阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

Computer voice：Welcome!

Joe：Welcome!

Computer voice：You’ve got mail!

Joe：Thanks．Who does it come f　　1　　?

Computer voice：A friend c　　2　　 Catherine．

Joe：Oh, Catherine? This is the f　　3　　 time I’ve got her mail．Let me see．

Catherine’s voice：Hi, dear friend, I’d like to start my notes to you as if we’re a　　4　　 in the middle of a conversation．I pretend that we are the o　　5　　 and dearest friends although we are a　　6　　 people who don’t know each other’s names and meet in a chat room w　　7　　 we both claim we’ve never been before．What will you, NY152, say to me today, I w　　8　　? I turn on my c　　9　　, I wait impatiently as it connects, I go on line and my breath catches in my chest until hear the three little words：“You’ve got mail!” I hear nothing, not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beat of my own heart．I’m e　　10　　 mail, from you!

Joe：Hello, my new friend．

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W：What do you want to do once you g　　1　　?

M：Uh…I think I’ like to work for a hotel or travel s　　2　　 in this area．How about you?

W：Well, when I first started c　　3　　, I wanted to study French, but I realized I might have a hard time f　　4　　 a job using the language, so I changed my m　　5　　 to computer science．With the right skills, finding a job in the computer industry shouldn’t be so d　　6　　．

M：So, do you have a part-time job to s　　7　　 yourself through school?

W：Well, f　　8　　 for me, I received a four-year scholarship．

M：That’s great．

W：Yeah．How about you? Are you working your way through school?

M：Yeah．I work three times a week as a cook at a r　　9　　．

W：How do you like your job?

M：It’s OK．The other workers are f　　10　　, and the pay isn’t bad．

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

Policeman：Now, Jimmy, did you get a good view of the accident?

Jimmy：Oh, yes, I was s　　1　　 outside the bank building and I saw it all quite clearly．

Policeman：Do you know what time it was?

Jimmy：Yes．I checked my w　　2　　．It was 2∶45 exactly．

Policeman：Good．Now, how fast was the truck m　　3　　?

Jimmy：Well, quite s　　4　　－about 10 miles an hour．It was coming up York Road．I suppose the truck driver knew the l　　5　　 were going to change．But they were still red when he went over them．

Policeman：I see．What about the car? Was it also d　　6　　 slowly?

Jimmy：It was coming a　　7　　 Union Street about 80 miles per hour．It was a blue Toyota．The d　　8　　 stopped his car when he saw the truck crossing the street．

Policeman：Did you see what c　　9　　 the traffic lights were?

Jimmy：Yes, it changed to y　　10　　 just before he crossed it．

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母的提示，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

A：Hello, may I speak to Jane?

B：Sorry, she is out．May I take a m　　1　　 for her?

A：In fact, nothing special．I’d just like to ask her for advice about English learning．She s　　2　　 me going to the English corner more often．You know, I’m poor at English, e　　3　　 at spoken English．I feel too n　　4　　 to speak even in English class, let alone speak English in the English corner, when f　　5　　 more people．

B：If you are willing to listen to me, I advise you should．If you don’t dare to speak English owing to the fact t　　6　　 you are afraid of making m　　7　　, you simply will never learn English well．To go to the corner is to give you a good c　　8　　to open your mouth to speak．People there are f　　9　　 factories, institutes, colleges, middle schools or even primary schools．Some of t　　10　　 have only learned English for a couple months．

A：Thank you very much．I’ll surely go there more often in future．

对话填空

M：Hi, Jane．It’s nice to see you again．I heard that you went to the US during the v　　1　　．

W：Yes．I went to New York to attend a summer c　　2　　 in English．

M：Wow．You were l　　3　　．How long did you stay there?

W：About 50 days．I went there on July 5th and came back on A　　4　　 25th．

M：How about the course?

W：The course was very good．The teachers were nice．They taught us to listen, speak, read and write in English, but it was mostly s　　5　　．One interesting thing I found was that the American classes are different from o　　6　　 here because the students have a lot more f　　7　　 and s　　8　　．You can sit anywhere you like in the classroom．You can ask the teachers questions at any time during the class, and you are welcome to s　　9　　 your ideas with the class．I really like this kind of class．

M：How interesting! Maybe our teachers should t　　10　　 that．

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As is often referred to, the UN, set up in October 1945, is an international group _________ countries that want to increase peace．As a Goodwill Ambasssdor, I feel very honoured to have been able to _________ this role．The UN is _________ a charter that has four purposes：to _________ international peace; to _________ friendly relationships among nations; to cooperate in _________ international problems and in promoting respect for human rights．The organization is _________ in peacekeeping operations to help some of the world’s most horrible _________．_________, the UN helps protect human rights and works to _________ international laws, for example, those on child labour．_________ the urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts, the UN helps countries with other problems such as poverty and disasters．So you see, _________ the work of the UN the world has been brought closer together．

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

　　Television is now playing a very important part in our life．But television, like many 　　1　　 things, has both advantages and disadvantages．Do the 　　2　　 outweigh(比……更重要)the latter?

　　In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also 　　3　　 comparatively cheap one．For a family of four, for example, it is 　　4　　 as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainment available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere．

　　All they have to do is 　　5　　(press)a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and shows of every kind, not to mention the latest 　　6　　(excite)football match．Some people, 　　7　　 maintain that this is precisely 　　8　　 the danger lies．The television viewer makes no choice and exercises no judgment．He is completely passive and has everything 　　9　　(present)to 　　10　　 without any effort on his part．

下面的一段文章为课文原文的浓缩，仔细阅读，根据原文章内容将其补充完整，并尽量背诵。

Ma Li would like to _________ some more information about _________ differences to finish a piece of homework．Waled told her that they _________ cultural differences all the time because they had some _________ English teachers．We could see _________ of cultural differences in the _________ that Americans and the British had．The American teacher was _________ talking about Thanksgiving _________ the British teachers didn’t know what Thanksgiving was held in _________ of．Ma Li didn’t know Thanksgiving was to do _________ celebrating the first _________ after the settlers came to live in the USA．Later Peter _________ in their talking．

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_________1．You run a billboard advertising business you inherited(继承)from your father, and you are looking to expand in new directions．What do you do?

_________2．You are a successful talk-show host, and have just achieved national recognition(认可)．You want more control over your show, and a greater share of its profits．What do you do?

_________3．You are still in college, but together with a friend you have established a software company that deals with major corporations．What do you do?

_________4．You are a successful business analyst(分析师), and come to think that the mail-order business model could be adapted to online book sales．What do you do?

_________5．You own several highly profitable waste-collection routes．The government has recently issued the Solid Waste Disposal Act, increasing standards of hygiene(卫生)in waste disposal．What do you do?

A．In 1968, H．Wayne Huizenga teamed with a partner to create a nationwide company for waste collection, a business traditionally made up of small, local companies．The new company, Waste Management, Inc．, became the foundation of his fortune．

B．While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates teamed with Paul Allen to develop a version of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800, the first personal computer．They licensed the software to the manufacturer of the Altair and formed Microsoft(originally Micro-soft)to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies．Gates decided to drop out(退学)of Harvard in his junior year to devote his time to Microsoft．

C．In 1963, Ted Turner took over his family billboard-advertising business．In 1970 he bought a failing UHF(ultrahigh frequency)television station in Atlanta, Georgia, and by 1975 Turner had transformed it into the first“superstation”－WTBS, by transmitting(传送)low-cost sports and entertainment programs via satellite to cable systems throughout the country．

D．In 1986, Oprah Winfrey formed Harpo Productions to produce her own show and other projects．With distribution rights(销售权)to her shows, Winfrey used profits to expand her business activities．By 1998 Winfrey was worth $675 million．

E．Microsoft founder Bill Gates planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health．Having already the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune would be put towards the cause except“a few percent left for the kids”．

F．Amazon．com founder Jeff Bezos grew interested in online retailing(零售业)in 1994 while working as a business analyst in New York City．After researching the success of different mail-order companies Bezos decided that books were the perfect product to see via the Internet．That year he left New York to establish his new company in Seattle, chosen for its being near to major book wholesalers and the advanced high-tech industry．In July 1995 Amazon．com developed its Website, and has since expanded to offer many other retail products in addition to books．

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　　Sang Lan, born in Ningbo, China in 1981, began learning gymnastics when she was six years old．Before the Goodwill Games held in New York, she was a _________, happy athlete．However, during her best _________, vault, she made a small mistake．She landed on her head and broke her neck, which cost her the _________ to walk．

　　While in hospital, Sang Lan had many visitors, including Christopher Reeve who once played ?Superman．They _________ Sang Lan to stay _________．Sang Lan already knew this, and won the sympathy and admiration of people across the world with her good attitude．

　　Sang Lan returned to China, and now studies _________ and is also _________ a sports _________ about the 2008 Beijing Olympics．With her positive thinking, she _________ her life and found her happiness．