《大学英语I》

题目：One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a 20-dollar bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands were ______ . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the bill. He then asked the audience, “ ______ still wants it?” Still the hands went up in the air. “What ______ I do this? ” He asked, and he fell it on the ground, and started to step on it. He picked it up. Now the bill was dirty and crumpled. “Now who still wants it” Still the hands went up.

题目：Why do we laugh? For years scientists have asked ______ this question. No other animals laugh and smile — only human beings. So does laughter help us to survive in any way? The answer seems to be that smiling and laughter help us to ______ , reducing tension and preventing illnesses which are caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine?

题目：Why do we laugh? For years scientists have asked ________ this question. No other animals laugh and smile — only human beings. So does laughter help us to survive in any way? The answer seems to be that smiling and laughter help us to ________ , reducing tension and preventing illnesses which are caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine?

题目：It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I saw him ______ his watch and told the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. I decided, since I was not busy, my patient didn’t ______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound.

题目：One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a 20-dollar bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands were ______. Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the bill. He then asked the audience, “ ______ still wants it?” Still the hands went up in the air. “What ______ I do this? ” He asked, and he fell it on the ground, and started to step on it. He picked it up. Now the bill was dirty and crumpled. “Now who still wants it” Still the hands went up.

题目：The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was ______ he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He presented me ______ a puzzle — all because he waved to me like someone does on seeing a close friend. A big, bright smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to study his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had mistaken me ______ someone else. By the time I contented myself with the conclusion that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.

题目：It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I saw him ______ his watch and told the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. I decided, since I was not busy, my patient didn’t ______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound.

题目：Peter and Paul had got permission ______ their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more exciting to camp in the woods that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys went away ______ their tent and food. Carrying their heavy load, the two brothers walked along the riverbank. As they entered the cool, shadowy woods, they began to ______ a suitable camping spot. Finally, Peter followed his brother deeper into the woods. They put up their tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way back to the river to catch some fish. However, they were a long distance from where they were ______ to be. They were not even sure of where they had ______ their camp. They sat in disappointment for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea.

题目：Crime is everywhere. In our neighborhood, in the neighboring state, wherever we look, we find criminals and crime. Criminals have ______ a part of our daily lives. Does this mean we let them be the darkness of our society? No, definitely not. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty, and we cannot ignore it. Getting the rightly accused to a just ______ is very important. Some criminals commit a crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I do not advocate for everybody. A person ______ stole bread from a grocery store, definitely does not deserve the death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves it. The death penalty should continue ______ eliminate the garbage of our society. Not everybody deserves to die, but some people surely do. I support the death penalty because of several reasons. Firstly, I believe that it serves as a deterrent and helps in ______ crime. Secondly, it is true that it is irreversible, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to the several chances given to the convicted to prove his innocence. Thirdly, the death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals. Finally, I believe in “a life for a life”.

题目：Homesickness is very common among students away from home – even those who had previously been away at overnight camp or traveled far away. There is a difference between being away from home for 8 weeks and being gone for 8 months. There is also a difference between ____ home for a while (knowing you will be going back) and leaving ____ (knowing you may never return). Feeling homesick does not make you less mature or mean you are not ready to be ____. If you feel homesick, talk to your friends at school about it. ____ they are feeling the same way. ____ family and friends back home, but make sure you ____ new relationships at school. If your homesickness does not ____ and does not seem to be getting better after a few months at school, speaking with an adviser might help. Also, remember that going home for the first visit may be difficult ____ changes in yourself or your family. Old conflicts do not just disappear once you go to college, and new ones may ____. Again, if things are too stressful for you ____ handle along, talk to an adviser.

题目：As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas _____ for her father.

题目： When she got home, with her small but _____ present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already _____ table. Her mother was in great ____ . “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” she told her daughter happily. Edith was so ____ that she could not say a single word. (253 words)

题目：Peter and Paul had got permission ______ their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more exciting to camp in the woods that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys went away ______ their tent and food. Carrying their heavy load, the two brothers walked along the riverbank. As they entered the cool, shadowy woods, they began to ______ a suitable camping spot. Finally, Peter followed his brother deeper into the woods. They put up their tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way back to the river to catch some fish. However, they were a long distance from where they were ______ to be. They were not even sure of where they had ______ their camp. They sat in disappointment for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea.

题目：Homesickness is very common among students away from home — even those who had previously been away at overnight camp or traveled far away. There is a difference between being away from home for 8 weeks and being gone for 8 months. There is also a difference between ____ home for a while (knowing you will be going back) and leaving ____ (knowing you may never return). Feeling homesick does not make you less mature or mean you are not ready to be ____. If you feel homesick, talk to your friends at school about it. ____ they are feeling the same way. ____ family and friends back home, but make sure you ____ new relationships at school. If your homesickness does not ____ and does not seem to be getting better after a few months at school, speaking with an adviser might help. Also, remember that going home for the first visit may be difficult ____ changes in yourself or your family. Old conflicts do not just disappear once you go to college, and new ones may ____ . Again, if things are too stressful for you ____

题目：It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign ____ can be very educational for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the language of the new country would be difficult for the traveler, ____ the benefits of such an effort would become obvious immedi?ately ____ his arrival. It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing how to ____ a meal or book a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country. Without knowing the language, it is very difficult ____ the stranger to understand the people of the new country and their customs.

题目：More and more teachers and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, ____ came from the printed papers sold on streets.

题目：The task of being accepted and enrolled (招收) in a university begins early for some students. Long _____ they graduate from high school. These Students take special courses to prepare for advanced study. They may also take one or more examinations that test how _____ prepared they are for the university. In the final year of high school, they complete applications and send them, with their student records, to the universities which they hope to _____. Some high school students may be _____ to have an interview with representatives of the university. Neatly dressed, and usually very frightened, they are determined to show that they have a good attitude and the _____ to succeed.

题目：When the new students are finally accepted, there may be one more step they have to _____ before registering for classes and getting to work. Many colleges and universities _____ an orientation (情况介绍) program for new students. In these programs, the young people get to know the procedures for registration and student advising, university rules, the _____ of the library and all the other major services of the college or university.

题目：What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. ____ two speakers speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences ____ them, and the pronunciation of English shifts a great deal in different geographical ____. How do we decide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be ____ in the same way for all foreign learners of English.

题目：Overhead bridges can be found in many parts of China, in the place where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is ____. These bridges can make people _____ roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings.

题目：They are more efficient (效率高的), _____ less convenient (方便的) because people have to climb up a lot of steps. This is inconvenient to the old. When people _____ an overhead bridge, they do not hold up (阻挡) traffic. But when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is ____ the government (政府) has built many overhead bridges to help people and _____ traffic moving at the same time.

题目：Chinese government has _____ a lot of money building these bridges. For our own safety, people should be given hope to use them _____ rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little _____ climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road ______ all the moving traffic.(196 words)

题目：Crime is everywhere. In our neighborhood, in the neighboring state, wherever we look, we find criminals and crime. Criminals have _____ a part of our daily lives. Does this mean we let them be the darkness of our society? No, definitely not. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty, and we cannot ignore it. Getting the rightly accused to a just _____ is very important. Some criminals commit a crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I do not advocate for everybody. A person _____ stole bread from a grocery store, definitely does not deserve the death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves it. The death penalty should continue _____ eliminate the garbage of our society. Not everybody deserves to die, but some people surely do. I support the death penalty because of several reasons. Firstly, I believe that it serves as a deterrent and helps in _____ crime. Secondly, it is true that it is irreversible, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to the several chances given to the convicted to prove his innocence. Thirdly, the death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals. Finally, I believe in “a life for a life”.

题目：To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to ___ the attention and interest of your students, you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, ____ voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to ___ what you are teaching，in order to make its meaning clear. Observe a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still ____ his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always ____ according to what he is _____ about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act _____ on the stage, for there are very important ____ between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the ____ words each time he plays a certain part. _____ his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. (243 words)

题目：As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas _____ for her father.

题目：It is always interesting to visit another country，especially for those who have never traveled a great deal．Foreign ____ can be very educational for anyone if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand．Learning the language of the new country would be difficult for the traveler．____ the benefits of such an effort would become obvious immediately ____ his arrival．It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home，but knowing how to ____ a meal or book a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country．Without knowing the language，it is very difficult ____ the stranger to understand the people of the new country and their customs．

题目：Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps ____ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, ____ reading material and giving out assignment. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and ____ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and ____ become hard even for the students to under?stand.

题目：Before the 20th century the horse provided day-to-day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.

题目：Your body, which has close relations ____ the food you eat, is the most important thing you own, so it needs proper _____ and proper nourishment (营养). The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor _______ ” is not as silly as some people think.

题目：Many people like to decorate ____ houses at Christmas time. They decorate the inside of the

题目：What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one sense there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. ____ two speakers speak in exactly the same way. We can always hear differences ____ them, and the pronunciation of English shifts a great deal in different geographical ____ . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a model? This is not a question that can be ____ in the same way for all foreign learners of English.

题目：I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting _____ of my life.

题目：　　It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much sleep. However, we had energy. First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller ____ us that tickets would not be on ____ for another two days. We were a little worried about getting ____, but we made up our minds to start for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way past “gypsy” taxi (黑车) drivers that tried to _____ us one hundred Yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it only cost us thirty Yuan to get _____ we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets. Somehow the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we ____. The most important lesson about China I ever _____, is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much easier. We were not able to get tickets, but the travel agents（代理）could.

题目：　　While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very ____. It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.（300 words）

题目：You will find that college classes are very different from high school classes. You will have more work and responsibilities without being pushed as much. ____, you will have more freedom – freedom to choose what to study, when to study, or ____ to study. You will need to exercise maximum self-discipline. This is the hardest kind of discipline because it is self-imposed（志愿的），and you have only yourself to ____. The decisions you make ____ your study habits will be a ____ factor in your success, or lack of success in college.

题目：Edison is a well-known American inventor. He was taught by his mother when he was a child. Later he learned things _____ himself by reading and experimenting. He built a lab for himself to work in, and he worked very hard in his sixty years of scientific activities. He made over a thousand inventions. _____ inventors in the world could have such great success.

题目：The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was ______ he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He presented me ______ a puzzle — all because he waved to me like someone does on seeing a close friend. A big, bright smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to study his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had mistaken me ______ someone else. By the time I contented myself with the conclusion that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.

题目：Before you travel, you’d better do some travel planning. Life on the road will be _____ if you know what you need. The first thing is to get the _____ you need for student travel. You probably need a passport, a tourist visa, an international work visa, an international driver’s license and more. Secondly, you should learn about student travel safety and health. Student travel is _____ safe as you make it; in the words of one experienced traveler, “Stay safe but don’t stay home!” And, with _____ precautions, you will be as healthy and safe when you travel as you are at home. It’s an unfortunate fact _____ women travelers need to travel with special care, especially internationally. Females are more _____ to be the victims of crimes. Thieves often think females _____ easier targets for theft than men. After all, they are the weaker sex. The most obvious solution is sticking _____ the safer parts of town, but you’ll miss adventure if you do. Consider _____ deserted streets after dark; if you can’t, then carry a small, heavy flashlight in your hand. Be careful on dark streets _____ you have a companion.

题目：There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. ____ they met, the two eldest, who were twins,____ to quarrel about which of them should be his fatherˊs heir (继承人) . The youngest, who was not ____ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for ____ of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The ____ twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking per?sonality, decided that he would take up the stage ____ a career. He ____ a small repertory company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不准时) at rehearsals and was accordingly ____ with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of ____ his profession, but always put off ____ a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned.

题目：— Would you come to our party, please?

题目：Our English teacher advises us to look _______ our test paper before we hand it in.

题目：I’m feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take _________ ?

题目：He went out to chat with his friend,＿＿＿the machine＿＿＿.

题目：— It looks heavy. Can I give you a hand?

题目：She will always _______ in mind what her parents told her when she left home.

题目：The government official explained that there’s no point ____ about the cultural gap in that city.

题目：What is the train to Shanghai?

题目：— What a beautiful picture you’ve drawn!

题目：Practice is a good way to ＿＿＿listening and speaking.

题目：We are interested in the weather because it ________ us so directly — what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

题目：I wonder＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：—It’s cold here. Could you close the door for me.

题目：What is the train ________ to New York?

题目：The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to _____ the investment plan within a week.

题目：Little ＿＿＿＿＿＿ when I took the trip where it would lead me.

题目：The event took place during _______.

题目：By the time she is 50 years old, she ＿＿＿＿＿ an inmate of the prison for over half of her life.

题目：I was so _________ the night before my examination that I could not sleep.

题目：– Good morning. I’d like to check out now please.

题目：If it rain next week，the farmers could still have a good harvest.

题目：In the USA, he made a lot of friends ＿＿＿＿＿＿ English well so he could make himself ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：_____she was invited to the hall made her very happy.

题目：It does not alter the fact that the man was ＿＿＿for the death of the little girl.

题目：– Shall I take your luggage?

题目：—I＿＿＿.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿＿ do you think ＿＿＿＿＿ we should do to improve our English?

题目：He is a leading authority＿＿＿plant diseases.

题目：If you want to break the law, make sure that you don’t ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：— Would you like ＿＿＿ the film?

题目：He studied hard in his youth, ______ contributed to his great success in later life.

题目：I tried to put ____ a telephone call to him, but his line was always busy.

题目：If the whole program ____ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.

题目：Although he did not know London well, he made his way _______ to the airport.

题目：I’1l never forget the day ________ I became a doctor.

题目：— Will you be eating here or is this to go?

题目：— What can I do for you, sir?

题目：There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone ＿＿＿＿＿ me that evening.

题目：If he ____such a good chance, he would have planned to learn more.

题目：The difference between an African elephant and an Asian one is that the former has _______ ears.

题目：It is not serious illness, I guess she will _________ soon.

题目：Only after I read the text over again ＿＿＿＿＿ its main idea.

题目：Had you come five minutes earlier, you _________ the train to Birmingham. But now you missed it.

题目：—Excuse me, sir.＿＿＿ is it to the nearest hotel?

题目：We finally _______ an agreement after a lot of hard bargaining.

题目：—Can I help you, sir?

题目：He is the only one of the students who good at chess.

题目：Our English teacher advises us to look ＿＿＿ our test paper before we hand it in.

题目：They had only ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ in that house for three weeks when fire destroyed it.

题目：—Ken, ＿＿＿, but your TV is too loud.

题目：We were ____ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.

题目：No matter _________ , the little sisters managed to round the sheep up and drive them back home safely.

题目：—＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿?

题目：I don’t know why she avoids ____ her opinion on the subject.

题目：Henry looked very much _____when he was caught cheating in the biology exam.

题目：I was so＿＿＿the night before my examination that I could not sleep.

题目：I made friend with that guy, turned out to be kind-hearted.

题目：A suitcase with a shirt, trousers and shoes _____ stolen from the car.

题目：Sheˊs the only child in her family, but they didnˊt really ____ her.

题目：This headmaster was ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ I meant.

题目：The traditional approach ____ with complex problems is to break them down into smaller, more easily managed problems.

题目：Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy ____ for her examination.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿ and caught the mouse.

题目：— It’s been a wonderful evening. Thank you very much.

题目：The little girl showed the policeman the corner＿＿＿she was knocked off her bike

题目：Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ______.

题目：The pictures remind me ＿＿＿＿＿＿ the trip to the West.

题目：The Web provides an environment in which it is quick and easy to ________ ideas with others.

题目：Anny, in house I spent my holiday, is an old friend of mine.

题目：On _______ in London, Smith went to see the House of Parliament.

题目：Marlin is an independent man who is not about ＿＿＿＿＿ on his parents any more.

题目：– Li Hua failed in the math examination.

题目：I suppose by the time I come back in ten years’ time all these old houses ____ down.

题目：On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several _______ a day.

题目：— I like pop music, but if you hate it, I’ll play something else,＿＿＿?

题目：It ＿＿＿＿＿ for over a month and the downpour had damaged many houses.

题目：— You shouldn’t have chosen that kind of book for me.

题目：Mary wanted to avoid running down a dog but ran ______ a big tree by the roadside.

题目：She never lost her _________ for teaching.

题目：Do you know the man ________ under the apple tree?

题目：The students are kept ＿＿＿＿＿＿ cleaning the classroom.

题目：In holidays, you can visit you are fond of.

题目：Neither Bill nor his parents _______ at home.

题目：Everything ＿＿＿＿＿＿ if Albert hadn’t called the fire brigade.

题目：Japanese businessmen are very ＿＿＿the details, especially in the aspect of quality.

题目：Every year thousands of lives ________ in road accidents because of careless driving.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿ , I would accept the invitation and go to the party.

题目：He _______ finding a taxi for me, even though I told him I lived nearby.

题目：I’m happy to live in the house face the hill.

题目：I was very busy yesterday, otherwise I to the meeting.

题目：They claim that ______ 1,000 factories closed down during economic crisis.

题目：More and more young people enjoy ＿＿＿＿＿＿ to pop music.

题目：On average, a successful lawyer has to talk to several＿＿＿a day.

题目：Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a ______ and disorder!

题目：Cancer is second only ＿＿＿heart disease as a cause of death.

题目：The handsome boy fell ＿＿＿ love with an American girl.

题目：Itˊs bad _______ for you to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

题目：They ＿＿＿very badly towards their guests yesterday..

题目：He must have heard the bad news, he looks upset.

题目：Last year the interest rate for loan＿＿＿＿＿＿ by 20 percent.

题目：Strict ________ measures have been taken during the President’s visit.

题目：The police searched the city in an effort to catch the man who ____ murder last week.

题目：It is ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ for us to see the great changes in our hometown.

题目：The organization had broken no rules, but＿＿＿had it acted responsibly.

题目：What is the train ＿＿＿to Shanghai?

题目：I suppose by the time I come back in ten years’ time all these old houses _____ down.

题目：—You’ve done a good job!

题目：A _______ boy was the only survivor in the plane crash.

题目：The Chinese government has taken ________ to prevent the spread of the bird flu.

题目：The computer doesn’t work well, so something ______ wrong.

题目：— How are you getting along with your study?

题目：It was not until dark ＿＿＿＿＿＿ he found ＿＿＿＿＿＿ he thought was the correct way to solve the problem.

题目：Faced with all the difficulties, the girl ____ her mother for comfort.

题目：I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another _____.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿ I know, he has failed English exam twice.

题目：Mike is better than Peter ________ swimming.

题目：I make notes in the back of my diary＿＿＿ things to be mended or replaced?

题目：At the age of twenty-three, Emily ＿＿＿＿＿＿ a businessman of her own choice.

题目：People do not know the value of health they lose it.

题目：The red rose is her _________.

题目：The effort to finish the project, he had expected, was a success.

题目：How close parents are to their children_____ a strong influence on the character of the children.

题目：We will leave very early for the airport tomorrow morning, so you had better _______ and arrange a taxi.

题目：Between 1897 and 1919, at least 29 motion pictures ＿＿＿＿＿ .

题目：The two brothers are so nearly alike that I can’t tell ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ is ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：The young lady coming over to us _________ our English teacher; the way she walks tells us that!

题目：I have established a good working ＿＿＿with my boss.

题目：Rapid reading means reading something fast just to ____ the general idea.

题目：Tom was very happy when his parents told him that they _____ back to America soon.

题目：Each man and each woman ＿＿＿＿＿＿ asked to come．

题目：Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ＿＿＿ .

题目：Her sun-tanned face suggested that she ____ in excellent health.

题目：_____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

题目：—That was a great dinner. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

题目：Will you ________ me a favor, please?

题目：It’s a common wish of all______ in a peaceful world.

题目：I to stay there for one more week，but I changed my mind.

题目：It is said that ________ boys in your school like playing football in their spare time, though others prefer basketball.

题目：The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn’t ________ her grip on my arm.

题目：The classroom was almost empty ＿＿＿＿＿＿ a desk or two.

题目：_______ with you, I have a long way to go.

题目：Your shoes are ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：Neither Jane nor Steven ＿＿＿＿＿ watching TV now.

题目：The morning paper ____a story about demonstrations in New York and Washington D.C..

题目：With his work completed, the manager stepped back to his seat, feeling pleased

题目：— Hi, Tom, how’s everything with you?

题目：These two areas are similar ________ they both have a high rainfall during this season.

题目：Little John caught a ________ fish this morning.

题目：How about ＿＿＿＿＿＿ with us to dinner today?

题目：Julia as well as two of her friends ＿＿＿＿＿＿ invited to the party．

题目：The number of people who own cars ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ increasing.

题目：Great changes _______ in our institute in the last few years.

题目：He studied hard in his youth, _______ contributed to his great success in later life.

题目：I’m feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take＿＿＿?

题目：Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as ____ at the party.

题目：If you keep ＿＿＿＿＿＿, you will succeed sooner or later.

题目：The traffic policeman＿＿＿him to stop but he pretended not to see.

题目：Several screws(螺丝) need ______.

题目：For a successful business, friendly and ________ staff are essential.

题目：The government official explained that there’s no point _____ about the cultural gap in that city.

题目：I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another ____.

题目：As the bus came round the corner, it ran _______ a big tree by the roadside.

题目：Physics ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ my favorite subject.

题目：— ＿＿＿＿＿

题目：The young actor who had been thought highly of _________ to be a great disappointment.

题目：Did you notice the guy ________ head looked like a big potato?

题目：If he _____such a good chance, he would have planned to learn more.

题目：Electricity, like other forms of ____ has greatly increased in price.

题目：I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I _______ to half a dozen other groups before.

题目：Young children often can’t _____ between TV programs and commercials.

题目：It was well known that Thomas Edison______the electric lamp.

题目：When she arrived, she found＿＿＿＿＿＿ the injured and the dead there.

题目：The students didn’t manage to work out the problem ____ their teacher had explained how.

题目：When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother _____ dinner in the kitchen.

题目：This article is ______ difficult ______ few of the students can understand it.

题目：Can you tell me the house ＿＿＿ you once lived last year.

题目：The argument remained heated ＿＿＿＿＿＿ there are necessary conditions of existence such as water on the Moon.

题目：We used ＿＿＿＿＿＿ at the same department

题目：—Let’s go swimming, shall we?

题目：—＿＿＿＿, could you tell me the way to the cinema?

题目：The chairman requested that ________.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ surprised me most was＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ some of the village people seated on the benches at the end of the room.

题目：— Peter, ＿＿＿?

题目：— We have so much food left, ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿?

题目：In order to improve English, ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：The girl is not happy at the new school. She has _______ friends there.

题目：It was at this shop ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ I bought the watch. Why not come in and have a look?

题目：Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they _____ better health.

题目：— How are you, Mary?

题目：The people in this city have planted ________ trees along both sides of the streets.

题目：—Do you think it’s going to rain over the weekend?

题目：I’ll see＿＿＿ she’s at home＿＿＿not at home.

题目：Johnˊs father ______ mathematics in this school ever since he graduated from Harvard University.

题目：Features such as height, weight, and skin color _______ from individual to individual and from face to face.

题目：Our English teacher advices us ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ aloud in the morning

题目：Hans is ________ of the three boys.

题目：Youˊd better ______in bed. Itˊs bad for your eyes.

题目：Her sun-tanned face suggested that she _____ in excellent health.

题目：She was the only child in the family, but they didnˊˊt ____ her.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ may cause lung cancer.

题目：— What size do you have?

题目：Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they ____ better health.

题目：Science and technology have ________in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.

题目：The furniture in his room is quite different _____ in yours.

题目：Julie spent one month ＿＿＿her term paper on Chinese poems.

题目：He the job well，but he so careless.

题目：Was it during the Second World War ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ he died?

题目：— Is that everything?

题目：This article is ＿＿＿＿＿＿ difficult ＿＿＿＿＿＿ few of the students can understand it.

题目：The students were all entertained in a Mexican restaurant, at Professor Brianˊs ______ .

题目：— ＿＿＿ , I didn’t mean it that way.

题目：The boy dived into the water and after ＿＿＿＿＿＿ seemed to be a long time, he came up again.

题目：I hadn’t seen him for years, but I _______ his voice on the telephone.

题目：Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to ________.

题目：Mary wanted to avoid running down a dog but ran ＿＿＿a big tree by the roadside.

题目：— Hey! Bob, don’t you think we should have a rest?

题目：I won’t attend the party she invites me.

题目：I don’t know the reason he was absent.

题目：The police are______ the two missing children.

题目：I’d＿＿＿be unemployed than suffer such treatment.

题目：John is busy ＿＿＿＿＿＿ his girlfriend with her paper.

题目：He gave me ________ on how to study English well.

题目：Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of＿＿＿.

题目：＿＿＿＿， I will not buy it.

题目：Our modern civilization must not be thought of as ＿＿＿＿＿＿ in a short period of time.

题目：A computer _______ think for itself, it must be told what to do.

题目：Sheˊˊs the only child in her family, but they didnˊˊt really _____ her.

题目：We shall ask for samples _______ and then we can make our decision.

题目：Please write it down you forget it.

题目：Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy _____ for her examination.

题目：Look ________! There’s a car coming.

题目：The furniture in his room is quite different ________ in yours.

题目：The old woman next door is very keen _________ growing roses.

题目：He didn’t turn up until we ___________ the work.

题目：____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

题目：The furniture in his room is quite different ____ in yours.

题目：— I think I can’t make it.

题目：—Hello, I’m John Smith.

题目：I finally＿＿＿to study much harder in the future.

题目：We were all ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ by the speech given by the blind girl yesterday

题目：I wish I my uncle yesterday.

题目：The man was just about to＿＿＿＿＿＿ the riddle, when suddenly he found the answer.

题目：The rich＿＿＿＿＿＿ not always happy．

题目：Two thousand dollars ________ enough for the car.

题目：I’ll never forget the day ____ I became a doctor.

题目：Nancy is _______ girl.

题目：– Excuse me, sir.

题目：Mr. Edward was not in, so his brother acted as ＿＿＿at the party.

题目：It ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ at Christmas that John Smith gave Mary a handbag.

题目：The manager will not _______ us to use his car.

题目：He has been writing the essay the whole morning and he still ＿＿＿ .

题目：＿＿＿ your letter，I would have started off two days ago.

题目：Both the kids and their parents ________ English, I think. I know it from their accent.

题目：Listen! I hear someone ＿＿＿＿＿＿ the piano next door.

题目：The poor young man is ready to accept ＿＿＿＿＿help he can get.

题目：I have established a good working ______ with my boss.

题目：Mary wrote an article on ＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：There ＿＿＿＿＿＿two books and a bag on the desk.

题目：— I was really anxious about you. You shouldn’t have left without a word.

题目：The committee is due to _____ its report by the end of this year.

题目：______ the War of Independence, the United States was an English colony.

题目：My uncle _______ until he was 45.

题目：If you ＿＿＿＿＿＿ your name and address on the card, we’ll send the book to you as soon as it is returned.

题目：Salaries for ________ positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.

题目：The first place a tourist is taken to see in Zhengzhou is the Erqi Monument.

题目：How close parents are to their children____ a strong influence on the character of the children.

题目：From now on I want to keep myself_____ of how things are going on with you.

题目：We will leave very early for the airport tomorrow morning, so you had better ＿＿＿ and arrange a taxi.

题目：Great changes ______ in our institute in the last few years.

题目：It _____John and Mary that helped me the other day.

题目：The computer doesn’t work well, so something _____ wrong.

题目：He didn’t show up at the party yesterday. He ＿＿＿＿ in the lab.

题目：I’m afraid he can’t ___________ to the idea of having a woman as his boss.

题目：Never in my life ＿＿＿＿ such a thing.

题目：Mother promised she ________ me an English-Chinese dictionary as a gift for my birthday.

题目：I must tell you _______ a letter from you.

题目：＿＿＿＿＿＿ that the sports meet might be put off.

题目：— ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

题目：Not only ＿＿＿＿＿ a promise, but also he kept it.

题目：Hundreds of jobs ＿＿＿＿＿＿ if the factory closes down.

题目：I had my meals _______ when I was ill in bed with a bad cold.

题目：Although Mary is satisfied with her success, she wonders ____ will happen to her private life.

题目：Where can I _______ dollars for pounds?

题目：Li Ling acted that way as though he a foreigner.

题目：That young man has made so much noise that he ____ not have been allowed to attend the concert.

题目：1.＿＿＿＿＿ he said at the meeting shocked everybody.

题目：He’s determined to finish the job ________long it takes.

题目：Last year the interest rate for loan______ by 20 percent.

题目：The Web also provides an environment in which it is quick and easy to _______ ideas with colleagues.

题目：The traffic policeman ________ him to stop but he pretended not to see.

题目：_________ her and then try to copy what she does.

题目：— Do you think our basketballers played very well yesterday?

题目：Is this ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ looking for?

题目：Looking at all he had achieved, he couldn’t help weeping.

题目：No matter _____ , the little sisters managed to round the sheep up and drive them back home safely.

题目：He didn’t turn up until we＿＿＿the work.

题目：Todayˊs weather is ________ worse than yesterdayˊs.

题目：Jimmy was so nervous, not a single word ＿＿＿＿＿ down in the dictation.

题目：At first I showed great interest in the play, but soon I ________ it.

题目：It was his carelessness that caused his failure.

题目：I______ going to the doctor, but I wish I hadn’t.

题目：I ＿＿＿＿＿＿ to stay here if I can.

题目：If I with her last summer，I with her now.

题目：She’s very committed to＿＿＿ people who are homeless.

题目：I took the medicine, but it didn’t have any ____ on me.

题目：I worked hard on my class notes I could pass the exam.

题目：Before the final examination, some students have shown ___________ of tension. They even have trouble in sleeping.

题目：The red rose is her ________.

题目：Mary looks unhappy because she has ＿＿＿＿＿＿ by her classmates.

题目：Julie spent one month __________ her term paper on Chinese poems.

题目：The new skirt＿＿＿ me 200 yuan.

题目：I donˊt know the park, but itˊs _______ to be quite beautiful.

题目：Professor Smith promised to look ______ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defence.

题目：If the whole program _____ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost.

题目：Whether you learn or not is entirely＿＿＿you.

题目：The car drove recklessly, caused the accident.

题目：They have learned about _________ in recent years.

题目：“What do you think of the boxing match last night?”

题目：He had just got out of the bus there was a fire in it.

题目：＿＿＿at a distance, the hill looks like a peacock.

题目：_____ Tom ____ Mary can help me, for they are very busy.

题目：We are interested in the weather because it ____ us so directly — what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

题目：—Would you like some more soup?

题目：— I think you look very nice in the red jacket.

题目：It may still be many years ＿＿＿this problem could be finally settled.

题目：If you hadn’t gone with Tom to the party last night, ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

题目：It was not ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ she took off her dark glasses ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ I realized she was a famous

题目：＿＿＿ I like Linda personally, I don’t think what she’s doing is right.

题目：This is the ______ photo I have ever taken.

题目：A: What are you going to study next year?

题目：The police ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ searching for a tall dark man with a beard.

题目：- Here ＿＿＿＿！ Where is Xiao Liu？

题目：That grand building is a beautiful view, 10 years to build.

题目：So ＿＿＿＿＿ in the darkness that he didnˊt dare to move an inch.

题目：He ____ more than 5000 English words when he entered the university.

题目：Mike didn’t understand ＿＿＿＿＿＿ made his wife so upset this morning.

题目：Ten thousand dollars＿＿＿＿＿＿ more than I can afford．

题目：I’m afraid he can’t＿＿＿to the idea of having a woman as his boss.

题目：I canˊt find my book. Perhaps I ______ it behind in the office yesterday.

题目：The buses run less ________ on Sundays.

题目：— Would you like to go shopping with me?

题目：The death of his wife was a big blow to him. He just couldn’t ___it.

题目：— Could you be so kind as to close the window?

题目：A completely new situation will＿＿＿when the examination system comes into existence.

题目：Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ________ .

题目：For a successful business, friendly and _____ staff are essential.

题目：The planets are so far away that it is impossible _____ in miles.

题目：I remember when I was a child, I was very ______ with how many toys she had.

题目：Is this ________ looking for?

题目：I’ll just get these dishes＿＿＿and then I’ll come.

题目：If she wants to stay thin, she must make a ______- in her diet.

题目：Can you tell me the house _______ you once lived last year.

题目：We develop trade with that company for our share _____.

题目：Many a student ＿＿＿＿＿＿ finished this assignment．

题目：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ that silver is not widely used as a conductor?

题目：She has two best friends. ________ of them is in the country.

题目：The explorers sailed on the ocean for two weeks and ________ found the mysterious land.

题目：A suitcase with a shirt, trousers and shoes ____ stolen from the car.

题目：When he went out, he would wear sunglasses ________ nobody would recognize him.

题目：Features such as height, weight, and skin color ＿＿＿from individual to individual and from face to face.

题目：Apples are _____ in summer and cost a lot.

题目：Never before _________ see such a terrible car accident on the road!

题目：Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage ＿＿＿＿＿＿ avoided.

题目：You shouldnˊt _____ your time like that, Bob; you have to finish your school work tonight.

题目：Cleaning women in big cities usually get ＿＿＿＿＿＿ by the hour.

题目：She _________ her boredom at home by learning how to use the Internet.

题目：It was ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ he said ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ disappointed me.

题目：______ girl dressed ____ black is her sister Rose.

题目：These two areas are similar _____ they both have a high rainfall during this season.

题目：Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to ____ any further responsibilities.

题目：Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have ________ of fat.

题目：Harry, who had failed in the final exam, had a great worry _________ his mind.

题目：— How about coming with us to the cinema?

题目：I don’t know why she avoids _____ her opinion on the subject.

题目：Faced with all the difficulties, the girl＿＿＿her mother for comfort.

题目：— I’m terribly sorry about that.

题目：—Is ＿＿＿＿ here?

题目：I ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ swimming very much and I go swimming everyday.

题目：– May I take your order, sir?

题目：If you don’t want to get wet, then you had better _______ this umbrella with you.

题目：I’m feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take __________ ?

题目：Strict _________ measures have been taken during the Presidentˊs vˊisit.

题目：He was about ＿＿＿＿＿ home when the phone rang.

题目：The new order means ________overtime.

题目：She came---late that she missed the important lecture.

题目：The baby is hungry, but thereˊs ______ milk in the bottle.

题目：— I suggest you work harder on English.

题目：The new skirt _________ me 200 yuan.

题目：From now on I want to keep myself____ of how things are going on with you.

题目：Children learn best by studying at their own _____.

题目：Even if I washed the coat, it still had some ____ marks on it.

题目：— Congratulations! You won the prize for best photography.

题目：A: Li Hua failed in the math examination.

题目：A: Congratulations! You won the prize for best photography.

题目：A: I thought you were in Beijing now, back already?

题目：A: Mike injured his leg playing football yesterday.

题目：A: May I see your tickets, please?

题目：A: Must I take a taxi?

题目：A: Excuse me, sir.____________ is it to the nearest hotel?

题目：A: I’m not at all satisfied with the service.

题目：A: I"m afraid I"ve got a terrible flu.

题目：A: You speak very good English.

题目：A: How are you getting along these days?

题目：A: _________, could you tell me the way to the cinema?

题目：A: Hi, Tom, howˊs everything with you?

题目：A: Our team won the match yesterday.

题目：A: Iˊm going to America for a holiday next week.

题目：A: I suggest you work harder on English.

题目：A: I believe weˊve met somewhere before.

题目：A: What about going for a walk after dinner?

题目：A: May I take your order, sir?

题目：A: Paul, ____________________?

题目：A:It’s been a wonderful evening. Thank you very much.

题目：A: Do you think I can borrow your bike for a few hours?

题目：A: What size do you have?

题目：A: Itˊs rather cold in here．Do you mind if I close the window?

题目：A: I’m so glad to see you again.

题目：A: Could you look after my daughter for me while I am away?

题目：A: Whatˊs new?

题目：A: Good morning. Iˊd like to check out now please.

题目：A: I’d rather have some wine，if you don’t mind.

题目：A: I wonder if I could use your computer tonight?

题目：A: Hello, may I talk to the headmaster now?

题目：A: Would you like _______ the film?

题目：A: Hi, is Mary there, please?

题目：A:Could you reduce the price a little?

题目：A: Is that Mr Robert Lee?

题目：A: Hi, welcome back. Had a nice trip?

题目：A: How are you getting along with your study?

题目：A:Would you like some more soup?

题目：A: Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the post office?

题目：A: Iˊm sorry. Bobˊs not in his office.

题目：A: Sorry, I have kept you waiting.

题目：A:Would you like to go shopping with me?

题目：A: Hello, may I talk to the director now?

题目：A:Hello, may I speak to Mike?

题目：A: Hi, Sam, I think you did a good job.

题目：A: Do you mind if I take a couple of hours off this afternoon?

题目：A: Do you want to come over on Saturday? Iˊm having a little party.

题目：A: How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight?

题目：A: It’s the most exciting book I’ve ever read.

题目：A: Iˊd like to take you to the coffee house on the corner.

题目：A: Do you mind if I record your lecture?

题目：A: Is ________ here?

题目：A: Would you like some more soup?

题目：A: _____________

题目：A: Would you come to our party, please?

题目：A: How often do you go dancing?

题目：A: May I help you, madam?

题目：A: It looks heavy. Can I give you a hand?

题目：A: Oh, Iˊm sorry. But I promise Iˊll be careful next time.

题目：A: What a beautiful picture you’ve drawn!

题目：A: I think you should have more healthy food and take more exercise if you want to lose weight.

题目：A: Are you ready to order desert, please?

题目：A: Would you mind changing seats with me?

题目：A: Mary, your dress is really beautiful. How is John?

题目：A: Why didnˊt you come to my birthday party yesterday?

题目：A: What do you think of this novel?

题目：A: Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water?

题目：A: Would you like a cup of coffee?

题目：A: Excuse me, when is the next flight from London due to arrive?

题目：A: Hello, haven’t seen you for ages. You look fine.

题目：A: ______________

题目：A: Good morning, Dr Johnsonˊs office. Can I help you?

题目：A: My friend got killed in the car accident.

题目：A: What would you like to have, meat or fish?

题目：A: Have you finished your first paper?

题目：A: I had a really good weekend at my uncleˊs.

题目：A: Doctor, I don’t feel well.

题目：A: Hello, may I talk to the manager now?

题目：A：I was really anxious about you. You shouldn’t have left without a word.

题目：A: Shall I take your luggage?

题目：A: Oh dear! Iˊve just broken a window.

题目：A: I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A.

题目：A: Could you please turn down the music? Iˊm preparing for tomorrowˊs exam.

题目：A: Could you be so kind as to close the window?

题目：A: We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?

题目：A: Excuse me, but can you tell me the way to the airport?

题目：A: Hey! Bob, don’t you think we should have a rest?

题目：A: Please help yourself to the seafood．

题目：A: Madam, do all the buses go downtown?

题目：A: Well done, Jim. You did very well in the high jump.

题目：A: Excuse me for interrupting you.

题目：A: Thank you very much for giving me so much help.

题目：A: This box is too heavy for me to carry upstairs.

题目：A: Wishing you good health and lots of happiness.

题目：A: Mike, I am going to skate in the mountains tomorrow.

题目：A: Excuse me, could you show me the way to the nearest post office?

题目：A: I have got two tickets for the match. Shall we go and watch it together?

题目：A: Can you tell me _______ to the post office?

题目：A: Will you go on a picnic with us tomorrow?

题目：A: Did you see the movie yesterday?

题目：A: May I see the menu, please?

题目：A: Here’s a gift for you. I bought it in China.

题目：A: Please help yourself to the fish.

题目：A: I doubt whether the Chinese Football Team can win the game this time.

题目：A: Congratulations! You won the first prize in todayˊs speech contest．

题目：A: Do you think Tom is ill?

题目：A: Weˊre going on a visit to Japan next week.

题目：A: Is that Mary speaking?

题目：A: I wish to propose a toast to our friendship.

题目：A: Thanks for your present. Itˊs really nice.

题目：A: I’m terribly sorry that I lost your letter.

题目：A: Would you lend me your pen?

题目：A: Would you please pass me the dictionary?

题目：A: How do you like Steven Spielbergˊs movies？

题目：A: What day is it today?

题目：A: I’m sorry, she’s not in right now.

题目：A: Youˊve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs. Wang.

题目：A: How was your trip to London, Jane?

题目：A: Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the nearest hospital?

题目：A:You haven’t paid for it yet.

题目：A: Do you think you could do without help?

题目：From the earliest times, man has been interested in art．People have often worked together to collect and save the world’s art treasures．

题目： The Louvre has not always been a museum．The first building was a fort（炮台）．In 1190, it was the king’s castle with high walls and a round tower．It had a moat to keep out his enemies．

题目：Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”

题目：The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer（自由撰稿者）, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.

题目：After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering “what if”. I would keep putting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland （虚幻世界）of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. (262 words)

题目：Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their class-rooms.

题目：Four decades ago, traditional women’s magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Family Circle talked to women as though they were children who needed to learn the basics of how to care for their families. Today, magazines do not do this. However, they still tend to define the female role in terms of homemaking and motherhood, and to offer beauty advice to help women attract men and please husbands. There are now a few less traditional magazines such as Ms. that show women in a range of roles and that cover a much wider range of topics.

题目：Almost every society has certain traditional ideas about marriage. For example, most societies expect men and women to marry. Most cultures also have traditions about the role and duties of a husband and a wife. Traditionally, the husband is expected to earn a living, and the wife is expected to keep house and raise children.

题目：Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasnˊt easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didnˊt exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlinˊs work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

题目：With the steady increase in the amount of leisure time that people enjoy today, the importance of businesses that deal with leisure products and services is also steadily increasing. Among them, tourist industry is one of the biggest industries of this kind. Providing transportation and accommodations for tourists — and guides, brochures, souvenirs — is one of the major industries in many countries. Since people are now having longer vacations and are more and more interested in seeing other parts of the world, this business will no doubt continue to grow.

题目：Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to diners（小餐馆）for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.

题目：There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals.

题目：Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spoke English very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she was feeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this, she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales (称). Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and she just couldnˊt lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, was waiting to check in his luggage.

题目：Wedding ceremonies in the United States vary as much as the people do. But many weddings, no matter where or how they are performed, include certain traditional customs. For instance, the bride and groom often exchanged rings at the ceremony. The rings are usually worn on the fourth finger of the left hand, and are exchanged in the middle of the ceremony. Today, the ring shows the couple’s love for one another.

题目：The fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. In the United States, it is an annual (每年的) occasion to show thanks to God for his goodness.

题目：As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony. As far back as 1621, after a long bitter winter and the gathering of the first harvest, these early settlers shared a feast with the local Indians and offered prayers of thanksgiving. President Washington proclaimed (宣布) the first national Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated on November 26, 1789. President Lincoln revived the custom in 1863.

题目：In a job interview, the first question is often a “breaking the ice” type of question. Don’t be surprised if the interviewer asks you something like: “How are you today?” or “What do you think of the weather lately?” Answer the question without going into too much detail.

题目：Try to avoid some big mistakes in the job interview, such as leaving the mobile on and criticizing previous bosses. The worst thing is you yourself have no questions. Having no questions shows you are either not interested or not prepared. Remember that interviewers are more impressed with the questions you ask than the selling points you try to make. (181 words)

题目：Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anx?ious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of im?pression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?

题目：Basketball is perhaps the only sport whose exact origin can safely be stated. During the winter of 1891—1892, Dr. James Naismith, a college instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented the game of basketball in order to provide exercise for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He attached fruit baskets overhead on the wall at opposite ends of the gymnasium. He organized nine-man teams to play his new game, using a soccer ball. What the players did was to throw the ball into one basket and keep the other team from tossing the ball into the opposite basket. There have since been many changes in the rules. For example, the number of players on a team has been reduced to 5. But the game is basically the same today. Americans introduced it to the Philippines in 1900 and to Europe during World War I. Being adopted by foreign countries, it soon became a worldwide sport. It is interesting that although basketball was creaｔed as an indoor game, in countries other than the United States, it is now played almost entirely outdoors.

题目：America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly the graying of America. has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

题目：How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

题目：When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. (271 words)

题目：Basketball is perhaps the only sport whose exact origin can safely be stated. During the winter of 1891—1892, Dr. James Naismith, a college instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented the game of basketball in order to provide exercise for the students between the closing of the football season and the opening of the baseball season. He attached fruit baskets overhead on the wall at opposite ends of the gymnasium. He organized nine-man teams to play his new game, using a soccer ball. What the players did was to throw the ball into one basket and keep the other team from tossing the ball into the opposite basket. There have since been many changes in the rules. For example, the number of players on a team has been reduced to 5. But the game is basically the same today. Americans introduced it to the Philippines in 1900 and to Europe during World War I. Being adopted by foreign countries, it soon became a worldwide sport. It is interesting that although basketball was creaｔed as an indoor game, in countries other than the United States, it is now played almost entirely outdoors. (190 words)

题目：Michele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill.

题目：Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer is. “I wouldn’t go out with a fellow if I didn’t like his handwriting,” she says. But she adds that she fell in love with her future husband, William Smith, before she studied his handwriting. It later proved to be all right, however. (201 words)

题目：You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words.

题目：How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

题目：A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man - the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

题目：This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.

题目：Advertisement can be thought of “as the means of making known in order to buy or sell goods or services”. Advertisement aims to increase people’s awareness and arouse interest. It tries to inform and to persuade. The media are all used to spread the message. The press offers a fairly cheap method, and magazines are used to reach special sections of the market. The cinema and commercial radio are useful for local market. Television, although more expensive, can be very effective. Public notices are fairly cheap and more permanent in their power of attraction. Other ways of increasing consumer interest are through exhibitions and trade fairs as well as direct mail advertisement.

题目：In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning． If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention． The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00pm． If someone reeives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes itˊs a matter of life or death． The time chosen for the call communicates its importance． In social life, time plays a very important part． In the U. S. A． guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date． But it is not true in all countries． In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in ad-vance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten． The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world． Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures that treat time differently． Promptness is valued high-ly in American life, for example． If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible． In the U. S. no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite． A person who is 5 minutes late, will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence．

题目：What do we talk about when we talk about money? We often think about what we can buy with the money we have，what we can’t buy because we don’t have enough and what we’re planning to buy when we have more. We discuss the careers that bring us money and the expenses that take it away. We talk about our favorite shops and restaurants, the causes we support, the places we’ve been and seen. We share dreams that only money can make real.

题目：When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of Americaˊs fastest growing businesses.

题目：Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

题目：Jacks is the name of a game that is quite popular with children. To play jacks, you will need a small rubber ball and ten small metal objects called jacks.

题目：The rules for this game are not very difficult. To begin, you put the ten jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Throw the ball up (but not too high), pick up one jack, and then catch the ball. Keep the jack in your hand and then continue to pick up the other jacks one at a time. You lose your turn if you do not catch the ball, you do not pick up a jack, or you drｏp any jacks from your hand.

题目：How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented cer?tain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communi?cate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.

题目：The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal element which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs.Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeting place.

题目：Sports fans all over the world recognize the name Michael Jordan. From Taiwan to Tennessee, kids wear clothes with his picture on them. Jerseys（球服）with his number 23 on the front, jackets with the Bulls on the back, and Air Jordan sports shoes all reflect the fame of this superstar. Michael Jordan has become the most famous attraction of the world’s favorite spectator sport.

题目：Michael’s road to fame began at the University of North Carolina. He brought an acrobatic style to the game that few had seen before. Michael used his quickness and strength to reach the basket again and again. He became famous for his powerful slam dunk（灌篮), Basketball fans from all over the world began to take notice. One reporter wrote that when Michael went up to dunk the basketball, it looked like he could fly. He was given the nickname“Air Jordan”.

题目：Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

题目：Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnightˊs (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

题目：A credit card is basically a plastic card with a magnetic strip（磁条） invented with the intention to simplify the complicated banking process for an individual in case he/she is short of cash. Many people don’t like to carry much cash. For them the cards are convenient and safe to use.

题目：A credit card enables the cardholder to buy things now and pay for them later. The cardholders get credit by promising to pay in the future for something they receive in the present. When the cardholder uses a credit card, the credit card company that issued the credit card pays the store. Later, a bill will be mailed to the cardholder by the credit card company for the amount he/she purchased. And finally, the cardholder then repays the company for the entire credit amount that he/she has used, by paying it back fully or through regular monthly payments. In case the cardholder fails to payback the entire balance, the bank can lawfully charge him/her with an interest fee on the unpaid amount. (193 words)

题目：After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering “what if”. I would keep putting my dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland （虚幻世界）of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

题目：“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

题目：We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

题目：But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.

题目：What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is "no". It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.

题目：Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.

题目：The room was dark and still. Only one boy was still awake. He sat on the edge of his bed at a far corner of the room. Slowly and carefully, he made small holes across a piece of paper with a sharp stylus (铁笔). Every two or three minutes he stopped and ran his fingers across the raised dots on the opposite side of the paper. A whisper came from the next bed, “Louis, are you still making dots? You’d better stop and get some rest. The teacher will be angry if you fall asleep in class.” The reply came slowly. “I know. I’m almost finished now. Go back to sleep, Gauthier.” Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille reading system (盲文) for the blind, put his paper and stylus on a table behind his bed. He stood up and walked across the room to an open window. He hardly noticed the cool April wind brushing his face. He knew his system would work despite what others thought.

题目：A credit card is basically a plastic card with a magnetic strip invented with the intention to simplify the complicated banking process for an individual in case he/she is short of cash. Many people don’t like to carry much cash. For them the cards are convenient and safe to use.

题目：M. Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old, but this is not the only thing that makes him remarkable. On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any “secrets of long life”. This is what Mr. Gale said.

题目：In the United States, 30 percent of the adult population has a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause is obvious: they eat too much. But scientific evidence does little to support this idea. Going back to the America of the 1910s, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less and didn’t watch television.

题目：Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on the average than thinner people. In fact, some investigations, such as the 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers, report that, on balance, fat people eat less than slimmer people. Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts: The more the men ran, the more body fat they lost. The more they ran, the greater amount of food they ate. Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat. (183 words)

题目：Community service is an important component of education here at our university. We encourage all students to volunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new community program called "One On One" helps elementary students whoˊve fallen be?hind. Your education majors might be especially interested in it because it offers the opportu?nity to do some teaching, that is, tutoring in math and English.