The Internet has _______(16) effects on our lives.
The first is its value for people who are looking for information. When people are _____________(17)information ,from weather forecasts to __________(18)research, the Internet is now the first place that many people ___________(19).With the ___________(20) of a button or the click of a mouse , a student can _______________(21)knowledge from the information held in the largest libraries and museums in the world .
Another truly wonderful __________(22)of the Internet is the way people use it to build social ties. One of the greatest ________(23)of Internet friendships is that they are ________________(24)common interests, rather than appearance, age or popularity. Young people from different _________(25)and different countries can form lifelong friendships.
The Internet also has its negative effects on our lives.
The ___________(26) is that it is difficult to _________(27) whether the information is true and accurate. The __________(28) of false information on the Internet becomes more of a problem every day . This is very __________(29)because people can write anything they want,and we cannot always tell if the information is true or not .
Another disadvantage of the Internet is that it is affecting people’s ________(30)lives. As the Internet has gained ________(31),there has been a change in the way people spend their time. Now ,________(32)spending time together in the evenings, some families spend their time ______(33)because one or more members are using the computer. ________(34) some young people spend so much time ______(35)computer games and using the Internet that they have become addicted to computer games.
A．negative B．positive C．creative D．aggressive
A．in need of B．in face of C．in charge of D．in honour of
A．scientific B．biological C．academic D．techonological
A．turn to B．point to C．refer to D．leader to
A．catch B．order C．give D．touch
A．acquire B．have C．require D．win
A．field B．area C．aspect D．way
A．interest B．benefits C．profits D．kinds
A．concentrated on B．devoted to C．abandoned to D．based on
A．backgrounds B．families C．societies D．groups
A．advantages B． disadvantages C．shortages D．shortcomings
A．guess B．judge C． suppose D．think
A．amount B．quantities C． numbers D．total
A．handsome B．troublesome C．quarrelsome D．fearsome
A．private B．public C．state D．personal
A．permission B．defence C．popularity D．occupation
A．rather than B．instead of C．in exchange for D．in spite of
A．aside B．apart C．alone D．abroad
A．In fact B．In case C．In turn D．In all
A．play B．playing C．to play D．played
From my second grade on，there was one event I feared every year：the piano recital(独奏会)．A recital____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers．Each year I___ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”．And each year he’d shake his head，muttering(嘀咕) about building self-confidence and working towards a ．
So it was with really great that I stood in church one recent Sunday，video camera in hand，and my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt rising to play the piano in his very first recital．
My father had longed to play music since childhood，but his family was poor and couldn’t lessons．He could have gone on regretting it， too many of us do．But though he was rooted in his past，he wasn’t there．When he retired three years ago，he his church music director to take him as a student．
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard，he stared down at his fingers．
Has he forgotten the ? I worried，remembering those split seconds ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would ．But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the fingers that once baited(装饵于)my fishing lines．And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress： the music and pretend the others aren’t there．
“I'm of him for starting something new at his age，”I said to my son Jeff．
“Yeah，and doing it so ，”Jeff added．
With his first recital，my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago．
A．reflected B．explained C．meant D．proved
A．would B．could C．might D．should
A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．something
A．goal B．stage C．journey D．chance
A．trouble B．satisfaction C．strength D．disappointment
A．kept B．sent C．watched D．felt
A．through B．from C．against D．before
A．miss B．afford C．select D．understand
A．as B．once C．if D．while
A．educated B．protected C．stuck D．spoiled
A．allowed B．invited C．inspired D．persuaded
A．roughly B．simply C．merrily D．curiously
A．words B．videos C．notes D．lessons
A．decades B．weeks C．hours D．moments
A．play B．freeze C．click D．adjust
A．same B．warm C．different D．dirty
A．predicted B．realized C．imagined D．insisted
A．pass over B．turn up C．concentrate on D．bring in
A．ashamed B．aware C．tired D．proud
A．casually B．anxiously C．nicely D．frequently
About 20 years ago, I was lucky to teach a disabled young woman named Audrey. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also very in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university, she got two , one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such areas of study. 根据上文：one in fine arts and one in chemistry.
Just before her high school graduation, Audrey me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolour painting of a mother and her baby. A tear from the mother’s eye as she looked at her child. Under the painting, Audrey had these words: “The deep love from Mother, me, touches another.” What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed and in my office.
Years passed with many from one office to another and I the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I a phone call from a former colleague who said she had of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room, she had my gift.
I was struck that the gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old, Audrey had a serious . What’s worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She it but was disabled.
To , it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother’s love has helped a talent and how its pushes me ahead.
A．interested B．talented C．buried D．absorbed
A．degrees B．choice C．chances D．jobs
A．similar B．distinguishing C．different D．scientific
A．gave B．promised C．afforded D．presented
A．sank B．flooded C．escaped D．fell
A．quietly B．lovingly C．warmly D．gently
A．described B．marked C．written D．signed
A．past B．on C．with D．through
A．hung B．decorated C．painted D．added
A．migrations B．moves C．turns D．circles
A．left B．forgot C．lost D．ignored
A．accepted B．made C．dialed D．received
A．something B．books C．gifts D．letters
A．searched B．discovered C．observed D．touched
A．ancient B．colorful C．precious D．abstract
A．symptom B．fault C．heart D．disease
A．survived B．recovered C．struggled D．managed
A．someone else B．anyone else C．everyone else D．nobody else
A．encourage B．become C．develop D．practise
A．energy B．force C．strength D．power
A noted American psychologist once remarked that childhood is a magical period in one’s life. Indeed it is, for during one undergoes a step-by-step transformation not only in capacity, but also in physical and verbal skills. Each step an increase in the difficulty of a child’s conceptual and learning abilities. During the early stages of childhood, from infancy to about five, the child learns simple skills including using the toilet, bathing and dressing himself . At this stage, he also learns to be very observant, curious, and creative. His ability to remember things also at this stage. He remembers details that an adult may have difficulty in remembering. , he learns elementary skills in problem-solving. At school, particular in classes, the child is especially creative. Given a piece of paper and some colored pencils, he draws a variety of from his surroundings as well as from his circle. It is not surprising to see a child draw a monster to represent an abusive father, and an _____ to represent a loving and caring mother.
As he graduates to the later stages of childhood bordering on the years, the child learns the complexity of human relations and socialization by with his peers—his friends and schoolmates. He also learns to with new life situations, including dates and part-time work. Given a tight schedule of schoolwork, the child learns to prepare his own schedules of work and play; the more practical and less serious ones manage to take time out of their schedules of assignments, reports and tests and examinations to go with their friends on relaxation entertainment.
A．adolescence B．adulthood C．childhood D．infancy
A．spiritual B．magical C．practical D．mental
A．signals B．presents C．prevents D．signs
A．willingly B．excitedly C．confidently D．independently
A．optimistic B．imaginative C．able D．studious
A．increases B．develops C．declines D．strengthens
A．Gradually B．Fortunately C．Unexpectedly D．Undoubtedly
A．music B．chemistry C．art D．biology
A．pictures B．images C．reflections D．buildings
A．school B．family C．teacher D．friend
A．beauty B．actress C．witches D．angel
A．infancy B．adulthood C．teenage D．aged
A．competing B．fighting C．interacting D．learning
A．experiment B．agree C．withdraw D．concern
A．ambitious B．original C．daily D．busy
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked. When the baby was placed in her arms, she was . The baby had been born without ears. Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect. It was only his that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life. He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates. He might have been class president, but for that. The boy’s father with the family physician in secret. “Could be done?” the father asked. “I believed I could on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” the doctor answered. So the began for a person who would make such a for a young man. Two years went by. Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need. it’s a secret,” said the father. The operation was very , and a new person appeared. “But I must know!” he urged his father. “Who so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father. The secret was for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材). Slowly and , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to that his mother had no outer ears. “Mother said she was she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less , did they?”
A．angry B．disappointed C．surprised D．curious
A．proved B．seemed C．told D．saw
A．figure B．face C．ear D．appearance
A．got B．put C．sent D．took
A．knowing B．guessing C．doubting D．wondering
A．enemy B．stranger C．favorite D．friend
A．ever B．also C．even D．still
A．asked B．spoke C．chatted D．said
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．transplant B．operate C．set D．fix
A．operation B．search C．interview D．examination
A．devotion B．effort C．sacrifice D．contribution
A．Therefore B．But C．Though D．Otherwise
A．normal B．useful C．difficult D．successful
A．changed B．worked C．gave D．did
A．discussed B．hidden C．spread D．kept
A．carefully B．sadly C．excitedly D．tenderly
A．see B．find C．show D．tell
A．proud B．glad C．worried D．regretful
A．beautiful B．ugly C．respectable D．fashionable
For most of us, success in school has very little to do with actual learning. The most important thing you have to master is how to play the grade games. you think out your own strategies for getting high marks, everything opens up to you. You may be to a well-known college or win scholarship, not to mention gaining the admiration of your teachers and parents.
But not everyone does well in tests. At times, it can almost turn into a funny game of hit and . Some students haven't mastered the of test taking, and some fear under pressure or need more time or another way to what they know. Being a school means learning things out of the school system. Then you have to work things to your . Lots of students are already doing it without it. Getting high grades also on knowing each teacher's character. For example, I once had to take , so one day in classes I talked to the teacher I had wanted to. I told him how I'd heard what a really good teacher he was, and how disappointed I was that I'd have to graduate having been in his class. I lied. It . (I had counted on the chemistry teacher being human, and he accepted.) I wasn't proud of myself for what I did. But I considered it of the grade game we're pushed into to aim at going to the best schools.
A．Before B．Unless C．Once D．While
A．permitted B．allowed C．agreed D．admitted
A．miss B．lost C．strike D．blow
A．game B．art C．interest D．result
A．speak B．tell C．talk D．express
A．master B．house C．failure D．success
A．points B．ideas C．advantage D．freedom
A．remembering B．realizing C．teaching D．understanding
A．bases B．depends C．calls D．takes
A．place B．arms C．classes D．chemistry
A．between B．among C．after D．before
A．after B．before C．without D．from
A．worked B．effected C．mattered D．did
A．one B．none C．part D．member
A．taking B．playing C．making D．enjoying