Any housewife who went to the new supermarket wished to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. This was what the 21 just inside the entrance 22 .It said: “Remember, 23 ,one of our customers gets 24 goods. THIS MAY BE YOUR LUCKY DAY!” For quite a long time Mrs. Edwards 25, like many of her 26, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never 27 hoping. The 28 in the kitchen was full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her 29
buying so many things but failed. She 30 dreamed of the DAY when the manager of the supermarket would come up to her and say, “Madam, THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. Everything in your 31 doesn’t need to be paid!” One Friday afternoon Mrs. Edwards shopped 32 .But she was not the lucky customer. No sooner had she just put the things inside her 33 than she found that she had forgotten to 34 tea. She dashed back to the 35 , got some tea and went towards the 36 .As she did so, she saw the 37 came. 38 his hand he said, “I want to 39 you. You are our LUCKY CUSTOMER this week! Everything you have in your basket 40 !”
A.notice B.report C.board D.newspaper
A.did B.promised C.made D.agreed
A.every day B.every month C.twice a week D.once a week
A.excellent B.free C.extra D.unexpected
A.waited B.came C.hoped D.went
A.friends B.neighbors C.relatives D.customers
A.got rid of B.got along with C.gave up D.gave out
A.counter B.cushion C.food D.cupboard
A.against B.for C.with D.about
A.often B.always C.usually D.seldom
A.bill B.hand C.car D.basket
A.anxiously B.seriously C.crazily D.wonderfully
A.pockets B.car C.basket D.house
A.buy B.find C.take D.have
A.shop B.counter C.department D.supermarket
A.door B.entrance C.cash-desk D.shelves
A.secretary B.policeman C.manager D.salesman
A.Putting out B.Holding out C.Shaking D.Waving
A.congratulate B.tell C.inform D.thank
A.is yours B.means nothing C.belongs to you D.costs nothing
In the past,people usually believed what newlyborn babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry.They thought babies were not able to ____ things until they were five or six months old.____ the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first ____ of life.They say babies are strongly ____ by their environment and one baby will ____ if his or her mother does something that the baby likes.
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to ____ her mother.This is how babies start to learn to ___ and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn ___ in a baby even before birth.They also ____ the idea that newlyborn babies can ____ and understand sounds they heard while they were still ____ inside their mothers.
Recently,an American study ____ 112 babies found babies learned better when they were ____.The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or __ to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind ____ had what they called a ____ effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the ____.One ____ says babies can pay more attention to ___ an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance.
A.eat B.know C.remember D.learn
A.Besides B.While C.But D.Therefore
A.hour B.day C.week D.month
A.influenced B.accepted C.disturbed D.moved
A.cry B.smile C.eat D.sing
A.annoy B.love C.notice D.please
A.live B.connect C.speak D.smile
A.disappears B.informs C.exists D.happens
A.infer B.support C.deny D.instruct
A.recognize B.realize C.receive D.record
A.sleeping B.delivering C.shaping D.developing
A.helping B.raising C.involving D.containing
A.sleeping soundly B.lying down C.awaking clearly D.sitting up
A.assisted B.forced C.asked D.mentioned
A.hobby B.gesture C.decoration D.purpose
A.negative B.unmarked C.significant D.side
A.language B.feeling C.brain D.body
A.psychologist B.mother C.doctor D.researcher
A.exploring B.finding C.feeling D.discovering
A.anxious B.confident C.worried D.curious
A person should eat right,get some exercise,or he or she will look terrible in 25 years.And if the person drinks and smokes? Even____.That's the message from Blue Cross Blue Shield.The ____,called “Future You”,uses a digital camera and computer to compare a person's current image with his or her future ____ without changes in bad habits.
“Smoking can ___ your skin,” said Anna,a creative operation manager,“You can see what the results of the toxins(毒素) and the chemicals in____are.” Along with the potentially____sight of one's older self,Future You offers sciencebased____on what to eat,how much to exercise and other ways to ____ your health.But will it work? Too ____ to tell was the verdict(意见) of Anna.“I want to see some data!” she said.
Generally,Anna said,men show____concern about their appearance than women.“Women say,‘That looks like my ____on the screen,’” she said.“Men are more likely to ____,‘Yeah,go ahead.Put it on Facebook.’” The project was raised more than a year ago to improve the overall(总体的) health of the people who are ____ of this company.In addition,the growth in the ranks of ____customers would bring down the overall cost of health care.In coming weeks,two new ones will be ___ in locations such as the American Tobacco Campus and the Museum of Natural Science.If users ____,their information will be stored as secrets without names to create a database of good and bad ___.
The process is free and the response is not ____,at least according to Valencia Robertson,one of a line of people who waited to ____ the instrument on Thursday.“I'm good,” Robertson said after ____ her future image.“It's not going to be a big difference.”
A.easier B.happier C.bitter D.worse
A.instrument B.picture C.place D.structure
A.wealth B.character C.appearance D.education
A.reflect B.bother C.ruin D.affect
A.cigarette B.beers C.medicines D.foods
A.confusing B.convincing C.depressing D.exciting
A.opinion B.plans C.thought D.advice
A.break B.damage C.preserve D.change
A.possible B.natural C.early D.clear
A.deeper B.less C.higher D.stronger
A.son B.father C.daughter D.mom
A.guess B.say C.doubt D.wonder
A.customers B.managers C.secretaries D.cleaners
A.cautious B.smart C.careless D.generous
A.showing up B.thought out C.sold out D.dying out
A.know B.agree C.come D.listen
A.habits B.choices C.methods D.plans
A.nice B.cool C.strange D.bad
A.repair B.sell C.try D.buy
A.drawing B.viewing C.picturing D.imaging
Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me,“Everything happens for the best.If you____,one day something good will happen.And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous____.”
As it____,mother was right.In 1932,I ended my college life.____ that,I had decided to try for a job in radio,and then could work my way up to sports ___.I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every____-and got turned down every time.In one station,a ____ lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring a person who lacked ____.“Go to ____ town and find a little station that'll give you a chance,” she said.I then ____ to Dixon.While there was no radioannouncing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to ____ its sports department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football,I ____.The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn't ____.
My disappointment must have ___.“Everything happens for the best,” Mom ____ me.Dad ____ me one car for me to job hunt.I ____ WOC Radio in Davenport.The program ___,a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur,told me they had already ___ a contract with another announcer.
I often ____ what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didn't persist.
A.go on B.hold up C.look on D.stay up
A.successes B.disappointments C.lives D.results
A.carried out B.looked out C.figured out D.turned out
A.Since B.After C.Before D.During
A.announcer B.athlete C.hostess D.performer
A.firm B.station C.store D.school
A.beautiful B.kind C.strict D.cruel
A.money B.knowledge C.appearance D.experience
A.down B.small C.big D.faraway
A.walked B.saw C.added D.turned
A.run B.buy C.sell D.show
A.refused B.applied C.managed D.yelled
A.fired B.employed C.fitted D.satisfied
A.disappeared B.fallen C.shown D.responded
A.reminded B.persuaded C.advised D.recited
A.lent B.offered C.sold D.promised
A.visited B.tried C.passed D.poured
A.boss B.singer C.photographer D.director
A.signed B.assigned C.designed D.resigned
A.doubted B.wondered C.intended D.expected
A Leap(跳跃)to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola ____ for four hours a day, five days a week.At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That's especially impressive,____she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动)constantly.She often sees double and can't ____ how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom ____ that even though she couldn't see ____ , she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the ____ right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more ___ for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit.She doesn't let her ____ stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest ____ is the balance beam.Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to ____ your mind that it'll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave.The beam is probably the most ____ for anyone because it's four inches wide.At the state competition, Lola didn't fall ___ the beam.In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10——her highest score yet.
Lola doesn't want to be ____ differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions, the judges don't know about her vision ____.She doesn't tell them, because she doesn't think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her ____ attitude.
Lola never thinks about ____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her ____ is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she's learned to other kids ____ she grows up.
Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it's helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her ___ for others is “just believe in yourself”.
A.runs B.teaches C.trains D.dances
A.since B.unless C.after D.though
A.tell B.guess C.assume D.predict
A.suspected B.remembered C.imagined D.noticed
A.deeply B.well C.ahead D.closely
A.task B.sport C.event D.show
A.boring B.enjoyable C.difficult D.satisfactory
A.talent B.quality C.nature D.condition
A.doubt B.advantage C.challenge D.progress
A.examine B.express C.open D.trust
A.fearful B.harmful C.unfair D.inconvenient
A.to B.on C.off D.against
A.greeted B.treated C.served D.paid
A.pains B.stresses C.injuries D.problems
A.positive B.friendly C.flexible D.cautious
A.defending B.quitting C.winning D.bargaining
A.standard B.range C.view D.goal
A.until B.as C.when D.before
A.proud B.tired C.ashamed D.confident
A.plan B.advice C.reward D.responsibility
Recently divorced and unemployed,I was on my way downtown to do the rounds of the employment offices.I had no umbrella,for my old one had ____,and I could not ____ another one.
I sat down in the ____ and there against my seat was a(n) ____ silk umbrella with a silver handle.I had ____ seen anything so lovely.I examined the handle and saw a carved ___.The usual procedure would have been to ____ the umbrella to the conductor,but an idea __ to me.I decided to take it with me and find the owner myself.
I got off the bus in a downpour and ____ opened the umbrella to protect myself.Then I ____ a telephone book for the name on the umbrella.I called and a lady ____.
Yes,she said ____,that was her umbrella,which her parents,now dead,had given her as a birthday present.But,she ____,it had been stolen ____ her doorstep a month before.
She was so excited that I ____ I was looking for a job and went directly to her house.She took the umbrella,and her eyes were filled with ____.She wanted to give me a ____,but-though twenty dollars was all I had in the world-her happiness at regaining this ____ possession was beyond words and I believed accepting her money would have ____ something.We talked for a while and I left.
A week later,I got a job as a sales manager ____.It might be my kindness that paid off.But who knows?
A.broken up B.gone away C.fallen apart D.faded away
A.afford B.borrow C.find D.repair
A.office B.bus C.theater D.train
A.ugly B.beautiful C.worn D.ancient
A.even B.always C.already D.never
A.design B.number C.name D.brand
A.turn in B.show off C.open up D.carry away
A.occurred B.ran C.struck D.happened
A.firmly B.suddenly C.casually D.thankfully
A.read B.searched C.got D.used
A.appeared B.replied C.answered D.screamed
A.in surprise B.in panic C.in silence D.in anger
A.assumed B.added C.declared D.announced
A.from B.in C.beside D.of
A.mentioned B.forgot C.realized D.remembered
A.memory B.honor C.tears D.thanks
A.gift B.position C.hug D.reward
A.expensive B.common C.rare D.special
A.bought B.ruined C.expressed D.enjoyed
A.immediately B.naturally C.hopefully D.unexpectedly