题型：填空题 题类：真题 难易度：普通
Dear Future Me,
You are leaving school and stepping into a new world. Well done for completing all (那些) difficult lessons!
You've just found out that you've (通过) all your exams and done your best. You know you'll be able to (进入) the fantastic high school. At this moment you must be (骄傲的) of yourself.
I'm writing this letter to remind you (再一次) about all the things you wanted to do when you were in the (第七) grade. I want you to make sure that before you leave school you'll realise your (梦想) as Footballer of the School. Remember that you wanted to be a famous (歌手)? Well, I hope you'll win the top role in the school talent show this year.
If you've done (每件事) you wanted to do, you'll now be a popular and (聪明的) student, with a successful future ahead of you.
Don't let me down!
Humans' Greatest Achievements
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press (印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones (智能手机). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.
What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by “great”. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow,” like the Great Wall? What do you think?
A. Do you think it is difficult to have great achievements? B. Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives? C. We enjoy these things every day because they are free to use. D. They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel. E. Many of humans' great achievements are in science and technology. F. And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space? G. We could probably live without them, but life wouldn't be as interesting. |
come different excite go good live loud low mean nature time west |
An old saying goes, “When in Rome(罗马),do as the Romans do.” I learned the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of this when I studied in Russia.
One day I invited some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were {#blank#}2{#/blank#} from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We had a warm chat until the waiter told me that we were being too loud. We turned our voices {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .But this didn't last long. The waiter came over to us two more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with the same message.
How bad an impression(印象) we must have left on the local people! In China, it's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and important for a host to make a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} atmosphere(气氛).However, in Russia and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} countries, having a meal in a public place means you must keep your voice low. You need to be polite to others.
I felt bad about this. Even though we tried our {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , it's very difficult to develop a new habit.
Russians have their own special habits. My Russia friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him why he did this. “Aha,” Andrey said, “in Russia, people always take about a minute {#blank#}9{#/blank#} over things and plans in their minds before leaving. So they won't leave anything necessary behind.”
Finding the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} between cultures is much fun. I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open.
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