题目内容
I.用适当的介词填空。
1. Many thousands have benefited the new treatment.
1. 1. from / by
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的 正确形式。
Celebrated across Thailand,the Songkran Festival is a holiday
61. welcomes the New Year
with a countrywide water fight. It is also celebrated in other Asian countries like Cambodia and Laos,but the
celebration in Thailand 62.(know) to be the most exciting.
Songkran was at first a time to visit families,clean away the old year and bring in a fresh one. Many Thais cleaned away the old year by 63. (wash) their homes and any (佛像) around the house. They would collect the water that ran over the Buddhas and pour 64. onto the shoulders of family members for good lucjk.
65. (final) the original purpose of the holiday became less important than the national water fight
66. (love) by Thais and foreigners today. The 67.(energy) people use whatever they can get their hands on and make each other wet with water.
Every year,68. large number of tourists gather in Thailand to welcome the 69. (arrive)
of Songkran. If you plan 70. (visit) Thailand,the days of Songkran are a great time to get to know Thai traditions.
3. Mrs. Smith tries to balance home life and work.
Mrs. Smith tries to between home life and work.
1. .两年前她靠做自由撰稿记者来维持生计。
She as a freelance journalist
two years ago.
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One part of the world is still largely unexplored. It is the deep sea. Over the years,many people have explored under the sea. But the first deep-sea (潜水员) wanted to find sunken treasure. They weren’ t really interested in studying the creatures of life there. Only recently have they begun to learn some of the mysteries of the sea.
not easy to explore the deep sea. A diver must have a way of breathing underwater. He mus be able to protect himself from great pressure (引 力) .The pressure of air is ábout 15 pounds or every square inch. But the pressure of water ii about 1,300 pounds on every square inch!
The first 叹似治(潜水服) were made rubber. They had a metal 心/w以(头盔) with windows in it. The shoes were made of lead and weighed twenty pounds each!These suits let divers go down a few hundred feet,but they were no good for exploring the very deep waters. With a metal diving suit,a diver could go down 700 feet. Metal suits were first used in the 1930s.
In 1927, .a diver named William Beebe wanted to explore deeper than anyone had ever gone before. He was not interested in finding treasure. He wanted to study the creatures and plants of the sea. His friend invented a metal ball called the Bathysphere. It weighed more than 5 ,000 pounds,but in it Beebe went down 3 ,028 feet. He saw many things that had never been seen by humans before.
25. People who first explored the deep sea hoped to
A. learn about the animals and plants of the sea
B. solve some mysteries about the sea
C. have an exciting trip in the sea
D. discover treasure under the sea
26. According to the text,what make (s) deep-sea diving difficult?
A. The pressure of water.
B. The temperature of water,
C. The dangerous sea creatures.
D. The heavy breathing equipment.
27. Compared with rubber diving suits,metal diving suits .
A. had windows in the metal helmet
B. weighed twenty more pounds
C. were good for exploring deeper waters
D. began to be used much earlier
28. What do we know abou Wiman Beeb roni the text?
A. He broke the diving record in his time.
B. He failed to find the treasure he wanted.
C. He met something terrible under the sea.
D. He was the first diver to explore the deep sea.
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Anna Schiferl hadn,t even got out of bed when she reached for her cell phone and typed text to her mom,one recent Saturday. Mom was right downstairs in the kitchen. The text? Anna wanted an egg for breakfast. Soon after,Joanna Schiferl called,rtIf you want to talk to me,Anna,come downstairs and see me!Anna laughs about it now. “I was kind of being lazy,” she admits.
These days,many people with cell phones prefer texting to a phone call. And that's creating a communication divide,of sorts — the talkers vs. the texters. Some would argue that' s no big deal. But many experts say the most success-fill communicators will,of course,have the competence to do both. And they fear that more of us are unable to have 一 or at least are avoiding 一 the traditional face-to-face conversations.
Many pra/ewoa (教授) say it is not common to see students outside of class. UI sit in my office hours lonely now because if my students have a When this program started six years ago,question,they email me,often late at night,says Renee Houston,a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state. "And they never call." ，
As Anna sees it: “There are people you’ 11 text,but won’ t call. It's just a way to stay in touch with each other.Some believe that scores of texts each day keep people more comiected.
“The problein is that the conversation isn,t very deep,says Joseph Grenny,co-author of the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.
The problem has been there since wc ve had telephones — probably since the time of a tegrflp(电报) ，” Grenny says. Texting is just the latest way to do that. Though they may not always ’ be so good at deep conversations themselves, Grenny suggests that parents model the behavior for their children and put down their own cell phones. He says that they also should set limits,as yXnna,smom did when she ttiade the no texting to people in the same housew rule.
6. According to Paragraph 1 ,Joanna.
A. was very strict with her daughter
B. did not know how to use a cell phone
C. was angry that her daughter got up late
D. did not have any breakfast that morning
7. The underlined word competencein Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A. chance B. ability
C. courage D. patience
8. What do we know about Renee’students?
A. They often work late at night.
B. They often ask strange questions.
C. Few ask her questions face to face.
D . Many email her if she feels lonely.
9. In Joseph Grenny’s opinion, .
A. cell phones make people lonelier
B. telephones help people communicate clearly
C. texting helps people have deeper conversations
D. talking should be encouraged instead of texting
10. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Why is communication important?
B. How does texting affect kids at school?
C. Is texting ruining the art of conversation?
D. How can we avoid one-sided conversations?
3. He founded the charity in memory his wife.
4. They only give you a (n) (折扣) if you buy more than a certain amount.
2. whether和if都意为“是否”，通常情况下，二 者都可以引.导宾语从句，但在介词之后或直接与
连用时，只能用whether,不能用if。
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