When I was a teenager, I used to skateboard on the playground. It seems that skateboarding is an (entertain) hobby a lot of American teenagers take great interest in.
I had a skateboard was bought not too long ago. But since I don’t skateboard any more, I made a
(decide ) that I should go to a skateboard shop and give
to some kid. I know I would have been so excited if someone had done that for me when I was younger.
So I drove to the local skateboard shop and waited outside for about ten minutes. A boy and his dad (be ) about to walk into the shop when I stepped up. I asked him if he’d like my skateboard. He asked how much it was. I told him it was free---as long as he used it!
His eyes lit up and I could see excited he was.
(hand) him my skateboard, I walked back to my car. His dad kept asking me if I was
(real) giving him my skateboard,
I kept saying ,“Yes!”
I think his dad was excited than he was. I was very happy that I could give someone a very nice skateboard.
语法填空,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。
Millions words have been said about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in their ideas,
_ _(feel) and actions. Today there are about eight million Americans in the colleges and universities. The young under twenty-five make __
nearly half of the American population, many of
will be in power in the U.S.
(nature), their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and
is necessary for the older people to understand
they think and how they feel. College students today have strong opinions about right and
. They are deeply interested in making a
(good) life for all the people, especially for those who have never
(give) a fair chance before.
根据上下文的语法结构及所给提示填空，使短文连贯通顺。
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear ________ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.
______, we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success ______ language learning. __
_______ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only ____
________ (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ___
_______meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. __
______we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of _
_____(advise) for those __
____are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and
__(write) the language whenever we can.
根据上下文的语法结构及所给提示填空，使短文连贯通顺。
People ____ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred __
_(language) in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four _
__five hundred thousand words. But we do not need _
_ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. __
__ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary __
__ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _
__ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet __
__ new word, look it __
__ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your __
(much) useful book.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
According to Zheng Jun, Qinqiang opera is similar rock’ n ’roll in many ways, and the latter is therefore the modern day Qinqiang. Rock concerts,
star the common people, take place by the city wall on a daily basis.
Qinqiang opera (call) the “living fossil” of Chinese opera, the forefather of several operas in China.
(Spread) to Henan, it developed into Yu opera. Judging even by today’s standards, Qinqiang opera counts as the
(early) Chinese rock music. The spirit of modern rock’ n ’roll
(seem) to come from it.
The number of Qinqiang opera amateur (club) in Xi’an is uncertain. At places like the City Wall Park and the South gate, you can spot groups of people enjoying the opera. Known or unknown to the group, any Qinqiang lover is welcome to sing a piece
just sit down and listen. The singer presents excellent voice and emotions while the audiences get
(excite) by the tunes. Standing among
(they), you could feel the cultural pulse of this city.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（≤3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And you pay for it, you say: this cost
an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by
(say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation
(see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I (expect) it to be.
A: did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that price is very, very high, much
(high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n)
phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.