单词拼写 （共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

1. It had been my life long a _______________ to be a teacher in a famous university.

2. The big house is perfectly a______________ for just the two of us.

3. A state of emergency has been d____________ in Libya.

4. Children under 12 must be a____________ by an adult.

5. Any w____________ to the accident are asked to contact the police station.

6. Many of the villagers have a______________ their homes and fled in the tsunami in Japan.

7. I caught a glimpse of them r____________ in the mirror.

8. Once we have all the r___________ information, we can make a decision.

9. The new government has agreed to p______________ in the peace talks.

10. We strongly r_________ you insure your luggage when you travel.

单词填空（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
【小题1】It was t______ of her to forget.
【小题2】They finally a______ our advice on how to finish the work.
【小题3】Check your p______ before you get off the bus.
【小题4】She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and e______ work for The Times.
【小题5】He r______ losing the train to help the old lady.
【小题6】The race organizers are trying to attract _______(赞助人).
【小题7】We must find an _______(合适的) method to solve the problem.
【小题8】You have put me in an _______(令人尴尬的) positions.
【小题9】Our friendship has steadily _______(加强) over the years.
【小题10】We can visit you on Saturday or Sunday, our plans are fairly ________(灵活的).

Barack Obama is one of the most powerful people in the world.

In a speech, he o      his success to those hardships he went through: “I was nobody at first, but I wanted to make a d     . I learned the ______(精神) of perseverance(坚持不懈) from people around me. L        a hard life, my mom struggled to put herself through school, and make ends m     . My grandmother kept doing her job as well as she could and ended ______ being vice president at a bank. ________ you do, remember that making your mark on the world is hard. Be patient and determined, r        of the setbacks and failures you may _______ across in achieving success. No one of achievement has________(躲避) failure. They learn from mistakes and don’t quit.”               

The question this week comes from our listener Herve Acard, who asks about the American word “OK”, which means “all right” or “acceptable”. It expresses agreement or approval. The word is used more often than any other word in the world.

Language expert Allen Walker Read said the word began as a short way of writing a different spelling of the words “all correct”. Old stories say some foreign-born people would write “all correct” as o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t and spoke it as “OK”. Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaws. The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word “OK”. Experts say early explorers in the Western America spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth century. The language spread across the country.

According to some people, “OK” was a way to shorten Greek words that mean everything is fine. It is also said that a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word. He is said to have put the first letters of his names — O and K — on each object people gave him to place on the train.

Another explanation is that “OK” was invented by a political organization that supported Martin Van Buren for president in the 1800s. They called their organization the OK Club. The letters O and K were taken from the name of the town where Martin Van Buren was born — Old Kinderhook, New York.

Not everyone agrees with these explanations, but experts do agree that the word is purely American and has spread to almost every country on Earth. Yet in the United States, it is used mostly in speech. Serious writers prefer using words, such as “agree”, “approve” or “confirm” instead.

1.Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A newspaper.                                B. A textbook.

C. A radio program.                       D. A language magazine.

2.Of the following origins, which one has the same meaning as the American word “OK”?

A. The OK Club

B. The Choctaw word “okeh”

C. The word invented by Martin Van Buren

D. The short form of “all correct”

3.According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

A. People disagree about the origin of “OK”.

B. “OK” is often used in formal writing in the USA.

C. The word “OK” is widely used all over the world.

D. Native American language once influenced American English.

单词拼写(共10小题，分值为0.5分，共5分). 请根据句子逻辑, 从模块一课本所学的词汇中选用恰当的单词并且使用其正确的形式填空。
1. The teacher tried to p_____________ Jessica to get rid of her bad habit, but she just would not listen.
2. The policeman asked me to show my i___________ card when I passed the customs(海关).
3. I really feel g__________ for your selfless help.
4. The r_________ workers arrived right after the disaster happened and saved many lives.
5. She works too hard and has fallen ill twice recently. Her parents are very c_________ about her health.
6. I could hardly r___________ her at the first sight as her appearance had changed so greatly.
7. What’s your a_________ towards this plan? For or against it?
8. The village has been completely r________ after the serious earthquake.
9. This pair of shoes is of high q______________. No wonder it’s so expensive.
10. In my o____________, it is unfair for us pay the same amount of money for this TV programme as others.