8.David threatened____________(report)his neighbor to the police if the damages were not paid.(09上海) 9.________________(complete)the project in time, the staff were working at weekends.(09天津)
10._____________(encourage)by the advances in technology, many farmers have set up wind farms on their land.(09天
津)
语篇填空----用所给动词的适当形式填空。
Happiness is something to do with simplicity.
I 1.____________(press) the house when I suddenly heard a shout of joy come from the other side of the wall.
I peered over. There stood Sir Henry 2__________(do) nothing less than a dance of completely unashamed ecstasy. Even when he observed my 3___________(puzzle)face staring over the wall, he did not seem 4_________(embarrass), but shouted for me 5________(climb)over.
“Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last.”
There he was, 6_________(hold)a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it. “And there were only there!” He said, hid eyes 7________(laugh)to heaven. “Three what?” I asked.
“Peach stoned (核桃)”， he replied. “I’ve always wanted to make peach stones 8________(grow), even since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party. And I used to plant them, and then 9_________(forget) where I planted them .But now at last I have done it, and, what’s more, I had only three stones, and there you are, one, two, three shoots,” he counted.
And Sir Henry ran off, 10_________(call) for his wife to come and see his achievement of simplicity.
五、考考你
（一）用括号里词的适当形式完成句子。
1.The writer personally______________$5000 to the earthquake fund(基金)。 All the______________ will be gratefully received.(contribute).
2.The ____________took a very_________ approach to ___________.(science)
3.You’ll find these meals quick and ____________ to prepare. We provide these meals for the _____________of the customers.(convenience)
4.They had an____________that the children would spend two weeks with each parent.(arrange)
5.He__________her with his sincerity and her first _______________of him was favorable to him.(impression) 6.The lake is________with trees and so its_______are looks beautiful.(surround)
7.He doesn’t______________of my leaving school this year. I desperately accepted his ____________.(approve) 8.He has announced his__________to retire and he________to move abroad.(intention)
9.The doctor__________him carefully when giving him a special____________for his nose.(treat) 10.___________this button to start the engine, so the________of the water turns this wheel.(press)
(二)完成句子（每空一词）
1.看起来一些自然灾害应归咎于全球变暖。
__________ __________ ________global warming could_______ _________ ____________for the natural disasters. 2.每次试着去办公室找他，我总是被告知他在开会。
_______ ________ I try to visit him in his office, I_________ _________he is in a meeting. 3.值得称赞的是，史密斯先生不乐意卷入。
_________ ____________ __________,Mr.Smith was unwilling to get involved. 4.为了图方便，我把参考书放在书桌前。
I keep my reference books near my desk_________ ___________.
5.我正在考虑将国际象棋作为我的新爱好，因为它可以训练一个人的思维。
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I am thinking of_________ ____________ chess as my new hobby as it helps to train my mind. 6.她出生于北京一个工人家庭，5岁就开始打乒乓球。
______ _____ a worker’s family in Beijing, she began to play table tennis______ ______ ______ _______five. 7.只有当你经历了很多磨难之后，你才知道幸福的可贵。
_________ _________ you experience much hardship_______ __________ value happiness. 8.如果你专注于英语学习，你会有效地掌握这门语言。
If you_______yourself________ the study of English, you’ll_________ the language effectively. 9.毫无疑问，在反复练习后，他会做得更好。
______ _______ ________ ________that he will do a better job after practicing it______ ______ _______ ________.
10.为了阻止火灾蔓延，你应当中断电源。
______ _______ the fire______ spreading, you should________ _______the electricity supply.
六、语言综合素养（Shaping Language Skills）
(一) 完形填空
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷)that can never be changed.“I’m impatient.”“I’m always behind.”“I always put things off！”You’ve surely heard them.Maybe you’ve used them to describe yourself.
These comments may come from stories about us that have been __1__ for years—often from as far back as childhood.These stories may have no __2__ in fact.But they can set low expectations for us.As a child，my mother said to me，“Marshall，you have no mechanical skills，and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.”How did these expectations __3__ my development？I was never __4__ to work on cars or be around __5__.When I was 18，I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test.My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later，__6__，I was at California University，working on my doctor’s degree.One of my professors，Dr. Bob Tannbaum，asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do.On the positive side，I __7__ down，“research，writing，analysis，and speaking.”On the __8__ side，I wrote，“I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills.I explained my life __9__ and told him about my __10__ performance on the Army test.Bob then asked，“Why is it that you can solve __11__ mathematical problems，but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems？”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t __12__ from some sort of genetic defect.I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to __13__.At that point，it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been __14__ my belief that I was mechanically hopeless.And it wasn’t just the Army test，either.I was the one who kept telling myself，“You can’t do this！”I realized that as long as I kept saying that，it was going to remain true.On the contrary，if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects，we can __15__ well in almost anything we choose. 1．A.said B．spoken C．spread D．repeated 2．A.basis B．plot C．cause D．meaning
3．A.lead B．improve C．affect D．change
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4．A.encouraged B．demanded C．hoped D．agreed 5．A.means B．tools C．facilities D．hammers 6．A.therefore B．somehow C．instead D．however 7．A.settled B．turned C．took D．got
8．A.passive B．active C．negative D．subjective 9．A.experiences B．trips C．roads D．paths 10．A.unexpected B．poor C．excellent D．average 11．A.complex B．advanced C．common D．primary 12．A.arise B．separate C．suffer D．come 13．A.believe B．suspect C．adopt D．receive
14．A.weakening B．strengthening C．abandoning D．accepting 15．A.do B．go C．work D．get
（二）语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City.My friend，a __1__(pride)father，Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf(小型高尔夫
球)．__2__(walk)up to the fellow at the ticket counter，he asked，“How much is __3__to get in？”
“Three dollars for you and three dollars for whoever is older than six，” the young man replied，“We will let them in free __4__they are six or younger.How old are they？”
Bobby replied，“One is three and the __5__is seven，so I guess I need to give you six dollars.” The man at the ticket counter said with a surprised look on his face，“Hey，did you just win __6__prize or something？
You could have saved yourself three dollars.I wouldn’t have known the __7__(differ)if you hadn’t told me that the older one was seven.”Bobby replied，“__8__(sound)true，but the kids would have known that.” In challenging times __9__ethics(道德准则)are more important than ever before，you’d better make sure you set a good example __10__everyone you work and live with.
（三）阅读理解-----信息匹配专练
首先，请阅读下列的应用文：
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A．Music Box:
Dan Moore and Alex Bowen mix funk, house, disco, jazz, electro and hip hop. 7 pm to midnight, ￡8 entry, 0870 1220334
B．Breathing Space:
Caroline Broadhead’s installation that change the space of the building’s interior（内部）using a suspended（悬挂）textile ceiling.
Until Jan9, daily 11am to 5pm, free.
C．Hypnotic:
Pete Kelly presents his surround-sound installation, set in a dark room with black walls and five speakers playing a fantastic melody.
Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun 1 pm to 5pm, free.
D．Susie Perring:
Colourful etching（蚀刻）, aquatints and silk-screen prints on porcelain（瓷器）, Metro-life four-star rating. Tue to Fri 10am to 5pm. Until Feb 15.0113 247 8245 E．Skool Disco at Corporation
Cheesy tunes and school-themed high jinks, place for gathering occasions. 9pm to 2am; ￡2.1-3 Milton Street.
F．The Factory Of Dreams: Inside Mexico’s Soap Operas
Stefan Ruiz’s look at Mexico’s soap operas, including Los Ricos Tambien Lloran, watched regularly by 200 million people, yet actually unheard of in the West.
Tue to Sat 10am to 5:30pm, free.
请阅读以下个人信息，然后匹配到合适的地方。
（ ）1．Lance is interested in interior decoration. He has recently helped his uncle with the decoration of his new house. He now majors in architecture: the designing of buildings.
（ ）2．William is an amateur director. He likes to invite some friends together and perform plays. With new high-tech equipment, he even starts to produce DIY(Do-It-Yourself) mini films. He wishes he will be a big name in the film industry one day.
（ ）3．Jim is working in a big company and has just got his first-month pan and would like to invite some young fellow workers to have fun this Saturday.
（ ）4．Patric is a super fan of classical music. He always finds it a high joy to be lost in some excellent symphonies, like those of Beethoven’s. Recently, he is planning to purchase some musical equipment. （ ）5．Victor is now a college freshman majoring in engineering in another city. At this time of Christmas, he is back at home for the holiday. He plans to invite some of former fellow students in high school for a get-together.
（四）写作技能---人物介绍类的写作常用表达法（Useful expression）
? 人物简介的写作模式为：概、貌、育、评、估。
(介绍简况：善用同位语、分词结构，使文章简洁；描写外貌：巧用with短语；生平事迹：尽量用复合句、并列句、非谓语动词形式和倒装句等高级语句；评价：尽量直接采用一些短语结构) 人物简介写作常用的词组及句子 1. Birthday and birth place:
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