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It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them, often without noticing what we're doing.
I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, but my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!
Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax. We all got used to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it immediately. Then along came email and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we live without it? I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.
Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another couple of new verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb comes from an adjective not a noun.
Now my children bought me a mobile phone, known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs. I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message for them on their phone. Or I can text them, write a few words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is, phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ ll start using it myself!
1.“I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means “____________”.
A. it was a firm arrangement
B. he prefers a pencil to a pen
C. the arrangement should be written as a diary
D. it was an uncertain arrangement
2.A website address can be easily found if it has been ____________.
A. favorited B. messaged C. emailed D. texted
3. Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet?
A. message B. mobile C. email D. fax
4. The best title for this passage is____________.
A. How to use verbs
B. Development of the English language
C. Origins of verbs
D. New Verbs from Nouns
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Recently I failed an exam．However, 1 I came out of my teacher's office．I told myself: "Smile! It's not so serious. "
I smiled a big smile and 2 worked a little, really．Everyone gets 3 （frustrate） sometimes．I used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spirits．But one day I came 4 a sentence in the Bible: “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will he anxious for itself．Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day．" It suddenly struck me: " 5 （worry） about a problem doesn't help．Why not just give a big smile and face up 6 the trouble?"
Now every time I want to cry, I remind myself that 7 （laugh） is better than tears and anger．I 8 （convince） that there's something magical about a smile．A smile helps me recover confidence and gives me 9 courage to move on．
Remember, whenever you're faced with a setback, whenever you've been treated unfairly, all it takes is determination and you can feel happy again．Smile at life． 10 it will shine on you．
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When I began planning to more to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of job and cultural differences. Ignoring there 1 , I got there in July 2010. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job 2 my living experience.
Determined to do this 3 I spent several weeks going door-to-door for a job, but found little response (回应).
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask 4 there were my job opportunities (机会), The people there advised me not to continue my job search in that 5 . As I was about to leave, a man who bad been listening approached me and asked me to wait outside 6 . Nearly ten minutes later, he returned, He asked me about my plants and encouraged me to stay positive. Then he offered me to Royal Oak to 7 a job.
I was a little surprised, but had a 8 feeling about him. Along the way, I realized that I had 9 resumes (简历). Seeing this, the man stopped at his business partner’s office to make me fifteen 10 copies. He also gave me some suggestions on dressing and speaking. I handed out my resumes and went home feeling very 11 . The following day I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job.
It seems that the world always 12 to you when you need it. And this time, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.
1. A. doubts B. concerns C. instructions D. reasons
2. A. of B. at C. for D. with
3. A. on my own B. on my way C. by any chance D. by the day
4. A. why B. wherever C. whether D. whenever
5. A. director B. attitude C. language D. manner
6. A. for ever B. at any time C. as usual D. for a while
7. A. pick out B. search for C. take on D. give up
8. A. dull B. good C. guilty D. general
9. A. made use of B. taken care of C. run out of D. become tired of
10. A. right B. more C. former D. different
11. A. lonely B. funny C. disappointed D. satisfied
12. A. turns off B. goes over C. gives back D. looks up
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effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability to remember things. But even if you are successful, there
are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.
Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up
and found that I had left the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night
before.
Memory "tricks" work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something
and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barbershop waiting for my
turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days before at the barbershop across
the street from my office.
We always seem to find something funny and amusing in incidents caused by people's forgetfulness or
absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors have been told for years, and we never get tired
of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when
"tricks" of our memory can cause us great trouble.
B. make a conscious effort of practice and exercise
C. never stop learning
D. try hard to remember things
B. One night the writer forgot having locked the front door.
C. The writer remembered to lock the door.
D. The writer remembered unlocking the front door.
B. Absent-mindedness is more troublesome than forgetfulness.
C. Absent-minded professors are often amused by the incidents, too.
D. Absent-mindedness happens not only to professors but to all other people.
B. "Tricks" of Memory
C. The Dangers of Forgetfulness
D. The Dangers of Absent-mindedness
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[1]Have you ever been offered an alcoholic drink? What about someone's saying “Don’t worry, just have one little sip”? Most people have their first drink by the time they’re 13．That first drink can be the start of a troubled life．
[2]Drink can make teens feel good, but that feeling lasts only a short time．Alcohol clouds your brain and hinders your ability to make decisions．Excessive drinking literally makes your brain shrink and can cause serious damage．Over-drinking can cause learning disabilities and damage your memory．It distorts your vision and leads to blackouts．Teenagers often think that drinking will give them more energy, but alcohol isn’t an energy drink－it’s a depressant(镇静剂)
[3]Drunk driving is one of the top causes of __________ for teen boys．An alcohol-related motor vehicle crash kills one person every 33 minutes and injures someone every two minutes．The rate of teen drunk driving is so high that the government is trying to pass new laws to restrict teen driving．
[4]When we get to high school, friends start pressurising us to drink．High school students see alcohol as glamorous and a way to become popular．I conducted a survey at my school．24 of the 63 respondents predicted they would drink in high school．11 said maybe, and 28 said they didn’t plan on drinking．
[5]Regardless of what they say now, things can change．Teens starting high school want to fit in．They think that one drink won’t do anything harmful．A little bit of alcohol probably won’t kill you, but it can lead to poor decisions．High school is the time to experiment with what you want to do in life, but if you’re experimenting with alcohol you could hurt someone, including yourself．
1．What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?(no more than 15 words)
_______________________
2．Complete the following statement with proper words．(no more than 5 words)
It’s wrong to see alcohol as an energy drink; it just makes teenagers _________．
3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)
______________________
4．List three kinds of negative influence caused by drinking mentioned in this passage．(no more than 12 words)
①____________________
②____________________
③____________________
5．What does the word “it”(paragraph 5)probably refer to?(no more than 5 words)
_____________________