Adventureisinmyblood.AndIhadbe-优题课

When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person，we usually say " sorry，（1）　　number!" and move on． But when Dennis Williams（2）　　a text that clearly wasn't intended for him， he did something （3）　　．

On March 19， Dennis got a group text （4）　　him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital， waiting for the（5）　　of a baby．

"Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken，" Dennis （6）　　． The baby was born and update texts were （7）　　quickly from the overjoyed grandmother， Teresa． In her （8）　　， she didn't seem to realized that she was （9）　　the baby′s photos with a complete stranger． "Well， I don't （10）　　you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby，" replied Dennis before asking which room the new （11）　　were in．

Much to the family's surprise， Dennis stuck to his（12）　　! He turned up at the hospital（13）　　gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy． Lindsey′s husband was totally（14）　　by the unexpected visit． "I don't think we would have randomly invited him over but we（15）　　it and the gifts．"

Teresa（16）　　 a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website（17）　　by the touching words：" What a（18）　　this young man was to our family! He was so（19）　　and kind to do this． " The post has since gained the （20）　　of social media users all over the world， receiving more than 184，000 shares and 61， 500 likes in just three days．

（1）

A．

unlucky

B．

secret

C．

new

D．

wrong

（2）

A．

received

B．

translated

C．

copied

D．

printed

（3）

A．

reasonable

B．

special

C．

necessary

D．

practical

（4）

A．

convincing

B．

reminding

C．

informing

D．

warning

（5）

A．

wake﹣up

B．

recovery

C．

growth

D．

arrival

（6）

A．

responded

B．

interrupted

C．

predicted

D．

repeated

（7）

A．

coming in

B．

setting out

C．

passing down

D．

moving around

（8）

A．

opinion

B．

anxiety

C．

excitement

D．

effort

（9）

A．

comparing

B．

exchanging

C．

discussing

D．

sharing

（10）

A．

accept

B．

know

C．

believe

D．

bother

（11）

A．

parents

B．

doctors

C．

patients

D．

visitors

（12）

A．

dream

B．

promise

C．

agenda

D．

principle

（13）

A．

bearing

B．

collecting

C．

opening

D．

making

（14）

A．

discouraged

B．

relaxed

C．

astonished

D．

defeated

（15）

A．

admit

B．

need

C．

appreciate

D．

expect

（16）

A．

found

B．

selected

C．

developed

D．

posted

（17）

A．

confirmed

B．

simplified

C．

clarified

D．

accompanied

（18）

A．

pity

B．

blessing

C．

relief

D．

problem

（19）

A．

smart

B．

calm

C．

sweet

D．

fair

（20）

A．

sympathy

B．

attention

C．

control

D．

trust

We have all heard how time is more valuable than money， but is it （1）　　to have too much time？

I （2）　　back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also （3）　　a team sport． By the time I got home， I only had a few hours to do my homework， and I had to do it（4）　　．

When I got into college， things（5）　　． I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time． Because of all this （6）　　time， there was no sense of （7）　　to do my school work immediately． I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a （8）　　． Once that happened， I just kept（9）　　my studying further and further back in my day． Then I got to the point where I was （10）　　really late at night to get my work done．

One day I（11）　　a former classmate of mine who was （12）　　a lot of money running a sideline （副业）． Since his regular job was （13）　　， I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full﹣time． He said without the job， he would （14）　　have too much time and would just do what I did back in（15）　　． He said that if he （16）　　the job， he would lose his （17）　　to work and succeed．

So， try （18）　　your time with other work． This is why there is a（19）　　that if you want something done， ask a （20）　　person to do it．

（1）

A．

true

B．

fair

C．

strange

D．

possible

（2）

A．

remember

B．

admit

C．

understand

D．

expect

（3）

A．

watched

B．

loved

C．

coached

D．

played

（4）

A．

at last

B．

right away

C．

of course

D．

as usual

（5）

A．

happened

B．

repeated

C．

changed

D．

mattered

（6）

A．

extra

B．

difficult

C．

valuable

D．

limited

（7）

A．

duty

B．

achievement

C．

urgency

D．

direction

（8）

A．

burden

B．

relief

C．

risk

D．

habit

（9）

A．

pushing

B．

taking

C．

setting

D．

calling

（10）

A．

hanging out

B．

staying up

C．

jogging round

D．

showing off

（11）

A．

met

B．

helped

C．

treated

D．

hired

（12）

A．

raising

B．

wasting

C．

demanding

D．

making

（13）

A．

safe

B．

important

C．

boring

D．

rewarding

（14）

A．

luckily

B．

hardly

C．

hopefully

D．

simply

（15）

A．

childhood

B．

college

C．

town

D．

business

（16）

A．

quit

B．

found

C．

accepted

D．

kept

（17）

A．

heart

B．

chance

C．

drive

D．

way

（18）

A．

saving

B．

filling up

C．

giving up

D．

trading

（19）

A．

message

B．

story

C．

saying

D．

fact

（20）

A．

careful

B．

busy

C．

reliable

D．

kind

Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment． Their savings had been（1）　　to pay lawyers' fees． To make matters worse， Moth was diagnosed（诊断）with a （2）　　disease． There was no （3）　　， only pain relief．

Failing to find any other way out， they decided to make a （4）　　journey， as they caught sight of an old hikers'（徒步旅行者）guide．

This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and （5）　　recovery． When leaving home， Raynor and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank． They planned to keep the（6）　　low by living on boiled noodles， with the（7）　　hamburger shop treat．

Wild camping is（8）　　in England． To avoid being caught， the Winns had to get their tent up（9）　　and packed it away early in the morning． The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot（10）　　than they remember it was in their 20s． Raynor（11）　　all over and desired a bath． Moth， meanwhile， after an initial（12）　　， found his symptoms were strangely （13）　　by their daily tiring journey．

（14）　　， the couple found that their bodies turned for the better， with re﹣found strong muscles that they thought had（15）　　forever． "Our hair was fried and falling out， nails broken， clothes（16）　　to a thread， but we were alive．"

During the journey， Raynor began a career as a nature writer． She writes， "（17）　　had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare， an empty page at the end of a（n）（18）　　written book． It had also given me a （19）　　， either to leave that page （20）　　or to keep writing the story with hope． I chose hope．"

（1）

A．

drawn up

B．

used up

C．

backed up

D．

kept up

（2）

A．

mild

B．

common

C．

preventable

D．

serious

（3）

A．

cure

B．

luck

C．

care

D．

promise

（4）

A．

business

B．

walking

C．

bus

D．

rail

（5）

A．

expected

B．

frightening

C．

disappointing

D．

surprising

（6）

A．

budget

B．

revenue

C．

compensation

D．

allowance

（7）

A．

frequent

B．

occasional

C．

abundant

D．

constant

（8）

A．

unpopular

B．

lawful

C．

attractive

D．

illegal

（9）

A．

soon

B．

early

C．

late

D．

slowly

（10）

A．

harder

B．

easier

C．

cheaper

D．

funnier

（11）

A．

rolled

B．

bled

C．

ached

D．

trembled

（12）

A．

struggle

B．

progress

C．

excitement

D．

research

（13）

A．

developed

B．

controlled

C．

reduced

D．

increased

（14）

A．

Initially

B．

Eventually

C．

Temporarily

D．

Consequently

（15）

A．

gained

B．

kept

C．

wounded

D．

lost

（16）

A．

sewn

B．

washed

C．

worn

D．

ironed

（17）

A．

Doctors

B．

Hiking

C．

Lawyers

D．

Homelessness

（18）

A．

well

B．

partly

C．

neatly

D．

originally

（19）

A．

choice

B．

reward

C．

promise

D．

break

（20）

A．

loose

B．

full

C．

blank

D．

missing

We're told that writing is dying． Typing on keyboards and screens （1）　　written communication today． Learning cursive （草书）， joined﹣up handwriting was once （2）　　in schools． But now， not so much． Countries such as Finland have dropped joined﹣up handwriting lessons in schools （3）　　typing courses． And in the U． S．， the requirement to learn cursive has been left out of core standards since 2013． A few U． S． states still place value on formative cursive education， such as Arizona， but they're not the（4）　　．

Some experts point out that writing lessons can have indirect （5）　　． Anne Trubek， author of The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting， argues that such lessons can reinforce a skill called automaticity． That's when you've perfected a task， and can do it almost without thinking．（6）　　you extra mental bandwidth to think about or do other things while you're doing the task． In this sense， Trubek likens handwriting to （7）　　．

"Once you have driven for a while， you don't （8）　　think 'Step on gas now'（or） 'Turn the steering wheel a bit'，" she explains． "You just do it． That's what we want children to （9）　　when learning to write． You and I don't think 'now make a loop going up for the 'I' or 'now look for the letter 'r' on the keyboard'．" Trubek has written many essays and books on handwriting， and she doesn't believe it will die out for a very long time， "if ever"． But she believes students are learning automaticity faster with keyboards than with handwriting： students are learning how to type without looking at the keys at （10）　　ages， and to type faster than they could write， granting them extra time to think about word choice or sentence structure． In a piece penned （if you'll pardon the expression） for the New York Times last year， Trubek argued that due to the improved automaticity of keyboards， today's children may well become better communicators in text as （11）　　takes up less of their education． This is a（n）（12）　　that has attracted both criticism and support．

She explains that two of the most common arguments she hears from detractors regarding the decline of handwriting is that not （13）　　it will result in a "loss of history" and a "loss of personal touch"．

On the former she （14）　　that 95% of handwritten manuscripts can't be read by the average person anyway "that's why we have paleographers，" she explains， paleography being the study of ancient styles of writing while the latter refers to the warm （15）　　we give to handwritten personal notes， such as thank﹣you cards． Some educators seem to agree， at least to an extent．

（1）

A．

abandons

B．

dominates

C．

enters

D．

absorbs

（2）

A．

compulsory

B．

opposite

C．

crucial

D．

relevant

（3）

A．

in want of

B．

in case of

C．

in favour of

D．

in addition to

（4）

A．

quantity

B．

minimum

C．

quality

D．

majority

（5）

A．

responsibility

B．

benefits

C．

resources

D．

structure

（6）

A．

granting

B．

getting

C．

bringing

D．

coming

（7）

A．

sleeping

B．

driving

C．

reviewing

D．

operating

（8）

A．

eventually

B．

constantly

C．

equivalently

D．

consciously

（9）

A．

adopt

B．

reach

C．

acquire

D．

activate

（10）

A．

slower

B．

later

C．

faster

D．

earlier

（11）

A．

handwriting

B．

adding

C．

forming

D．

understanding

（12）

A．

trust

B．

look

C．

view

D．

smile

（13）

A．

containing

B．

spreading

C．

choosing

D．

protecting

（14）

A．

commits

B．

counters

C．

completes

D．

composes

（15）

A．

associations

B．

resources

C．

procedures

D．

interactions

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause. Usually, the ____1___ the idea is, the more it gets noticed. And that's precisely why one ____2___ Frenchman has caught our attention.

Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe, surviving ___3____on discarded（丢弃）food. The three-month, 1 900-mile journey from Paris to Warsaw is Dubanchet's ___4____of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.

As you can ___5____ , the trip is no piece of cake. While restaurants ___6____ tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of ____7___ garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies. Only about one in ten places ____8___ him food that would otherwise be discarded.

For legal ____9___ , most restaurants have a policy against ___10___food waste. "Some people have even ___11___ their jobs by giving me food," Dubanchet said.

What's ___12___ interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchet's cause. Berlin has been the __13____ while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen. There, he had to ___14___ at some 50 different stores or restaurants before finding food. The ___15___ is all the more serious when you consider the ___16___ exercise required to bike from France to Poland.

"I have to get food ___17___ because after all the biking I am tired and I need the ___18___ ,"

Dubanchet explained. "Is my ___19___ full or empty? That is the most important thing, not what I am eating."

He aims to ___20___ his journey by mid-July. With any luck, he'll turn a few more heads in the process.

1.

A．

cleverer

B．

older

C．

stranger

D．

simpler

2.

A．

garbage-eating

B．

sports-loving

C．

food-wasting

D．

law-breaking

3.

A．

secretly

B．

finally

C．

entirely

D．

probably

4.

A．

purpose

B．

way

C．

opinion

D．

dream

5.

A．

observe

B．

imagine

C．

suggest

D．

remember

6.

A．

store

B．

cook

C．

shop for

D．

throw away

7.

A．

locked

B．

damaged

C．

connected

D．

abandoned

8.

A．

bought

B．

offered

C．

ordered

D．

sold

9.

A．

reasons

B．

rights

C．

fees

D．

aids

10.

A．

begging for

B．

giving away

C．

hiding

D．

causing

11.

A．

did

B．

kept

C．

accepted

D．

risked

12.

A．

hardly

B．

usually

C．

particularly

D．

merely

13.

A．

easiest

B．

nearest

C．

biggest

D．

richest

14.

A．

work

B．

shout

C．

ask

D．

jump

15.

A．

competition

B．

conversation

C．

conflict

D．

challenge

16.

A．

adequate

B．

rewarding

C．

demanding

D．

suitable

17.

A．

again

B．

alone

C．

later

D．

fast

18.

A．

spirit

B．

energy

C．

time

D．

effort

19.

A．

stomach

B．

hand

C．

pocket

D．

basket

20.

A．

arrange

B．

restart

C．

report

D．

finish