轻松寒假，快乐复习30天 第1天

Mr. Black       Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane      on Sunday?

I haven't finished my composition. I ____ for two hours and a half.

“It’s too early to conclude that the problem ____ but I think we have been moving in the right direction,” the manager said

—Haven’t seen you for ages! Where have you been?
—I went to Ning Xia and ____ there for a year, teaching as a volunteer.

I haven’t finished my report, but I promise I ____ it by the end of the week.

He asked me how much ____ on the mountain bike.

Professor John will give us a lecture on how to learn English, but when and where ____ yet.

Look at the pride on Tom's face. He ____ to have been praised by the manager just now.

I____ my homework at nine o'clock last Sunday morning.

—Jackie, could you please repeat what I said just now?
— Sorry, I ____.

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl       the mother would not return to her eggs and she       to take them home. There she carefully     the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days    the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the    .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.    ，to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they       , the girl was able to    her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when       and in her dreams. later, she had an       She would pilot a plane to guide them in       . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her.
Caring about       safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not       or follow him, and      slept in the grass.
One day, the girl       into the plane, started it and soon left the      , Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds       flapped (拍打) their wings and      . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

A．managed B．attempted C．happened D．supposed

A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted

A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．meant

A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined

A．ago B．out C．later D．long

A．family B．lake C．home D．world

A．But B．Also C．Thus D．Still

A．increased B．improved C．rose D．grew

A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow

A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing

A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake

A．idea B．opinion C．explanation D．excuse

A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane

A．his B．her C．their D．its

A．respect B．remember C．recognize D．receive

A．so B．instead C．hardly D．too

A．climbed B．looked C．reached D．fell

A．house B．floor C．water D．pound

A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．eagerly

A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back

Mom was right! If you say thank you, for even the smallest gift or slightest show of kindness, you’ll feel happy.
Gratitude, says Robert A. Emmons, a professor of psychology at the University of California, is an important element of happiness. In his recent book, Thanks!, Emmons uses the first major study on gratitude to prove mom’s point.
As one of the leading scholars of the positive psychology movement, he admits gratitude may be difficult to express. He advises you to begin by admitting that life is good and full of events and elements that make daily existence a wonder. Second, recognize that the source of life’s goodness is more than just you. That source may be your mom, a friend, partner, child, colleague at work or play.
Gratitude is always other-directed, notes Emmons. You can be pleased or angry with yourself and feel guilty about doing something wrong, but you can never be grateful to or for yourself.
Expressing gratitude shouldn’t be a reaction; it should be a state of mind. To feel grateful when life is a breeze and you have more than you need is easy. To feel grateful in time of crisis—anger, hatred and bitterness—is easier. Also, too many people are aware of life’s blessings only after these are lost.
It’s crisis and chaos—danger, disease, disability and death—that bring many individuals to realize just how dependent they are on others. Yet it’s the way each of us begins life and ends it. It’s too bad that so many people waste those decades in between laboring under the illusion(幻觉) they are self-sufficient, says Emmons.
The abundance of voices expressing gratitude from his studies of individuals with chronic health problems is many. But Emmons goes beyond his “groundbreaking” science to make his case for gratitude by including the inspirational writings of philosophers, novelists and saints, as well as the beliefs of various religious and their respective scripture(经文). Taken together, these observations are summed up quite nicely by famous humanist Albert Schweitzer, who said the secret of life is “giving thanks for everything”.
To enable and embrace gratitude, Emmons encourages the readers of Thanks! to keep a gratitude diary. He even provides easy-to-follow directions on how to practise and develop gratitude.
I’m not a reader or advocate of self-help books, but I am thankful for the reference I found in a newspaper article to the research Emmons was conducting on gratitude involving organ donors and recipients. The chance discovery led me to this book.
Mom implied that kindness seems to find its way back to the giver because life really is all about giving, receiving and repaying. So I’ll pay attention to her professional advice and say: Thank you, professor Emmons.
What is the text mainly discussed?

The author mentions Robert A. Emmons’ book Thanks! in order to prove that __________.
A. Professor Emmons supports mom’s study on psychology.
B. mom is as great a psychologist as Professor Emmons.
C. Professor Emmons is a famous psychologist.
D. mom is right about her viewpoint on gratitude.
It will be easier for you to feel grateful when___________.

What is the opinion of Professor Emmons?

In the writer’s opinion, Emmon’s book Thanks! on gratitude is________.

英语中有一句谚语“A friend in need is a friend in indeed.”你班正在举行以”交友之道”为主题的英语演讲比赛，请以此为题并根据下面的提示写一篇120词左右的演讲稿。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
提示：1.对人要友善，用微笑吸引人；
2.要善解人意，设身处地地为别人着想；
3.不要吵架，遇事要商量；
4.关心别人要胜过关心自己；
5.不要相信那些在危机时刻背离朋友的人；
6.根据你对交友之道的理解，进行适当的补充，并发表自己的看法。
How to make friends
Good morning, everyone!
The topic of my speech today is “How to make friends”.
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Thank you for listening.

We ____very early so we packed the night Before.