一、词汇语法巩固练习
1. I'll let you borrow my car __________ one condition that you lend me your bicycle
in return.
2. You can be paid __________ cash weekly or __________ cheque monthly; those
are the two alternatives.
3. In 2004, he started Dodgeball, another check-in service, which Google bought
__________ a few million dollars and later shut down.
4. Afterwards, he built dozens of single wooden rooms for the travellers to rent
__________ the price of $3 per night by the roadside.
5. When Sunday came, and it was time for the girl to start on her way, she became
frightened, although she __________ (she) did not know exactly why.
6. I knew that this wasn't the first time I __________ (let) such an opportunity pass
me by, and that made everything even more difficult.
7. __________ a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the
key to success.
8. Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening __________ they
were thrown violently into the sea.
9. My grandpa, __________ is often the case with old people, is fond of __________
(talk) about the good old days.
10. My parents are the most important for me, without __________ support, I wouldn’t
have reached that far.
11. He is going to spend the Spring Festival in Nanjing, __________ live his
grandparents and some relatives.
12. Li Ziqi, the Chinese internet celebrity, is famous for her videos __________ she
performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy.
13. By 16:30, __________ was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been
sold.
14. The most exciting moment during the Spring Festival is __________ the family
enjoy the big dinner together.
15. The impact and ultimate result depend on __________ you do with the difficulties
that you have.
16. __________ bothers me is that I can’t keep my mind on the task, but on personal
gains or losses.
17. The father and his son got lost in the mountain and they had to eat __________
food they could find there.
18. Young women seem to perform worse than men on high-level math tests. That is
__________ has confused the educators for ages.
19. After being designated as the first special economic zone in China, __________
was once a fishing village has rapidly become an emerging modern city.
20. A warm thought suddenly came to me __________ I might use the pocket money
to buy some flowers for my mother’s birthday.
21. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005 — __________ the
government started a soil-testing program __________ gives specific fertilizer
recommendations to farmers — __________ 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons.
22. As more and more people own private cars, parking has become __________ big
headache for many car owners, especially for those __________ live in downtown areas without enough __________ (park) spaces.
23. When he saw the mists __________ (rise) from the river and the soft clouds
__________ (surround) the mountain tops, he __________ (reduce) to tears.
24. While visiting Hangzhou’s West Lake and its __________ (surround) beautiful
hills, you’ll understand __________ it’s been a great source of __________ (inspire) for artists, poets and __________ (philosophy) throughout Chinese history.
25. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl,
__________ was giving me the most __________ (optimism) smile I had ever seen. All __________a sudden, her handicap was __________ (go) and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of __________ life is all about.
二、七选五
Including children in the farming lifestyle has many benefits. Sure, it is nice to have the additional help with chores (家庭杂物), but it also fosters so much growth, sending our kids down a good path towards who they will someday become. It is possible that our children will grow up to lead lives that do not include farming. ______1______
Through caring for farm animals, kids learn that in life others often come before self. ______2______ It doesn’t matter if we don’t feel like it or if we are sick and tired. What matters is that we take care of the animals that take care of us and do so in a timely manner.
______3______ If the work on a farm does not get done, the operation fails. It takes discipline and commitment to get down to business every day, and seeing this in action will give kids a good work attitude. They will know and understand that nothing good comes easy and that they have to work to survive. ______4______ Functioning as part of a productive team will surely be playing a crucial role sooner or later in all walks of life.
Additionally, farming teaches patience. ______5______ Cattle will be difficult to control. Horses will run away when you try to catch them. Goats will kick over that bucket of hard-earned milk. A rooster will decide you got too close to his hens and give you a run for your money. In spite of all that, kids will learn to be patient and take things easy.
There may not be any instant reward, but in the long term kids will see the benefit of all their efforts during those hard days.
A. At the same time, they learn to work with others. B. Farm life also teaches kids the value of hard work.
C. Children learn to be grateful for animals for eating purpose. D. Teamwork is no longer an important skill to develop and use.
E. There are going to be a lot of days when things do not go your way.
F. However, what they learn on a farm can also be instrumental in their future lives. G. Animals need to be fed, watered, and cared for before we get to sit down and relax.
三、完形填空
When I was a child, I always wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to ____1____ the world and then make everyone happy. But I knew that I’d need superpower to make my dreams come true. When I grew up and realized that science fiction was not a good source for ____2____, I decided to go on a journey of ____3____ science, to find a more useful truth.
I started my journey in California with a UCBerkeley 30-year study that examined the photos of students in some old yearbooks and tried to ____4____ their success and wellbeing throughout their life. I ____5____ a celebrity’s picture. When I first saw his picture, I thought that these superpowers came from his super collar. But now I know it was all in his ____6____.
Smiling stimulates our brain reward mechanism in a way that even chocolate—a well-regarded pleasure inducer—cannot ____7____. British researchers found that one smile can produce the same ____8____ of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate. The same study found that smiling is as stimulating as ____9____ up to 16,000 pounds in cash. That’s like 25 thousand dollars a smile. It’s not bad.
And, unlike lots of chocolate, lots of smiling can actually make you____10____. Smiling can help reduce the level of stress-enhancing hormones, increase the level of ____11____ hormones and reduce overall blood pressure.
So whenever you want to look great and competent, reduce your ____12____ or feel as if you just had a whole stack of high-quality chocolate—without worrying about the caloric ____13____—or as if you found 25 thousand dollars in a pocket of an old jacket you hadn’t ____14____ for ages, or whenever you want to tap into a superpower that will help you and everyone ____15____ you live a longer, healthier, happier life, smile.
1. A. occupy B. conquer C. save D. beautify 2. A. superpower B. supernature C. superman D. superhero 3. A. fake B. natural C. complicated D. real 4. A. achieve B. examine C. make D. measure 5. A. came across B. came out C. came over D. came up 6. A. picture B. smile C. dream D. yearbook 7. A. adopt B. award C. match D. stand 8. A. number B. piece C. scale D. level 9. A. receiving B. rewarding C. repeating D. recording 10. A. happier B. healthier C. heavier D. hungrier
11. A. self-enhancing C. mood-enhancing 12. A. weight 13. A. lost 14. A. fixed 15. A. except
四、语法填空
B. stress B. requirement B. worn B. besides B. skill-enhancing D. strength-enhancing C. pleasure D. satisfaction C. consumption D. cost C. met D. known C. around D. without
Agricultural experts say crop diversity is important to feed the (1)____________
(increase) population of our planet. They say having a large variety of plants also (2) ____________ (help) to protect against possible crop diseases and future crises. But many experts say the number has decreased sharply during the past century.
One of the world’s largest seed (3) ____________ (conserve) projects has predicted further losses. The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is warning that up to one hundred thousand plant species could (4) ____________ (permanent) disappear. The rich collection of genes (5) ____________ decide their qualities would disappear with them.
Many experts blame climate change and loss of habitat, normal growth area, (6) ____________ damaging plant life. They say human activities and poorly planned, overly heavy use of land also are responsible. Modern business farming is responsible for loss of farmers’ traditional crop (7) ____________ (various). The “Green Revolution” of the (8) ____________ (twenty) century changed agriculture. Some experts say the use of modern commercial farming methods saved millions of people from starvation. Farmers planted, watered, and fertilized their crops with the help of machines. They treated their fields with chemicals (9) ____________ (control) diseases and insects. Harvests grew larger and of higher quality, (10) ____________another result was that some traditional crops were lost. Damage to the environment over the past century makes people believe that crop diversity also suffered.
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1-5 on; in, by; for; at; herself
6-10 had let; Although/Though/While; when; as, talking; whose 11-15 where; where; which; when; what 16-20 What; whatever; what; what; that 21. when’ which/that, and 22. a, who, parking
23. rising, surrounding, was reduced
24. surrounding, why, inspiration, philosophers 25. who, optimistic, of, gone, what
二、FGBAE
三、 CADDA BCDAB CBDBC 四、 1. increasing 2. helps 3. conservation 6. for 7. varieties 8. twentieth
4. permanently 9. to control 5. that/which10. but
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