Since her husband died, Mrs. Jackson has lived alone in her big old house. The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago. Her daughter has tried hard to ask her to sell the house and buy a n_______ and small one in the town. B___
___Mrs. Jackson doesn’t like the idea. She says that she has to look after her h__
___ old house. But these days, she often hears of stories about unknown people who steal things around here.
That was a cold day before Christmas Eve. Around four o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Jackson was e_____ the Christmas music when someone knocked at the door. She h__
____ the sound but didn’t move. Another knock. Who could it be? Mrs. Jackson was a bit a__
___. She decided not to answer the door but kept waiting.
One minute another minute and yet another minute, n___ happened and no more knocks. She walked q___
___ to the door, and listened. She didn’t hear anything but the wind outside. She slowly opened the door and watched through the crack (缝隙) . She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open! At the door, she saw a tall, beautiful Christmas t__
____! Under the tree was a Christmas card w_
___ these words:
Merry Christmas !
Your new neighbour
People are attracted to a restaurant by more than just good food. Though important, good food is only a part of the whole dining experience. Equally important is the way people feel while in the restaurant. This physical and emotional response is a result of the atmosphere.
Atmosphere is made up of e _ that makes an impression on people. The building design, the decorations, the colors of the walls, the service and the food create the atmosphere. The right atmosphere can relax g_
and bring good feelings and repeat customers. The p
atmosphere can make the food, the service and the total dining experience seem satisfying.
People want a dining experience-an efrom problems and everyday surroundings. The atmosphere should show a feeling of friendliness and comfort, be attractive and interestingly different. The atmosphere is remembered long though the meal is f
. For the restaurant owner, this means repeat customers and, hopefully, a profitable operation.
Not everyone wants the same emotional response from a restaurant's atmosphere. After working all day long, most people would prefer to eat in a quiet, relaxing atmosphere. However, for those who have worked alone in a quiet environment, a n_cafeteria might satisfy their needs. It is, therefore, very important to be thoroughly familiar with the type of people who you will s_
in your workplace.
Designing the "right " atmosphere takes careful consideration. It should be designed to attract.
Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)The Hong Kong Disneyland attracted 50,000,000 _. in 2014. (visit)
They held a party to celebrate son 's _ birthday yesterday. (twelve)
Nobody taught us German, so we learned it on the Internet by _ (we)
“Under the Dome" made by Chai Jing shows air pollution is _ than before. (bad)
We all know that the life today is _ different from that in the past. (complete)
Sherlock Holmes _lots of cases with the help of his assistant in his life. (solution)
Joan felt very _ when she was caught copying Tim's homework . (embarrass)
It is _for people to fly to Mars in a solar powered plane now. (possible)
Sally was fourteen.She studied in a middle school.She liked dancing and singing and s ______ a lot of time on them.But she hated math and even decided to give it up.Her father was w __
_ about it.
It was Sunday.Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who t _____ math in another school.He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math.The woman came and said, “ You are a clever girl, Sally.I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your b _
____.’’
“ I’m afraid I can’t , Aunt,” said Sally.“ G ______ can’t be good at math .”
“ I don’t think so,” said the woman.“ I was good at it when was a girl.You must do more e _____ and try different ways to practice d __
__ math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better.Here is a math problem.Please think it o ___
___ and see if you can work it out.”
“ Ok,” said the girl.“ Let me try.”
About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “ I’ve t ____ several times and worked out the problem at last!”
“ Well done !” her aunt looked at her answer and said h_____, “ Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought.”
动词应用(共10小题,计l0分)
根据句意,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(必要时加助动词或情态动词)The girl is often heard ______ (sing)in the next room.
______ (wait)for him for so long made me very angry.
I_____ (make)quite a few friends by the end of last term。
Could you please ______ (not speak)so loud?
You should say “thank you” when you ______ (give)something as a present.
David preferred ______ (sell)newspapers to doing the housework when he was young.
We ______ (drive)home on the highway when you called me yesterday.
Mrs. Green made Alice ______ (sweep)the floor after supper.
I don’t know it good or bad for us ______ (watch)TV too much.
We had to put off ______ (visit)my grandma because my mother was ill.
单词拼写(共10小题,计l0分)
根据句意及汉语提示,填写句中所缺的单词。Do you have the ______(视频)of the 2013 Spring Festival Eve Gala(春晚)?
Many people are growing ______ (西红柿)in our town.
It’s very noisy here.Please speak ______ (大声地).
Most famous stars always wear dark sun ______ (眼镜)in public.
—Are you coming to the party this Sunday?
一No,I haven’t been ______ (邀请).More and more people are surfing the Internet for ______ (信息)they need.
England and France are ______ (欧洲的)countries.
I like all the subjects at school,______ (尤其是)physics.
They ______ (坚定地)believe that their children should make their choices for themselves.
I am not ______ (通常)allowed to stay out late.