短文填空 选择恰当的单词填空，每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）
| answer, alone, oldest, start, until, ask, fortieth, own, teach, first, money, later |
In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can ____. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road ____. You don’t have to go to a driving school——a friend can ____ you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take the ___ for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your ____ car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then ____ a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks ____ if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her ____ test after 212 driving lessons. When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s ____ driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test ____1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。
| research common they fun before compare sudden social same findaffectexact |
Worried That People Are Laughing at You?
Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But 1they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something 2that one of them said? Or, to be honest with yourself, would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.
Being laughed at is a 3fear. But a major study published(公布)in 2009 found that this fear is not the 4around the world, It differs from culture to culture.
Some people in the study said they felt unsure of 5in social situations and hid their feelings of insecurity (不安全). Others said they avoided (回避) social situations where they had been laughed at 6.
Shy people often avoid situations that would make them get into close contact (接触) with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make other people laugh at them, It can be truly sad for those who live with the fear of laughter. It can 7how they lead their lives.
In the study, a team from the University of Zurich led more than ninety 8from around the world. They wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true fear of being laughed at. Another purpose of the study was 9the levels of fear of being laughed at in different cultures. The scientists surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people in forty-two different languages. The 10would appear in Scientific Humor.
从方框中选择恰当的短语，用其正确形式填空，完成句子。
| turn down be friendly to in fact come from day off |
Koalas are lazy animals and they Australia.
Would you mind the music a little? Mom is sleeping now.
I like different kinds of meat.，I have beef, mutton, chicken and fish every week.
On our next, we will volunteer our time to visit the old people' s home.
Tonyeveryone and many people like making friends with him.
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）
| ask, answer, for, and, large, learn, mean, question, why, smile |
Long ago, there lived a learned man in Greece. He was well-known (1) his wide knowledge. And lots of people from all over the country came to (2) things from him. The great man taught his students with all his heart and (3) their questions with great patience.
One day a student (4) him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you have many more questions than we do? But we think we students have a lot more than you.” With a (5), the teacher drew two circles — one is as (6) as a big plate (盘子), and the other smaller.
“Of course, I’ve learned much more. But I don’t think I know all you know. Now, look at these two circles. Inside the big one is my knowledge of things, (7) inside the smaller one yours. Out of the circles is what we don’t know. My circle is larger, so its line is longer. That (8) I have more opportunities to meet with what we don’t know. And that’s (9) I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more (10) you’ll have. You will never learn enough, you know.”
根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空。部分单词在在填入时须进行词形转换，每个单词只能选用一次。每空只能填一词。
| die, sail, invent, clear, make, candy, important, me, crowd, realize |
Look! There is a boat on the peaceful sea.
Most kids like eating but they don’t know it’s bad for their teeth.
Jack still felt sad about his grandmother’s .
I think teenagers should be allowed to their own decisions.
The light bulb was by Edison.
When I got to school, I it was Saturday.
They parents are not at home. They have to look after .
It is so here. I can’t find enough room.
Would you please speak louder? I can’t hear .
I think English is as as other subjects. So we should learn it well.
用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
story, wait, leaf, child, rainLook! Some _______________ are playing games in the park.
It is humid here, because it often _________.
The trees are thick with ________.
Anna is a reporter, and she often writes ________.
Mr. White is _______ for Bob to answer his questions.