阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 I never thought that a little help would turn out to be the most satisfying thing in my life. I once met a young man 1._______ seemed tired and in pain on my way home. With a smile, he asked 2._______ I could lend him some money. He was paralyzed(瘫痪的) in both legs and was raising money for a(n)3._______(operate). Actually, I was full 4._______ doubts as every day many people play such tricks 5._______ (get) money. I even asked him to show me his legs. Then I gave him some money and left.
After a few days, he again arrived at my doorstep asking for more money. This time I was 6._______(entirely) convinced he was cheating me. I still gave him money and said it was all I had.
Years later, one day I got 7._______ call from an unknown number. The man told me his mane but I didn?t recognize him. He said,” It is because of your help 8.______ I?m now able to stand on my legs and have a good job.” What he said next made me 9.______(surprise). He said he wanted to return my money 10.______ I wouldn?t feel cheated and would continue to help people in need in the future.
Googling something has become a way of life. If anyone thinks about 1.______(look) something up on the Internet, he or she will probably want to “Google it.” The person 2._______ brought this new way of looking things up to people is Larry Page.
Born on March 26, 1973, Larry Page is a computer programmer, and founded Google with his partner, Sergey Brin. He devoted himself 3._______ the development of search engine. Page came from a computer science family. His father was a professor at Michigan University 4._______ Larry Page graduated with honors.
From 5._______ early age Larry Page had been interested in finding out 6._______ mechanical things worked, but it was invention 7._______ interested Page most. Larry Page 8.______(begin) his first Google page while still a student at Stanford. He developed a new algorithm(计算程序) that was 9._______ (good) than every search engine in use in 1996. Then Google was founded in 1998. Since then, Google 10._______(consider) as the NO.1 search engine in the world.
“Thank you.” This short but important English 1._______(express) shows thanks for kind words or actions. But sometimes, those two words are not enough. As _______matter of fact, when it comes to thanking people, you can be creative.
3._______ (thank) people, you can send a letter. Letter writing is becoming a lost art form. When you put pen to paper, people will be happy you spent time 4._______(write). Don?t worry 5._______ the letter?s length. Just express how thankful you are.
You can take your thankfulness one step further and make a video. A visual(看得见的) thank-you can be 6._______(interest). Film yourself opening a friend?s gift. Perform a play or song to show your thanks to people 7._______ have helped you.
You can also put together a simple gift bag. Little gifts show people 8.______ you think they?re important. They can also 9._______ (real) make someone happy.
Do something special. You can take them to dinner 10.______ cook for them. Buy them the book they?ve been wanting. Any of these actions lets them know how much you appreciate them.
Billy, a Chinese boy, is enjoying a holiday in England. He pays a visit to his British friend Jennifer.
Jennifer: Hey, Billy! Come in, please! We haven?t seen each other since I
1._______(come) back from Beijing last year. How is everything going with you?
Billy：I?m fine, but I missed you very much!
Jennifer: I missed you, too. Would you like 2._____(have) a cup of tea?
Billy: Yes, please. I?ve heard a lot about English tea, and I 3.______(real) want it
myself.
Jennifer: It?s black tea. I?m sure you?ll like it.
Billy: Oh, it 4.______(smell) good. Can I taste it now? Jennifer: Just wait a second so that I can add some milk.
Billy: It?s so different 5._______ Chinese tea. We never add milk. I?ll try it. Billy drinks the tea made by Jennifer. Jennifer: 6._______ do you find it? Billy: Very nice.
Jennifer: I?m glad you like it. You can add a little sugar to make it taste
7._______(good).
Billy: OK. I heard 8._______ you British people have afternoon tea everyday. Is that
true?
Jennifer: Well, it used to be 9.______ daily event. However, changes in our modern
life style have made it go out of fashion for most British people. Afternoon tea 10._______ is popular among tourists is only enjoyed by most British people on special occasions. Billy: Oh, I see.
John: You look 1._______(real) tired today. Did you not sleep well last night? Carl: No. I worked until two in the morning and slept a little. John: Are you that busy at work?
Carl: Yeah, we are extremely busy. Our group just got a project 2._______ is very
important for the company, so we?ve been spending the last few days 3._______(look) for the best plan.
John: 4._______ doesn?t matter how busy you are. You should take care of yourself. Carl: I want to rest too, but I just don?t have time. I?m often so busy 5._______ I don?t
even have time to eat. Most mornings I want to sleep a little more so I don?t have time to eat breakfast. I just have fast food for lunch 6.______(save) time.
John: Oh my gosh! I think you diet is too 7._______(health). As we all know,
breakfast is the 8.______ (important) meal of the day, but you don?t actually eat breakfast; lunch plays 9._______ important part, too.
Carl: I would love to have a healthy lifestyle, but right now I have to throw myself
into work.
John: Oh, you make me so concerned 10._______ your health.
Reggie was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond 1.______ him. Unfortunately, he always seemed to be treated 2.______(different) from everyone else.
Reggie didn?t like this very much, But the person 3.______ disliked this most was his friend Michael. Michael decided that things had to change. So he managed to persuade other people in town 4.______(choose) one day of the festival for deaf people this year. During that whole day everyone in town would have to wear earplugs(耳塞). The day 5.______(call) The Day of Silence, and when it arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears. As the hours passed, people began to realize 6.______ difficult life was for the deaf. Soon no one was thinking of Reggie as 7.______ deaf person. Using his usual gestures, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. They were 8.______(surprise) at his ability to find solutions to almost any problem. They realized all Reggie needed was a little 9.______(much) time than others to communicate. That was the only difference.
It was on this day 10.______ everyone realized they had to give people a chance to show how useful they are.
Edward: There are so many places to go on our trip that it?s hard to choose where to
go first.
Frank: Let?s first think about 1._____ we will do before breakfast. Edward: I heard the local beach is a place 2.______ can?t be missed.
Frank: That would be 3._____ exciting way to begin our morning. It would be good to
get out in the sun.
Edward: Yes, I heard that the Culture Museum is pretty close 4.______ the beach. So
it is a perfect for those who are interested in culture relics.
Frank: This is just what I 5._____(hear) before we came here. We might as well go
there since we are just down the street. What we will see in the museum is supposed to be 6.______(amaze).
Edward: Where shall we go in the afternoon? Do you have any 7.______(suggest)? Frank: I think the amusement park is well worth 8._____(visit).
Edward: Yes. And we can go to the restaurant on the edge of the park, 9.______ we
can watch the sun go down.
Frank: That would really be a great end to the day!
Edward: Yes. I feel that this trip will be 10._____(extreme) valuable in my life.
What do the five Olympic signs on the flag represent? 1.______ is widely believed that the five-ring Olympic symbol was created by Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin in 1913. As the founder of the modern Olympic Games, he wanted 2.______(celebrate) the 20th anniversary(周年纪念) of the Games and chose a design of five rings, 3.______ represented the five continents(洲) taking part in the Games. The rings 4.______(become) the official Olympic symbol at the 1920 Games in Belgium.
Pierre de Coubertin thought 5.______ the five interlocking rings meant the five continents competing in the Games and the meeting of their athletes at the Olympic Games. 6.______(actual) every part of the modern Olympic symbol and flag shows the main purpose of the Games in a particular way. The Olympic flag, with its familiar rings, is used as 7.______ international symbol of peace, unity and 8.______(agree). The white background of the flag stands 9.______ peace and truth.
At the end of each Olympic Games, the mayor of the hosting city passes the Olympic flag to the major of the city where the next Olympic 10.______(hold) for years later. The flag remains there until the next Olympics.
You have 1.______(possible) heard of the DuPont Company, which was founded by a family of the same name. But do you know about the museum that one of the family members began?
Henry Francis du Pont received Delaware?s DuPont Company fortune. He was one of the first serious 2.______(collect) of American decorative art objects--- furniture, paintings, and other objects 3.______(make) in the United States between 1640 and 1840. American furniture and household objects has been considered not as good 4.______ those from Europe. But du Pont helped develop a new appreciation 5.______ American decorative arts. He created a showplace for these objects. In 1951 it was opened to 6.______ public as the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Du Pont divided objects from his collection into 175 “period rooms”, 7.______ with examples of American antiques and decorative arts that followed a certain theme or period in early American history. For example, the du Pont Dining Room has furniture 8.______(date) from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. And, because this was the time 9.______ the United States became a new nation, there is a patriotic(爱国的) theme in the room. Another example is the Chinese parlor, which 10. ______(have) furnishings that reflect American?s fascination with Asian culture during the 18th century.
Alice：Excuse me, I?m from Side by Side TV channel. Can I have a few minutes for
1.______ interview? Tracy: Sure, with pleasure!
Alice: Congratulations! It was quite a(n) 2.______(achieve)! How do you feel about
3.______(win) this world-class dancing competition?
Tracy: Wow… unbelievable! I?m proud and 4.______(touch) at the same time.
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