题目内容
The boy climbed up the ladder just out of _________.（好奇心）
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. As some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech – “ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumble（结巴）over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on its message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ________.
A. be smarter than you
B. know what you are talking about
C. do better than you
D. notice your mistakes
2.You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ________.
A. you find the way of speech-making more important
B. you don’t fully understand the speech
C. you don’t know what the speaker plans to say
D. your attention is on the content
3.From the last two paragraphs, the author means that ________.
A. giving a speech is like giving a performance
B. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made
C. one to two mistakes in a speech may not be bad
D. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be
4.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. How to Be a Perfect Speaker
B. Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech
C. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech
D. How to Make a Perfect Speech
Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuously for half a month, _______the railways, highways, and runways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed（使瘫痪）the power and communication system. Many people were_______in railway stations, bus stations and airports, and_______in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could to fight the snow_______, resulting in the good news that no one was killed from_______and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home_______. While fighting the snow, people forgot their_______until a moving story of a swallow couple was widely_______on the Internet.
Being hungry and cold, the swallow couple tried to fly_______people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed________. They jumped and flapped their wings to________the attention of the people inside the house, but failed. The wife’s body was________, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. He lost his________soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the end.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to________his flowers because of concern and saw a________swallow outside the window pane. Touching it, he found that they were two________together. Moved to tears, he took them in, giving them some________, but in vain. He found a small cardboard box, laid them in and________them in the back garden.
In my hometown, in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the________of my house. I wonder if they will come back this spring________they did.
1.A. protecting B. maintaining C. blocking D. keeping
2.A. restricted B. stuck C. surrounded D. persuaded
3.A. even B. still C. yet D. nevertheless
4.A. disturbance B. occurrence C. incident D. disaster
5.A. cold B. disease C. poverty D. thirsty
6.A. merrily B. safely C. excitedly D. exhaustedly
7.A. family B. distant relatives C. parents D. animal friends
8.A. broadcast B. written C. spread D. identified
9.A. into B. through C. beyond D. across
10.A. tightly B. early C. secretly D. quickly
11.A. pay B. attract C. resist D. keep
12.A. injured B. lifted C. frozen D. broken
13.A. heat B. strength C. direction D. eyesight
14.A. water B. plant C. dig D. check
15.A. dead B. drunk C. lively D. lovely
16.A. touching B. embracing C. living D. lying
17.A. warmth B. food C. kindness D. fruit
18.A. left B. sheltered C. buried D. threw
19.A. roof B. basement C. window D. wall
20.A. when B. as C. unless D. if
It’s p__________ that two strong hurricanes will appear in the coming month.
Swimming not only b______ our health, but also helps us have a strong will.
Why do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity(长寿)? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.
Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother’s personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn’t destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.
1.The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is ________.
A. to see whether people’s personality affects their life span
B. to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their health
C. to investigate the role of exercise in living a long life
D. to examine all the factors contributing to longevity
2.What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?
A. They have a good understanding of evolution.
B. They are better at negotiating an agreement.
C. They generally appear more resourceful.
D. They are more likely to get over hardship.
3.What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?
A. Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.
B. Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.
C. Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.
D. Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.
4.What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?
A. Children’s personality characteristics are invariably determined by their mothers.
B. People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die sooner.
C. Mothers’ influence on children may last longer than fathers.
D. Mothers’ negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans.
As a temporary teacher, my daily routine_______driving to a new school_______every day, so I’m usually unable to anticipate (预料) the day’s events, good or bad.
On one particular day, I was teaching in a very_______class. I was managing behavior all the morning and by lunch time, I needed coffee to_______the afternoon. So at my lunch_______, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of_______. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had_______my keys and my phone_______. I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4–or–5 minute_______. I thought of rushing back, but it being________, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much________.
So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the________plaza and asked the man at the counter who ________to be the manager to help me call a tab. I________explained my situation and he hurried to the back to use the phone________I paced in the restaurant.
The manager returned________to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got________. My expression began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.
Almost immediately, the manager grabbed his coat and________to drive me to the school. Without________, I followed him into his car and made back into my classroom with 2 minutes to ________before the bell!
1.A. concludes B. involves C. relates D. connects
2.A. almost B. hardly C. really D. luckily
3.A. easy B. pleasant C. difficult D. noisy
4.A. cost B. pick C. finish D. survive
5.A. stop B. stay C. pause D. break
6.A. tea B. milk C. coffee D. wine
7.A. locked B. forgot C. threw D. shut
8.A. down B. inside C. up D. outside
9.A. distance B. drive C. walk D. time
10.A. summer B. fall C. winter D. spring
11.A. worse B. easier C. better D. simpler
12.A. other B. another C. next D. same
13.A. turned B. explained C. happened D. came
14.A. quickly B. briefly C. slowly D. hurriedly
15.A. after B. until C. when D. while
16.A. even B. only C. still D. yet
17.A. disconnected B. stuck C. troubled D. interrupted
18.A. dragged B. pulled C. offered D. pushed
19.A. problem B. choice C. alternative D. hesitation
20.A. spare B. leave C. ring D. control
Last month, Mr. and Mrs. Walter moved to a small town because they both _________ from work and wanted to _________a peaceful life. After being there _________ a short time, Mrs. Walter complained(抱怨) to her next-door _________. She told him about the poor service _______ she received at the local convenient store. She was hoping the neighbor would repeat her _________to the store owner.
The next day the newcomer went to the store._________ greeted her with a big smile. He told her how _________ he was to see her again, and said he hoped she liked their _________. He also offered himself as a resource to Mrs. Walter and her husband as they got settled. Then he took care of her order________.
Mrs. Walter was very __________. When she got home, she reported the big ________ to her neighbor. “I suppose you told him how poor I thought the __________was,” she guessed.
“Well, no,” the neighbor said, “__________ —and I hope you don’t mind—I told him you were amazed at the way he had __________this small town store, which was no easy job, and that you thought it was one of the __________stores you’d ever seen.”
Mrs. Walter’s neighbor __________ that all people want to be __________. Actually, most people will do nearly anything for you __________you treat them respectfully. That means making it clear to them that their feelings are ________, and their opinions are precious.
1.A. learned B. retired C. came D. recovered
2.A. live B. save C. change D. remember
3.A. of B. on C. at D. for
4.A. sister B. stranger C. newcomer D. neighbor
5.A. where B. that C. what D. how
6.A. happiness B. dissatisfaction C. honesty D. joke
7.A. Mr. Walter B. Mrs. Walter C. The owner D. The neighbor
8.A. happy B. funny C. lucky D. polite
9.A. way B. friend C. order D. town
10.A. quickly B. sadly C. angrily D. easily
11.A. proud B. interested C. surprised D. disappointed
12.A. success B. change C. decision D. idea
13.A. place B. man C. store D. service
14.A. For example B. At least C. In fact D. After all
15.A. paid for B. built up C. found out D. thought about
16.A. best-run B. most modern C. busiest D. cleanest
17.A. understood B. forgot C. pretended D. hoped
18.A. helped B. educated C. respected D. corrected
19.A. until B. unless C. if D. though
20.A. embarrassing B. exciting C. shameful D. important
假如你是红星中学学生会主席李华。你了解到你校国际部学生对“全国戏曲进校园”活动（national opera on campus）很感兴趣，且学校决定承办一次戏剧演出。请你用英文给国际部的学生写封邮件告知此事。邮件内容包括：
1．说明事由；
2．演出信息（时间、地点等）；
3．欢迎参加。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Hello, everybody!
I am president of the Student Union in our school_____ ____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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