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Cultural TV programs have experienced a come-back at 1 start of the Chinese New year in 2017. Since its broadcast, the program, Readers, 2 (become) a hit. Broadcast on China Central Television(CCTV) over the weekend, it is bringing fresh 3 (enthusiastic) for literature in China. Readers sets out to
interpret the power and values behind 4 (tradition) Chinese culture. The weekly talk show, produced and
hosted by the famous TV personality Dong Qing, invites people from all walks of life 5 (read) poems,essays and books they like 6 wrote. Readers has brought the almost-lost habit of reading aloud back into
the public spotlight, which makes the audience 7 (appreciate) the beauty of language. The participants
also 8 (active) share stories from their own life, explaining reasons 9 particular pieces touched
their hearts or shaped their lives. In the show, poems can 10 (adapt) into songs. So far this program has
been considered one of the most popular shows in China.
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It was the ambition of an eleven-year-old boy in Kansas City to be an engine driver. Born without arms, he
had been sent to special schools 1. _________ he learned to use his 2. _________(foot) as “hands”. He spent all
his spare time 3.________(watch) trains and one day his dream came 4.________(truth). Seeing a deserted engine,the boy climbed in, he had no 5. _________(difficult) in starting it up with his feet. Soon he was traveling along6. _________ forty miles an hour. Signalmen could not see the young driver, so they set out 7. _________(stop) the train. Meanwhile the boy reached Missouri, stopped the engine himself, and then 8. _________(make) it go
backwards. When he was near home, a railwayman caught up with the engine and stopped it. At first, he was
very angry, but he smiled when the boy said 9. _________(simple), “I like trains. ” “Well, I’m glad you don’t
like planes! ” answered 10. _________ railwayman.
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The Great Wall of China 1._________(list) in the World Cultural Heritage(世界文化遗产) by UNESCO in 1987.Just 2. _________ a huge dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains, covering 3. _________(approximate)6, 700 kilometers from the east to the west of China.
In ancient China,many people built walls around their states to protect their land. It was Emperor Qin Shihuang
who had the walls 4. ___________(join) up. The project cost much money and hundreds of thousands of people
worked on 5. _________wall. On top of it, it is wide enough for five horses or ten men 6. ____________(walk)
side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, 7. _________ soldiers used to keep watch. With a history of more
than 2, 000 years, some of the sections of the Great Wall are now in ruins or even disappeared. However, it is
still one of the most 8. _______(attract) spots around the world because of its wonderful buildings and historical 9. ___________(important). Many of the tourists have come to know the famous Chinese saying— “He who does
not reach the Great Wall 10. _________(be) not a true man. ”
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Beauty is usually seen as a blessing.But for some people,it seems that it can be 1.________curse.Laura Femee
says her good look is so 2.________ (power) that it is ruining her life.She was even forced to quit her job.
The 33-year-old graduate said that her slim figure and pretty face 3._____ (attract) unwanted attention from her
male colleagues.Male colleagues were interested in her only for how she looked.She wanted them to recognize
her achievements and professionalism,but 4.________they saw were her face and body.Men left romantic gifts on her desk.Besides,5.________ often asked her out,which she found crazy.She also claimed that she was hated by other women in the workplace 6.________ were jealous of her beauty.
Miss Femee now lives off her wealthy parents after 7.________ (quit) her job in scientific research two years ago.Yesterday,she said,“I'm neither lazy 8.________ stupid.The truth is that my good look has caused me many
problems when it comes to employment.” She also added her appearance meant she was teased and bullied 9.________ (constant),so she thought that work was not appropriate 10.________ her.
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Sarah Jayne is a twenty-year-old girl from the U.K.After she read the book Pay It Forward,she realized that our world would become a much 1. (good) place if everyone could do three favors(善意的行为) for others.She lost her father 2. the age of eight,so she felt pity for her friends’s children whose dad died 3. (recent).Sarah talked and played with the children to make their mother’s life easier.
This “success” led to the second favor,which was to set up a counseling(咨询) service at her school 4
(help) improve the students’ mental(心理的) health.Her third favor was for a neighbor,an old woman named
Anna who lost 5. (she) eyesight.It was Anna that 6. (introduce) the book Pay it Forward to Sarah
two months ago.As she loved reading,it was 7. real act of kindness to spend time 8. (read) out
loud for the neighbor and keeping her company every night.
Sarah said,“I couldn’t believe at first how three small favors could make a big 9. (different).All the people 10. were helped by me have promised to pay favors forward.”
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As teenagers,you have many dreams.These dreams can be very big,such as winning the Nobel Prize,or they
can be very small,for example,you may just want to become the 1. (good) student in your class.Once you find a dream,what do you do with it?Do you ever try 2. (make) your dream come true
Andrew Mathews,3. Australian writer,tells us that making our dreams come true is the biggest challenge in our life.You may think you are not very good 4. some school subjects or it is 5.
(possible) for you to become a writer.These kinds of thoughts stop you 6. (realize) your dreams.In fact,everyone can realize his dream.Keep telling yourself 7. you want.Do this step by step and your dream
will come true earlier because a big dream 8. (make) up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.There will be many 9. (difficult) on the road to your dreams.But the biggest one comes from 10. (you).You need to decide what is the most important.
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Last year when Tom graduated from school,he came to Sydney.He didn’t like to work on his father’s farm
and hoped 1. (find) a job in the big city.He went from one company to 2. but no one wanted him.With little money 3. (leave),he got to the station,sad and 4. (tire).All he wanted to do was to go back to his small town.It was very late at night and the station was full of people.They were waiting to
buy tickets of 5. last train.He bought the last ticket,and he was very happy.
At that time,a woman with a 6. (cry) baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket.He
gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he 7. (do).After the train left,he sat on
the bench and didn’t know where to go.8. (sudden),an old man came and said,“Young man,I have seen 9. you did to the woman.I am the 10. (own) of a big company.I need a good young man
like you.Would you like to work for me?”
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Living beside an active volcano(火山) means that small earthquakes are not unusual.Everybody here knows 1. they feel like,and they come 2. no surprise to the local people.For me,they’re a little different,though.
What do you do when there’s an earthquake?Most people would try to leave the building.I live on 3. third floor of a flat with several more stores above me—nobody wants 4. (trap) under that after
an earthquake.I guess,if an earthquake came,I would probably just panic rather than think about what I need to
do,such as hiding somewhere or 5. (run) out of the building.
I had never felt an earthquake until last week.There was a small earthquake 6. could hardly even be called an earthquake.I was not really 7. (frighten).To feel the earth move like that was just strange.Of
course,it 8. (last) only a few seconds.I have spoken to the local people since the event and 9.
(luck),there were no injuries or damage 10. (do) by it.But if it had been a real earthquake,I think I would have felt quite differently.
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My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong 1. August 15,2018.He had dreamed about 2. (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he 3. (be) there.The following was what he had seen.
(arrive) there,he was impressed by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings.As we all know,Hong Kong has the 5. (many) skyscrapers(摩天大厦) in the world.Wherever he went,he saw many smiling faces.People in Hong Kong were kind,generous,easy-going and ready to help 6. .Much to his surprise,he saw that people there always kept order in public places.Though a great number of people 7. (wait) for the next train at the subway station,they were talking in such a low voice as not 8. (disturb) others.
Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong.English is 9. (wide) used in governments,markets,service centers and other fields.
Staying there for a week was a good experience for him,10. he would never forget
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We all have to eat.Eating can help us keep 1. (health) and energetic(有活力的).Meals could be a chance2. (stop) what we’re doing and to spend time with the people we know in our lives.Of course,eating alone at home or at a restaurant can be 3. very satisfying experience.However,could eating too many
meals alone be bad for our health or influence our future 4. (succeed)
A recent study suggests that 5. (frequent) eating alone may make 6. (we) develop poor eating
habits and have poor food choices.For children,eating with their families is not only about preventing bad habits but it 7. (be) also about developing good ones.Researchers say that teens 8. have frequent
family dinners are more likely to say their parents know a lot about what’s going on in their lives.They also say
when they feel closer 9. their parents,they are less likely to use drugs(毒品).
If you find that many of your mealtimes are lonely events,experts at the Mental Health Foundation in the
K. suggest 10. (make) some small changes.
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As far as I know,the heavy storm was one of the worst 1. (event) of the city.It hit the western
part of the city last night.The wind speed reached eighty kilometers per hour.The storm caused serious damage
2 at least two hundred homes.A great number of families 3. (be) left homeless after the roofs
of the houses were blown away.Scenes of the disaster could be seen everywhere,which made people 4.
(frighten).
In Main Street,the city park was flooded completely.Many cars 5. (destroy) completely by floodwater.One car owner without full insurance burst out 6. (cry).Some cars were carried across the parking area
and dumped(倾斜) into storm-water drains.In another block,a tree fell on a bus 7. was taking some football players to a game.8. (luck),no one in the bus got 9. (injure).
It was pleasing that the storm was finally at 10. end after doing extreme damage.
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At about 3:00 am on July 28,1976,people in the city of Tangshan were asleep as usual without thinking
____ of the strange signs of the earthquake.
At 3:42 am everything began 2._______(shake).One of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century began eleven kilometers 3.____________(direct) below the city.It even caused damage more than 150 kilometers away in
Beijing.In less than one minute a large city lay 4._______ ruins.Two-thirds of the people died or were 5._______(injure)during the earthquake.
Nearly everything 6.____________ (destroy)in the city.Most of the buildings were gone,and many farm animals
died.Then later that afternoon,7.___________big quake shook Tangshan.Even more 8.____________(build)fell down.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.
But hope was not lost.The army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan.Hundreds of thousands of people 9.____________(help).Slowly,Tangshan began to breathe again.In times of disaster,people must unify and 10.___________
(show) the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for a brighter future.
答案
1 1 the 2.has become 3.enthusiasm 4.traditional 5.to read
6 or 7.appreciate 8.actively 9.why 10.be adapted
2 1.where 2.feet 3.watching 4.true 5.difficulty
6 at 7.to stop 8.made 9.simply 10.the
3 1 was listed 2.like 3.approximately 4.joined 5. the
6 to walk 7.where 8.attractive 9.importance 10.is
4 1 a 2 powerful 3 attracted 4 what 5 they
6 who/that 7 quitting 8 nor 9 constantly 10 for
5 1.better 2.at 3.recently 4.to help 5.her
6 introduced 7.a 8.reading 9.difference 10.who
6 1.best 2.to make 3.an 4.at 5.impossible
6 realizing 7.what 8.is made 9.difficulties 10.yourself
7 1.to find 2.another 3.left 4.tired 5.the
6 crying 7.did 8.Suddenly 9.what 10.owner
8 1.what 2.as 3.the 4.to be trapped 5.running
6 that/which 7.frightened 8.lasted 9.luckily 10.done
9 1.on 2.visiting 3.had been 4.Arriving 5.most
6 others 7.were waiting 8.to disturb 9.widely 10.which
10 1.healthy 2.to stop 3.a 4.success 5.frequently
6 us 7.is 8.who/that 9.to 10.making
11 1.events 2.to 3.were 4.frightened 5.were destroyed
6 crying 7.that/which 8.Luckily 9.injured 10.an
12 1.much 2.to shake 3.directly 4.in 5.injured
6 was destroyed 7.another 8.buildings 9.were helped 10.show