A. experts B. deaf C. Besides D. practise E. Instead F. secret G. straight H. games I. bother J. study
Do you want a special language so no one will understand you and your friends? Forget Pig Latin. And don’t ___1__ making up words --- you’ll never remember what “frimfram” or “spillunkle” are supposed to mean.
__2___, try learning a bit of sign language. “It can be a ___3___ language between you and your friends,” says Rachel Coleman. She is the host of the American TV show “ Signing Time!” The show teaches families how to sign.
Coleman learned sign language when her daughter Leah was born _4____. Now 9, Leah signs on the show with her cousin Alex, 7, and her younger sister Lucy, only 6.
___5___ being a cool second language to learn, Coleman says sign language can help kids with their spelling test at school. “Use finger spelling to __6__ your spelling words,” Coleman says.
Finger-spelling words has helped Leah ace her tests. “She is an incredible speller. She always gets __7__ A’s on her spelling tests,” Coleman says. Leah is fluent in sign language, but kids don’t have to be __8__ to have fun signing. Coleman says some schools have sign language clubs where kids play__9__ like silent bingo.
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A. customers B. shoots up C. industry D. afford E. recording F. choices G. major H. started I. found J. player
Car rentals are becoming more and more popular in Shanghai as a new way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing __1__. The first car rental firm __2__ in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books. The largest __3__ - Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of __4_ - de luxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are the big favorite. Firms can attract enough __5___ for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure __6__ during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year’s Day,
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with some _7__ 100 percent rental. “The __8__ market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees, who can __9__ the new service,” said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Car Rental Company.
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A. neighbors’ B. as C. dress D. placed E. enjoy F. better G. healthier H. traditionally I. from J. removed
October 31 is Halloween, one of the most popular festivals in the US, Canada and Britain. The festival began __1___ a day to remember the dead. But nowadays it’s all about the carnival atmosphere when people can __2__ dressing up and scaring each other. Halloween is one of children’s favorite nights of the year. They dress up as monsters and go to their __3__ houses. Knocking on the door they shout: “Trick or treat!” Of course, usually people give them “treats” like sweets and chocolates. Halloween is also a time for masquerade parties（化装舞会）. You can __4__ like a witch flying on broomsticks, or a ghost chatting with a skeleton on the dance floor. The motto is: “The scarier, the __5__ .” A well-known Halloween tradition is to make lanterns __6__ pumpkins, called “Jack-o-lantern”. First, the inside of the pumpkin is __7__. Then, a face is cut into the pumpkin, ___8__ a smiling, devil face. Finally a candle is __9__ inside, and the lantern is put at the front of the house to keep evil spirits away. BEACF IJHD
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A. necessarily B. shortage C. consisting D. public E. private F. chosen G. guided H. burden I. to J. satisfy Throughout the country, more and more private schools are being established. These schools, __1___ a certain degree, have made up for the __2__ of schools in our country. As soon as private schools came into existence, some people showed
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great interest. As a result, many people have ___3__ private schools.
In fact, private schools have many advantages. In my opinion, there are mainly two. First of all, it relieves the financial __4_ of the government. Although the government keeps providing money for setting up more ___5__ schools, it cannot __6___ the need of education. Furthermore, private schools usually provide students with a better study environment __7__ of better living conditions and better teaching equipment.
However, much money doesn’t __8__ lead to a better education. Students in these school often become too proud. If not well __9__, there may be some side effects. IBFHD JCAG
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A. fill B. short C. interest D. social E. alone F. friends G. share H. community I. expression J. lonely
The blog is one form of communication that has increased in popularity. Blog is a __1___ way of saying Web log. Through these personal Web sites, people can __2__ their lives, ideas and opinions with anyone on the Internet. Millions of people throughout the world are creating and reading blogs. There are reportedly thirteen million blogs in the United States __3___.
People of all ages have their own blogs. For young people, they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self-_4___. Blogs also connect people with other people who have the same __5_. For example, teachers use blogs to share ideas, experience and concerns about their work with other teachers.
Many Web sites offer free services to create personal Web pages and _6___ them with writings and pictures. These sites include “MySpace”, used mainly by teenagers and young adults. MySpace is an online __7__ that lets people share messages and pictures with an increasing number of __8__. About one hundred twenty million people use MySpace. It is the most popular __9__ networking site on the Web.
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A. probably B. attached C. resemble with D. finalists E. beating F. similar to G. amazing H. thanks I. included J. contest Do you have a problem with the messy homework? Good news! You may soon be
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able to solve that, __1__ to Keagan Bolibol and her Problem Pad.
Keagan is the winner of the Staples Invention Quest for kids, a __2__ that encourages people to invent helpful office products. This is the first year that the Invention Quest has __3__ a category for kids. “I’m very excited,” Keagan told Scholastic News Online. “I really can’t believe I actually did it. From the moment I entered it, it’s really __4__ that I should make it this far.”
Keagan was one of the five __5__ in the kids’ category. She is a fourth-grader in Woodinville, Washington. Keagan’s Problem Pad is __6__ a dry-erase board except that it can fit into a notebook. It also has a pen __7__ to the bottom, along with helpful tools like a multiplication table (乘法表). Kids can use the Problem Pad to do their homework and other projects. They can make mistakes and then erase them. When they finally get them right, they can copy their work on a clean sheet of paper.
Keagan received a $25,000 prize for her invention, __8__ thousands of other kids. If her product is produced and sold in Staples stores, she can also receive royalties (版税), part of the money made from sales of a product. “ I’m __9__ going to donate some to charities. Then the rest is for college,” said Keagan. HJIGD FBEA
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A. example B. locating C. alone D. discouraged E. character F. like G. necessary H. rescuing I. searched J. likely
What does an adventurous life look like? Why is it exciting and attractive to the average person? For many people around the world, the ___1____of Indiana Jones, played by the well-known actor Harrison Ford is the definition of a person who lives an exciting and adventurous life.
Indiana travels throughout the world ____2____ priceless artifacts and solving ancient mysterious and he is an excellent ___3____ of a fictional superhero, explorer, and fortune hunter.
Indiana is not ___4___, however, in his enthusiasm to uncover mysteries and treasure. Throughout the world, there are many examples of present-day explorers and adventurers. ___5____ for example, Robert Ballard, the man who searched for over 10 years to locate the underwater wreck of the Titanic.
The tale of finding the Titanic is one of determination, perseverance, and luck. __6____any exciting Indiana Jones’s adventure, Ballard was faced with many different obstacles from financial worries to poor weather and severe conditions.
Ballard began to actively search for the Titanic in 1973 but was ___7_____by the lack
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of special technological equipment that was __8____ to locate the wreck over 2.5 miles below the surface. As technology advanced, Ballard’s chances of ___9_____ the site became better and better. E H A C I F D G B
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A. dancing F. effective B. shows G. reader C. how H. clear D. works out I. calls up E. rising J. quickly Sometimes a writer takes a short cut when painting a word picture. Instead of giving a detailed description of a thing, the writer may compare it to something else- to something which you, the ___1__, have certainly seen many times before. A writer knows that this is a short cut to writing which is an effective way of painting a (n) __2__ picture in your mind's eye- and painting it __3___, too. The following example __4__ how this short cut __5__ to the benefit of both writer and reader. A writer sets out to tell you __6___ the dust rose under the feet of a team of horses as they ran fast over a dirt road. Instead of writing a long and detailed
description of the __7___ dust, the writer makes the following comparison. The yellow dust of the road rose like a cloud under the horses' feet.
The phrase \"like a cloud\" __8___ a mental picture which immediately enables you to see in your mind's eye the yellow cloud of dust boiling up from the road and __9__ about the horses' feet. GHJBD CEIA
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A．question B. swing C. considerable D．difficulty E. cultural F. develop G．balance H. definitely I. identity J．comfortable
Growing up as an Asian in Britain is much more than a question of facing discrimination and trying to find a decent job – especially for a girl. She has to keep a delicate 1 between two cultures: her own and the British.
Seetha Crishna has written a booklet called Girls of Asian Origin in Britain. In it the girls she is most concerned with are those who are 2 different because they have gone through the British educational system and have therefore emerged with an 3 which is distinct from that of their parents.
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They speak English with regional English accents, they look 4 in Western clothes, and they so not necessarily choose to work in a factory. But they are unmistakably Asian and they are still held by their Asian 5 roots. At home, Asian girl may find herself conforming to the traditions and values of her parents , while at school she tends to 6 the attitudes and appetites of her British contemporaries.
As a result , Seetha Crishna found girls existing at two levels-and inclined to 7 both. “But unless they can successfully accept both, they will 8 constantly from one level to the other, feeling trapped. between the two-at considerable cost to their own confidence and happiness,”
For teenage girls, the main 9 is to match the social life which their parents expect them to live with that enjoyed by their schoolmates. G H I J E F A B D
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A. however B. noisy C. appear D. kept an eye for E. main F. made G. magic H. defense I. even J. castles Thanks to the huge success of Harry Potter, many teenagers dream about living in an ancient castles. These _1__ may include beautiful silk dresses, delicious food, servants and of course, magic. However, real life in an English castle was not easy.
With thick stonewalls and high towers, castles were built for __2_. So they were not good places to live in. In medieval times, castles must have been _3__ and smelly places. Horses, cattle, chickens and sheep walked free, blacksmith worked out ironwork, soldiers practiced sword fights, and children of all ages played around them.
Castles did not have central heating. The only heat came from the fireplace. Therefore, _4__ in summer, the castle was cool. People living in the castle had to use blankets to keep warm while at work.
Life during the Middle Ages began at sunrise. Servants _5__ the fire, swept the floor and cooked the morning meal. The mid-morning meal was the _6__ meal of the day and often included three or four courses. After dinner, everyone continued his or her work. The owner of the castle, the landlord, sometimes took his guests hunting or shooting. His wife, the lady, spent much of the day watching the maids work. She also _7__ the weavers who made clothes for the family. Supper was simple and eaten late, just before bedtime.
You may find some old _8__books in a castle as Harry Potter once did. Read them before you go to bed, because when you fall asleep the magic of castle life may _9__ before your eyes. .JHBIF EDGC
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A. approaching B. material C. criticize D. vital E. discussing F. financial G. period H. rate I. desirable J. mention There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is ___1___. At an earlier period, our desire for ___2___ wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.
Those who ___3___ economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is ___4___ certain limits on growth. As society reaches the limits on natural resources, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.
People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth ___5___ there are still many poor people in the world. Therefore, only continued economic growth can provide the ___6___ resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization.
This debate about the desirability of continued economic growth is of ___7___ importance to business and industry. To find a solution to the problems they ___8___, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue ___9___ them with one another. I B C A H F D J E
( 12 ) A. stop B. Unlikely C. fewer D. in E. where F. Therefore G. flows H. careless I. numbers J. from Trees are useful to man __1__ three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to __2___ drought and flood.
__3___, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money ___4___ trees, so he has cut them down in large __5___, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too __6___ to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.
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This does not only mean that man will have __7___ trees. The results are even worse: for __8___ there are trees, their roots break up soil-make the rain in-and also bind the soil, thus stopping it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and ___9__ away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing is left but useless desert.
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( 13 ) A. over B. type C. concentration D. Good E. highly F. tends G. Poor H. skim I. taking in J. without There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently, even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points. EGBHJ IAFC
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A. confirm B. relaxed C. quantity D. out E. underprepared F. without G. well-chosen H. exception I. exhibit J. variety
While the college campus may be the perfect forum in which to 1 your flair（鉴别力）for the latest in fashion style, the interview is not the place to do so. With very few unusual 2 , sandals and sweatshirts are 3 . Oxfords（牛津布衬衫）and business suits are still in. Even though many companies have 4 the internal company dress code, interviews still follow the conservative standard. Don’t buck the
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Unfortunately, most college graduates are woefully 5 with proper interview dress. They feel they can “get by” with what is already in their wardrobe. Usually not. Dress for the world outside college is quite different from the campus scene. Remember that stylish is not conservative. You should be doing the talking not your clothes.
This is not to say that you need to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe. Go for quality over 6 . One or two 7 business suits will serve you all the way to the first day on the job and beyond. Then, when you are making some money (and have a chance to see what the standard “uniform” is for the company), you can begin to round out your wardrobe. For now, no one will fault you for wearing the same sharp outfit each time you interview. If you desire some 8 within a limited budget, you might consider varying your shirt/ blouse/ tie as simple way to change your look 9 breaking your wallet.
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( 15 ) A. social B. addicted C. change D. signs E. marks F. unhealthy G. limit H. toward I. as well J. continue
In today’s Internet age, online games can be a __1____ from the pressure of school and work. However, they can also cause problems and ___2__ addictions. This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. This country has the world’s highest percentage of high – speed Internet services. It has also a high number of game players who are ___3__ to online games.
In 2004, a young man died after playing online games almost nonstop for 86 hours. A 12 – year – old boy stole $ 16,000 from his father to __4___ online games which he could not get away from. Such problems are spreading to other parts of Asia ___5___. In 2005, it was reported that about 80 percent of China’s 13.8 million online game players were under 25. And many of these were said to be addicted. Such numbers point ___6___ a growing problem among Chinese youth.
Dr. Sue – Huei Chen, a psychologist, discovered some ___7___ of at – risk people. Such people often go online to escape from their problems. And they usually have no friendship or good __8___ skills. They feel the need to spend more and more time online, so they may be absent from school or family. And they become upset if anyone tries to __9___ their online game playing. CFBJI HDAG
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( 16 ) A. like B. as C. attend D. building E. for fun F. hundreds of G. favorite H. play I. make J. earlier It is true that much leisure is used in __1___. America is a country of sports—of hunting, fishing and swimming, and of team sports __2___ baseball and football. Millions of Americans watch their ___3__ sports on television, play in community orchestras, ___4__ their own films or recordings, go camping, visit museums, _5___ lectures, travel, garden, read, and join in __6___ other activities. As we mentioned __7__ in the book, America is a “ do it yourself” country. The people enjoy __8___ things for their homes, sewing their own clothes, even making their own photographs. They do things ___9___ as well as for economy.
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( 17 ) A. keep B. list C. caffeine D. when E. aimed at F. what G. cool H. high I. riding J. attractive The weather is getting hotter and you’ll be getting thirstier playing basketball or __1___ home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful __2__ you pour down your throat. Something that looks __3___ may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of so-called energy drinks on the market. Most of them have an ___4_ colour and cool name. Their nutrition __5___ also contains various things from vitamins to ginseng(人参). Sounds great!
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks contain ___6__ levels of caffeine. These drinks are typically __7___ young people, students, busy people and sports players.
Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can __8__ you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
Caffeine raises your heartbeat. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited their use. The amount of __9___ in most energy drinks is at least as high as in a strong cup of coffee or strong tea.
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( 18 ) A. what B. suffer C. from D. death E. phenomenon F. actually G. reflects H. keep I. expect J. known At 13, Mattie Stepanek had become a national ___1__ in the United States. Mattie is a best – selling author and he has also appeared on several major national TV shows.
Mattie and his mother, Jeni, both __2___ from muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). Mattie uses an electric wheelchair and oxygen tubes. His three elder brothers and sisters all died __3__ the same disease.
You might __4___ Mattie’s poems to be full of gloom. But ___5__, his heart songs sieres of poetry books are __6___ for their hope, humor and wisdom. His poetry __7___ his attitude toward life: “Remember to play after every storm. You go through many hard things in life, but if you are confident, you’ll get through it. Always remember to celebrate because that is ___8___ charges you up to get through another life storm.”
Mattie has been close to ___9__ many times. But as his mother says, “ I think Mattie has the will to be alive. He feels like he has a mission here.”
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( 19 ) A. exciting B. fashion C. around D. excited E. off F. particularly G. too H. smiles I. learn J. known as
According to some scientists, high risk sports can be __1___ valuable for certain types of people. Such activities help them to __2___ that being frightened doesn’t mean that they have to lose control. The recent __3___ for jumping from bridges fastened to a length of elastic rope, __4___ “bungee jumping “, has now been tried by over one million people worldwide, and interest in it is continuing to grow.
Before the special elastic rope tightens __5___ feet, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160 kilometres per hour. First-timers are usually __6___ frightened to open their mouths, and when they are finally lowered safely to the ground, they walk around with broad ___7__ on their faces, saying repeatedly how ___8__ it was. However, for some people, it is only the embarrassment of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades them to conquer their fear of heights and push themselves ___9__ into space.
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(20 ) A. since B. performed C. similar D. found E. same F. dreams G. of H. friendly I. choose J. where
Virtual communities give people an opportunity to fulfill their __1___. A timid man in real life turned into a hero for various brave deeds he __2___ to help people in Virtual Reality.
Now there’re some websites __3___ you can sign up and live in a virtual world. You’ll get a small apartment and a little money. You __4___ a street you want to live on and a profession to make yourself earn some money. Game rules are __5___ to those of the real world---- the more money you have, the more powerful you are. Choose a street to stroll on and you are likely to meet many neighboring citizens who are usually ___6__. If you’re cheated or hurt, or mistreated by someone, you can go to the city affairs office to sue him or her. And if __7___ guilty, he or she will be sent to a virtual prison, where he or she will be deprived ___8__ rights as a citizen: no work, no game, no public speech and required to think over his or her mistake. Gambling is no longer a serious sin __9___ it is virtual money you win or lose.
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