Long long ago, there was a large mountainside, where (rest)an eagle's nest with four large eagle eggs. One day earthquake rocked the mountain, causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain to a chicken farm (locate) in the valley below. The chickens were kind enough to care for the eagle's egg, and an old hen volunteered to nurture (哺育) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, , the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more a chicken. The eagle loved his present family, but his spirit cried out more. While playing on the farm one day, the eagle happened to notice a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds."
The chickens roared with (laugh), “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring at his real family up above, (dream) that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.
You become what you believe you are. So, if you ever dream of becoming an eagle, follow dreams... not the words of a chicken.
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Making new friends means______ (put) yourself out on a limb and asking others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well.______ (fortunate), there is no magical solution _____ this part of the process, so if you want to make friends, take a deep breath and jump right in! ____ first step to making new friends is figuring out what is holding you back. A lot of times people ____ are interested in making new friends don’t know why they don’t have them already. They can’t see that ______ own actions are working against them. Once you can identify (确定) what is keeping you from making new friends, you need to work through these concerns. This can be painful______ you will need to put yourself outside of your comfort zones to see any real differences. The next step is to shine in these social settings so that others will leave with a positive ______ (impress). If you find social situations hard, just depend on a few simple rules. When you feel _____ (confidence) that you’ve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! No matter _____ you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue making more.
Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China,___________ (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was no time to debate who was
__________ (blame). The most important thing for the government to do was to find out the cause of this
____________ (die) disease. They invited all the best experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions
___________________ (put forward). Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see
___________ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient
_____________ was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine
___________ (test) on him.
____________ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned to the top official, telling him this exciting news. For
______________ (convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked
__________ out finally.
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A new word has suddenly become wildly popular in China---“tuhao” --- _____ loosely translated means “nouveau riche (new rich).” There _____ (be) more than 100 million references to the word “tuhao” on social media since early September this year.
It's being used to describe _____ from the new People's Daily building, to expensive celebrity weddings full of bling-bling (惹人注目的昂贵首饰), and the new gold-coloured iPhone.
In Chinese “tu” means earth, and “hao” means rich. To say someone is a tuhao is to imply they come _____ a poor peasant background, and have made it rich quick, but don't quite have the manners, or taste to go along with it. It's ______ the term “nouveau riche”, but has even more negative meaning, suggesting a certain vulgarity(庸俗).
This new usage of the term took off in September after a widely-shared joke about a rich, but _____ (happy) man. He goes to a Buddhist monk for advice and expects to _____ (tell) to live a more simple life. But the monk replies instead with the phrase: "Tuhao, let's be friends!"
Chinese Internet users are highly _____ (create) in their use of language, and are constantly inventing, and re-inventing words for better expressions of some social phenomena. In this case, the popularity of the word “tuhao” seems to reflect the fact ______ , in current Chinese society, many people laugh at _____ with wealth, but are secretly jealous.
She has been a loyal customer for two years. And now the duck (call) Dizzy has started taking her 12 ducklings (小鸭子) along with when she makes her daily visit to a city centre deli (熟食店).
The family has become a hot topic among both customers staff at the Hairy Fig Deli, next to Merchant Adventurers Hall in York.
The mother duck, recently hatched (孵化) several ducklings, often arrives at the deli at the break of dawn. Once there, she and her ducklings (patient) wait for the Hairy Fig to open, at which point they (feed).
The owner of the deli Sue Hardie said that when Dizzy first started coming to the deli, she used to walk into the shop. But now, after a little (train), she sits outside and waits for her food.
Ms Hardie said, “Dizzy is lonely and gets chased by geese, she knows she is well fed and looked after here. She waits me outside the shop before we open.”
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at a big firm.
The HR manager (interview) him, then a test: clean the floor. “You are hired(雇佣),” he said, “give me your email address, I’ll send you the application to fill.” The man replied “I don’t have a computer, an email”.
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager, “that means you do not exist. And _____ doesn’t exist cannot have the job.” The man left no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10 KG tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he _____ (success) in doubling his capital(资本). He repeated the operation 3 times, and returned home with $60.
5 years later, the man is one of the (big) food retailers(零售商) in the US. He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called insurance broker(保险经纪人), and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email”. The broker replied (curious), “You don’t have an email, and yet have established an empire! Do you imagine you could have been if you had an email?The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy!”
语法填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
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Nowadays many singers and bands have little to do with good music. They know little about good music means. What is the cause?
So far most of these singers (see) music as a “job” because it is a good source of making money. And if you have a good appearance and expensive clothes to show off at your concerts then your voice is not important as it should be. The public will prefer to admire more the most interesting parts of your body and even forget that you are there (show) your music skills, not your dancing, which is important too, but not at such high level.
Therefore, many young girls on TV choose to wear the most provocative (挑逗性的) clothes to catch attention, when it comes to singing, they are in a complete mess and one doesn’t need to have an ear for music to notice their lack talent.
However, the young generation should understand talent and a good voice matter more in their musical career. All the performances have little to do with good music fail to be welcomed on stage. If a young man has a great voice and wants to become a (success) singer, he should take some special (course) in this area because they will help him improve singing abilities.
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Everyone has his own attitude getting old. The night before her eighth birthday, I found my daughter Lizzy sat on her bed _______ (weep). “I love being seven,” she cried. “I don’t want to be eight!” I held her in my arms and explained that was going to be even better to be eight than being seven. I told her how much I loved her and a wonderful birthday she was going to have. Eventually she was comforted. It’s always strange ________ (tell) that you are a year older, even when you aren’t very old. Now I’m in my early 60s, and I don’t always recognize the face in the mirror, ________ something has changed the way that I think. The process of aging _____ (increasing) interests and amazes me, annoys and irritates me, and sometimes still makes me ______(frighten), too, but much, much less than it used to. There is _______ ongoing sadness at the absence of the friends and family members_______ have died before me.
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’ daily life.
these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “pulling up a crop __ (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) was very anxious to help
rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea __ he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired __ doing this for a whole day, he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” (high).
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often __ (result) in the contrary to our intention.
An idea to cycle to Tibet ______(occur) to me one year ago. I know______ idea is quite practical in economical way. For one thing, I can’t have too much money. For another, it is bound to do me good because I can take in fresh air______ the way there. I called Tom, ______ had borrowed me a sum of money, telling him my idea. He was excited at my words and promised to pay off his debt as soon as possible. He also offered to team up with me. ______ (apparent), he also showed great interest in this trip. Five months_______ our trip, we kept taking exercise and built up strong body because we knew_____ would be impossible to realize our dream without being ______ (health). I used to hear that some people_____(make) a trip there died from the lack of oxygen---- they did devote their lives to their dream ! But the cost is too much. So ______ of us insisted on running in the morning from time to time.
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about ____(be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, __ some of them looked very anxious and ________ (disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next ____ the window, so I had a food view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike ___ (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused ______ (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept _____(ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy came up to the door of the bus, I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “_____ anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh dear! It’s _____.” She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers __(sudden) became friendly to one another.
Cholera was a
(dead) disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure
( be) understood. So many thousands of
( terrify) people died
there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to solve the problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled
its cause was found.
He became interested in two theories possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera
( multiply) in the air. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease
their bodies with their meals.
John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another cholera London in 1854, he was ready to begin his enquiry. With all the evidences he gathered ,John Snow was able to announce with
(certain) that polluted water carried the virus. Finally “King Cholera” was defeated.
Today I received a sweet letter from Brianna, one of my “cookies”. It was wonderful to hear her. You see I taught kindergarten, I called all sweet children “cookies”. Brianna said that every day she would walk into kindergarten and see a smile my face. I named them “cookies” because I always feel that children can bring great happiness and (excite) to my life. I still feel that all children are the (great) joy I could ever have.
So far I (adopt) and taught children for over 35 years. All my children were are now a great joy of my life. (hope), I feel much fortunate to be able to use my life’s talent to teach children and have fun (do) it every day. I am able to spread my wings and help my “cookies” to spread their wings.
语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
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Lori: Good morning, Chuck. Are you here (wait) for Professor Johnson?
Chuck: Oh, yes. Good morning, Lori. The professor asked me to come here (have) an interview. Do you know something about job as teacher’s assistant?
Lori: Oh, yes. I know all about it I have work experience in this field. Last year, I did it for a long time.
Chuck: Really? How did you like ?
Lori: Well, actually I think it was (good) I had ever had at school. I was paid nine dollars an hour, which (be) three dollars more than the school post office paid us.
Chuck: Yeah, I bet this is a good salary. But what did you do?
Lori: My responsibility was to help Professor Johnson grade the students’ homework. It wasn’t hard and the professor was always available there were any questions. I improve myself through doing this job.
Chuck: I think I would enjoy this kind of work. But I’m a little worried about how much it might take.
Lori: Only about five or six hours a week and you can do that in your room.
Chuck: It sounds good.
A boy quarreled with his parents and ran away from home. He had a hard life __ any contact with his family for years. Later he wanted to go home __ he was afraid that his parents might not welcome him.
Finally he decided to write a letter to his father _ (express) his desire to return home and begging his pardon. In his letter he asked his father to tie a white ribbon on the tree near his house by the side of the railway lines if he was ready to welcome him __home.If he did not see the ribbon on the tree, he would think that his family did not welcome him and then he would leave home forever.
He boarded the train and waited very _ (nervous) as the train was about to pass by his home. To his great surprise, the tree _ (decorate) with hundreds of white ribbons, __ danced in the wind. His family did not want him to miss _ sight of the ribbon and the welcome signal, so _ covered the whole tree with ribbons to show their whole-hearted __ (happy) and willingness to welcome him back.
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