passage 1
During the American Civil War, a young man 1 (name) Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the army. The war was not going well. The army needed 2 (soldier) so much that he was sent into battle without being trained. Roswell became frightened and ran. Later he 3 (sentence) to be shot for desertion. Roswell’s mother appealed to President Lincoln, 4 (beg) that he was young and inexperienced, and that he needed 5 second chance.
Lincoln thought and prayed. Then he wrote an 6 (admiration) statement. \"I have noticed, \"he said,\" that it never does a boy much good to shoot him.\"He wrote this letter in his own handwriting:\" Roswell McIntyre 7 (be) to be readmitted into the army. When he serves out his required enlistment(服兵役期), he will be freed of any charges of desertion.\"
That letter, signed by President Lincoln, is 8 display in the Library of Congress. Beside it there is a note, 9 reads, \"This letter was taken from the body of Roswell McIntyre, who died respectably at the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.\" Now you might be 10 (vast) surprised at the power of forgiveness.
passage 2
That morning I was playing soccer with my friends. We ran home after the strong earthquake and after that I heard a 1 (real) loud noise, like a plane. When I looked at the sea I saw something I had never seen before and I was terrified. My family 2 (rush) into our truck but the road was full of people trying 3 (escape). The black waves bit our truck, turning us over several 4 (time) before l lost consciousness(知觉). When I regained consciousness I was in the water. Holding on to 5 school chair, I floated until I landed on a beach. I had no idea where I was and I was so hungry and 6 (thirst). There were bodies and pieces everywhere. Under a tree I saw a mattress(床垫) had been 7 (wash) up to the beach and I started searching for packets of noodles and bottles of water, collecting them around my mattress. After five days I didn't have any water or food left. I survived there by 8 (me) for 20 days. When people came to collect the bodies, they rescued me 9 took me to Fakinah hospital, 10 I found my father.
passage 3
Yangshuo, China
It was raining lightly when I 1 (arrive)in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours 2 , I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with 3 (it)choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River 4 are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 5 (painting).
Instead, I’d headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away 6 car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.
Yangshuo 7 (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers 8 (conduct) by the website Trip Advisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it 9 (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people 10 (live)in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
passage 4
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 1 spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 2 ,we must be able to read the language,and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success 3 language learning. 4 good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only 5 (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and 6 meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 7 we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 8 (advise) for those 9 are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and 10 (write) the language whenever we can.
passage 5
Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, __1 ___(wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he __2 (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 __3_ _(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 __4 __last row. __5 __ he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little ___6 ___(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, __7 __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 __8 __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 for a few seconds and all the other students wondered __9 __ the boy would do. Then he took __10 __ off, gave a big smile and said, “That's cool.”
passage 6
I was living a life in my screen and hardly noticed what 1 (be)around me. I was always checking the time and thinking of future 2 (plan). My thought was: “Who’s going to text me now? What will I do next?” My bedtime routine was usually centered 3 one thing: my phone. 4 I went to sleep, I browsed through news websites and checked my emails. When I woke up in the middle of the night. I did the same thing. The problem with this was that I felt anxious every night.
So when my friends invited me 5 (go) for a long weekend camping without the cell service, I though this was 6 (exact)what I needed. Here’s how 7 (keep) away from my phone for 48 hours changed me and my way of life.
Without my phone, I 8 (fall)asleep listening to the songs of frogs and crickets. In the morning, I woke up energetically. Sitting by the river, riding a bike, or singing the old songs, I 9 (true)enjoyed what I was doing.
I felt free without my phone at weekend camp, 10 changed me completely. I listened to. What my body wanted instead of what my phone was telling me to do.
passage 7
Most kinds of rose plants come from Asia. But roses are also native to other areas including northwest Africa, Europe and the United State. In ___1_ __ year 1986, the U.S. Congress ___2_ __ (choose) the rose as America's national flower. Some people say roses are difficult ___3_ __(grow). But you have a good chance of success if you start with a few ___4 ___(suggest ) from experts. You should plant your roses ___5_ __they can get sunshine for about six hours on bright days. ^,9^y6kCX7KSome gardeners say potted roses are ___6 ___( easy) to plant than bare-root ones.
When growing roses, the soil should feel damp deep down. Watering should ___7_ __( do)in the morning. That can prevent problems called black spot.
But do not water too much. Experts advise pulling away mulch___8__ _ ( temporary) from around the roots after heavy rains or too much watering,. This will help dry the soil. normal conditions, ___9__ _ ( place)mulch around rose plants is a good idea.
If your soil is very dry, you can add peat, __10___ returns nutrients to the soil. If insects invade your rose bushes, you may be able to force them off with just a strong spray of water.
passage 8
There are a lot of famous women of 1 （achieve）in the world. They all do 2 ( good ) in their work, such as Lin Qiaozhi, Jane Goodall and Song Qingling. There is no doubt 3 they are real heroines and worthy of 4 ( praise). But in my opinion, all healthy humans have the ability to do that. It just depends on whether you have the determination to do it and 5 the situation is in your favor. But never before have I admired a person so much 6 Helen Keller, who I just read about. She was an unlucky girl, 7 could neither hear 8 see. I just can’t imagine how she could be so successful. I really don’t believe that
a deaf-blind lady could become such 9 important writer in the world. If I 10 ( be ) her, I wouldn’t have the courage to live on. It is by her courage and imagination and intelligence that I was struck.
passage 9
People often say knowledge creates fortune. 1 , nowadays people who have a great deal of knowledge don’t make much money. Why? Gain of wealth comes from the processes of creation. The approaches of gaining knowledge are various. Various ways usually 2 (rich) your knowledge. But not all these knowledge can’t be used in your creating wealth. Of the knowledge you have gained, most of it 3 (be) useful, while the rest of it is useless. Anyway, 4 (have)much knowledge is a good thing. It will be better that you are able 5 (decide) which knowledge is meaningful for you to create wealth. Identification is the first key
step to use knowledge. People should be aware what practice is efficient, what experience is 6 (value) and what action is helpful. Here it is a piece of advice that knowledge is not used to be 7 (show) off that you are a learned person. If you want to make efforts to achieve 8 (succeed), for example, making enough money for you to spend in later life, you have to learn to put your knowledge into use correctly. It is easy 9 you to turn knowledge into wealth. Identification is 10 most important of all. Correct use of knowledge is something which you should learn. In a word, creation is just identification and use.
passage 10
The truth 1 trees are vital to our life is not a secret. They provide us with food, wood and most 2 (importance), oxygen. Now there is one more thing we can add to this list—blocking out harmful bacteria from water.
The discovery 3 (make) by a team consisting of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school students who were seeking a 4 (nature) water filter（过滤器）—one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems.
The 5 (research), led by Professor Rohit Karnik, decided to turn to trees for help because they could allow liquid to flow through, while 6 (block) out air bubbles.
They began by cutting 1.5-inch-wide sections of tree bark from the branches of a white pine tree. The people related then tested the wood’s filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different sizes through. 7 their amazement, they found that it was effective in trapping all the articles. 8 (encourage), the team conducted 9 experiment, this time with water 10 contained bacteria. Sure enough, the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria, allowing only 1% to flow through.
passage 11
As I was making my way to the coffee shop，I noticed an old man 1 was poorly
dressed sitting on a bench nearby. I knew from first sight that he was in need of some kind of help. He had a little lunch stretched out in front of him and was wholeheartedly enjoying it.
Then I joined the line and waited ___2____ (serve). There was a young man in front of me. He handed the waitress a twenty-dollar bill and requested a glass of orange juice as well____3____a favour.The___4___ (puzzle) waitress looked at the young man, not 5 (complete) understanding the request.
The young man asked her to give the juice and the change to 6 old man eating his lunch outside on the bench. The waitress said she 7 (give) them to the old man as he had told her to. Afterwards, there was a wonderful exchange between the waitress and the old man in need of some attention. I only wish I had a photo ___8____ (take) to record the smiles on both of their faces.
As I was thinking about this event later on, I wondered 9 the young man didn’t just perform this act of kindness 10 (he). I suspect that it is because in his heart he hoped that this act of kindness might inspire others to do something for this old man, too.
passage 12
English is now 1 (wide) used throughout the world. The English language 2 (make) up of grammar and vocabulary because people from different countries and cultures have lived together. __3__（it）development contains three stages: Old English, Middle English and Modern English.
In the fifth century, two Germanic groups occupied Britain. Old English consisted of a 4 (mix) of their languages. Unlike Old English, Middle English can be read, although with difficulty, by modern English-speaking people. Many factors contributed 5 the development of Middle English. However, in 106, the Normans took control of England, 6 did not have the same result that the Germanic invasion had had about 600 years earlier. But French still had 7 influence on the English language. This __8____ (result）even more pairs of similar words. Modern English includes many Latin and Greek words. As we all know, English will continue changing in the future. It is certain 9 the changing process will continue and people will keep 10 (invent) new words and new ways of saying things. passage 13
As we all know, the UK is divided into four countries: England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question 1._______ you study British history.
Great Britain was the name 2______(give) by other people when the England and Wales were joined to Scotland. They were united 3._______(peace). The four countries do work together in some areas, 4.________they are still very different. They developed different 5.________ (education) and legal systems as well 6._______different football teams. England is the largest of the four countries and for convenience it is divided 7.________(rough) into three zones. Some industrial cities don’t have the historical 8.________(attraction) of other places. London has
9._______ greatest historical treasure. But it has been influenced by some invaders of England. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the UK 10.________(enjoy) and worthwhile.
passage 14
I always have my own ways to learn English. First, I always read the text in advance so that I can know what I must pay much attention to in class. 1.______ my delight, when my teacher raises a question, I know how to answer more often. And whenever I answer a question 2.______ (correct), I have a strong sense of achievement.
Besides, I always try to take notes in class. Important language points, grammar rules, useful 3._____ (express) and key words are 4._____ we want to take down. After class, I organize the notes so that I can have a better 5._______ (understand) of them. Of course, I will certainly read aloud the notes in the morning.
To develop my interest in English, after class I 6.______ (wide) read English materials. By this means I can also develop my ability of reading.
7.____ (chat) with my teachers and classmates is also one of my ways to learn English. We often talk 8. ____ English about different topics concerning friendship, sports, etc. Free expression in English always 9.____ (give) me a sense of pride, 10.______ in turn inspires me to learn English better.
passage 15
A boy trembled in the cold winter, wrapping his arms around himself __1__ a bus stop bench. He wasn’t wearing warm clothes and the temperature was - l0C. A heartbreaking scene! But the good deeds of the ordinary people __2__ witnessed the 11-year–old Johannes were both joyous and 3 (inspire). A woman, sitting next to the boy, discovered he was on a school trip and __4___ (tell) to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She selflessly covered her own coat around his shoulders. Later, another woman at first gave him her scarf, and then ___5___ (wrap) him in her large jacket. Throughout the day, more and more people offered Johannes ___6___ (they) gloves and even the coats off their backs. 7 (actual), it was a hidden camera experiment by Norwegian charity SOS Children's Village as part of their winter campaign to collect donations 8 (help) Syrian children get through the winter. Synne Ronning, the information head of the organization, also noted that __9__ child was a volunteer who was never in any 10 (dangerous) during the filming.
passage 16
If you don’t mind 1 (pay) for a plane ticket to go to one of the greatest party cities in the world, then Prague may be 2 excellent choice for you. In 3 (real), the most expensive thing you’ll have to pay for will be that ticket. Once you get there, you 4 (find) an affordable hotel room easily with breakfast 5 (include).
Prague is a city where beer is 6 (simple) cheaper than water. There you can taste 7 (fantasy) beers at very low prices and taste them to the fullest on the street or in a club. 8 (be) you a fan of Irish music, you might visit Rock and Reilly’s Irish Pub.
There is enough room to get your groove (理想状态) on, as the people are always 9 a good mood. You’ll be singing until you have no voice anymore, and have great quality drinks at a low cost. You don’t need to book an accommodation near the center, as there is a subway train which will take you 10 you want to go in a matter of minutes. 参考答案
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