阅读短文,然后从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的单词。
| added wonder either something also from times back tall |
Did you ever think about how people got their surnames (family names)? Did you ever who was the first person to have your surname?
Many modern British surnames go to the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons who ruled England for 300 years, until 1066 AD. During those
,people just had one name. Totell each person apart, the Anglo-Saxons added
the place a person came from or the job they did to their first name. For example, a lady called Agatha
the town of Blackburn could be called Agatha Blackburn.
The Vikings, on the other hand, the name of a person’s father or mother. So Erik Jonsson was the son of a man named Jon. Many Viking men
had nicknames (绰号). These used to mean the opposite of what the person was actually like. For example,John Short could be a very
man, or Erik Wise could be a man who was not very clever!
So, next time someone tells you their surname, stop and think for a minute. It might tell you about their ancestors(祖先) from centuries ago!
chat , speak , success , race , die Which are you good at , ________ English or written English or both?
His father’s _______ made him very sad.
I enjoy ________ with friends on the Internet.
He ________ in the last exam, his mother was very happy.
Larry is good at running , so he usaully wins _______ at school.
用所给词组的适当形式填空。
| work out change into too good fix up stay healthy |
They were made ___________ the problem in a short time.
Can you _______ this machine?
Eating a balanced diet is a great way to___________ .
So far, the small village _____________ a big city.
--Mum, I’m offered 8,000 yuan a month of the job.
---Really? It just sounds __________ to be true.
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When I saw Nick. standing there with no hands and no legs, but still smiling so happily, I got inspired(激励). Now, I'd like to share his storyyou.
Nick was born in 1982. Naturally, his arrival didn't bring happiness or hope for the family, but panic. But Nick's parents didn't give him up. Instead, they wanted Nick to grow up just like ababy. They did do their
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At the age of five or six, Nickthat he has no hands and no legs, but he didn't care. That's because his parents treated him
a normal boy and maybe he was too young to know what that
meant.
Things changedNick went to school. The students laughed at him and played
on him. No one liked him. He
to feel deeply lonely and hopeless.
When he was 13 years old, Nick read an article about a disabled person. He was inspired and decided to help others.
Now, he is widely known as a speaker,speeches around. the world. He helps us to find meaning in life.
| the same as , can't stop laughing, make many friends, get used to,learn … by oneself, |
She____________ when she heard the funny joke.
The man is hard-working. He is___________ English ____________.
She _____________since she came to our school.
Three weeks later, she____________ her new job.
My eating habits are not ______________ yours.
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The custom（风俗） of drinking tea began in China almost 5,000 years ago. The drink spreadto the rest of Asia and reached Europe in the middle of the 16th century. It did not appear in England
about a hundred years later.
One of the first coffee housewho offered tea sold it at 6 to 10 per pound, a price only the very rich could
. Regardless of the price, tea got popular. As more and more of it was imported(进口 ) into Britain, it
enough for the rich. By 1750, it had become a
drink of all classes in England.
Anna Maria Stanhope( 1783～1857) , knownthe Duchess(公爵夫人) of Bedford, is considered the creator of the British meal "aftemoon tea". Dinner was not
until late in the evening, and the Duchess felt hungry in the afternoon. She really enjoyed inviting friends to join
for a meal at five o'clock which included cakes, sandwiches, sweets, and, of course, tea. This custom was quickly picked up by other fashionable people, and by the
of the country in the end.