轻松寒假，快乐复习30天 第24天

—Hello, Mrs James. Is Sally at home? I want to play badminton with her.
—________. She's gone for a walk across the fields.

—I hear Kris had an accident as he was riding his bike to school yesterday.
—________？ He is always so careful when he is riding.

—What's the capital of Bhutan?
—________ Let's go online and find it out.

—Believe it or not, I have met him before.
—No kidding? ________ you've never mentioned it?

—Why are you moving out?
—________， but I just don't like the atmosphere here.

—Do you need the electric dryer?
—________.

—Can I really get a mountain bicycle as a reward if I win the race?
—Absolutely! ________.

—Would 13：00 be convenient?
—________， but I'll have to check my schedule for sure.

It is so nice to hear from her. __________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

---- _____? ---- You were saying you sold the house and left your hometown.

There was a rich man who wanted to choose a husband for his only child from a great number of pursuers. The man       all the pursuers to a river and pointed to the crocodiles there, saying, “Anyone who can swim across the river safely will marry my      .” The pursuers looked at each other and no one       take action. At that moment, a man plunged into the river and swam   _   surprising speed to the other side. All the people there       him with a great sense of admiration for his courage.      , the man, after landing on the bank, shouted      , “who pushed me into the river just now?”
Maybe the man,       thinking about the whole       and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be       to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly       for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into fortunes! But many of us are       to realize the true       of our “rivals” to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates (激励) your ambition and       to strive for success! You try your best to       your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!
If a man does not have rivals, he       be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his      . He would       in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, your rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good      ！In our lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thanks to our rivals, we can show our       to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!

A．walked B．led C．drove D．brought

A．son B．sister C．brother D．daughter

A．dared B．could C．would D．must

A．in B．for C．at D．with

A．approved B．welcome C．observed D．applauded

A．Meanwhile B．But C．However D．Furthermore

A．desperately B．angrily C．surprisingly D．happily

A．after B．unless C．before D．while

A．program B．process C．result D．accident

A．close B．satisfied C．devote D．grateful

A．general B．usual C．common D．ordinary

A．able B．willing C．unable D．unwilling

A．meaning B．significance C．tendency D．answer

A．desire B．demand C．deed D．defense

A．ignore B．overlook C．meet D．overcome

A．is bound to B．is intended to C．is meant to D．is fit to

A．occasion B．ambition C．situation D．contribution

A．hold out B．hold off C．hold on D．hold back

A．friends B．rivals C．enemies D．relatives

A．preference B．potential C．character D．knowledge

When it comes to hard, noisy traveling, we’ve found that sometimes we’d rather read about it than actually go. Here are some bestsellers for armchair travelers.
The Station by Robert Byron. In 1928, the 22-year-old man made a journey to Mount Athos, resulting in one of the best travel books ever written, matched only by Byron’s own, much more famous The Road to Osciana.
In Darkest Africa by Henry Monton Stanley. It’s about his great efforts to save an unlucky German doctor Eduard Schnitzer, who had no desire to be rescued at all.
A Traveler’s Alphabet: Partial Memoirs by Sir Steven Runciman. A to Z and around the world. He provides priceless information of long-gone princesses, priests, and places.
South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton. As the planet started the global war, Shackleton and his brave group of explorers made an unsuccessful but heroic journey to cross Antarctica from 1914 to 1917.
The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005 Reading through this final listing of all the nice hotels and wonderful restaurants in France is better than going there, listening to Chirac talk about the poisonous American culture, and spending the price of this book for a tiny cup of tea and a cookie the size of your thumb.
The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal. This great book of an armchair exploration tells us what has happened in the past and shows the relationship between us and the past travelers.
The underlined phrase “armchair travelers” in the first paragraph refers to those who___________ .

Which of the books has a very low price according to the passage?

What can we learn from the passage?

This passage is written____________ .

书面表达
2014年4月23日是第十九个“世界读书日”，假定你和你的同学们去市图书馆做了一天的志愿者。请你将出现在某些读者身上的不良现象写信反映给某英文报纸，呼吁大家爱护书籍，崇尚知识。要点如下：
1、看完书后随意摆放；        2、聊天、打电话；
3、吃东西，乱扔垃圾；        4、乱涂乱画，撕毁书页。
注意：
1、词数120左右；
2、可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear editor,
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
Yours respectfully,
Li Hua

—Forgotten something？I can keep an eye on your kids if you want to go and get it.
—________Thank you all the same.