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-优题课

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1-10的相应位置上。
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he _______(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing _________ (repeat) ; then a habit is formed. Once _____ habit is formed , it is difficult, and sometimes __________ (possible) to get rid of .It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of the habits.
Children often form bad habits, some of ______remain with them as long as they live.______(lazy),lying, stealing and so on are all easily formed bad habits. However, there are many _______ habits formed in early life that are of great help. Many successful men say much of their success has ______to do with certain habits in early life like early rising and honesty. We should keep away ______ all the bad habits and try to form such good habits______ will be good for ourselves and others.

按照课文内容填空（共8小题；每小题0.5分,满分4分）
阅读下面的短文,在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中动词的适当形式。
It’s easy for you to start smoking, but ___you become addicted to it, you may find it ____to stop smoking. Firstly, you may become __ addicted to nicotine, one of the hundreds of harmful chemicals __(consist) in cigarettes. When the drug leaves your body, you get withdrawal symptoms. Secondly, you get addicted ____ habit. ___ is, if you do the same thing repeatedly, you begin to do it ____. Lastly, you become mentally addicted to it, when you may believe that you will only feel good when you smoke and may find all kinds of negative emotions in you when you stop smoking. Smoking may have all kinds of harmful effects on the health of both the smokers themselves and non-smokers around them. So it is time that smokers ____(quit) smoking.

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.

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。
My interest in Chinese food started years ago, when I was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, ______ I found some very good Chinese restaurant.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food, I loved it. I _______ (notice) the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why ______ has this special feature.
Many years ago, china had ______ energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This_____ (lose) was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their_____ (value) wood, or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in _____ (cook), they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked____ (fast) and they saved more fuel. The food ____ (prepare) in this way kept its fresh flavor--- and it’s this flavor _____ attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.

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。
Painting a picture of Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain, in 1881. His father, was also an artist, encouraged him (start) drawing at a very young age. The father soon noticed that his son was far more talented painter than he was, so he promised never to pick up a paintbrush again. In 1895, Picasso and his family moved to Barcelona, where he attended the school of Fine Arts. After (graduate), he continued his studies in Madrid, but instead of going to class, he spent his days at the Prado Museum, copying the style of famous old painters.
When he later returned to Barcelona, Picasso started to visit the Four Cats, a café which (be) popular with artists. Picasso would spend hours debating art with poets and other artists. These lively meetings at the café led to two (importance) events in Picasso’s life: first, he met the poet Jaime Sabartes and the painter Carlos Casagemas, who became his closest friends; second, he decided to devote his life experimenting with different styles of art instead of producing traditional art. In October 1900, Picasso (leave) Barcelona for the bright lights of Paris, and his life as a wandering artist really began.
Picasso formed his own style where the world is being (construct)of cubes and rectangles and finally he a huge (succeed)in the world of art.