请用适当的词完成下面短文,并将所缺单词填在答题卡指定位置上,每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

As elderly master grew tired of his student’s complaining,so one morning,the master gave the young man some salt and told the unhappy young man to put some salt in a1. of water and then drink it.

“How does it2.?”the master asked.

“Bitter,”said the young man.

The master smiled and then asked the young man to take the 3. amount of salt and put it in the 4..Then,the old man said,“Now drink from the lake.”

The young man did 5. his master told him to.And then,the master asked again,“How does it taste?” 

“Fresh,”the young man answered.

“Do 6. taste the bitterness?”asked the master.

“No,”said the young man.

Then,the master sat beside this young man,7. his hands and said,“The pain of life is salt.The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same.However,the amount of bitterness we taste 8. on the container(容器) we put the pain in.So when you are in pain,9. only thing you can do is to enlarge(放大) your sense of things.10.being a glass.Become a lake.”

请用适当的词完成下面短文,并将所缺单词填在答题卡指定位置上,每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

A dog and a chicken were good friends and they were traveling together.

When night came,the chicken flew up to a 1. and slept there,and the dog found a hole in the same tree and slept in2..Early the next morning,the chicken woke up and began to crow(啼叫).

A hungry fox 3. the crowing and wanted to catch the chicken for his dinner.4. the fox said to the chicken,“What 5. beautiful morning it is!I want to talk to you,you have a very sweet 6..Won’t you come down and have a talk with me?”

“Thank you,Mr.Fox.But why don’t you come 7. here?It is very nice and it’s cool here,”said the chicken.“All right,I will.But how can I climb up?”asked the fox.“Just go around the trunk(树干),and8. up my friend in the hole.He will 9. the door for you,”said the chicken.The fox went10. the hole.And the dog ran out,jumped upon the fox and killed it at once.

请用适当的词完成下面短文,并将所缺单词填在答题卡指定位置上,每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

A traveler came out of the airport.There were a lot of taxis there.He asked every taxi driver his name.Then he took 1. third one.

“How much does it cost to use your taxi2. the whole day?”the traveler asked.

“100 dollars,”said the taxi driver.This was very expensive,but the traveler said 3. was OK.

The taxi driver took the traveler everywhere.He 4. him all the parks and museums in the city.In the evening they went back to the hotel.The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars.

The next day the taxi driver took the traveler to more beautiful 5. in the city.And in the evening they went back to the hotel.The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars 6. and said,“We had a good time together.77. I’m going home back to New York.”

“You 8. from New York!”said the taxi driver.“I have a sister in New York.Her9. is Sandy.Do you know her?”

“Of course I 10. her.She asked me to give 200 dollars to you!”the traveler answered.

请用适当的词完成下面短文,并将所缺单词填在答题卡指定位置上,每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Emperor penguins live in the Antarctic,one of the most extreme (极端的)environments in the world.The1. there is so cold that the temperatures can fall to -40 ℃.They are the largest and heaviest kind of penguins in the world.They can hold their breath for up to 22 2.,and can go under the water as deep as 565 m.They can swim almost as 3. as dolphins (海豚)24 km per hour.They have to be able to swim fast,or they’ll be 4. by killer whales for food.

The female (雌性的)penguin 5. one egg each winter.She passes it to the male (雄性的)penguin.Then she goes back to the sea for two months to find food.The male stays with the egg and keeps it warm.6. the egg gets too cold,the baby penguin inside will7..So the male keeps 8. egg off the ice and covers it with his stomach feathers (羽毛).

For the two months that the females are away,the males stay together to stay warm and protect each other9.strong winds and snowstorms.During this time,they eat10. because they can’t leave their eggs until the females return.

请用适当的词完成下面短文,并将所缺单词填在答题卡指定位置上,每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

Today,an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down.These people are 1. the “Heads-down Tribe”.Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.

There are more and more traffic 2. because lots of drivers use mobile phones while driving.In order to make drivers pay more 3. to driving,some new traffic rules have been made.

As we can see above,using mobile phones may 4. traffic accidents.Also,more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”.A man in America kept 5. his mobile phone on his way home.As 6. result,he knocked into a big lost bear.When he lifted 7. eyes from the phone,he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as 8. as possible.Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones.It’s strange9. they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal.Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.

Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life.Whether they are good or not depends 10. how people use them.Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.

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During the long summer holidays, many children go to holiday camps. Emily Harris wrote about 1. experience looking after children at Kingfishers Holiday Camp, in Salisbury.

This summer will be my third time to be at the camp here, but I’ve been to 2. Kingfisher camps all over Britain. I’ve made a lot of friends through this summer job. It’s perfect for teenagers 3. me. After all, summer holidays are great, 4. they are long and they can get boring! We are busy doing this job all the time and we get paid!

I help the sports and activity teachers, so I 5. time with different groups of children, and by the end of the week, I usually know most of them well.

The best part is when the children try 6. new, like boating or climbing. I love seeing their excitement. It’s really enjoyable and it makes you feel you are 7. a good job. Also when they play a team game, and the other team wins, instead of feeling unhappy, we teach them to 8. hands and say ＂Congratulations!＂ to the winners. This gives me a real feeling of success.

As I said before, it isn’t just the 9. who make great new friends! Working together so closely, even for just a few weeks, the helpers at our camp become really good 10..

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“Who needs a shopping mall(购物中心)if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin,28,a writer in Beijing.

Taobao,China’s largest online shopping site(网站),has become an1. part of Wang Lin’s life.She 2. lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of 3. shopping.Most online shoppers are students or young workers.More4. shop online than men.Clothing and home-use products are the most popular online.

It was reported 5. more than 250 billion(十亿)yuan was spent on online shopping last year,80% through Taobao.

Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese.People can find 6. everything they need on Taobao,from clothes to books,7. candies to DVD players.

You may question the safety of online shopping,Wang Lin 8.,“It’s very safe and easy.Unless you receive the 9. from the sellers and are satisfied with them,the shop owner will not get the money.You can also10. your money back if you want to return the products.”

There is an old saying: Like father like son. Here is a story about it．

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered (坏脾气) and never gave a way to others. One day his father decided to 1. some friends to dinner. He asked his son to buy some meat in town．When the son got what his father wanted, he turned back2. walked towards the town gate. Just then, a man was coming from outside. The gate wasn’t 3. enough to let two men in and4. at the same time. But 5. of them would give way to the other. They stood face 6. face inside the gate hour after hour. Waited for a long time, his father was worried, “What shall I do? My son hasn’t returned yet. I can’t wait any 7. .” He wanted to know what was the matter with his son. So he8. his friends at home and went to town to look for his son.

“You may take the 9. home for my friends. Let me stand here against him 10. ,” he said to his son when he knew what had happened. What do you think of the father? If everyone teaches their children in this way, there will be no peace in the world．

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Alexander was a funny student.He loved1. comedies best and hoped to become a compedy actor one day.

When he heard about a talent show at this school,Alexander decide to take part in.He had 2. acted in public before,and he was very excited about his first performance in public.But some students laughed at him.

Alexander couldn’t understand why they3. at him.For a moment,he thought about4. up the show.But he remembered how much his friends liked his jokes,and also his teachers said he was very funny.So he decided to prepare for the show.

Alexander did a great 5..Everyone loved his performance,and he won 6. first prize!His teachers and friends were proud of him.Even so,Ken,one of his classmates,told Alexander that he was not funny,and that he would never be successful.Alexander didn’t understand why Ken said so,but he realized that it had 7. to do with him.He confidently continued to work towards his goal.

As the years went on,Alexander met more people 8. Ken.“You’ll do a terrible job,” they said to him.Luckily,most people encouraged him and some helped him to become even 9..His fans thanked him10. his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.Now Alexander is a big comedy star!He is doing what he loves best.He never feels stressed like those unkind people,and he laughs all day long!

(2013●常州市)---How soon will you start your journey? ---I'm not sure. I haven't decided ______.

A. when shall I ask the boss for leave B. where I will go to spend the holiday

C. whether I would go by train or by plane D. who could invite me to go