She was late for the meeting because her car on the way. [ ]A．fell down B．came down C．cut down D．broke down 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Mary, a 22-year-old young woman, stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel inManila, preparing a cake. It would seem to be ?? ?? for a cook, but Mary is not normal. She has no hands.

Her disability (残疾), however, only slows her down while working. Using other parts of her body, Mary can cut grapes and strawberries into pieces. “When I first saw Mary, I was worried she might hurt herself when using a knife, but that has never been a ?? ?? ,” says the boss of the hotel. “She does not get special treatment and works just as hard as the rest of the cooks.”

Mary has come a long way since the day in September 2002 when she and her uncle were attacked by two men, who were trying to force her family off their land. The 11-year-old girl passed out (晕倒) as she tried to ?? ??? herself from the attack. After she came to her sense, she found her uncle dead and saw her arms broken. Later, the doctors did an operation. They saved her life but could not save her hands.

In 2006, with the help of the family, Mary went to live at the House with No Steps, a Manila rehabilitation (康复) and training centre for disabled people. She learned how to write and do housework there. And more ?? ?? , she became used to her disability. She believed she could live a normal life although she was disabled. She thought she had something important to do in life because she was ?? ??? alive after the terrible attack. After she finished high school, she took a two-year Hotel and Restaurant Management course because she had enjoyed cooking since she was a little girl.

Mary didn’t shy away from the attention when she was reported on television. “I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it’s ?? ??? to live a normal life,” Mary says. “It is difficult to make a living, but I don’t lose hope. I believe nothing is impossible if you dream and work hard.

1.A. attractive????????????? ????????????? B. natural????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. necessary????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. important

2.A. moment????????????? ????????????? ??? B. way????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. problem????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. topic

3.A. save????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. keep????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. prevent????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. protect

4.A. strangely????????????? ????????????? B. importantly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. suddenly????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. politely

5.A. yet????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. already????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. just ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. still

6.A. possible????????????? B. excellent????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. simple????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. exciting?????????????

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     It took me about 2 months to plan my daughter's birthday party. She was    1    years old. I got many
ideas from the Internet that I thought I could use for the party. I had sleepless (失眠的)    2   because I
wanted this to be the best birthday. I looked for a place to have our party. Luckily (幸运地), I found
Monte Verde Park. It is a very beautiful park. After booking (预订) it, we started to    3   gifts (礼物)
for all the kids. We went to LA for good prices. I had 40 gifts in my room    4    a month and I wanted to
give them all away. I bought two beautiful skirts for my daughter. I also bought red cards at Tall Mouse. I
then sent them to my daughter's friends. I    5   them to my daughter's third birthday party on September
25 at 6:30 p.m. at Monte Verde Park. They could eat cake and have a good time.
阅读短文，完成下列各题。
在短文的空白处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
根据短文内容，完成下面的句子。
6. The writer spent ______ planning her daughter's birthday party.
7. The writer bought ______ gifts for her daughter's friends and ______ for her daughter.
8. They would have the party on ______ at 6:30 p.m. at ______.

阅读下面短文，根据所给的首字母，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。

About 70, 000, 000 Americans are trying to lose weight（减肥）, That is almost one of every three people in the United States．Some people eat l 1 food and they hardly have fat or sweets．Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations．So you can see losing weight is h 2 work, and it will also cost a lot of money．But why do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the bodies, For many people, looking nice also means to be t 3 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors say overweight is not good．

Most People want to find a faster and e 4 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are w 5 ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．

Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California．Men and woman p 6 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two t 7 exercise, eating different foods, Meals there may be just a little．All these work is for losing weight．After 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5pounds （2.27kg）．At $400 a day, she spent $320 to lose each pound．But she said she was still g 8 to do so．

Health centers, books, medicine, operations, running and exercise machines all n 9 a lot of money．So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing m 10 ．

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