Many years ago, when I was a student, the radio studio manager at WXBN interviewed me and it changed my life.
“How old are you?”he looked down at _______.
“Fifteen,” I said.
“And you want a job in radio?” Shouldn’t you be _______?”he asked.
How could I explain? I’ve always _______ the radio. When I was four or five years old, I remember sitting close to the radio in the living room, listening to my favourite programmes, and the voices of my favourite presenters. It seemed that they were speaking to me in person. _______ the age of nine, I asked for jobs in small radio stations.
As I grew older, my _______ in radio grew. One day I learned about Internet radio. Once a week, I played my favoutite music from my father’s computer to the listeners, talked about life at school, and then closed down and did my homework.
Soon my friends at junior high school started to listen, and then they wanted to _______. We prepared the weekly programmes, articles about music, sports news, jokes and the weather report.
“OK, _______ with me,” the WXBN manager said, I followed him into the studio. Then I sat down in front of a microphone. He was in another room, behind the glass wall.
“OK, let’s do a second check. Just tell me _______ you had for breakfast.”
All radio presenters begin work with the same _______.
“I had eggs, fruit and some milk.”
“OK, that’s great,” the man behind the glass said.
And this was how my first real______in radio began.
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All about Britain’s Teenagers(青少年)
School
British teenagers can leave school 1 the age of sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. The exams are not easy to pass, 2 they have to work very hard! British teenagers often spend 2.5 to 3 hours every evening 3 their homework.
Free Time
It’s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have 4 ? They love watching TV, going out, 5 friends and listening to music.
Communications (交流)
Teenagers in Britain often use their computers to play games and do their homework. They 6 love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting (发短信) their friends and chatting. Today, many mobile phones are very small and light. You can do a lot more 7 them than just talk. More than 90% of British teenagers have a mobile phone, and experts(专家) say this stops 8 from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes(香烟).
Fashion (服饰)
At school, almost all British teenagers have to 9a school uniform. However, in their free
10 they can wear whatever they like. In fact, 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion.
A．on B．at C．in D．to
A．but B．or C．so D．because
A．doing B．to do C．do D．does
A．lessons B．sports C．meetings D．fun
A．meet B．meeting C．make D．chatting
A．never B．too C．also D．seldom
A．with B．for C．at D．in
A．they B．them C．he D．him
A．dress B．in C．wear D．put on
A．day B．month C．week D．time
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A group of class friends successful in their careers got together to visit their old university professor. Their talk soon turned into complaints about1 in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of(几个) 2 ——porcelain(瓷的), plastic(塑料的), glass, crystal(水晶的), some common,3 expensive and some delicate (精美的)-telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the common and4 ones. While it is5 for you to choose only the best for ourselves, that is the __6 of your problems and stress. The cup itself7 no quality to the coffee.8 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went9 the best cups. And then you began eyeing other people’s cups. Now consider this: life is the10 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup which we have will not 11 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by fixing our attention only on the cup, we12 to enjoy the coffee which God (上帝) has 13 for us. God brews(冲泡) the coffee, not the cups...Enjoy your coffee!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just14 the best use of everything.
Live 15 . Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
A．changes B．duties C．experiences D．stress
A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．cans
A．others B．some C．another D．other
A．fashionable B．cheap C．expensive D．nice-looking
A．wise B．important C．natural D．necessary
A．use B．disagreement C．answer D．cause
A．waves B．reduces C．adds D．leads
A．As B．What C．That D．Which
A．for B．into C．by D．on
A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee
A．remove B．beat C．change D．enjoy
A．fail B．succeed C．wish D．try
A．sold B．gave C．bought D．provided
A．keep B．say C．make D．do
A．wildly B．simply C．specially D．successfully
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Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 1 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 2 me the importance of time in my life.
I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 3 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 4 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 5 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 6 a taxi to my father’s house.
I 7 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 8 uncle. My father asked me to sit 9 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 10 . It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 11 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 12 .” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 13 .”
I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 14 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its 15 , but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
A．bought B．received C．borrowed D．broke
A．learned B．found C．sent D．told
A．airport B．school C．hospital D．station
A．when B．because C．if D．though
A．saw B．forgot C．remembered D．took
A．had B．driven C．invited D．taken
A．visited B．reminded C．reached D．left
A．surprised B．tired C．nervous D．lonely
A．next to B．around C．behind D．away from
A．us B．him C．them D．you
A．of B．for C．with D．about
A．words B．actions C．play D．fun
A．important B．interesting C．expensive D．wonderful
A．never B．usually C．sometimes D．often
A．look B．price C．size D．weight
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1 the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student at Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy her a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no 2 to buy a new one,” Zhang said. “I’ve decided to be thrifty (节约的) from now on. ”
As the center of the 3 attention, many of the one-child generation do not know about the hardships of life. They sometimes have no idea of the value(价值) of money. Many students would 4 away pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some like to compete with each other to see whose clothes and 5 are more expensive.
The Ministry of Education put a notice on its website on Jan 20. It called on students to have good habits such as diligence and thrift, to stop wasting food and to pay 6 attention to famous brands. （牌子）
Many schools consider 7 the students the value of money and encourage their students to be 8 .
Students at No 44 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Hebei planted many fruit trees in their campus. By taking care of the trees, the students learned 9 to cherish(珍惜) things.
At Tie Yi Middle School in Xi’an, students organized a group to collect used pen refills (替芯) and use them for crafts (手工作品). “What we students do are small things, 10 I think with everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dongdong, 16, a student at the school.
A．For B．In C．On D．Of
A．reasons B．need C．way D．use
A．mother’s B．father’s C．parent’s D．family’s
A．give B．throw C．put D．take
A．houses B．cars C．bikes D．school thing
A．some B．less C．more D．fewer
A．teaching B．knowing C．learning D．showing
A．active B．thrifty C．honest D．careful
A．how B．where C．when D．why
A．so B．but C．and D．however
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People who speak or perform before the public sometimes may suffer from "Stage Fright". Stage fright makes a person 1 . In that case it can make one's mind go back and forget 2 one ought to say or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even radio show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or 3 .
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to 4 themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been afraid to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a sad 5 .
She offers them ways to control the fear. One way is to smile before going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths 6 helps. Deep breathing helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols advises her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be perfect. It's 7 to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and 8 what helped and what did not. 9 they perform more and more, they will fear less and less as much as 50%. Miss Nichols says the aim is only to 10 stage fright, not to smooth it away completely. This is because a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.
A．joyful B．proud C．nervous D．hopeless
A．when B．what C．how D．whether
A．others B．other C．another D．the other
A．cure B．control C．hold D．protect
A．experience B．activity C．process D．event
A．usually B．too C．also D．sometimes
A．sure B．terrible C．necessary D．all right
A．put out B．find out C．look for D．search for
A．As B．While C．Before D．Until
A．change B．produce C．improve D．reduce