Dad: OK, kid, what' s so important we have to meet in secret?
Daughter :Well, it' s about the 22nd of next month. I- d like to have surprise party for Mum but I need your help. I thought that maybe you could take her to a movie, you know, just the two of you. Then while you' re away I can decorate the family room
invite lots of friends.
Dad.That (sound) great but how do I manage to get her back without
(go) out to dinner after the movie?
Daughter: Oh, that' s easy. You just say that you want to pick me up in order to make it a family ( celebrate). After the movie is
, you send Mum in to get me and when she comes in the front door everyone shouts "Happy birthday" to surprise her.
Dad: What about food? You don't have time to cook it (you) , do you?
Daughter: I’ll order everything to be (send) from the restaurant nearby while you are enjoying the movie.
Dad: I'm so happy you have handled this so (beauty).
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
The earth was just ________ cloud of dust after the “Big Bang”. The earth exploded loudly with fire and rock.
________ were in time to produce many things,which were to make the earth’s atmosphere. As the earth cooled down,water began to appear on
________ surface. It allowed the earth to dissolve
________(harm) gases. Then life began to develop.
Small plants multiplied and filled the first oceans and seas with oxygen. This encouraged the ________(develop) of early shellfish and fish. Land animals such
_______ insects,reptiles and dinosaurs appeared after green plants appeared. Small clever animals spread all
________ the earth. They are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,
________ prevents heat from escaping from the earth into space.
_______ life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can
___________(solve).
仔细阅读下面短文,根据上下文填入适当的词语,或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。
Our modern world is founded on science and on technology too, which is the ______ (apply) of science to everyday affairs. Almost everything we do __
___ (depend) on our modern devices such as automobiles, record players and TV sets, and these ___
__ turn depend on scientific principles. Our future will depend on computers, robots, nuclear power and rockets ships, all of __
___ only make sense if we understand science.
If a person does not understand ____ makes these things work, they might as well be magic. People without ___
__ understanding of science live in a world that makes no sense. They might say, “So what? All I want to do is ___
___ (make) a living, have a family and look at the scenery”. They may find this is not so easy. Surely, it will be ___
____(increase) important, as the years pass, for people to understand science if they are going to be expected to help make ____
__ (intelligence) decisions about how to use science to save the world and not to destroy it.
That is __ __ it is important to study science even if one is not going to be a scientist.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
First aid is of _____ (important) in our life. There is no doubt ___
___ it is necessary to know some knowledge of first aid as dangers lie everywhere and accidents happen from time to time.If a person has an accident, he needs medical care before a doctor can__
___(find) . But in the process of first aid,
the injured will be properly treated _
___(depend) on your knowledge of first aid . As ___
__ famous journalist, Yan Song leads a very simple life. But he not only has a good nose ___
___news, but also has __
__(admire) professional first aid skills, because he thinks if we know ___
__about first aid, perhaps a life can be saved.
Everybody should know some first aid in order to save other people's lives. Let’s take delight in ____(acquire) skills of first aid.
One year ago, I was great trouble. I worked hard at English and devoted all my spare time to
(practise)it. But I failed to pass the mid-term examination,
made me greatly disappointed. So I asked my grandpa for advice when I got home.
(hear) what I told him, he said, “To some extent, examination
(result) are sometimes unexpected by your study level. You can’t judge your progress by one examination.” He encouraged me
( work) hard for a long time to check my results. I
(take) my grandpa’s advice. Now I realize
the process of learning is much more important and my English is much better
before. From my experience, I feel that we
listen to opinions from old people.
Plumb was a successful US pilot in the war against Vietnam. However, once his plane(destroy) by the enemy and he was forced to jump out.
(luck), with the help of the parachute(降落伞)he landed safely, but he was caught by the enemy and put
prison for 6 years.
One day, many years after the war, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restauranthe found a man staring at him.
Plumb looked back but didn’t recognize him. The man stood up and said, “You are Captain Plumb?” Plumb looked up at him and nodded. The man said, “You were pilot soldier in Vietnam. You landed into the enemy land with the help of your parachute.”
(embarrass), Plumb asked, “ How did you know all that?” The man continued, “Because I packed your parachute and
worked well.”
Plumb stayed awake that night. He wondered many times he had either walked past his life saver without saying anything
ignored him completely.
Think about this for ourselves. We sometimes completely ignore the people around, who help us out when we need them badly. They are just the man who was just there packing parachutes.