2007广东高考新题型——语法填空专练30篇
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(一)
You may wonder why we have a holiday in summer (1)_________ winter, but not in spring (2)_________ autumn. There are some reasons for it. Like most people, your intelligence changes from season (3)______ season. You are properly a lot sharper in the spring (4)_________ you are (5)___________ any other time of the year. Ellsworth Huntington, who’s well known to us all concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a clear effect (6)___________ our intelligence. He found that cool weather is far better for creative thinking than warm weather. This (7)____________ mean that all people are not (8)__________ quick at learning in the summer as they (9)__________ during the best of the year. It tells us, (10)_____________, that intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the summer.
(二)
Some day, if you are lucky, you may see a bongo(大羚羊). But the (1)______ way most people will see it is in a zoo. They are found in Africa, where they lived (2)________ in forests. Even in Africa, very few people (3)________ get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very (4)_____. It is an animal that keeps to itself.
The bongo has (5) _______ coloring. Its hair is bright brown mixed with (6)__________ and red. Down its back and across its (7)_______the bongo has yellow-white strips(条纹). Animals that look for food at night usually have big (8)_________. This helps them see better at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble in living in the darkness.
Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside on (9)_________ days. They only go outside on those days when it is dark or very (10)_________.
(三)
There was once a teacher in a village. He was a man named Goldsmith. He was a kind-hearted man. He was always poor (1)____________. He taught himself (2)___________, so sometimes people called him Doctor Goldsmith. One day a poor woman asked Mr. Goldsmith to go and see her husband, because he was very ill and couldn’t get up. Mr. Goldsmith did (3)______. He found that the family needed help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not (4)__________. He was just hungry because there was no food in his house.
“Come to my room this (5)_________”said Mr. Goldsmith to the woman, “I will give you some medicine for your husband.”
In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith Gave her a little paper box.
“(6)________is the medicine,” he said.” Take it and it will (7)_________ your husband a great deal of good, but don’t open the box until you get home.”
“What are the direction for (8)_________ it?” asked the woman.
“You will find them inside the box.” he answered.
When the woman (9)_________ home, she sat down by her husband’s side, and they opened the box. They found it was full of (10)__________. And on the top were the direction;” TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.”
Goldsmith had given all the money he had.
(四)
Bassanio fell in love (1) Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him (2) he was poor. He had to borrow some money (3) his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and greedy money lender. Shylock agreed to (4) him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh (5) he couldn’t repay him within three months.
Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost (6) sea. Knowing that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (7) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut (8) one pound of flesh (9) Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he (10) lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.
(五)
Dear Lifeline,
I shall be getting married (1)_______ August. My mother wants me to have a white wedding in (2)_________, because I am the only daughter, and she wants me to have the kind of wedding that she had. I, on the other (3)________, should like to have a simple wedding (4)______ a small party (5)________ for immediate family and close friends. I don’t want my parents (6)_____ go to a lot of expense just for one day; I’d rather they spent the money (7)____ things that my husband and I will need, that will last us for many years.
Do you agree (8)______ me that this is a reasonable point of (9)_____? Can you think of a way in which I might persuade my parents (10)_____ think as I do?
Yours,
Money-Conscious
(六)
Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored (1) the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved (2) the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got married (3) the age of 13. in 1888 he sailed to England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he (4) (surprise) found the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight (5) equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was (6) (control) by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and (7) (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians (8) (include) Gandhi were put in prison. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give (9) and India won its independence in 1947.
(fortunate) Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January
30th,1948.
(七)
Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, (1) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with (2) when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to (3) for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was (4) to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too (5). That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed (6) four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window (7) she saw the neighbor’s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What (8) happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor wanted each guest (9) meet him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired (10) not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,”he cried.”My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden….”
(八)
Last Monday morning, I was (1)___________ (cycle) along a street in the rush hour (2)________ my way to an interview for an important job. A yellow car passed me and (3)________(sudden) stopped. I had to (4)__________ my bike hard and of course, I fell. I was so angry (5)_______ I stopped the driver and kept on shouting at him rudely.
(6)_____________, I was in time for the interview. By chance, (7)________ of my interviewers, the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me (8)_________my rudeness. (9)___________, he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager (10)__________ I thought of him.
(九)
If you want to improve your (1)_________, you’d better (2)_________ (listen) to BBC English which is part (3)__________ the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such (4)_______ difficult grammar points, life in Britain, differences (5)___________ written and spoken English and (6)______ on. It is easy for you to find out some information (7)___________ the programmes. You just need to write to BBC English (8)________ ask for it.
In China there are (9)__________ English programmes like Follow Me on TV (10)__________ on the radio. They are usually easy to receive and understand and they are very useful to you.
(十)
It is known to all (1)________ the Chinese diet is considered to (2)_________ the healthiest in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit (4)________ green vegetables. It is rich (5)________ fiber and low in sugar and fat.
How (6)________ the western food? It has too much fat in the form (7)________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As a (8)___________, the (9)__________(west) usually become very fat and have bad teeth, and many of many of them even die at an (10)______________ age from heart illnesses.
(十一)
I attended a birthday party in 1991. my teacher was then 59 years old. (1)__________ her fellow teacher said (2)__________ we were celebrating her 39th birthday! We were all (3)____________ (surprise) and puzzled.
After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about (4)___________ (birth). If a woman is (5)________ 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is (6)_________ the 39th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her (7)___________, it’s 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are (8)__________ 20.
This shows that American women, (9)____________ elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be (10) _____________ . ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is that if you don’t know it, don’t ask about it; if you really know it, don’t mention it.
(十二)
One day, Pierre, (1)_________ worked in a government office, received an (2)___________ (invite) to a Palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money (3)____________ jewellery, so she borrowed a beautiful necklace (4)__________ her friend Jeanne. She looked very beautiful (5)___________ they had a wonderful time that evening. Bu t after the ball, she found the necklace (6)___________. They had to (7)___________ a lot of money to buy a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay (8)_________ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her (9)___________ they met in the park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t be affected (10)__________ vanity, otherwise it will cost him a lot.
(十三)
(1)________ is known to all, China is a large country (2)_________ agriculture. Science of farming was first (3)_________ (study) here.
Jia Si Xie, living (4)______ the 6th century AD, was one of the farming pioneers. After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time (5)_______ research into agriculture. He studied (6)_________ to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on.
During the year 533~544, he wrote a book (7)__________ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu (8)_________ is about both farming and gardening, (9)__________ (include) advice on how to grow green vegetables, how to keep fish in lakes and so on. It was considered to be (10)________ important summary of farming knowledge.
(十四)
Walt Disney, a great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901 (1)_________ died in 1966. (2)_______ a young man, he wanted very much to be an artist. He went to newspaper office in the hope (3)__________ getting a job there, (4)_________ he had no luck.
He didn’t lose heart. He kept on (5)___________ (draw) lots of pictures. Being poor, he had to sit in the family garage drawing pictures. Day (6)_________ day, he worked hard. Several years (7)__________, he succeeded in (8)_________(make) his first cartoon character---Mickey Mouse. From then (9)_________, he became a successful cartoon maker. Many characters in his cartoons are very popular, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, (10)_____________ are loved by everyone, especially by children.
(十五)
Nowadays, almost everyone has realized (1)_________ that smoking is harmful (2)_________ people’s health. Sometimes it (3)__________ causes fire.
In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of cigarettes. It’s bad news (4)_________ the health of nation.
It’s known that (5)_________ (smoke) can cause different kinds of disease. Every year, many people die (6)__________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money (7)__________ look after these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those (8)____________who don’t smoke, (9)________ (especial) to children and women.
In a word, smoking is no good. If you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases (10)__________ the fires that destroy people’s lives and properties!
(十六)
Many people like to (1)________ the latest newspaper. But (2)_______ is it produced so quickly?
The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (3)________ to do. Every morning the (4)___________ (journal) are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (5)_________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends photographer to (6)________ the pictures they need.
Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (7)___________ (develop) photos to the editor. (8)_________
The chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (9)__________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. (10)___________ the newspaper is printed and delivered to different places.
(十七)
We all know that computers have played and (1)______ play a very important part (2)_______ various fields.
In personal lives, computers can do lots of work. It can carry (3)_______ people’s instructions.
In agriculture, computers are used (4)_________ control the (5)__________ (grow) conditions of vegetables and plants. In transportation, computers can work out the best distance (6)__________ trains and operate the trains instead (7)________ human beings. In the fields of education, health and scientific research, computers are important, (8)_________. People use them to store information (9)__________ records.
Because of the computers, life is easier and (10)__________ convenient for people.
(十八)
Xiao Mao is a primary school student and he enjoys (1)__________ (draw) very much.
One day, he went to the small woods not far (2)___________ town to draw from nature, carrying a drawing board. He was glad to find a tree living (3)____________ the rest had been cut down. “Let me start work at (4)________” he thought and began to set up his (5)__________.
Just (6)_________ a strong young man came (7)___________ a big axe and got down to cutting the tree. Soon he cut it down and pulled it away.
When Xiao Mao got (8)__________ and turned back to draw, he found the tree had (9)____________ (disappear).
“Dear me! Where on earth is the (10)__________ ? ”Xiao Mao wondered, very disappointedly.
(十九)
With the (1)_____________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more (2)_________ more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because (3)_________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused (4)_________ the following reasons: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give (5)_________ poisonous gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another (6)_________ (fact) is the smokers. Smoking not only does (7)_________ to
their health (8)__________ also to others. Besides these, about 10%of air (9)_____________ is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight (10)___________ pollution. New fuel can be used to replace gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the importance of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will be solved.
(二十)
Recently, a website has carried (1)________ a survey about the common view on graduates (2)________ Beijing University.
28% of the interviewed companies think (3)__________ they are quite satisfied (4)_______ the graduates from Beijing University. The graduates (5)_______ their companies have a wide range of knowledge (6)______ they learn things very quickly and easily.
However, most of the companies don’t think much (7)__________ graduates from Beijing University. In their eyes, the graduates always stick to their own opinions and lack the teamwork spirit (8)_______ working. Besides, they may not be satisfied with their jobs even with big companies, and they usually ask too much. As a result, 34% of the (9)____________ insist that they will not employ graduates from Beijing University.
In brief, society and even the students (10)________ (they) expect too much from graduates from Beijing University. That’s why a graduate claims that he is rubbish.
(二十一)
In the United States, there were 222 people ____1____ (report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The ____2_____ of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money ____3____ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old _____4____ he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire _____5___ the time he was 31.
____6____, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even ____7____ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. ____8____ of these child actors made over a million dollars ___9____ (act) in movies before they were 14. But ___10___ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!
(二十二)
Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car ____1_____ (steal) .They filed a report____2____ the police station and a detective drove them ____3____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their ____4____ (amaze), the car had been returned ___5____ there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____6_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets ____7____ tonight's Mania Twain concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____8____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found ____9______their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____10_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?”
(二十三)
People _____1___ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _____2_____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ___3___ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need ____4____ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. ____5_____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary ______6___ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _____7____ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet _____8____ new word, look it ____9_____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _____10_____ (much) useful book.
(二十四)
When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets ____1_____ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first _____2____ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from ____3____, the streets are very busy.Traffic is most ____4___ (danger) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, ____5____. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. _____6____ (have) a look first, or you will go ____7____ wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses ____8_____ two floors. You can sit on the ______9____ (two) floor. From ____10_____ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
(二十五)
____1____ artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women ___2_____ any clothes on, and he and his ____3____ always tried to keep the small girl out ____4____ he was doing this, “She is ____5_____ young to understand,” they said.
But one day, when the artist _____6____ (paint) a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. He mother ran up the stairs ____7____ her, but when she got to the room, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. _____8___ her parents waited for her to speak.
For a few seconds the little girl said ____9_____, but then she ran to her mother and said ____10_____ (angry), “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don’t let me?”
(二十六)
Most Americans don’t like to get advice ____1___ members of their family. They get advice from “_____2___ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. _____3___ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines _____4___ give advice on many different subjects ______5___ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, ____6___ even on how to buy a house or a car.
Most newspapers _____7____ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are _____8____ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, ____9____ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special ____10___ (train) for this kind of work.
(二十七)
Without proper planning, tourism can cause______1____. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places _____2_____ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become _____3_____ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists _____4____ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. ______5_____ is important to think about the people of a destination country and _____6______ tourism affects them. Tourism should help _____7_____ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and _____8_____ (happy) of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism ______9_____ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work _____10_____ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
(二十八)
London was awarded _____1____ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, ______2_____ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital ______3____ the first time since 1948.
_____4____ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54—50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.
In London crowds cheered and waved flags as _____5____ watched the announcement from Singapore _____6_____ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area _____7____ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.
Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore ____8____ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is we will be your very ______9___ (good) partners,” Blair said.
It’s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after _____10____ (fail) attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.
(二十九)
Why is setting goals so ______1_____? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything ____2_____ you want in life. Instead _____3____ just letting life happen to you, goals allow ______4_____ to make your life happen.
_____5_____ (success) and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s _____6____ having a map to show you _____7____ you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and _____8___ (set) goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and _____9_____aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are ____10____one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
(三十)
We often think of future. We often wonder ____1_the world will be like a hundred years’ time.
Think of ____2___ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon _____3___ (set up). Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as _____4___. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, _____5___ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting _____6____ planets. Great progress will have been made _____7___ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
_____8_____ the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities, _____9____ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities ____10____ the sea.
2007广东高考新题型——语法填空专练30篇
参考答案
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语法填空专练10篇
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(1)
In the United States, there were 222 people ____1____ (report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The ____2_____ of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money ____3____ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old _____4____ he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire _____5___ the time he was 31.
____6____, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even ____7____ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. ____8____ of these child actors made over a million dollars ___9____ (act) in movies before they were 14. But ___10___ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!
(2)
Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car ____1_____ (steal) .They filed a report____2____ the police station and a detective drove them ____3____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their ____4____ (amaze), the car had been returned ___5____ there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____6_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets ____7____ tonight's Mania Twain concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____8____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found ____9______their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____10_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?”
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People _____1___ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _____2_____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ___3___ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need ____4____ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. ____5_____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary ______6___ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _____7____ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet _____8____ new word, look it ____9_____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _____10_____ (much) useful book.
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When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets ____1_____ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first _____2____ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from ____3____, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most ____4___ (danger) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, ____5____. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. _____6____ (have) a look first, or you will go ____7____ wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses ____8_____ two floors. You can sit on the ______9____ (two) floor. From ____10_____ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
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____1____ artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women ___2_____ any clothes on, and he and his ____3____ always tried to keep the small girl out ____4____ he was doing this, “She is ____5_____ young to understand,” they said.
But one day, when the artist _____6____ (paint) a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. He mother ran up the stairs ____7____ her, but when she got to the room, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. _____8___ her parents waited for her to speak.
For a few seconds the little girl said ____9_____, but then she ran to her mother and said ____10_____ (angry), “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don’t let me?”
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Most Americans don’t like to get advice ____1___ members of their family. They get advice from “_____2___ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. _____3___ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines _____4___ give advice on many different subjects ______5___ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, ____6___ even on how to buy a house or a car.
Most newspapers _____7____ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are _____8____ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, ____9____ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special ____10___ (train) for this kind of work.
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Without proper planning, tourism can cause______1____. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places _____2_____ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism create too much traffic, the inhabitants will become _____3_____ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists _____4____ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. ______5_____ is important to think about the people of a destination country and _____6______ tourism affects them. Tourism should help _____7_____ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and _____8_____ (happy) of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism ______9_____ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work _____10_____ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
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London was awarded _____1____ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, ______2_____ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital ______3____ the first time since 1948.
_____4____ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54—50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.
In London crowds cheered and waved flags as _____5____ watched the announcement from Singapore _____6_____ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area _____7____ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.
Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore ____8____ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is we will be your very ______9___ (good) partners,” Blair said.
It’s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after _____10____ (fail) attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.
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Why is setting goals so ______1_____? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything ____2_____ you want in life. Instead _____3____ just letting life happen to you, goals allow ______4_____ to make your life happen.
_____5_____ (success) and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s _____6____ having a map to show you _____7____ you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and _____8___ (set) goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and _____9_____aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are ____10____one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
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We often think of future. We often wonder ____1_the world will be like a hundred years’ time.
Think of ____2___ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon _____3___ (set up). Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as _____4___. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, _____5___ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting _____6____ planets. Great progress will have been made _____7___ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
_____8_____ the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities, _____9____ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities ____10____ the sea.
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(1) 1 reported 2 richest/wealthiest 3 by 4 when 5 by 6 However 7 younger 8 Both 9 acting 10 the
(2) 1 had been stolen 2 at 3 back 4 amazement 5 and 6 hospital 7for 8 the 9 that 10 another
(3) 1 living 2 languages 3 or 4 all 5 Before 6 bigger 7 written 8 a 9 up 10 most
(4) 1 because 2 and 3 work 4 dangerous 5 too 6 Have 7 the 8 with 9 second 10 there
(5) 1 An 2 without 3 wife 4 when/while 5 too 6 was painting 7 after 8 Both 9 nothing 10 angrily
(6) 1 from 2 strangers 3 Instead 4 that/which 5 including 6 and 7 regularly 8 answers 9 others 10 training
(7) 1 problems 2 that/which 3 annoyed 4 and 5 It 6 how 7 a 8 happiness 9 grows 10 in
(8) 1 the 2 defeating 3 for 4 After 5 they 6 on 7 where 8 before 9 best 10 failed
(9) 1 important 2 that 3 of 4 yourself 5 Successful 6 like 7 where 8 setting 9 they 10 the
(10) 1 what 2 / 3 will have been set up 4 tourists/visitors/travelers 5 permitting 6 other 7 in 8 All 9 so/thus/therefore 10 under