阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。答案写在答题卡上。
If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they __ (slow) become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem
__(know) that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it.
__someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that
__is his own fault(过错). But if he
__(tell) us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame(受责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have
__(good) memories than others? This is
__they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in
__little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being
_ (exercise). So if you want to have a good memory, learn
__the people; Practice remembering.
(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
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。
Dear fellow students,
May I have your attention,please? Now I'd like to make a speech here.As we know,waste (become)a common scene on campus recently.Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much
(1eave);others
(simple)walk away after washing hands,leaving the water
(run);students leave the classroom every day
noticing whether fans are switched off.Has thrift(节俭),one of the national tradition
developed from our long history gone?
so,find it back!
We don't have to take great pains to control waste,but action and a grateful heart are needed;thank the water that runs through our fingers,and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water (short);thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas,children share
dim lamp reading;thank all the paper we are able to use,for trees are cut down
(satisfy)our needs;thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act,so the tradition of thrift will never fade.
短文填空。(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读短文,并选择方框中的词用适当形式填空,每个词最多选用一次,有一项是多余的,每空一词。
with that little start do because way how make explain bad
Sometimes, we see some people reading books while biting their nails (咬指甲). According to the BBC(英国广播公司), up to 45 percent of teenagers bit their nails. There is not an exact answer to why people bite their nails. But most commonly, nail biting is said to be a nervous habit. It is done
of stress(压力), boredom or excitement.
What’s more, a report says that people with higher levels of intelligence(智力) biting their nails at an early age. It believes that compared
common person,
with higher levels of intelligence may feel higher levels of stress more easily.
This habit is for the biters. It can give them red or sore fingertips. And long-term nail biting can affect(影响)
nails grow.
But don’t worry! There are many to stop biting your nails. First, keep your nails clean. The more you focus on taking care of your nails, the
likely you may bite them again. Also, when you feel stressed, try to relax.
exercise or having a warm bath both help.
语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10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,在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式(最多限填三个单词)填空。
Summer was coming and it was getting hotter. Mrs. King got early one morning and went to the market after she
(have)breakfast. She knew that everything was cheap there before eight o'clock. She wanted to buy many
(vegetable)for her family. Suddenly she saw there were a
of people around a farmer. She hurried there and found that he was selling some beef.
“How does it cost?”a woman asked.
“Two dollars a kilo.”
“Oh,how cheap it is!”Mrs. King said to herself.“John (like)beef very much. I'd better buy some here.”
When she got with five kilos of beef,her son was happy but her husband got angry.
“What a silly woman!”said Mr. King.“How shall we keep it fresh in such hot weather?”
“Your aunt is very rich,”said Mrs. King.“Why not go and borrow some money ___ her? Then we'll be able to buy a fridge.”Mr. King agreed and they began to teach their five-year-old son what _
(say)when they were at his aunt's house·
“John,”Mr. King said,“how can we keep the beef fresh?”
“That's easy,”the boy said _ (happy).“By eating it!”
Male fans love to play football. Football is also a bonding experience for fathers and sons. When male football fans are younger, they probably spend hours_______ watching football games with their fathers. Male football fans also probably spend a lot of time playing football
_______ their friends.
Female fans do love the game, too, ________ most started watching football because a cute player caught their eyes. This is
________ I started watching football. I was
________ interested in football until I saw the movie Goal. While watching the movie, I spotted Kuno Becker and I quickly became interested in
________ game. Other female fans probably became interested after watching a game with a boyfriend
________ their husband. Whatever the reason why people start watching football
_______, it’s very addictive and hard to stop once you start.
I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting my car broke down near a remote village. Cursing my
(fortune), I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me
(argue) as to who should have the honour of receiving me
a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of
80-year-old peasant woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me settled into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse
my car to pull it to a small town some 20 kilometers away
there was a garage.
I had noticed three hens (run) free in my hostesscourtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. Other villagers brought me goats cheese and honey. We drank together and talked
(merry) till far into the night.
When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman for the trouble I
(cause) her. But she refused.