Inventors feel the need to play with things that interest them, and to explore, and this internal drive brings about interesting creations.
Inventing can also be an obsession(痴迷). Inventors often imagine a new idea, seeing it in their mind’s eye. New ideas can arise when the conscious mind turns away from the subject or problem; or when the focus is on something else; or even while relaxing or sleeping. An unusual idea may come all of a sudden! For example, after years of working to figure out the general theory of relativity, the solution came to Einstein suddenly in a dream “like a giant die making an unforgettable impress, a huge map of the universe summarized itself in one clear vision”.
Invention can also be accidental. Insight(洞察力) is also an important element of invention. It may begin with questions or doubt. It may begin by recognizing something unusual. It may be useful and it could open a new way for exploration. For example, the odd metallic color of plastic made by accidentally adding too much catalyst(催化剂) led scientists to explore its metal-like properties(性能). They then invented electrically conductive plastic and light emitting(散发) plastic—an invention that won the Nobel Prize in 2000 and has led to new kind of lighting, display screens, wallpaper and much more.
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A(n) 3process	◆Look 2than we know now. ◆Give combining concepts or4elements from different fields. ◆No one can 5this before.
An obsession	◆ 6often imagine a new idea. ◆An unusual idea may come 7.
A(n) 8	◆A vital element of invention is 9. ◆It may open a new way for exploration. ◆Accidental actions can 10to innovation.