阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，用括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1.But for his help, we．                  the program in time．（finish）

要是没有他的帮忙，我们就不可能按时完成这个项目了

2.With          he didn't know what to do next．（arise）

随着很多问题的出现，他不知道下一步该做什么了。

3.              before we take the college entrance examination．（be）

要不了多久我们就要参加高考了。

4.He                   aloud in the study when he heard his father open the door．（pretend）

当他听到爸爸的开门声，他假装在书房大声读书。

5.Having spent some time in the city, he had no trouble                       the History Museum． （find）

他在这个城市已经呆了一段时间，因此毫不费力就找到了去历史博物馆的路。

6.So           with my work that I haven't had time for social activities．（occupy）

我一直忙于学习，以至于没有时间去参加社交活动。

7.When we went shopping last week, Mary spent            as I did．（much）

我们上周去购物的时候，玛丽花掉的钱只有我花掉的一半。

8.Now that she is out of work, Lucy           to school, but she hasn't decided yet．（consider）

因为Lucy失业了，她一直在考虑重回学校，但还没最后决定。

9.Charlie Chaplin made the people laugh at a time            so they could feel more content with their lives．（depress）

在人们感到沮丧的时候，卓别林可以使他们开怀大笑，于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。

10.It was more important to me to know how  people thought, because that gave me insight into the way                       .（ work ）

对我来说更重要的是去了解人们的想法是怎样产生的，因为这能让我洞察到与他们最好的合作方式。

 

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1．I rushed to the phone at the reception desk,  ____________________ (却被告知) there was no doctor available. (only)

2．___________________（要不了很久）the 29th Olympic Games are held in Beijing. (before)

3．Not until my brother came home __________________________（我的电脑才修好）．(repair)

4．The development of technology _________________________（已使我们可能）to get in touch with each other more easily. (make)

5．What he said made me realize _______________________(我犯了多么愚蠢的错误). (what)

6．Though it was so late, I could still ___________________________________（听见那女孩朗读英语）in the next room. (hear, read)

7．______________________________（无论你多么努力）, working towards a career that is not suitable to you is not going to get you there. (hard, try)

8．The committee consists of 20 members, _________________ (其中四分之一) are women. (quarter)

9．Though we are much better-off now, very few people can buy _______________（这么贵的一幢房子）. (so, house)

10．But for the effective measures taken by the government during the snow disaster, we ______________ (就会遭受更大的损失了) . (suffer, loss)

“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped—the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done? “I believe we could graft on a pair of outer ears，if they could be donated，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man．Two years went by．Then, “You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret,” said the father．

    The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic service．“But I must know!” he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”

“I do not believe you could,” said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret, but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

1..

When the mother unfolded the cloth and looked upon the tiny face we know that the mother________．

A. suddenly decided to make a sacrifice for the baby

B. kept the baby’s situation unknown to others

C. felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D. complained of her bad luck and regretted having a disabled child

2..

Give the closest meaning to the underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 2．

A. Slow–acting person.                      B. Ugly–looking child.

 C. Badly–behaved student.                  D. Strangely–shaped creature.

3..

 At last, we may infer from the passage that_________.

A. The agreement was between the donator and the family

B. Finally the boy came to know the donator was a stranger

C. The mother may never let her hair be cut to keep her ears from being seen

D. The mother donated her ears to her son after she died

4..

 What moral lesson can we draw from this reading?

A. Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．

B. It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．

C. True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．

D. It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．

 

 

Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook? Have you been doing internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can’t you be bothered to do?

    A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of aduhs are so idle（闲散的）they’d catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs.

    Just over 2,000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain’s largest health charity. The results were shocking.

    About one in six people surveyed said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching tile same channel rather than get up.

    More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus. Worryingly, of the 654 questioned people with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them.

This led the report to conclude that it’s no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classifted as obese（肥胖）before they start school.

Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said: “People need to get fitter, not just for their own sake, but for the sake of their families, friends and obviously their pets too. If we don’t start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the simplest tasks.”

    And Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, was shamed as the laziest city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%.

The results pose serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year.

72. According to the researchers at Nuffield Health, about_______people who were surveyed would not run to catch a bus.

A. 10            B. 150             C. 330              D. 660

73. One in six children in the UK are classified as obese before they start school because ________.

A. they stay too long a time with their pets  

B. they spend too much time watching TV

C. their parents don’t play with them much  

D. they suffer from obesity-related illnesses

74. ________ is the second laziest city in the UK.

    A. Scotland       B. Glasgow         C. Birmingham       D. Nuffield

75. What’s the writer trying to tell us?

    A. Parents have much to do with their children’s obesity-related illnesses.

    B. British people are getting lazier, which can cause serious social problems.

    C. The National Health Service has to face a lot of serious challenges every year.

    D. A study into how lazy British people are has been carried out at Nuffield Health.

 

Over the last 70 years．researchers have been studying happy and Unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference．Our feelings of well-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes．However of all the factors，wealth and age are the top two．

Money can buy a degree of happiness．But once you can afford to feed，clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference．

Researchers find that，on average，wealthier people are happier．But the link between money and happiness is complex．In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries，yet happiness levels have remained almost the same．Once your basic needs are met，money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends，neighbors and colleagues．

“Dollars buy Status(社会地位)，and status makes people feel better,” conclude some experts，which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways-scientists or actors，for example-may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs．

In a research，Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires-not just for money，but for friends，family, job，health-rose furthest beyond what they already had，tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap(差距)．Indeed，the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone．“The gap measures just blow away the only measures of income，”says Michalos．

Another factor that has to do with happiness is age．Old age may not be so bad．“Given all the problems of aging，how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen．

 Why are old people happier? Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it，or they're more realistic about their goals，only setting ones that they know they can achieve．But Carstensen thinks that with time running out，older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don't．

 “People realize not only what they have，but also that what they have cannot-last forever,” she says．“A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85，for example，may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”

1.According to the passage，the feeling of happiness _________.   

A．has little to do with wealth       B．increases gradually with age

C．is measured by desires           D．is determined partly by genes

2.Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs _________.

 A．make them feel much better       B．provide chances to make friends

 C．improve their social position     D．satisfy their professional interests

3.Aged people are more likely to feel happy because they are more _________.   

A．optimistic      B．practical      C．successful     D．emotional

4.Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if __________.

A．the gap between reality and desire is bigger

B．they have a stronger desire for friendship

C．their income is below their expectation

D．the hope for good health is greater