Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will (probable) say that they go to school to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other knowledge. That is quite true, but
do they learn these things?
We send our children to school (prepare) them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that
only reason why they go to school?
There is more in education than just (learn) facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man
really knows how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will but also be able to teach
how to do it in the best way. The
(educate) person, on the other hand, is either unable to do something new, or just
it badly. The purpose of schools, therefore, is
(teach) languages, arithmetic, history science, etc., but to teach pupils the way to learn.
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In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom, 8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled
right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.
"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said
(rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins
. "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked
. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long
the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised
what she saw. There,
(place) neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies --- her tip!
语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
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标号为1-10的相应位置上。
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing ____
_____ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once __
___ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes ____
______ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of ______remain with them as long as they live.____
__(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many ___
____ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has __
____to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ___
___ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits___
___ will be good for ourselves and others.
按照课文内容填空(共8小题;每小题0.5分,满分4分)
阅读下面的短文,在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中动词的适当形式。
It’s easy for you to start smoking, but ___you become addicted to it, you may find it __
__to stop smoking. Firstly, you may become _
_ addicted to nicotine, one of the hundreds of harmful chemicals _
_(consist) in cigarettes. When the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. Secondly, you get addicted __
__ habit. _
__ is, if you do the same thing repeatedly, you begin to do it __
__. Lastly, you become mentally addicted to it, when you may believe that you will only feel good when you smoke and may find all kinds of negative emotions in you when you stop smoking. Smoking may have all kinds of harmful effects on the health of both the smokers themselves and non-smokers around them. So it is time that smokers __
__(quit) smoking.
语法填空(共10题,每题1分,满分10分)______(exact) when the first people arrived in what we now know as California,no one really knows. However,
______is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.
Scientists believe that these first settlers______ (cross) the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America
_______ means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the
_____ (arrive) of Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. In addition, many died
_____ the diseases brought by Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are more Native Americans
______ (live) in California than in any other state.
In the 18th century, California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century. Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of _______ we now call the United States. Of
______ first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, whose ministry was
_______(teach) the Catholic religion to the natives.
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My interest in Chinese food started years ago, when I was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, ______ I found some very good Chinese restaurant.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food, I loved it. I _______ (notice) the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why
______ has this special feature.
Many years ago, china had ______ energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This
_____ (lose) was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their
_____ (value) wood, or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in _____ (cook), they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked
____ (fast) and they saved more fuel. The food
____ (prepare) in this way kept its fresh flavor--- and it’s this flavor
_____ attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.