完形填空。 In the last 500 years, several million people have been killed by earthquakes. Among all the earthquakes, the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake is regarded as the 1 one in the twentieth century. On July 28, 1976, a terrible earthquake of 7.8 magnitude (级) 2 Tangshan City, Hebei Province. In just one second, the city with one million people was destroyed. The earthquake was __3 strong that even Beijing and Tianjin were seriously affected (受到影响). The shock was felt in 14 provinces and cities-one-third of the country. The earthquake took place 4 midnight. Most people could not take any actions. Over 240,000 people 5 and about 170,000 were seriously injured. Water supplies, communications and traffic were completely cut off. The people there needed 6 immediately. But they could not wait for help 7 . They formed groups to dig for others. They set up medical areas and tents. They searched for food and clean water. Recovery(恢复)was not easy with so much 8 . Yet, after a lot of care was given in time, the rebuilding of Tangshan began almost 9 . Though it took time, the whole city was rebuilt and is 10 home for over a million people, earning (赢得)Tangshan the name "Brave City of China". | ||||
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Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You may 1 they go to learn languages, P.E., history, science and all other 2 . But why do they learn these things? We send our children to school to prepare them for the time 3 they will grow up and will begin to work for 4 . Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that the 5 reason why they go to school? There is more in education than just 6 facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that then we have left school we can 7 to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new which he has never had to do 8 he will rapidly teach himself how to do it 9 the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is 10 unable to do something new, or does it badly. The purpose of school, therefore, is not to teach languages, math, geography, etc, but to teach pupils the way to learn. | ||||
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Many Chinese students don't pay much attention to spoken English at school. They think it necessary to practice 1 English in class, but not 2 class. Here is a story to show you 3 important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life. A foreigner once 4 hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he 5 his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order to 6 that he wanted something 7 because he could not speak English. The waiter soon 8 him a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The waiter then took 9 the tea and gave him a cup of coffee. Still the man didn't 10 what he wanted. He tried again and again, but he wasn't able to make the waiter 11 him. Finally 12 man came in. He spoke English 13 and fluently. After a few minutes, there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of 14 . So you see a man can go hungry if he 15 master (掌握) a foreign language. | |||
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Do you know how to study better and make your study more effective (有效的)? We all know that Chinese students usually study hard for long hours.This is very good, but it doesn't __1__ a lot. If you want to study effectively, you must have enough sleep,enough food,enough rest and __2__. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places.It's good for your __3__.When you return to your studies,your mind will be refreshed (清醒) and you'll __4__ more and study better. Here takes English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress (进步) and you feel __5__. Then your languages study seems to stay the same and you may __6__ it. This can last for days or even weeks, __7__ you needn't lose hope. At some point your language study will __8__ take another big jump. You'll see that you really have been learning all the time. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and __9__. Don't drop it along the way. Learn slowly and you're sure to get __10__ result.? | |||
( ) l. A.spend ( ) 2. A.homework ( ) 3. A.study ( ) 4. A.hear ( ) 5. A.surprised ( ) 6. A.forget ( ) 7. A.and ( ) 8. A.again ( ) 9. A. useful ( ) 10. A.a bad |
B. keep? B. exercise ? B. health? B. ask? B. worried ? B. miss? B. yet? B. not? B. helpful ? B. a good ? |
C. help C. housework C. sleep C. think C. happy C. leave C. or C. never C. interesting C. an unhappy |
D. l ook? D. time? D. life? D. learn? D. strange? D. drop? D. till? D. always? D. important? D. an |
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Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to all people everywhere. Popular music in America is __1__ every student likes .Students carry small radios with earthphones and __2__ music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive __3__. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music. Pop or popular music singers made __4__ money. They make a CD or tape __5__ radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard __6__ the country, young people will buy his or her tape. __7__ the money from these tapes comes to the singer. __8__ the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star. There are other kinds of music that are __9__ to American. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This __10__ by cow- boys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. | ||||
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A. 完成下列表格,每空词数不限. How to ask politely
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B. 完成下列句子,每空词数不限. 5. It is a very common and necessary activity to _____________. 6. Knowing _____________ is important. 7. We should change _____________we speak when talking with different people. 84. The expressions you use might depend on ___________ you are speaking to or __________ you know them. 9. If you stop a stranger in the street, we might first say "Excuse me. __________" or "I'm sorry to trouble you but," before asking them for help. |