根据句意，拼写单词。(共8小题；每小题1分,满分8分)

1.Outside the cinema, we had a long wait but we thought it was w______________ since we got the tickets.

2.Columbia e_______________ coffee to the United States every year.

3.He read through his newly –finished book and was c____________ with himself.

4.Body language is one of the most powerful means of c_________________.

5.Tony’s mother was given a special prize for her o________________ work.

6.The science and technology-based theme park uses the most a_________________ technology.

7.Our classroom will be e__________________ with an air-conditioner so that we will never feel hot in summer again.

8.Little Tom jumped with joy the moment he saw v_____________ toys he likes on the shelf.

根据下列各句句意和空白处之后的汉语提示词，在空白处指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空写一词。

1..At the railway station we had a long wait but we thought it was ____ (值得的) since we got the tickets.

2..Much to her ____ (满意), her boss agreed to her suggestion.

3..The scientists are searching for a way to increase grain harvests without ____(扩大) the area of the fields.

4..Professor Li, can you make a(n) ____(评论) upon this movie.

5..You can ____ (参考) to this book if you want to know more about stars.

6..The American president Barack Obama ____ (发表) a speech on the issue of nuclear power last week.

7..It is well known that Madam Curie won two Nobel Prizes for her ____ (成就).

8..I ____ (尊重) his views, although I do not agree with them.

9..The work is being performed smoothly; ____ (因此), we can expect to finish it on time.

10..Recently a great amount of wheat grown in that country has been ____ (出口) to many other countries.

-American office workers spend an average of 52 hours a week at their desks, according to a statistic survey. Some might argue that not all that time is spent working，but still all those hours in windowless offices with artificial light can have an influence.

A few green additions could have a large effect on worker happiness，according to the survey led by Tina Cade from Texas State University.

“We pretty much found out that if you had windows and plants or even if you just had plants in your office, you were more satisfied with your job,” Cade told LiveScience. “We thought it was important for offices because a lot of times people are looking for ways to keep employees happy and do all these expensive things like building a gym. Maybe for less investment they could put in a few plants in important places.”

The team surveyed 450 office workers in Texas and the Midwest，asking questions about job satisfaction and the work environments. When asked about their overall life quality,82 said they felt “content” or “very happy”. Only 69 percent of those who work with plants but without windows，and 60 percent of those who have windows but no plants, said they felt this way.

The group of people who work without plants or windows were  the most dissatisfied，with only 58 percent of them saying that overall they were “content” or “very happy”. While no one who works with plants，windows，or both reported they felt “miserable”, 0.8 percent of those who work in offices without either said they were “miserable”. “I was really surprised that having a plant in your office appeared to be more beneficial than having a window in your office,” Cade said. “Everybody says, ‘I need a window!’ but actually it seemed like a plant could be a suitable alternative.”

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

2.Among the 450 people surveyed, ________.

3. According to the survey，the group of people who work without plants or windows ______.

4. Which of the following statement is true?

We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack(行李架), I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds poorer, and the cupboard was tied onto the roof rack. It was six inches long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”
He was staring at our car: first at the flowers, and then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that______.

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
It was a winter afternoon．Some friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talking．We talked and talked and soon   36  became the topic．Suddenly I   37  upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be fun to go swimming ? Others go   38  in winter，but why couldn’t we ?   39  , we could be healthier if we did．”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea   40 .
Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands  41   
for a bus to take us to the  42 ．The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same．  43 0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wall．We all felt we should go ___44__ but no one wanted to speak out .
We soon reached the sands．There was nobody there，but we were not discouraged．Instead we were   45  that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather．  46  we changed our clothes quickly．
But things were not going so  47 ．The freezing sea wind was blowing．We left very cold and  48 all over．At last we made up our minds to   49 into the water．We put our feet in first,   __50__ to take them back very quickly．The water was unbelievably cold．
Then I suggested we all jump in．We all went back ten steps .  I gave the  51 ，and we all rushed forward and jumped in．I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up __52__and rushed again to the shore．So it was with my friends．We   53  0ur clothes as quickly as possible．
On the way back home，we talked about this unforgettable   54 ．The four of us did not __55____ school for the following three days．We all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it．