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用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次)

　　Bethany Hamilton, from Hawaii, likes surfing very much．She began to surf(冲浪)at the 1．________ age．At the age of eight, Bethany took part in her first surf competition and 2．________．This started a love for surf competition in her．

　　On October 31, 2003, while she 3．________ surfing, a big shark(鲨鱼)came over to Bethany suddenly．The shark got her left arm, and hurt her 4．________．Luckily, she tried her best and swam back to the land．

　　Bethany lost over 60％ of her blood and was 5．________ to hospital．The doctors saved her life．The girl was brave and strong-minded．Though she lost her arm, she 6．________ still surf．Later, Bethany returned to the water．She didn't give up 7．________ dream of becoming a surfer, but she had to practice 8．________ than before．The next year, Bethany got the first place in an important surf competition．

　　As time went by, people all over the world began to 9．________ about Bethany and her story．In 2011, a movie about her was made．She is one many good 10．________ to teenagers through the story of a brave girl with strong mind and hope．

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　　Katie Spotz is a 22-year-old girl form America．She wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat．If she succeeds, she'll be the youngest and the first American to finish the 2500-mile trip．

　　Spotz began sailing when she was at university, but she has never tried to sail such a long way before．It will be a great challenge for her．In recent years, she has swum all the way down the 325-mile Allegheny River and traveled by bike form Seattle to Washington．

　　Spotz knows that she may see some dangerous things during the trip．It will be very dangerous if she meets very bad weather in the middle of the sea．But she believes that she can deal with all the difficulties．

　　“I never thought I could run 26 miles,” she said．“But once I finished it, I realized that maybe I could do something even more difficult．”

　　Spotz wants to collect money by going on this trip．She wants to collect money for an organization called “Blue Planet run”．The organization offers free, safe drinking water to people who need it．

　　It's take her about three months to finish this trip．Good luck to this brave girl and best wishes to her!

　　Halloween is a strange holiday．It started several centuries ago in Europe．It began as "Hallow Evening" which means "holy night"．At that time November 1st was called "All Saints' Day"(万生日)and people honored all the saints who did not have their own special day．People believed that all the spirits of dead people were active on the night of October 31st．So people would play all sorts of tricks on each other．

　　Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night．Pumpkins are a symbol of Halloween, so orange has become the other traditional Halloween color．Making lanterns out of pumpkins is a Halloween custom．

　　Halloween is great fun for children．They dress up as ghosts(鬼)or witches(女巫)．Small children go "Trick-or-Treating"．They wear costumes, knock on doors, and shout, " Trick or Treat!" People almost always choose to give them candy as a treat, instead of choosing to receive a trick from the children．Adults sometimes "trick or treat" their friends, too．Usually the "treat" is a glass of" wine or some small gifts．

1．Halloween is a holiday which started ________ of years ago in ________．

2．It was believed that the spirits of ________ people were active on the night "All Saints' Day"．

3．________ and ________ are both traditional Halloween colors．

4．People, especially ________, have great fun playing "Trick or Treat" to ________ Halloween．

5．According to the custom, people always treat file children with ________ instead of ________．a trick from them．

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　　Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo?If you don't, you are "out"! Weibo means mieroblog．People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a mieroblog．Why?　　1　　

　　Microblog started in the USA．It came to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast．In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million．　　2　　 For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on．Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans．

　　It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog．　　3　　 For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami(海啸)hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like " Salt can protect people from radiation" were hot on microblogs．　　4　　 Later people realized it was just a rumor(谣言)．

　　In a word, microhlog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people．

5．Which of the following is TRUE?________．

A．Writing a microblog needs much time．

B．Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it has developed rapidly．

C．As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and disadvantages．

D．More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA．

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　　Wu Juping is just and ordinary saleswoman．However, on July 2, 2011, she bravely caught a falling child and has been praised as ①/e? m??st ‘bju：t?f?l ‘m?e?/in China．The child fell from the 10^th floor of a building into Wu's arms．

　　The child is two years ole, pet named Niu Niu．②Niu Niu climed up to the window looking for her grandma．When a neighbor living one floor below saw the little girl falling, he held out a ladder(梯子)to catch her．③The ladder, however, was too short to reach the girl．At this dangerous moment, Wu, who was just walking near the building, rushed to the spot and caught her successfully before she hit the ground．

　　The girl fell into coma(昏迷), and Wu was also injured seriously in her left arm．On July 8, Niu Niu, who was able to move her fingers, feet and eyes, ④was out of dangerous condition and Wu's arm is recovering well now．

1．根据①处的注音写出英语单词．

2．1)在②处的划线句子中找出两个可以连读的词．

2)在②处的划线句子中哪个词的最后一个音可以失去爆破?

3．根据③处的划线句子在下面句子中的每个空白处填入一个适当的词(首字母已给出)：

The ladder, however, was s________ short that it is c________ reach the girl．

4．将④处的划线部分译成汉语．

5．用完整的句子回答问题：What do you think of Wu Juping?

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　　CCTV New Year's Gala(春晚)is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television．The program begins at 8∶00 PM and 　　(1)　　 until about 1∶00 AM on the first day of the New Year．

　　The program has received extremely 　　(2)　　 audiences(观众), which have grown greatly 　　(3)　　 the years．As the Chinese New Year's Eve is a time when the 　　(4)　　 members get together, the Gala adds a pleasant mood to the house 　　(5)　　 people sis in front of their TV set laughing, discussing and enjoying the 　　(6)　　．It has become a 　　(7)　　 in China to watch the New Year's Gala．Around 1∶00 in the early morning, the program 　　(8)　　 with the song Can't Forget Tonight．

　　To bring audiences even 　　(9)　　 to the yearly show, the Gala organizers have tired many ways to make the program more attractive．It is 　　(10)　　 that there will be no advertisements this year so that audiences can be satisfied with a natural and smooth Gala．

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　　Cannon has shown a great interest in collecting flags．At the young age of four , Cannon began studying flags , d________(1)them in his coloring books and putting them up on his walls Throughout school , he studied flags and tried to find out all he could about them After university , Cannon s________(2)to be a lawyer．Throughout law school , he continued to collect flags His classmates, friends , and family started c________(3)him “the flagman”

　　Cannon now has more than 200 flags in his collection．He shows many of them in his downtown law office．Once he d________(4)country flags for an exhibition on the Olympics

　　In addition to collecting flags Cannon also w________(5)about them He has published three books about flags He loves to h________(6)from friends who see his b________(7)in stores all over the world A few years ago, Cannon's hobby r________(8)a new level He entered a flag design contest and won The country he lives in asked him to design its f________(9)．Cannon explains his hobby this way ,“Collecting flags is l________(10)collecting pieces of history”

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

　　Nogoba was a cavegirl．She lived in a cave with about 40 other people．Cavepeople lived in big groups to help each other．Their l　　1　　 were very dangerous．There were many w　　2　　

　　animals near the caves－lions, tigers, bears and elephants．

　　The cavemen hunted．They k　　3　　 the animals for food．The children's jobs were dangerous, too．Nogoba and her friends went to the river every day to get w　　4　　．Sometimes, the river was very deep．S　　5　　, there were animals near the river．

　　For many months of the y　　6　　, Nogoba was cold．There was ice and snow everywhere．It was difficult to be w　　7　　．The children sometimes went to sleep by the fire．Sometimes they were too n　　8　　 the fire．

　　Sometimes Nogoba and her friends went to f　　9　　 fruit and nuts to eat．Sometimes the fruit and nuts were poisonous and everyone became i　　10　　．There weren't any cave doctors or cave hospitals!

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　　In common with many countries, Britain has serious environmental problems．In 1952, more than 4, 000 people died in London because of the smog．The government introduced new laws to stop smog from coal fires and factories and the situation improved a lot．

　　Today, London is much cleaner but there is a new problem： smog from cars．In December

　　1991, there was very little wind in London and pollution increased a lot．As a result, about 160

　　people died from pollution in just four days．

　　Part of the problem is the new ‘out of town’ shopping centres．In the past, people often walked to shops near their home or went by bus．Now, many people drive to the new shopping centres．As a result, the small shops have disappeared and more people have to travel to do their shopping．

　　Critics say that Britain needs better and cheaper public transport．Transport in Britain is very expensive．An early morning train trip from Glasgow to London(about 600km)can cost about

　　￡100, for example．A short 15－minute bus trip can cost over ￡1.00．

　　Many people are trying to reduce the use of cars in Britain．Some cities now have special bicycle paths and many people cycle to work．Some people also travel to work together in one car to reduce the pollution and the cost．

根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文完整、通顺。

　　When you’re busy or stressed, don't forget your hobbies, such as listening to(1)m________, reading and playing ball games．If eating makes you feel better, you can go to your favourite restaurant to have a delicious meal．

　　Parents may not think that it is useful to(2)w________ TV．However, if you are worried(3)a________ your English and don't know how to improve it, why not watch some English TV programmes?

　　If you're feeling bad about your weight and don't(4)k________ what to do, why not go walking or jogging?

　　Finally, trying to keep your worries to yourself can make them worse．I like to(5)s________ my problems with my friends．They always give me useful advice．If you don't know who to talk to, you can always write to me．You're never alone．