Did you know that body language accounts for(占) over 90% of a conversation? That’s 【小题1】_______communicating face-to-face is always better than a telephone conversation-【小题2】 _______(especial) if you are trying to sell something!
Your body language will give others a general 【小题3】_______(impressive) of you and it will also show your emotions. It’s very difficult to make your body lie. It’s easy to tell the difference between a genuine(真诚的) smile of pleasure and a false smile. So if you understand body language codes, it is usually possible to know【小题4】_______someone really means, whatever they may be saying with words.
However, not all of our body language is universal, it’s different from one country to 【小题5】_____and they can lead to【小题6】______(misunderstand). Even simple gestures may have a 【小题7】_______(complete)different meaning in other parts of the world.

When I begin planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was worried about a lack of jobs and 【小题1】______(culture) differences. 【小题2】______(ignore忽视)these concerns, I got there in July 2010.
Soon after【小题3】_______(arrive), I realized the importance getting a job for my living expenses. Determined to do this on my own, I spent several weeks 【小题4】______(go)door-to-door for a job, 【小题5】______ found little response.
One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask【小题6】______there were many job opportunities. The people 【小题7】_______(advice) me not to continue my job search in that way.

What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making【小题1】______(predict) is a risky business. But one thing is certain-they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important 【小题2】_______earth’s natural resources run out. We will use lots of【小题3】_______(recycle) materials, such as plastic, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural【小题4】_______.We will also have to rely more【小题5】 _______ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, but there are plenty of things about city life in the future 【小题6】 _______ are not certain.

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【小题1】Yesterday I ____ _____ _____ (遭遇) a sandstorm.
【小题2】Deserts are created because people______ ______(砍倒) trees and dig up grass.
【小题3】He_____ ____ ____(放火烧)the houses and hundreds of houses caught fire.
【小题4】_____ _______(浏览) magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster.
【小题5】Trees ______ _____(吸收) carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.
【小题6】The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to ________ ________ ___________(做出更大的努力) .
【小题7】His father died, when he was young, and he was______ ______(抚养) by his mother.
【小题8】_____ ________(平均) there are twenty boys present every day .
【小题9】I _______ ____(以…结束;最终) spending the night at the airport yesterday.
【小题10】That will cost you 1,000 dollars _____ ______(总共).

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【小题1】Paris is the capital and largest city of France,________ (坐落在)on the River Seine.
【小题2】Fires caused by the California Earthquake did the most___________(损失).
【小题3】F__________(幸运地), we put all the fires out quite quickly.
【小题4】Confucius is the philosopher whose_______(影响) is the greatest.
【小题5】Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very________ (类似；相似) to those of Confucius.
【小题6】Our teacher often stresses the___________ (重要性) of studying English.
【小题7】You are___________(绝对地；完全地) right.
【小题8】The earthquake in 1956 a________(影响) eight provinces.
【小题9】The_________(以前的) owner of the flat is an old man.
【小题10】Many people were made____________(无家可归的) after the earthquake.
【小题11】The flood hit the city yesterday , __________(造成) three deaths.
【小题12】We must protect____________(环境).
【小题13】We________ (经历) a lot of difficulty in selling our house the other day.
【小题14】s.
【小题15】This river is one of the most p_______ (受到污染的) areas in that region.

Junk food is food that has a lot of calories but few nutrients (营养物质), vitamins and minerals (矿物质). Some food does have nutrients, for example pizza, but because it contains too many calories, it is 48______ called junk food. Fruit and vegetables are the best examples of good food. 49______ contain few calories and many vitamins and minerals. A healthy diet should include a variety of food, most of 50______ should be rich in nutrients. That does not mean that we are never allowed to eat junk food. 51______ of us who love French fries, sweets, ice cream and cheeseburgers can still enjoy an unhealthy bite every now and then. All we have to do 52______ to be careful how often and how much we eat 53______ it.
If we make the right choices about 54______ we eat, we will be healthier 55______ have more energy to enjoy the good things in life. A balanced diet combined with exercise is the key to a healthy life.

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
You are mistaken if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen a person from Shanghai try talking to someone  48  Guangzhou?  49  is quite likely that both of them may feel puzzled! The Chinese language, as a whole, uses the same set of character,  50    even the same characters can have different pronunciations. That is   51  
it is difficult for people to understand each other. Luckily, the widespread use of Putonghua in China has made a great contribution    52   people’s communication, though people from different areas tend to speak with various accents.
People in Northern Europe are    53   luckier. Even though people from Sweden , Denmark and Norway have their own official languages, it is very convenient    54   them to communicate with one another. Do you know why? That is because their languages are quite similar, though not without small distinctions.   55  , they can communicate easily in their mother tongues.

Nowadays advertisements are everywhere. I think advertisements have both good and bad effects    【小题1】   young students.
On one hand, advertisements give us information about things     【小题2】   buy. They make    【小题3】  easier for us to choose the best product. Also, some advertisements are beautifully designed and pleasant to look at.    【小题4】    on the other hand, they can make trouble for us. First, most advertisements look attractive and they persuade us to buy things we don’t need at all. This is especially bad for young people. They are not making money yet. So they have to ask for money   【小题5】   their parents. Sometimes they buy lots of junk food    【小题6】  the advertisements look delicious. This is not healthy for them. What’s more, some advertisements don’t tell the truth. Many people find   【小题7】  cheated after using certain products.
In short, advertisements have pros and cons﹙赞成和反对点﹚.   【小题8】 young students, we should learn to deal with.

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在对应位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
【小题1】Things fall to the ground because of the earth’s ________(万有引力).
【小题2】Two children ________ (溺死) after falling into the water.
【小题3】The ________ (场景) of this play is set in Ireland.
【小题4】Each of us has our strengths and ________ (弱点).
【小题5】He ________ (道歉) publicly the day before yesterday.
【小题6】Today’s festivals have many _______ (起源)， some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
【小题7】Easter is an important religious and social festival for ______ (基督徒) around the world.
【小题8】What will happen to you if you don’t eat a _______ (平衡的) diet?
【小题9】The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which ________ for (导致)my appearance.
【小题10】They laid eggs too and _______ (存在) on the earth for more than 140 million years.

根据所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
【小题1】Finally he even encouraged me to _______(反驳 驳斥) the authors I’d read!
【小题2】As he was not allowed to ____________（陪伴） her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.
【小题3】In 1942 he joined the __________(全体员工)of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemisht and worked there for three years.
【小题4】I _________(嗅，闻) the food;it smelled delicious.
【小题5】It marked a ______________(界限 分界线) and I thought I was very brave when I swam over the edge of the reef and looking down into the depths of the ocean.
【小题6】I loved listening to the family softly talking to each other in their language, even though I could not ____________(参加 参与) in the conversation.
【小题7】The yellow and green parrotfish was hanging upside down and __________(吮吸) tiny plants off t the coral with its hard bird-like mouth.
【小题8】In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger _________________(心理地，精神上地) and become more independent.
【小题9】When I miss my family, it’s a great comfort to have a ______________(代替者 代用品) family to be with.
【小题10】Sometimes I wonder how ____________(有关的 切题的) chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.