On our way to the house,it was raining(1) hard that we couldn't help wondering how long it would take(2) (get)there. It was in the middle of Pearl City.
We were first greeted with the barking by a pack(3) dogs,seven to be exact. They were well trained by their masters(4) had great experience with caring for these animals. Our hosts shared many of their experiences and (5) (recommend)wonderful places to eat,shop,and visit. For breakfast,we were able to eat papaya(木瓜)and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.
When they were free from work,they invited us to local events and let us know of an interesting (6) (compete)to watch,together with the story behind it. They also shared with us many(7) (tradition)stories about Hawaii that were (8) (huge)popular with tourists. On the last day of our week﹣long stay,we (9) (invite)to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars,(10) (listen)to musicians and meeting interesting locals.
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It’s useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings.”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away .”also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudesthe content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinationswe can see, cultivating a good habit is so important I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits----keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What’s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can. concentrate on reading for a short time and I ( conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
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For more than six million American children, coming home after school means (come) to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hang out outside.all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They (call) latchkey children---they are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad situation has become a subject of concern.
A headmaster of an elementary school said that there was a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys(attach). He was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys he slowly learned were house keys.
He began talking to the children who had them. Then he learned the influence working couples and single parents were having their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own (safe).
The most common way latchkey children deal with this is by hiding. It might be in a bathroom, under a bed in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll watch it with the volume turned up high. Most parents don’t realize(it) effect on their children and most parents are slow to admit the fact they leave their children alone.
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Edison was one of the greatest scientists that greatly shaped modem society.
When he was seven, Edison's family moved from Ohio to Michigan after his father got a job there. Because of hearing problems, he had difficulty(follow) the lessons and often ran away from school. However, he used the time(read) books and set up a laboratory in his home. But the smell from his laboratory was often so stronghis mother had to stop him from carrying out any more experiments at home.
At the age of twelve, Edison got a job on the Grand Trunk Railway. There, he made use of an abandoned (被抛弃的) car his laboratory. During that time, he (success) developed a device (设备) that could send messages. By 1869, Edison' s inventions in telegraphy were widely accepted, made him decide to leave the job and become a full-time (invent). Edison's most' "well-known" inventions included the electric light bulb, microphones and so on. In explaining he could come up with so many inventions, Edison said "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Edison(die) at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931. At the time of his death, he was still doing experiments in his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. He clearly enjoyed his work and lived life to fullest.
It was just after sunrise on a June morning."Nicolo," whose real name cannot be(1) to the public because of Italy's privacy laws,(2) working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the "after work auction (拍卖)"(3) D by the Italian police where things(4) on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look(5) above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder(6) until Nicolo finally won the paintings for ﹩32.
When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he(7) the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had(8) from Turin. His son, age 15, who had(9) an art appreciation class, thought that there was something(10) about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed (签名) "Bonnato" or so he thought,but when he(11) it, he only found "Bonnard," a French(12) he had never heard of.He bought a book and was(13) to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same(14) as his father's painting.
"That's the garden in our picture," Nicolo's son told his father. They(15) learned that the painting they(16) was called "The Girl with Two Chairs." They(17) the other painting and learned that it was(18) Paul Gauguin's "Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog." The(19) called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the paintings were(20) and worth as much as ﹩50 million.
(1)A. attached |
B. allocated |
C. exposed |
D. submitted |
(2)A. finished |
B. delayed |
C. considered |
D. tried |
(3)A. attended |
B. reserved |
C. cancelled |
D. run |
(4)A. shown |
B. found |
C. kept |
D. hidden |
(5)A. nice |
B. familiar |
C. useful |
D. real |
(6)A. battled |
B. debated |
C. discussed |
D. bargained |
(7)A. held |
B. left |
C. registered |
D. brought |
(8)A. chosen |
B. received |
C. ordered |
D. moved |
(9)A. missed |
B. failed |
C. taken |
D. led |
(10)A. concrete |
B. unusual |
C. unappealing |
D. natural |
(11)A. appreciated |
B. touched |
C. researched |
D. witnessed |
(12)A. painter |
B. designer |
C. author |
D. actor |
(13)A. expected |
B. surprised |
C. anxious |
D. ready |
(14)A. room |
B. kitchen |
C. hall |
D. garden |
(15)A. apparently |
B. confidently |
C. eventually |
D. temporarily |
(16)A. owned |
B. borrowed |
C. sold |
D. stole |
(17)A. collected |
B. cleaned |
C. framed |
D. studied |
(18)A. suitably |
B. actually |
C. rightly |
D. specifically |
(19)A. girl |
B. artist |
C. family |
D. police |
(20)A. copies |
B. originals |
C. models |
D. presents |
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One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a chair in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, ________ (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance.The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing ________ ( happen).
When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall as________failure. Instead, they consider ________as a learning experience.They try and try again________ they succeed.
I was also touched by the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so ________ (confidence) and natural.He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could.He was just being a child--- being himself completely at the moment.He never gave up.Each time he fell, he got up again by________, as if he knew that falling down was________ (simple) a part of life.
He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying________whether someone was watching or not. ________he wanted was to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely.I learned a lot from the experience.
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Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he (buy) the school. And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.
For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably the fact that she sat in last row.
he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little (hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn’t stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, made her feel like a star.
“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy shook his head.” “Then I’d appreciate if you didn’t wear them in class. I like to look at your eyes when I’m speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher a few seconds and all the other students wondered what the boy would do. Then he took off, gave a big smile and said “That is cool”.
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Since early childhood, I love dancing. I always admire the movements of (profession) dancers. My mother used to laugh at me every time I glued my head in front of the TV set during a dancing video. Later, I registered myself at local ballet dancing class where I was able to examine the type of dancing movements and learn how to move better. I remember that my (feel) were that life was too good to be true.
Now, I have to stop my classes, my dancing days are (certain) not over. Today, every time I (give) a chance alone in the living room, I enjoy (move) my body to the music.
Have you ever noticed that dancers are always (healthy), have more energy, and seem to have a lot more fun than non-dancers? That is because dancing is one of the best ways for people to keep a better statues. is generally admitted that when one is in good health, he or she is able to enjoy life and avoid its negative impacts _him or her every day.
The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88°,there is evidence(1) they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been(2) (poor) studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,000﹣25,000 polar bears worldwide.
Modern methods(3) tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid﹣1980s,and are expensive(4) (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunayut(5) (report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a(6) (believe) that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by (7) (note) that hungry bears may be congregating(聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion(错觉) that populations are(8) (high) than they actually are. Of(9) nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six(10) (be) stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.
For the past ten years,my dad and I have attended the same school﹣he as an administrator and I as a student.Our relationship,in and out of school,has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger,all that my dad said was doctrine (信条) and anything he did I,(1) ,copied.We played games together,and stayed up late reading bedtime stories.I could(2) my dad taking me to school,running into him(3) during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.
As I grew older,we were not as(4) as we used to be.He wasn't cool any more.He wore his socks too high,listened to(5) country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends.He became a total embarrassment.
However,the(6) D that occurred in school were even worse.The worst one happened in seventh grade.My dad came to our New Year party,(7) as Donald Duck,guitar in hand,singing silly songs.Just kill me! I wanted to run away.
This (8) continued into high school,but we somehow began to find a balance.Things started to(9) around the time of my 10th﹣grade physics project.The(10) was to build a wood bridge with the best strength﹣to﹣weight ratio (比率).All the students and physics teachers(11) .So did my dad,the only administrator! Embarrassed,as usual,I (12) the scene.(13) ,later when I learned from my friends that my dad(14) all competitors and won everyone's admiration,I found that mixed in with my(15) was a touch of pride.
I had needed someone else to show me what I(16) in my dad.It wasn't the fact that he'd won;it was more than that.I began to(17) that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to(18) him,he still influenced me.
I feel(19) to have such an unusual father.The (20) I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I've grown.
(1)A.temporarily |
B. naturally |
C. originally |
D. passively |
(2)A.apply to |
B. count on |
C. see off |
D. pick out |
(3)A.gradually |
B. previously |
C. regularly |
D. eventually |
(4)A.close |
B. reliable |
C. generous |
D. confident |
(5)A.creative |
B. familiar |
C. horrible |
D. live |
(6)A.failures |
B. coincidences |
C. competitions |
D. disasters |
(7)A.dressed up |
B. broken down |
C. settled down |
D. signed up |
(8)A.debate |
B. party |
C. progress |
D. struggle |
(9)A.happen |
B. change |
C. grow |
D. disappear |
(10)A.issue |
B. task |
C. lesson |
D. procedure |
(11)A.participated |
B. protested |
C. hesitated |
D. explored |
(12)A.fled |
B. investigated |
C. pictured |
D. made |
(13)A.Instead |
B. Otherwise |
C. Therefore |
D. However |
(14)A.convinced |
B. defeated |
C. ignored |
D. evaluated |
(15)A.confusion |
B. encouragement |
C. embarrassment |
D. fascination |
(16)A.recommended |
B. tolerated |
C. doubted |
D. appreciated |
(17)A.recognize |
B. demand |
C. argue |
D. estimate |
(18)A.approach |
B. limit |
C. resist |
D. believe |
(19)A.puzzled |
B. fortunate |
C. concerned |
D. awkward |
(20)A.strategy |
B. habit |
C. relationship |
D. potential |
Many people have the hobby of collecting things,e.g.stamps,postcard or antiques.In the 18th and 19th centuries,(1) (wealth)people travelled and collected plants,historical objects and works of art.They kept their collection at home until it got too big (2) or until they died,and then it was given to a museum.The 80,000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane,for example,(3) (form) the core collection of the British Museum(4) opened in 1759.
The parts of a museum open to the public (5) (call) galleries or rooms.Often,only a small part of a museum's collection(6) (be) on display. Most of it is stored away or used for research.
Many museums are lively places and they attract a lot of visitors.As well as looking at exhibits,visitors can play with computer simulations(模拟)and imagine(7) (they) living at a different time in history or(8) (walk) through a rainforest.At the Jorvik Centre in York,the city's Viking settlement is recreated,and people experience the sights,sounds and smells of the old town.Historical(9) (accurate) is important but so is entertainment.Museums must compete(10) people's spare time and money with other amusements.Most museums also welcome school groups and arrange special activities for children.
Decorating with Plants, Fruits and Flowers for Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is a (1) (celebrate) marking the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring.This is why decorating with plants, fruits and flowers(2) (carry) special significance.They represent the earth (3) (come) back to life and best wishes for new beginnings.
These are some of the most popular in many parts of the country:
Oranges:Orange trees are more(4) decoration;they are a symbol of good fortune and wealth.They make great gifts and you see them many times(5) (decorate) with red envelopes and messages of good fortune.
Bamboo:Chinese love their "Lucky Bamboo" plants and you will see them often in their homes and offices.(6) (certain) during the holiday period,this plant is a must.Bamboo plants are associated (7) health, abundance and a happy home.They are easy(8) (care) for and make great presents.
Branches of Plum Blossoms (梅花):The(9) (beauty) long branches covered with pink﹣colored buds (蓓蕾) make fantastic decorations.The plum trees are (10) first to flower even as the snow is melting (融化).They represent the promise of spring and a renewal of life.
A
Oliver is a host of a TV programme on food. He says food (1) (play) a big role in his life. "My mum was a great cook, and she'd sometimes let me have a try," he said. The first dish Oliver prepared for his family was fried chicken wings. He made it with his mum's help. Oliver says if you're (2) (luck) enough to have someone close to you who enjoys cooking, ask them (3) you can join in when it's possible.
B
Single﹣use plastic bags are used at most a few times before they (4) (throw) away. It takes them hundreds of years (5) (break) down. Many of these bags end up in the ocean where larger ones can trap sea creatures, such as turtles and dolphins. Over time, the bags fall apart (6) countless tiny pieces, and fish can accidentally eat some of them. Now, lots of (7) (country) and regions are taking action to ban the sale of such bags to stop people using them.
C
A piece of stone (8) (find) on a Dutch beach suggests that our extinct human relatives, known as Neanderthals, were cleverer than previously thought. The Neanderthals (9) (live) alongside human ancestors in Europe for tens of thousands of years, before dying out about 40,000 years ago. They were much stronger than modern humans, but it's long been assumed that human ancestors were (10) (smart) than the Neanderthals. However, the stone tool made by Neanderthals suggests otherwise.
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Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned a farm, which looked almost abandoned. (lucky), he also had a cow (produce) milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass it began to rain heavily. While making great (effort) to run away, she (fall) over the hill and died. Then Johnson tried to make living without the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs (草药) and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market people from the town met regularly. Now occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
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Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their(life). However, rescue operations are(prove) difficult. If explosives are used, vibrations will cause the roof of the mine(collapse). Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up inspecial capsule.there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours. As it is, they have been drilling for sixteen hours and they still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, a microphone, which(low) into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with the closest relatives. Though they are running out of fooddrink, the men are(cheer) and confident that they will get out soon. They have been told that rescue operations are progressing(smooth). If they knew how difficult it was to drill the hard rock, they would lose heart.
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