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阅读下面的句子，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入适当的单词。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 1.________(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2.________(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 3.______ most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 4._______ even a few months. It took years of work 5._________(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6.______ (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 7.____ is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card (信用卡) use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are 8._______(amaze) stories of instant transformation (转变)，for most of us the 9._______(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 10.________(patience).

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假如你是高三的学生李华，你的表弟王强即将要参加高考，在考前的100天，请你结合自己的学习生活，用英语给表弟写一封建议信。要点包括：

1.努力学历

2.调整心态

3.锻炼身体

4.其他方面

注意：

1.字数100字左右。

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.开头和结尾以为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Wang Qiang，

How are you doing recently?

Yours

Li Hua

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。

Friendship is one of the most important things in everyone’s life. _1._ is very difficult to find a better definition(定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person __2.__ can share all our sadness and double all our happiness. In time of trial(尝试), he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort. Knowing how __3.__ (value) friendship is, we should be very careful with our choice of a friend. We should choose those people with a good character __4.___ our friends, but we must try to avoid ___5.__ (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try to help them as much as possible.

A true friend can always ___6.__ (trust), loved and respected. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she won’t tell __7.__. Friends share their joys and sorrows. They help each other when they are ___8.__ trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. ___9.__ most important thing is that a friend always understands you.

In conclusion, ___10.__ you have made a good friend, don’t forget him or her.

I like black coffee so much that the stronger it is, ________.

A. I like it moreB. the more I like it

C. the more I likeD. I like it better

I first met Lisa three years ago. She ________ at a radio shop at the time.

A. has workedB. was working

C. had been workingD. had worked

The tallest building in the United States, the One World Trade Center, opened on November 3, 2014 in New York. The building is 1,776 feet tall, making it the 3rd tallest building in the world. It has 104 floors. The building stands in the area where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. On September 11, 2001, a group of terrorists destroyed these twin towers and killed nearly 3,000 people. It took 8 years to build the new One World Trade Center. Does the height of the building in feet reminds you of something in history? The number is the year when the United States declared(宣布) its independence(独立) from Great Britain.

One problem with such a tall building is how to clean the windows. Well, a platform(平台) hangs from ropes, and workers on the platform clean windows. On November 12, while two men were busy cleaning windows, a rope of the platform broke near the 68th floor. The two men were saved by cutting a hole in the glass window.

The two tallest buildings in the world are the BurjKhalifa in Dubai, UAE and the Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

1.When did the One World Trade Center open?

A. September 11, 2001.B. September 11, 2011.

C. November 3, 2006.D. November 3, 2014.

2.Who destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center?

A. A group of young men.B. A group of terrorists.

C. A group of workers.D. A group of soldiers.

3.“The number” in the first paragraph refers to________.

A. 8B. 104C. 1,776D. 3,000

4.How were the workers on the platform saved when a rope broke?

A. By calling for help.

B. By using a new rope.

C. By jumping off the platform.

D. By cutting a hole in the glass window.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A couple in South Carolina has been eagerly seeking an organ donor. They haven’t found one . But they did find something else: friends.

Larry Swilling and his wife Jimmie Sue have been happily for 56 years. So happily, in fact, that Larry has now come to realize he can’t without his wife. “She’s my heart,” he said. The problem with Jimmie Sue is that she a kidney(肾). Jimmie Sue was born with only one, and now that doesn’t . She needs a transplant but neither her husband, nor anyone tested in her family, is a match.

Jimmie Sue is trying to get on a donor list, but the is about two or three years long and that’s for a kidney from a dead donor. Transplant patients who get their kidneys from living donors tend to live . That is why Larry decided to try to ask for it, from total strangers.

“I don’t what people think,” Larry said. He tells his wife, “I’m going to you a kidney.” And on the street, wearing a signboard “Need kidney for my wife”, he’s not shy in asking :“Could I use your kidney?” For the last couple weeks, Larry, at 77, has been walking all over his hometown and the surrounding towns-basically a kidney. He didn’t really think it would work. he said, “I had to do something.” He didn’t feel when the phone rang. “I’m willing to donate a kidney for your ,” one caller said. “I’d like nothing more than to help you out,” said another.

Believe it or not, over the last few days the hasn’t stopped ringing. Hundreds of people who either saw his sign or heard about it have . One volunteer said, “I’ve got two, but I need one.” Larry hasn’t found a match for his wife, but at least he has already had enough volunteers and enough awareness to save someone. “If I get a kidney, it’s fine. If I don’t, I hope someone else does,” the wife said. And that’s why Larry is still out there, appealing to the of strangers for the love of his wife.

1.A. already B. yet C. still D. also

2.A. married B. done C. worried D. lived

3.A. work B. laugh C. argue D. live

4.A. adds B. lacks C. misses D. spends

5.A. work B. stop C. finish D. affect

6.A. comfortable B. healthy C. improper D. suitable

7.A. making B. buying C. waiting D. needing

8.A. shorter B. worse C. longer D. easier

9.A. care B. absorb C. doubt D. believe

10. A. give B. sell C. get D. borrow

11.A. doctors B. passers-by C. acquaintances D. donors

12.A. staring at B .arguing over C. depending on D. begging for

13.A. But B. So C. Because D. Since

14.A. careless B. melancholy C. helpless D. selfless

15.A. daughter B. wife C. son D. mother

16.A. bell B. clock C. door D. phone

17.A. volunteered B. encouraged C. entertained D. gained

18.A. gently B. greedily C. only D. hardly

19.A. lifted B. raised C. demonstrated D. displayed

20.A. sorrow B. kindness C. sadness D. happiness

Is pricing a plane ticket based on the passenger's weight fair? If you're taking an international flight on Samoa Air today, your fare will be based on your weight, along with that of your luggage. The cost is 93 cents to $1.06 for each kilogram.

The average American woman weighs 75.5 kilograms, far from the ideal weight for her average height. Her ticket on Samoa Air, at the $1 a kilogram rate, would cost $75.50. But let's be honest here. Since the average American woman is overweight, the ticket will cost her more.

Samoa Air Chief Executive Chris Langton said, “Planes are run by weight and not by seat. The plane can only carry a certain amount of weight and that weight needs to be paid.”He believes other airlines should adopt the policy.

It’ s not a new idea. I remember a newspaper columnist years ago who put forth the idea that the heavier among us should pay more for their seats on planes, trains and buses. Who hasn’ t been squeezed into a middle seat between two plus-sized folks on a flight? It’ s happened to me; one time my married seatmates had purposefully chosen their seats to have more space until a sold-out flight put me between them. Not one of my better flying experiences.

What if such a policy is adopted by some airlines in the United States? Could such pricing provide a much-needed motivation for Americans to reduce body weight? I hope so. But, as we know, more than one-third of us are obese and another third are overweight. The high probability is that the heavy customers will not suddenly lose weight or stop flying, but will instead choose a different airline, simply moving the supposed problem elsewhere.

There's no doubt that the heavier will suffer more discrimination (歧视). Discrimination against the overweight in the United States has increased by 66 percent over the last decade —“and is comparable to rates of racial discrimination, especially among women,”wrote Yale University researcher Rebecca M. Puhl. Your weight can affect your salary, your chances for employment, how others view you and even, now, your air fares.

“If the policy succeeds it may encourage the spread of body discrimination across different industries and the wider culture,” said one British editorial writer. He holds that it is companies' duty to provide equipment that meet the needs of their customers.

And we'll see how effective it is as a business model.

1. In Paragraph 3, Chris Langton _____.

A. explained the reasons for the ticket policy

B. showed the difficulties of the ticket policy

C. expressed his doubt about the ticket policy

D. discussed the advantages of the ticket policy

2.If some American airlines adopt the ticket policy_____.

A. they will possibly lose a lot of customers

B. there will be less overweight people

C. people will use other forms of transportation

D. the problem of overweight planes will be partly solved

3. The author mentions Puhl's study to show_____.

A. women are less likely to suffer discrimination

B. racial discrimination is getting worse nowadays

C. the ticket policy will have little influence on the obese

D. the ticket policy will make body discrimination more serious

4.Which best describes the British editorial writer's attitude to Samoa Air's policy?

A. Optimistic. B. Defensive.

C. Disapproving. D. Casual.

It was a beautiful, sunny day. I had just finished my daughter to the airport to catch an early morning flight. My sons and I went to a fast-food place for before heading back home. After eating, we all got into the car and pulled out of the . The restaurant was at the very top of a hill. At the bottom of the hill was a sign, so we found ourselves at the end of a line of traffic waiting while the cars at the bottom turned onto the road one at a time.

As I looked down to the bottom of the hill, my eyes saw an elderly man standing the stop sign. His clothes were and shabby (破旧的). He held a cardboard sign with the words “ Help Please!” written on it. My heart went out to him and I myself in his situation. As car after car turned onto the main road without for him, I reached for my wallet to look for whatever was left in it. As I was pulling it out of my wallet, , I saw a young woman walk up to him along the side of the road. She was carrying a bag full of taken out from the restaurant I was just at. I watched as the old man the young girl and smiled as she reached out her arms to give him a hug.

Suddenly a honk (喇叭声) from the car behind me made me realize that I hadn’t been forward because this simple choice for had captured (attracted) my attention and my heart. By the time I reached the of the hill, both the man and the lady who had helped him were gone. Yet, as I drove home, the sun seemed to shine even brighter and Heaven felt a bit closer to Earth.

1.A. forcing B. driving C. cheating D. asking

2.A. thenB.stillC. thusD. first

3.A. coffeeB. teaC. breakfastD. lunch

4.A.living room B.parking lotC. gardenD. yard

5.A. restB.turning C. stopD. slowing

6.A. quiet B.single C. longD. strange

7.A. oppositeB. mainC.downwardD. slim

8.A. on B. with C. over D. by

9.A. looseB. formalC. oldD. clean

10.A. Offer B.Call C.Need D. Refuse

11.A. hid B.remindedC. regretted D.imagined

12.A. stopping B. begging C. reachingD.praying

13.A. card B. numberC. cash D. information

14.A. therefore B. insteadC.anyway D. however

15.A.foodB. money C. hopeD. paper

16.A.rewardedB.admittedC. thanked D. paid

17.A. soft B. shortC. loud D. gentle

18.A. jumping B. pushingC.wanderingD. moving

19.A.courage B. trust C.kindness D. success

20.A. back B. topC. middle D. bottom

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