Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Though I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find satisfying work.
I was driving a school bus 1_________ (make) ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. To make matters 2_________(bad), I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. “Why has my life become so hard ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl, she handed me an earring saying I should keep it 3______ ______(2空)somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring 4________(paint) black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it hit me – I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to 5_______list. That night there was a phone call for 6 ____ from a lady who was a director at a larger hospital. She asked me _7________ I would a one-day lecture on stress (压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of thinking 8_______ I completely changed my life. B
Cold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter (住所) 9________ they are. Some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to 10______(living) outdoors. This can put their pets in danger of serious illness. There are things you can do to keep your animal 11______(feel) warm and safe.
Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you 12_______ _______ take them out, stay outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. I you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.
If 13_______(leave)alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely when they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. Keep an eye14 _______your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has 15________(freeze) and their pet can’t get anything to drink. Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, which may contain something unhealthy for them.
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Firefighters are trained professionals who save lives and property. They go into burning buildings. They rescue people who are blocked, scared, or hurt. They save people____1_______(trap) in car wrecks and cave-ins. Some are also trained to help keep people alive on the way to a hospital.
What kind of person becomes a firefighter? It is important and necessary for the person to be strong and healthy enough___2__(hit) heavy loads, climb ladders, and crawl through smoke.
Besides, he or she _3____ have a sharp mind and calm nerves
Who can be a firefighter? Each city or town sets ___4_____ own standards. But ___5_____ wants to be a firefighter has to finish high school. Then __6___ (come) special training. EMT (Emergency Medical Technicians) classes teach first-aid skills. College classes might include science, math, and building construction. These classes __7___ (need) to earn a fire science certificate. Then there are written or oral tests. If they are passed, there is an agility(灵敏性) test, which shows strength and endurance.8______ _______ a person is hired , training won’t stop B
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg,distance of about eighty miles. It was dark and late. Several times I got stuck behind a truck_9_____(move) slowly on a narrow road .I became increasingly 10_______(patient).
At one point along an open road, I came to a crossing with a traffic light. As I drove near the light, it turned red and I made a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of car lamps, but there I sat, waiting for 11_______ light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering 12_______ I stopped. I was not afraid of_13__________(catch), because there was clearly no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.
Much later that night, the question came back to me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract we all have 14________each other. It's not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we don't go through red lights.
It is the trust ,rather than the distrust, 15_________the whole construction of our society depends on. We do what we say we'll do; we show up when we say we'll show up; and we pay when we say we'll pay. We trust each other in these matters, and we're angry or disappointed with the person or organization 16_______breaks the trust we have in them. I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night。 中级英语 4
Recently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman. I once read a saying: \"If somebody 1______(want) something of you, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they don't you may be treated as coldly as winter.\" You may consider it an exaggeration(夸张),but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct.
I did this work for a month; then I decided to give it up. In addition to the above reasons, I found I was paying too much attention to the job ,thus_2________( sacrifice) my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting 3_________(low). Even worse, I hadn't enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job. Now I don't think it is worth doing such a thing 4________ _________ I was earning money at great cost.
Stories _5________(publish) in newspapers and magazines about good students who do part-time work and keep high scores in class. But according to my experience, part-time work can have some strong bad effects on study. So, in my opinion, if it isn't a must for money reasons, students 6_____ ________ cautious about taking up a part-time job.
Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most
people, and many animals, like eating it. However,7 _________only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and8______( find) them is no easy job. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper - a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but 9_______does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach the deep inside the bees' nest, 10_____ there si this kind of was So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, waiting from time to time 11________the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in12________(get) at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always fall to the ground, and this is 13___________the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know 14________the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined 15________its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are 16______(light).
Step3. 小猫钓鱼 中级英语1,3
A. confusion B. cover C. experience D. expressive E. generalize F. improper G. incorrect H. permitted I. pleasure J. similarly K. suggested
Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture the smile is in general an expression of___1____. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes ___2____ across cultures. For example, many people in Russia smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even ____3____. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian culture, a smile is frequently used to___4____painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not___5_____ emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness ____6_____. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions ____7______.
It is difficult to____8_____ about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially ____9_____ than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person_____10__.
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A. activities B. available C. housework. D. circle E. demanding F. floating G. imitate H. impressively I. packages J. favour K. stare Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions(使命)often work very long days. Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work. This type of schedule is far too __1_____for long missions on the International Space Station(ISS). ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to ___2______the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible . Weekends give the crew valuable. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of___3_____. They can communicate with family and friends by email , internet phone and through Private video conferences.
While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar ___4____that they can still enjoy . Before a mission. The family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be ___5_____370 kilometers above the Earth. During their mission, the crew also receives care ___6______with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters . And as from early 2010, the internet became ___7___on the ISS , giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing (冲浪)”in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can ___8_____ enjoy the experience of living in space.
Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and ___9_____ at the universe and the Earth. Both the shuttle and the ISS___10_____ the planet several times each day, and every momen offers a new view of the Earth’s vast land and mass oceans.
2 To make, 2 worse 3. in case 4. was painted 5. the 6. me 7if/whether 8. that 9. as 10 living
11. feeling 12. have to 13. left 14. on 15. has frozen 16. which
3. 1trapped, 2to lift, 3must , 4its ,5whoever, 6comes, 7are needed, 8Even if, 9moving, 10less patient, 11the , 12why 13being caught, 14with, 15that ,16that
4. wants, sacrificing, lower, even though, published, ought to/ have to , the, finding, it ,where, for , to get, when ,why, in , are(being) lit
小猫钓鱼
IAFBC HJEDG EGCAF IBJKD
十一选十:
A. temporary B. desperate C. depression D. struggle E. abandoned F. reality
G. contemporary H. appreciate I. issue J. significant K. deserve
Growing Pains for the Left-Behind
I imagine the number of people living in Shanghai. Now double it. Astonishingly, this is still 10 million less than the number of children growing up in China without parents. And for some of these 61million, the Spring Festival was the first time they’d seen ma and pa in a year.
China hit a ____1____milestone two years ago. It was the moment more people lived in the cities, mostly dotted along the affluent East coast, than in the struggling countryside. The social and economic upheaval(巨大变化)is still being felt and will take years maybe decades to fully ____2____. But one thing is clear: migrant workers seeking the economic rewards of the big cities are paying a heavy price at home.
The ____3____ is that many parents cannot afford to take their children, or without a family or community network would ____4____ to raise them. So enticing(诱人的)are the opportunities that the eternal bond between parent and child is being broken, and the well-intended promise of securing brighter futures has meant children are left behind to tackle the world alone. The“left-behind children,”all 61 million of them, are fending for themselves, their weak shoulders having to bear heavy, heavy loads. And the effect is crippling.
Seven out of every ten children in rural China have developed mental health problems, according to the Wall Street Journal. Anxiety and ____5____ is commonplace. Their schools, for the lucky ones who attend, are crumbling(垮塌).Their communities are aging and ____6____. The towns, like themselves, are ____7____ and bleak(凄凉的).And without the nurture and guidance of their parents, they are defenseless.
So what can be done? Charities, which ____8____ full support from the government, are raising the ____9____. Money can be sent to Western provinces. Volunteers can offer ____10___aid. But crucially it’s about addressing opportunities. If people decide to uproot their lives(背井离乡),the cities must support and foster opportunities for the workers and their children. If they choose to stay at home, investment and growth needs to be more evenly distributed across China.
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Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. disappear B. organs C. nearly D. manual E. preserved
F. scientists G. naturally H. leather I. thick J. meal K. sacrificed
In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it.
It can be like a very big and very 41 vegetable soup — walk in the wrong place and you can sink and 42 forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out — a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police, who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder? Possibly — but it was a death 43 two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal 44 — the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last 45 !
Why was this man so well 46 ? It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the man’s skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for 47 coats and shoes.
How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other 48 wanted to know more about the person that they called, “Lindow Man”. His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn’t done heavy 49 work in this life — he could have been a rich man. They found that he hadn’t died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was 50 to three different gods.
参考答案:41-45 IACBJ 46-50 EHFDK 高频词汇讲解:
1. sacrifice n. make a ~ 做出牺牲
2.manual adj. 手工的;体力的 n. 手册,指南
3. naturally 1. 自然地2. 天然地3. 生来地,天生地4. 逼真地,栩栩如生地
nature n. keep the balance of ~,true to ~逼真, by ~天生Habit is second ~.习惯成自然
4. preserve vt. 保存;保护;维持;禁猎 n. 保护区;禁猎地;加工成的食品 Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. beneficial B. instead C. involved D. physical E. flow F. confirm G. completely H. necessarily I. Affect J. unanswered K physically
A recent study shows that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That was the finding of a study of teenage males in Norway. Now, other research shows that ___41__ activity may help students do better in their classes.
The research comes as educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like physical education. They are using the time ___42__for academic subjects like math and reading. Researchers at VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam reviewed the results of fourteen studies, which included more than fifty-five thousand children, aged six to eighteen.
Researcher Amika Singh says the studies showed a link between physical activity and scores on subjects such as math, English and reading. “Based on the results of our study we can conclude that being physically active is ___43__for academic performance.”
Ms. Singh offers some possible explanations. “There are, first, physiological explanations, like more blood ___44__,and so more oxygen to the brain. Being physically active means there are more hormones produced like endorphins. And endorphins make your stress level
lower and your mood improved, which means you also perform better.”
Also, students ___45__in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them. This could improve their classroom behaviour and help them keep their mind on their work. The study leaves some questions ___46__, however. Ms. Singh says it is not possible to say whether the amounts or kind of activity ___47__he level of academic improvement. This is because of differences among the studies. Also, they were mostly observational studies. An observational study is where researchers do not do controlled comparisons. They only describe what they observe. So they might observe a link that students who are more active often have better grades. But that does not ___48__mean being active was the cause of those higher grades. Therefore, more high-quality studies are needed to ___49__heir findings. Still, the general finding was that ___50__ active kids are more likely to do better in school. Ms. Singh says schools should consider that finding before they cut physical education programs.
参考答案:41~45 DBAEC 46~50 JIHFK
involve v. 1 包括 2 牵连、涉及 be involved in„ physical adj. 身体的;物理的 flow v./n.
observe v. 观察;遵守
Step2 十一选十 passage 1
A. general B. perform C. detail D. focusing E.Consequently
F. Similarly G. picking up H.comparatively I. ability J. maintain K.familiar
There is no doubt that people and even highly educated adults vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to go back. Poor readers in particular may lack the ___41___ to vary their pace in reading. A great reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or ___42___ light reading materials. He may be able to skim a page, ___43___ a word or two here and there, and gain a ___44___ idea what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult materials, with the intension of taking in the whole of it, he proceeds more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, ___45___ on the key words and passages and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader, however, tends to ___46___ the same speed whatever materials he reads. ___47___, even light reading materials require special concentration at difficult points.
A type of reading which requires careful attention to ___48___ is proofreading (校对), in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact, extreme practice is required to __49___ this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying __50____ little attention to the general meaning on the text.
41-------50 IEGAD JECBH passage 2
A. clearly B. general C. personalities D. include E.
inspired
F. participation G challenges H. describe I. highly J. admit K.unique
The ability to overcome obstacles is a highly regarded value in American culture. Many believe it shows that a person is strong and willing to work hard to achieve goals. Yet some people are shy about discussing personal 41 . In some cultures, it may even be seen as a sign of weakness to 42 . difficulties.
One place where you may be asked to 43 a personal obstacle is on a college application essay. On one part of the application, students list the facts: academic grades, awards and 44 in sports, teams, clubs and organizations. In the essay section, students have an opportunity to present their 45 . This gives an admission committee a chance to know what makes students 46 what drives their passions, fires their intellect and makes them special and different from everyone else.
When students write their college essays, they usually have to respond to a 47 question in a personal way. Successful essays often tell about experiences, such as overcoming obstacles, that have 48 the writers or made them grow in some important way. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the topic 49 in their own style. This could __50___using stories, dialogues, humor or image.
41-50: GJHFC KBEAD passage 3
A. Resources B. developed C. similar D. deeply E. Quantities F. provided G. explorations H. deeper I. Throughout J. technological K.supply
Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. ___41___history the sea has served the needs of man The sea has____42___ man with food and a convenient way to travel to many pants on the world. Today, nearly two-thirds of the world's population live within 80 kilometers of the sea coast.
In the modern ___43___world, the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. ___44 ___ on land are beginning to be used up. The sea, however, still can be hoped to ___45____ many of man's needs.
The list of riches of the sea yet to be___46___ by man' s technology is impressive. Oil and gas___47___ have been carried out for nearly 30 years. Valuable amounts of minerals exist on the ocean floor ready to be mined (开采).
Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large ___48__ of food. The culture offish and shellfish (贝类动物) is an ancient skill practised in the past mainly by Oriental people.
Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way ____49___to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents (水流) and waves offer possible use as a source of energy.
Technology is enabling man to explore ever more ___50__ under the sea. The development of strong, new materials has made this possible.
The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. Experts believe that by the year 2000 the problems that prevent us from exploiting fully the food, minerals, and energy sources of the sea will be largely solved, in.
41.I 42. F 43. J 44. A 45. K 46. B 47G 48.E 49. C 50.D
A. illness B. medical C. Ceasing D. offering E. faith F. formerly G. equal H. entirely I. suffering J. ignorant K. adequate
This is a sceptical怀疑的age, but although our __1____ in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently热情地believed has weakened, our confidence in the curative治病的properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs. This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to天文学的astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ____2__ to rise. The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received __3____ treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible实实在在的remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine, a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment药膏, and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements. There is no quicker method of disposing of patients than by giving them what they are asking for, and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for __4___ time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet, right living, and the need for abandoning bad habits etc., the bottle, the box, and the jar are almost always granted them. Nor is it only the ___5___ and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine. It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the ___6__ of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him, carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine ___7___ prescribed开药方for an indisposition小病of Mrs. Carlyle's. Carlyle was __8___ ignorant of what the bottle in his pocket contained, of the nature of the illness from which his friend was __9___, and of what had previously been wrong with his wife, but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of __10____ benefit in another, and comforted by the thought of the help he was bringing to his friend, he hastened to Henry Taylor's house. History does not relate whether his friend accepted his medical help, but in all probability he did. The great advantage of taking medicine is that it makes no demands on the taker beyond that of putting up for a moment with a disgusting taste, and that is what all patients demand of their doctors -- to be cured at no inconvenience to themselves. KEY: E C K D J A F H I G
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. account B. distinct C. psychologically D. fulfill E. practically F. concern G. collapse H. devotion I. exposure J. academic K. depression
Addiction (沉溺,上瘾)to computer games has been on the increase with its rise in popularity. It is not a physical disease or mental illness. A person with this type of addiction sets aside __41__ all other activities in favor of playing computer games almost endlessly.
Computer games addicts tend to isolate themselves from normal, face-to-face human contact. They spend hours playing the online games, without much __42__ for those around them. They also do not care to __43__ the responsibilities awaiting them and they are more likely to feel depressed. The fact that computer games reduce time available for family and friends may __44__ for the drop in well-being. Faceless, bodiless \"virtual\" communication may be less __45__ satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. In addition, __46__ to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
Many addicts spend as long as 100 hours a week playing computer games. Such a lifestyle will result in decreased job or __47__ performance. Late nights and days spent playing the games make the addict unable to perform as well as he would have. Some gamers even spend real money on virtual products to make their characters __48__ from others.
Computer games addicts have unwittingly developed a set of habits. These habits have become part of their lives and if not dealt with, their jobs, relationships and careers may __49__. However, breaking these habits is easier said than done. Sometimes these habits could lead to depression, stress and other emotional problems. Therapy, counseling programs can be helpful to them. The earlier treatment is sought, the greater the chance it will be successful.
Section B EFDAC IJBGK
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