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。
Earthquakes are something people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes.
, most places in the world have them regularly.
(country) that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 (frighten) people died and numerous citizens
(suffer) from it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded (feel) in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died, most of died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed number of people. The worst earthquake ever
(record) was also in China,
which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
As we all know, if adolescents become addicted to smoking, it will do terrible d_____ to their heart and lungs.
Q________ smoking is difficult but not impossible. So as a young man if you are
______(下决心) to give up smoking, please accept my advice. First, you had better choose a day that is not
____ (有压力的) to stop smoking and throw away all your
_____. Secondly you should always remind
_____ that you are a non-smoker when you feel like smoking.
_____ your spare time you should try your best to
_____(培养) some other habits to keep yourself busy. You can stop smoking with a friend or join a group.
_____ necessary, ask a doctor or chemist for help.
L_____, what matters most is to keep trying. Don’t feel disappointed if you smoke again. Just try again.
What is happiness? To some, happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. To others, happiness means achieving success in something, such as meeting a goal. To who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day without suffering, or just being alive. Here is an example.
Sang Lan was born Ningbo, China in 1981, and began learning gymnastics when she was only six years old. By the time she completed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she had been a junior gymnast for eleven years. Sang Lan’s best event was always
vault. She started winning competitions in 1991
kept working hard. Her teammates described her
energetic, happy and hard-working. In my opinion, she is a very good example of someone
is happy with her life, a young girl who was happy and successful in her sport. She amazed the world by the way she remained cheerful
she was injured and in hospital. Now, she finds happiness by reaching much smaller goals, and through the love of the people around her.
I hope all of us have been inspired by Sang Lan! I think her courage is admirable. I know I will think about how rebuilt her life whenever my life feels unbearable.
Last week my niece stayed with us ____ her brother was going to have a surgery and her parents needed to concentrate on looking after him.
My daughter, my niece, and I went out for some shopping and while I was in line _____ (wait) to pay, the girls asked if they could wait ___
__ me at the supermarket door.
Some minutes later they returned to ask if they could give the sweets they______ (buy) to a man in the street, so their sweets were given away. ____
____ two minutes they returned to ask me if there was anything else they could give to the man. They took some biscuits away and came back with a huge smile on their faces. ___
____ we got out of the shop I saw the man. He said “Thank you” to me and the girls.
On the way to the car my daughter wanted to buy a drink for the man, _____ I had no change, so I went to the cash machine, took some cash and gave ___
____ to the girls to give the man, so that he could buy a sandwich and a drink if he needed. The girls were very ___
___ (excite).
To me the bonus was _____ (probable) my niece’s first random act of kindness, and that was awesome.
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，（不多于3个单词）并将答案填写在答题卡上标号的相应位置。
Tom: Sandy. It seems that only half of the students passed the final exam.
Sandy: Really? The examhave been very difficult this time.
Tom: Well, I’m really(surprise) too. There are many students who definitely didn’t fail. According to Jack, there are eight boys in his class who failed,
(include) himself and Scott.
Sandy: Oh! Scott is of the top students in the college. What about his sister, Kate? Did she pass?
Tom: Oh, yes. It seems she (get) good marks.
Sandy: That’s (absolute) unbelievable! Scott was
much better student than his sister, and has been working so hard for the last few months.
Tom: It seems (fair), doesn’t it? But, from
I’ve heard, perhaps he worked too hard. He was ill during the week of the exam.
Sandy: Oh, I see. These things happen, sometimes. I suppose the teacher will take his illness into account and give him a pass.
Tom: Well, there is a rumor going around the head of the Department is leaving.
Sandy: Because of the bad result, you mean?
Tom: Well, I suppose so. I’m not sure. Maybe Mr. Smith is going to be the new Department Head.
M: Michelle D: Drake
D: Michelle, why are you dancing? I thought we had to study for our math test!
M: Oh, hi, Drake! I was doing some exercise just now. I thought you must have been(stick) in the heavy traffic for it was the rush hour. Let me turn the music
.
D: You exercise by (dance)? I thought things like running and bicycling
(consider) exercise.
M: Well, those are other good ways to work out, but I like to dance. It is fun to move around to music, and you can (sure) work up a sweat. Do you like to dance?
D: Yes, I do, I am not a very good dancer. For exercise, I prefer playing soccer. Guess what? I
(play) in a match this time next Saturday.
M: Cool! I know you like to go to the park on the weekend and play soccer. Maybe you should try dancing, and I will try playing soccer.
D: Do you know how to play soccer? is really very easy to learn once you try.
M: I cant play soccer very well, even though I used to play a lot when I was a kid. you teach me some of your soccer moves, I’ll teach you some dance moves! How does that sound?
D: It’s deal. If it weren’t for the math test tomorrow, we could go to the gym right now.
M: Right. No more fun and games. Let me get my notebook.