用所给词汇的适当形式填空。（共10小题，每小题1分）

1.Susan's parents were ___________ (disappoint) when they knew Susan failed the exam.

2.If I forget my father's birthday, please ___________ (remind) me.

3."Don't cry, baby!" the father said ___________ (gentle) to the girl.

4.You went in the wrong ___________ (direct), sir.

5.I am afraid that you are ___________ (cheat) by the little boy.

6.Mr Smith got a good ___________ (educate) when he was young.

7.I plan to give a ___________ (surprised) to my son on his thirteenth birthday party.

8.The kindergarten teacher ___________ (clap) to attract the children's attention.               

9.The population of his hometown has greatly __________ (increase).

10.I want you both to be on your best ___________ (behave) at Grandma's.

 

The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation. "First," Mr. Wilson said, "we should decide where we are going."

"I don't agree," Mrs. Wilson said, "I think we should decide when we are going first. We don't want to go to places when they are cold." [来源:Zxxk.Com]

Mr. Wilson agreed, so the family's first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in July. "Now we can decide where to go," said Mr. Wilson. "But, Dad," Ben said, "don't you think that where we go depends on(依赖，取决于)how we go? If we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can't go far."

Again, Mr. Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane. And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr. Wilson's friends at work asked, "Where are you going for vacation?"

"Well," Mr. Wilson told him, "we are going in summer by plane, but I don't know where we are going!

1. Why did they have a family meeting?

A．Because they wanted to save money.

B．Because they had a party.

C．Because they wanted to plan the vacation.

D．Because they were in trouble.

2.First they decided ______________.

A．where to go

B．when to go

C．how to go

D．what to do

3.They decided to go in ______________.

A．June

B．August

C．July

D．May

4.They decided to travel by_____________.

A．plane

B．bus

C．car

D．train

5.They didn't decide _____________.

A．where to go

B．when to go

C．how to go

D．all of above

 

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry. One day your luck will change."

Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education, I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.

    In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn't got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.

I went back home. I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn't get the job.

    I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Lowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.

    As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can't get a job in a radio station?"

    I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.

    On my way home, Mom's words come back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it'll feel doubly good because of all the hard work you've had." At that moment I knew just what she meant.

16. What's the writer's ideal job?

A. A sportsman.                  B. A shop assistant.

C. A sports announcer.             D. A businessman.

17. Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?

A. Because he was too young.

B. Because he didn't get college education.

C. Because he's got a good-looking person.

D. Because he hadn't got enough experience.

18. The sentence "But I got turned down every time. "means"        ".

A. But I was refused every time

B. But I was successful every time

C. But I lost my way every time

D. But the door of every station was always closed

19. What made the writer succeed in the end?

A. His mother’s words.             B. A kind lady’s help.

C. His father’s car.                   D. His own hard work.

20. What's the best title of this passage?

A. Mother's Words.                  B. Everything Happens for the Best.

C. No One Is Always Lucky.          D. To Find a Job in Radio Is Difficult.

 

Asking for information or help is a very common and necessary activity, especially when we visit a foreign country. So knowing how to ask for information politely is important. In English, "Where are the restrooms?" and "Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?" are similar requests—both are correct English, but the first could sound rude. It's important to use correct language, but sometimes this alone is not enough—we need to learn how to be polite when we make requests.

In English, just like in Chinese, we change the way we speak when talking with different people. The expressions you use might depend on whom you are speaking to or how well you know them. If you say to your teacher, "Where is my book?" this will sound rude. But if you say, "Excuse me, Mr West. Do you know where my book is?" your question will sound much more polite. On the other hand, it might be alright to say "Where is my book?" in some situations, perhaps with people you know well.

And you would not usually say, "Peter, lend me your pen. " A very direct order like this can sound rude in English. Usually in English polite questions are longer and include extra language, such as "Could you please...?" or "Can I ask...?" It sounds more polite to say, "Peter, could you please lend me your pen?" Sometimes we might even need to spend some time leading in to a question or request. For example, if you stop a stranger in the street, we might first say, "Excuse me. I wonder if you can help me. " or "I'm sorry to trouble you but," before asking them for help.

It might seem that speaking politely is more difficult than being direct, and in a way this may be true. However, in order not to offend people, learning about the language etiquette is just as important as learning grammar or vocabulary. And doing this will also help you become better at English, or any other language you wish to speak.

1. It's important to know how to_     _in English when we visit a foreign country.

2. When you talk with different people, you need to__       _.

3. Extra words are used to help__      ___.

4.._      _is as important as learning language structure.

5. How do you say " Don't smoke here. " politely? "_         __*

 

根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下面句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。

Tom is a little boy . He is seven .Today his mother takes him to see his uncle. His uncle's home is very far from theirs. So they are going there by bus . There are only twenty people on the bus .They all sit on the seats. Tom is very happy. He is running about on the bus, so his mother says, "Don't run! Sit down,please!"  " I like to see my uncle very much. I want this bus to go faster."Tom says.

1.Tom goes to see his uncle with his mother.

2.Tom's home is very far from his uncle's.

3.Tom and his mother go home by bus.

4.Tom and his mother run on the bus.

5.Tom's mother tells him to sit down.