下面几篇小短文是关于人们交往场所的信息。请阅读下列应用文，并-优题课

How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35 I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边想对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
About three years ago，something terrible happened to me.
Those six hours of _______(惊恐) have broken my 1.__________
body and soul. You think I am a very old man---_______ I 2.__________
am not. It_______ less than a single day to change my 3.__________
hair from black to w______. One day, my two brothers 4.__________
and I were coming back from the islands, our boat f_____ of fish. 5.__________
All at _______,the sky was covered with dark clouds and in 6.___________
l_____than a minute we were in a terrible storm.7.___________
An enormous w_______ covered our boat and my 8.__________
younger brother ________(掉入) into the sea. Our boat survived, 9.___________
and I was trying to recover ________ my elder brother put his mouth 10.__________
close to my ear, and screamed out the terrifying word” Whirlpool!”.

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据一下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
This afternoon a man dressed in rags came into the shop.
We all stared at him doubtfully when he said he wanted a ncoat. 1. ________
I took him downstairs and showed him a cheap coat which would
____ him only a small amount of money. I thought he might be 2. __________
a bit upset about the price, but the contrary, he did not seem 3. __________
to (在乎) about it at all. I didn’t mean to be rude but I have no 4. __________
pwith customers who can’t decide. So I persuaded him 5. __________
to buy it. Then the most unbelievable thing happened to ---- 6. __________
he handed me a million pound bank note. I did not know w 7. __________
it was genuine or not, so I (寻找) out my boss to ask his advice. 8. __________
He told me that I had (确实) made a serious mistake by judging 9. __________
This man by his (衣着). My boss looked very angry and told me 10. __________
to find the best coat for the man immediately.

第二节：请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
A. As we know, the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing and many people from other countries will come to visit China. The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages. They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy.
B. Tom is so addicted to on-line games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before. Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again. Though he realizes what he does is wrong, he just can't stop it. How badly he needs someone's help.
C. Mane, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn't know which bus to take. What's worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list. Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants.
D. "Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa. The event starts in August and those taking part in will go without food for 30 hours. In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children.
E. "Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger. Still many people in the world don't know much about the importance of animal protecting. This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth.
F. A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers. Because of the low salary, many teachers came and then went. The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a difference to the children's future.
以下是乐于提供资助的人员信息介绍。请匹配他们与所对应的资助对象。
Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
Ben: After graduation, I don't want to apply for a job at once Instead, I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives. You know, education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I'll get valuable experience for my future career.
Susan : I'm a girl from England and has studied French for years. I'm here in Beijing University studying Chinese. I like China as it is full of mysteries. So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China. Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends.
Tim: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice. I'm working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.
Lisa: I burst into tears when I saw those children in a TV programme. What a sight. They are only bone and skin left. What's worse, every day the children are dying because of lack of food. I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education. The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them.

任务型阅读
阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后A到J的空格里填入一个单词.注意：每空仅填一个单词.
Host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. These days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about.
Host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. Staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. Living in host families also has the advantages for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. Another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. It attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost.
The advantage, however, have not prevented host families from worrying. On one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. The problem is that the majority of hosts in big cities, now generally single and young, have less time available for students, but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. On the other hand, students’ expectations have risen. They are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries.
To get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. They are trying to make living conditions better, including broadband（宽带） Internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. They are also providing students with structured family activities.
It is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students.
Title: Host Family Accommodation

Theme

Host families are improving the accommodation __16____

Language study	possibly becoming ___18_____
Cultural communication	communicating with __19____
Knowing the local way of life, people and culture
cost of ___20___	Being least expensive sometimes

____17__

___21_____		Loss of selling point	Hosts’ having less time for students
Rise in ____22____	Students’ becoming more demanding

____23____

Service quality improvement	____24____ living conditions
Organizing structured familyactivities

____25____

Host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.

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