单词拼写 (共10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)

1.He is in good shape as a result of the ____________ （多样性）in the diet with different nutrition.

2.The article was carefully ___________（润色）and checked before handed in.

3.I feel ____________（背叛）by my friend Hannah, because she hasn’t kept her promise that she will not tell others about my failure in math.

4.Unlike some teachers who are quiet and serious, Mr Guo has a sense of h__________, and is well-received by his students.

5.We were such good friends that we are to share joys and s__________.

6.Mr Qian Liwei is a business development c____________, to whom we can turn if we have any questions.

7.Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been s___________ built for him.

8.They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while p___________ truant, travelled 1,600 miles.

9.An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and a___________ got off.

10.It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the s__________ of the plane crash.

One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City，Calif.，to New Orleans.In the middle of the desert，I came upon a young man standing by the roadside.He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand.I drove right by him.There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need.Now you are a fool for helping.With gangs，drug addicts，murderers，rapists，thieves lurking everywhere，“I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.

Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch?hiker.Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much.What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision.I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator.

Does anyone stop any more？I wondered.I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line：“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”．Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days？One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money，relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans.What kind of Americans would he find？Who would feed him，shelter him，carry him down the road?

The idea intrigued me.

The week I turned 37，I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life.So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny.It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar.I would only accept offers of rides，food and a place to rest my head.My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina，a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.

I rose early on September 6,1994，and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50?pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles：“America”．

For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states.As I traveled，folks were always warning me about someplace else.In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming；in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa.Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went.I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger，even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests.

1.Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?

A．Because he failed to notice this man.

B．Because he was driving too fast.

C．Because he thought the young man didn’t need help.

D．Because he was afraid of being tricked.

2.What was it that made the author upset?

A．Leaving the young man alone in the desert.

B．Being considered a fool.

C．Making the decision of not offering help so easily.

D．Keeping thinking about the young man.

3.The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ________.

A．find out how long he could survive without help

B．go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment

C．find out whether strangers would offer help to him

D．figure out how strangers thought of his plan

4.The following part might probably ________.

A．describe how he fooled the strangers

B．describe how strangers went out their way to help him

C．explain why people refused to help strangers

D．explain how he overcame his difficulties? on the way

May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States．This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall．But according to a recent report, there is a great change. Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever.   

These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier.     On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time. Students may not like being put on waiting lists. Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them. Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight. Some universities send gifts.    

For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous.     The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans. So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students.

   The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down. This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finishes high school. The number is not expected to start rising again until 2015.

A. Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population.

B. What contributes to it?

C. But a mistake can be costly if it happens.

D. But top colleges ignore them.

E. They have international students who know English.

F. It can mean several acceptances to choose from.

G. They cannot afford college as planned.

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1.In order to stay s_________, she eats very little every day.

2.It was really u________ that he fell off the truck without being hurt.

3.Your brother is full of h________; he had us laughing all through the meal.

4.A cinema is a place of e________.

5.The birth r________ is the number of births compared to the number of people.

6.Many people went to America hoping to make a _______ (财富) there.

7.The more _______ (有学问的) a man is, the more modest he usually is.

8.The a______ stayed up, but the kids went to bed.

9.Many people find it difficult to accept her______ (先进的) idea.

10.You can buy many ______ (纪念品) in every place of interest.

It was until last year that he ______.

　 A. left his home town for a new start 　

B. came to realize the importance of leaving English

　 C. worked as an English teacher at a middle school 　

D. set out to build a new house of h his own