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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David: Mary Liuse? I haven’t seen you since we(graduate) in high school.
Mary: David? Randy David? Oh, you look definitely the same! Even your figure is the same.
David: Well, you look …a lot(difference)…
Mary: Well, I got tired of that blonde hair, so I decided to become a redhead. I also lost a lot of (weigh), and I’m really
(try) hard to keep it off.
David: So, do you live here? What do you do?
Mary: I’m a lawyer in Brookfield and I just come out here on weekends to go skiing. What about you?
David: I sell insurance, I’m actually working in Springfield. We are looking to open a new office here, so that’s why I’m out here.
Mary: Do you like your job?
David: Well, I guess I makenice living, but I’m really
(bore) with the work. I wish I could just change careers.
Mary: I agree.(exact) speaking, I have theopposite problem. I work for an environmental law firm, so the work is exciting, and I feel like I’m really making a difference. The only problem is
the pay is quite low, so I’m basically living hand to mouth every month.
David: That sounds like a fair trade, though. I’d switch placesyou in a second.
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It is useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away” also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results
(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes
_ the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.
we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important
I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits --- --- keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by
(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and
(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What`s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I
(conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a chair in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance．The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing
( happen)．
When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall asfailure. Instead, they consider
as a learning experience．They try and try again
they succeed．
I was also touched by the way he ran. With eachattempt, he looked so (confidence) and natural．He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could．He was just being a child--- being himself completely at the moment．He never gave up．Each time he fell, he got up again by
, as if he knew that falling down was
(simple) a part of life．
He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying whether someone was watching or not.
he wanted was to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely．I learned a lot from the experience.
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We are what we eat because what we eat every day has great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits.
we all know, baked or fried foods may be
（taste）, but eating too much of them will
（probable）result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.
(compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but
(little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic
(grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We
(run) the risk of eating out without
(consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose
give us the nutrients we need.
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After graduation from university, I (able) to secure a permanent（固定的）job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,
_I might have a better chance to find a good job.
(earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started working in a local café
a waiter. I believe that if I
(offer) a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (tire) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found
quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps what my mother had told me was
( deep ) rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job. To my delight，after nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned did I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me. Here the air is fresher. Besides, the environment is cleaner
that in the city.