短文填空
Alice Munro was b_______ in Wingham, Ontario. Her father, Robert Eric Laidlaw, was a fox and mink (貂) farmer, and her mother, Anne Clarke Laidlaw, was a school t___
___. Munro began writing as a teenager. Her first story, The Dimensions of a Shadow, c___
___ out in 1950 while she was studying at the University of Western Ontario. During this period she worked as a waitress, a tobacco picker, and a library clerk (职员).
Munro’s f_____ collection of stories, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), w___
___ the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s highest literary (文学的) prize. That success was followed by Lives of Girls and Women (1971), a collection of interlinked (相互关联的) stories sometimes incorrectly described as a novel. In 1978, Munro’s collection of interlinked stories Who Do You Think You Are? was p_
__. This book earned Munro a s__
___ Governor General’s Literary Award. From 1979 to 1982, she toured Australia, China and Scandinavia. In 1980, Munro held the position of writer in residence (住校) at b___
_ the University of British Columbia and the University of Queensland. Through the 1980s and 1990s, she published a short-story collection about once every four years.
On 10 October, 2013, Munro w____ awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is k___
__ as a “master of the contemporary (当代的) short story”. She is the first Canadian and the 13th woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
根据句意,用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空Don’t be afraid of making ________________ (错误). They help you learn.
________________(混合) the fruit together, and then cook it.
George did an ________________(极好的) job in the competition and won the prize.
We’ve got no coffee. Let’s have tea ________________(代替).
根据音标或中文提示,写出单词或词组的适当形式,使句意完整、正确。People often drink / ti: / in their free time.
– What’s your / dri:m / ?
– I want to be a pilot in the future.–Why do you often feel (困乏的)?
–Because I usually go to bed very late at night.– (吸烟) may cause cancer!
– That’s right. It’s very dangerous.– I think Zheng Chenggong is one of the greatest (英雄)in China.
–I think so !–Keeping trying! Never (放弃) !I believe you will get your goal one day.
–Thank you.
词汇运用
◆ 选择括号内恰当的单词填入空白处,使句子完整、正确。Eating fruit is good for us to keep (fit / fat ).
–When shall we meet?
– Let’s (prepare / make ) it half past six. I want to (join / take part in ) the table tennis club.
(Under / With) the help of Lucy, I can finish the work.
综合填空。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;4)音标提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词,所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。
Basketball is an American game. A man named James Naismith _____ it in 1891.He wanted to play an indoor game in bad
w_______. The first real game was played in 1892.
Naismith put up two peach (桃形)baskets. There were nine players_____ each side. The players tried to ___
___ (扔,投)the ball into the baskets. There were __
_____(没有) holes (洞)in the bottom(底部)of the baskets. When a ball went
i______ the basket. It stayed there. The game
h______ to stop. A player climbed up to __
____∣get∣ the ball. It was a slow game. After a while, people ___
___(应用,使用) net baskets. They cut the bottom out of the baskets.
At first, many people could play.Now only ten team members can play the game. There are five __|plei
| on each side. Today basketball is a very popular game.
缺词填空
Do you remember how you get your English name? Your English teacher gave it to you or you looked up the d to get it? Have you ever thought w
your English name will bring you good luck or bad luck?
A new study found a name that others felt difficult to pronounce might i a person’s future The study shows that the e
your name is to pronounce, the more trustworthy(值 得信赖的)people will think you are.. The research also shows that people with more familiar(熟 悉的)names are probably to hold higher positions in s
. In other words, a weird(古怪的)name may prevent someone from going to be a 1
or a boss. You may think about your `'name again. If your first name sounds strange and you can't c
it, you can do as the following s
.Try using a middle name if it's not hard to pronounce If you don't have a middle name, you can use a nickname(绰号)And when you get to the interview, you can e
that you often use a nickname because people find your r
name difficult to pronounce.
Your name may mean more than you think.