Many people keep small fish _31_______ pets. They keep them in a tank of water. The tank is made of glass. People can _32________ through it. They can see inside the tank and watch the fish.
The fish need room. They mustn’t be crowded. They need _33_______ to breathe.
__34_____ must be enough water for all fish. So the size of the tank is very important.
In the tank people put small plants __35________ are good for fish. They give oxygen to the water. Plants help in other ways, too. They can hide __36_______ the plants and sleep, lay eggs there.
The fish __37______ be kept in water all the time. Some can jump high. So the tank should be covered. This keeps the fish __38________ (jump) out.
The fish need food and should be fed every day. But __39____________ you give them too much food, it is very bad, for the extra food will fall to the bottom and make the water dirty. So the fish should get just enough food and finish __40___________ in ten minutes. Nothing should be left.
In North America, people are always in __31______ hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities __32________ school. Parents often work late and ___33________ get home until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. Most North American families don’t have time to prepare a meal. That is __34_________ fast food is so popular in North America. People _____35_____ about 40% of their dollars on fast food.
People usually buy fast food from restaurant chains such as Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, or KFC,__ 36______ they can enjoy pizza, sandwiches, fried chicken, and so on. Fast food saves work and time, but it is not __37_________ (nutrition).
Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast-food companies now have restaurants all over the world. But not __38________ is happy about the spread(扩展) of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to fight __39_______ the spread of American fast food. They don’t like the idea of more fast food chains __40__________(open) restaurants in their country.
I asked my uncle, who plays __31_______ piano well, __32_______ he would assess (评定) the tone of a second hand piano I was hoping to buy. We arrived __33_______ the house and Uncle Frank looked the piano over, then __34_______ (sit) down and played a mixture of honky-tonk numbers and classical pieces. When he finished, we told the family that we would call ___35_______ in 15 minutes.
Outside, Uncle Frank said that ___36________ the wood was battered (坏掉的),the sound was good and we should buy it.
When I phoned the woman back, she sounded as if she was crying. __37____ (concern), I asked, “What’s the matter?”
“We didn’t know the piano_38______ play like that,” she replied. The piano wasn’t __39_______sale, and her daughter had to resume(重新开始) taking piano __40___________.
A few years ago, SARS __31______ out in the mainland of China, causing some people __32________ (kill) or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was__33______ time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the __34________ of this deadly disease. They invited all the most __35_________ (experience) experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _36_______ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope__37_______ picking up and had the new medicine tested on him. __38______ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, __39_______ (tell) him this exciting news. For convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the __40___ hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.
Many Chinese believe 31 (eat) pig brains will increase their intelligence and some Americans regularly eat 32 ___ (cook) eggs to keep their minds sharp. 33 , doctors don’t recommend eating 34 raw eggs or animal brains. Then, what food is good for your brain? Scientists have found a relationship 35 ____ diet and a healthy brain. Generally speaking, fish is a brain food. 36 ____ fish, you should introduce lots of dark green leafy vegetables and colorful fruits into your diet, because most people lack the special vitamins 37 these brain food provide. If you eat brain foods 38 ____ (regular), they can increase brain power — help you pay attention, keep you 39 ___________ (motivate), improve your memory and 40 _____( less) stress from studies. Then you can do much better in your test.
With the (31)_____________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people (32)___________(suffering) from different kinds of (33) ___________ ( ill ) because of air pollution.
Air pollution is caused (34)_________ the following reasons: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles(车辆). There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off (35)_________ (poison) gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another (36)_________ (fact) is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health but also to others’. (37)__________ these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight (38)_____________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take the place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the importance of (39)___________(environment) protection and does something to stop pollution, the problem will (40)___________(solve).
Rudolph Valentino was a famous film star in the 1920s.
He once wanted to buy a particular silver ring that had a semi-precious stone in 31 .
The jeweler warned him against the ring, 32 (tell) him that it had a curse on it. 33 owned the ring would have bad luck.
Valentino did not believe him 34 he bought the ring.
He wore it during the making of his 35 film, The Young Rajah. The film was a complete failure.
Valentino put the ring 36 _ and went on to make many 37 (success) films. By 1926, he had forgotten all about the curse on the ring.
He wore it 38 . Soon afterwards, he fell ill and died.
39 of Valentino’s friends inherited the ring.She, too, became ill, 40 quickly gave the ring away to a young artist. She recovered from her illness almost immediately,
However, there was one band that started in a different way. It began as a TV show. The musicians of 31________ the band was formed played jokes 32___________ each other as well as played music. Their music and jokes were based loosely on the band called “The Beatles”. The TV organizers 33 (look) for four musicians who were lively and who could make good music. They put an advertisement in a newspaper 34 (look) for rock musicians, but they could only find one that was good enough. They had to use actors for the other members of the band. Actors may not be able to sing so at first other musicians sang the songs for the programme 35 the band pretended to sing them.
Their attractive performances 36 (copy) by other groups and their fans supported them fiercely. Each week the group that was called “The Monkees” would play a song or two written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became 37 (serious) about their work, “The Monkees” started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. They became even more popular than “The Beatles” in the USA and sold even more records. However, the band broke 38 in about 1970, but 39 (unite) in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, which was a 40 (celebrate) of their time as a real band.
Many animals 31 (disappear) during the history of the earth. 32 (famous) of these animals were dinosaurs. They lived on the earth 33 (ten) of millions of years ago, long 34 humans came into being. There were many different species of dinosaur and several of them have been found in China. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan Province, and not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. The scientists were surprised 35 (find) they could run 36 other dinosaurs, but also climb trees. They could tell this from the way the bones 37 (join) together.
Dinosaurs died 38 quickly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it was after a large rock hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got 39 hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. Nobody knows 40 sure. In the same way there are animals that have died out more recently and no one knows why. Listen to the story about the dodo, an animal that has disappeared from the earth.
Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than 31 man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games. She was 32 angry that she said to her father she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said she must marry and asked her 33 she wanted to marry a king or prince. But Atlanta replied, “I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run 34 him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he 35 (kill). No one will be pardoned.”
Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta but when they heard of her rules, some of them 36 (sad) went home. Other men stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta’s rules. “Why are these men so 37 (fool)? Why will they let 38 be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?” Then when he saw Atlanta come out of her house 39 (run), Hippomenes changed his mind. “I 40 marry Atlanta — or die!” he said.
In September, 1941, the Nazi 31 (Germany) army was near St Petersburg. This was a time 32 the two countries were at war. However, before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were only able to remove the furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. But some of the Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room itself. In less than two days, 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt 33 ____________ the boxes were then put on a train 34 ___ Konigsberg, at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room 35 (remain) a mystery.
While the search for the old room continues, the 36 (Russia) and Germans have built 37 new Amber Room at the summer palace. 38 (follow) old photos, the new room has been made to look much like the old one. In 39 spring of 2003, it was ready for the people of St Petersburg 40 (celebrate) the 300th birthday of their city.
Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese 1 (kill) right below their windows. She was 2 neighbor. Yet 3 of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.
John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the reasons 4 people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps 5 he can help. First he has to notice that it is 6 emergency(紧急情况). Is the smoke coming into the room 7 a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and 8 important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally 9 (responsibility). He must feel that he must help, 10 the person won’t get the help he needs.
Why is setting goals so important? __1._________ goals can help you do, be, and experience everything __2._______ you want in life. Instead of just __3._______(let) life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.
__4.________ (success) and happy people have set lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s __5._______ having a map to show you __6.__________ you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and __7.___________ (set) goals. __8.____________ (success) people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and __9.___________aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are _10._____________one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
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Do you have a goal for life? What's it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?
A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car”, “to improve one's life quality”, “finding a good job”.
Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn't have to work for extra hours. However, he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.
Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people's life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one's life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn't have a diploma, studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn't have love, his life goal will be to look for it. But if one has no life goal, he will idle away (虚度) his lifetime. {007}”
58.What will a poor man’s life goal be according to this passage? ( 回答词数不超过4个)
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59. Why does the writer mention Wang You? ( 回答词数不超过12个)
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60. Give a short title for this article. (回答词数不超过6个)
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In many English homes four meals are served; they are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. These are the meals that are served in the homes of people who are well to do.
Breakfast may be served any time for seven to nine. It consist of porridge, bacon and eggs (boiled or fried), butter toast or bread-and-butter with marmalade (酸果酱). Instead of bacon and eggs, fish may be served. Either tea or coffee is drunk at breakfast.
Lunch comes at about one o’clock. It generally consists of cold meat (left over from yesterday’s dinner), potatoes, and salad. After that there is bread or biscuits and cheese. Most people drink water at lunchtime; some drink beer or wine. It is not the custom to drink the spirits (烈性酒) like whisky or brandy even wealthy homes in the middle of the day.
Afternoon tea, taken between four and five, is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling them that you are coming. Each person has a cup and saucer, a spoon and a small plate for bread-and-butter and cake. By the way, do not help yourself to cake first; bread-and-butter first, and then cake if there is any. Another piece of advice: do not put more than one piece of bread or cake on your plate at the same time.
Dinner is the most substantial (丰盛的) meal of the day and is a very formal meal. Many people even wear special clothes for dinner, so if you are asked out of dinner you must find out whether you are expected to wear a dinner suit; for you would feel very embarrassed if, when you go there, you were the only person in ordinary clothes. Dinner is generally served at about half past seven. All the members of the family sit down together and are on their best behavior. The head of the family sits at one end of the table; his wife sits at the other. If there is a guest, he generally sits in the place of honor, which is at the right of lady of the house. If there are several guests the most important is asked to sit there. During the meal conservation is carried on, you should try to get into the conversation with the person on your right or left, but you should not try to talk to someone who is a long way from you.
Title: 76._______________________
77. ___________ |
79. _____________ |
Food |
Drinks |
Notes |
Breakfast |
7 to 9 a.m. |
Porridge, bacon & eggs, etc |
83. ________________ |
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Lunch |
80. _____________ |
Cold meat, potatoes, salad, bread, biscuits & cheese |
84. ________________ |
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Afternoon tea |
4 to 5 p.m. |
82. ______________________ |
tea |
85. __________ |
78. ___________ |
81. _____________ |
Most formal |
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