一、In ancient China, the State of Wu(吴国) made an attack(攻击) on the State of Yue（越国）. The king of Wu was badly 1.____ /hɜːt/ and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was very sad and angry, and he decided to fight back for his father’s 2._____(die). He trained his army strictly until it was very strong. Three years later, he led his army against the State of Yue and 3._____(catch) its king Gou Jian, who was taken to the State of Wu.Gou Jian was put into a small black stone house 4.____ was full of terrible smell and was made to raise horses. Gou worked hard and tried to keep 5._____(him) quiet, but he never forgot his pain. Many years later, he was set free. Gou 6._____(secret) trained his army after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself strong-minded , he slept on firewood and ate a gall bladder(尝胆) before 7._____ dinner and going to bed every night. After a few years, his country became strong once more. Then Gou took hold of a 8._____ /ˈgəʊldən/ chance to fight against Wu and won the war in the 9._____.If one voluntarily(自愿) works very hard and voluntarily stands up to pains and difficulties in order to 10._____ /sək'siːd/, we might call him a “Gou Jian”, and his story, a “Gou Jian’s story”.1. hurt2. death3. caught4. which/that5. himself6. secretly7. having8. golden9. end 10. succeed二、Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. 1._____ May 29, 1953，he climbed and measured the highest mountain——29,000 feet straight up. People were proud of his efforts when he came back. However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.In 1952, he tried to climb Mount Everest, but 2._____(fail). A few weeks later, a group in England asked him to give a 3._____ /spiːtʃ/ to its members. Hillary was given a 4._____ /wɔːm/ welcome when walking on stage. People there thought him as a 5._____, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure (失败). He moved away from the microphone (麦克风) 6._____ walked to the side of the stage.He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of 7.____ mountain. He said in a 8._____ /laʊd/ voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 9._____(one) time, but I’ll beat you the next time. Because you’ve grown all you are going to grow, 10._____ I'm still growing!”1.on2.failed3.speech4.warm5.hero6.and7.the8. loud9.first 10. but三、Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have1._____ /ˈsevrəl/ dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old2._____ . They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is3.____(worry) about something.Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an 4._____ /'ɑːnsə/. Some people get new ideas about their work 5._____dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.6._____ /'sʌmtaɪmz/ we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't7._____the dream. Dreams can disappear（消失）quickly from memory.Too much dreaming can be 8 ._____(harm). The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work 9.____ we dream. That is why we may have 10._____ long sleep and still wake up tired.1. several2.films3.worried4. answer5.from6. Sometimes7.remember8.harmful9.when 10. a四、The summer holiday is coming, which can be a relaxing time for sleeping, eating good meals and 1._____(see) old friends. Try to take some time off from school and 2._____ /spend/ a few weeks of fun. Here are some ideas for 3._____(plan) your summer holiday.First of all, joining a club is a good choice! You can join a music club, a sports club 4.____an art club. It’s good for your future 5._____ /dɪ'veləpm(ə)nt/ and the teachers in the club can giveyou good advice.Doing something good for 6._____ /sə'saɪətɪ/ is also great. There are many volunteer programs for you to choose from, such as looking 7._____ the old or the young, cleaning the streets, planting trees or keeping the traffic in order. You know that teens(青少年) can also makethe world 8._____(good).Have you ever lived with 9._____ /ə'nʌðə/ family? You can join in a program called “Meeting a New Family”. Two families exchange（交换）their children for some time so that they can learn 10._____ to get on well with others.1. seeing2.spend3. planning4.or5. development6. society7. after8. better9. another 10. how五、Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more 1 with people in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find strangers to talk to by 2 (shake) the phones. 3 [ə'nʌðə] funny function(功能) is that WeChat can help to search for people 4 live nearby with the program on. Many people like this function, because it can help them to find more people who they may know.In my opinion, Wechat is really a 85. 5 (use) chatting tool. It can help people communicate with their friends more 6 (easy). However, it is also bad for people, especially students. As we know, some people use Wechat 7 a long time. It is not healthy to them. So I have some 8 [səˈdʒestʃənz] to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can’t focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should 9 show too much personal information nor trust strangers so much.We should learn 10 to use it properly. Remember, Wechat is not everything in our life. Don’t depend too much on it.1.popular2.shaking3.Another4.whoeful6.easier7.for8.suggestions9.neither 10.how六、Once upon a time there was no tea at all in England. People there used to drink a lightbeer(啤酒). No coffee or milk but 1._____ [lɑ:dʒ] glasses of beer stood on the breakfast table!When tea was 2._____(one) brought to England, an old couple got some as a special treat.But they did not know 3.____ it should be used. They cooked the leaves in hot water, andspread(散开) them on a piece of bacon(熏肉) 4._____ they were going to have for dinner. They ate the leaves, and 5._____ [θru:] the tea away! However, tea is becoming as popular as coffee and milk in England today.Tea is the leaf of a plant which 6._____(grow) widely in China, Japan and some other countries. Tea famers 7._____ [ˈju:ʒuəli] grow many tea plants on a big land. When the tea leaves are ready to be picked, it is the 8._____(busy) time for tea farmers in a year. They pull off on the leaves and dry them. In 9._____ spare time, they pick out the best leaves and get them ready for market. In china, whenever a visitor comes into a house, he is served with 10._____ cup of tea. 1. large 2. first 3. how 4. which/that 5. threw6. grows7. usually8. busiest9. their 10. a七、Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are (1) ________(call) the “Heads-down Tribe”. Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.There are more and more traffic (2) ________ ['æksɪdənts] because lots of drivers use mobile phones while driving. In order to make drivers pay more (3) ________ to driving, some new traffic rules have been made.As we can see above, using mobile phones may (4) ________ [kɔ:z] traffic accidents. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. A man in America kept (5) ________(use) his mobile phone on his way home. As (6) _________ result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted (7) ________(he) eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as (8) ________ [ˈkwɪkli] as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange (9) ________ they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Whether they are good or not depends (10) ________ how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.1．called 2．accidents 3．attention 4．cause 5．using6．a 7．his 8．quickly 9．that 10．on八、Four babies in Shanxi died and another 76 became ill after being jabbed(注射) against hepatitis B（乙肝疫苗）because hiring process of a vaccine supplier(疫苗供应商) was deeply flawed(漏洞) .These days, more and more attention is 1 (pay) to the medication safety. As we know, medicine plays 2__ important part in curing disease and keeping healthy. People , especially parents , care about the medication safety much more than before. 3___what should parents do to help their kids take the medicine correctly?First, parents should buy 4 as the doctors tell them. Second, parents must ask kids to5 the medicine on time. Third, children mustn’t make6 (they) own decision to take more or less medicine. They are7 [səˈpəʊzd] to follow the doctor’s advice or the instructions ofmedicine. What’s more, children should be sent to hospital as soon as 8 [ˈpɒsəbl] if they don’t feel well 9 taking the medicine.It’s 10 [ˈnesəsəri] for us to pay attention to the medication safety. Let’s take action now!1.paid2. an3.So4.medicine5.take6 their 7.supposed 8 .possible 9.after 10.necessary九、Time is fair to everyone. There are twenty-four hours a day. All the people, poor or rich, old or young, have the same time every day. I don’t know 1___________ [ˈweðə(r)] twenty-four hours a day is enough for everyone. I find that many people are busy 2_______ their work and they keep on working until midnight every day. Here are several possible reasons 3_______ this. One of the reasons may be the heavy workload(工作量), and another 4________ is probably caused by bad planning. They are not in the habit of writing down the work that they are going to do. So why not take out a piece of paper and make 5_______ plan?First, write down the time you will start and 6__________ [ˈfɪnɪʃ] the work. 7__________, make a list of things you need to do, from walking up in the morning to going to 8________ [sli:p] at night. Put all the activities in the right order. Third, you’d better do your work before dinner. And then make time to have a rest between the heavy jobs. At last, please use different color pens to make the 9________(much) important things you have to do, so that you won’t forget to do10_________(they). Time is flying, let’s make good use of it.1. whether2. with3. for/about4. one/reason 5 . a6.finish 7 .Second 8 . sleep 9. most 10. them十、If you want a more interesting experience when you arrive in a new city or country, here are some better ways to travel, both for you1._____ for the environment.Way 1 :Get out of the car and walk. It’s slower but it’s the 2._____(green) way to travel. It’s also the most rewarding（有益的）way to see a city, but remember to wear 3._____ [ˈkʌmftəbl] shoes.Way 2 :4._____(cycle) is also a good choice. Many hotels now offer free bikes to guests. It is convenient for people to travel around the city. Some also provide electric bikes that make it easier5.____ go up hills and on longer journeys. Some cities also have mobikes, and you can pick up one6._____(easy). It’s not free but very cheap.Way 3: If you have to take transport in a city, try to take 7._____ [ˈpʌblɪk] transport. Most cities now offer lots of information and very clear maps at the city’s website.Way 4 :If possible, take buses, trains or ships to travel from city to city. They are 8.____ [ˈju:ʒuəli] greener than cars and planes.Way 5: When the only way to travel is by car, rent 9.____ electric car. Many car rental companies now offer 10._____(they), so always ask!1. and2. greenestfortable4. Cycling5.to6. easily7.publicually9. an 10. them十一、Animals grow up in different ways. Some newborn animals are 1._____(help) but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo(袋鼠) is very small. It is only a few centimeters(cm) long. It closes 2._____ (it) eyes and doesn`t have hair. It stays safe in its mother`s pouch(育儿袋) 3._____ a long time.A newborn monkey can not walk. Its mother carries it 4._____[ˈevriweə(r)].Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born. They learn to run with their mothers when is 5._____ [ˈdendʒɚ] near. A baby zebra can run, an hour after it is born.Some baby animals are born in a place 6.____ is safe. Baby wolves are 7.____ (usual) born in big holes with little light. Other baby animals are born in the open. A baby elephant is often bornon open land.Animals that 8.____ their mothers` milk are called mammals(哺乳动物). A mother bear`smilk is rich. Baby bears have milk for a few months. This is 9.____ same with baby zebras. Asbaby animals grow, they need solid(固体) food. Baby lions eat what their mother can 10._____[kætʃ]!1.helpless2. its3.for4.everywhere5.danger6. that/which7. usually8. drink9. the 10. catch十二、Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street comer. Old bottles, parts of old bikes, and 1 /'empti/ soda cans could be seen here and them 2 /ə'raund/ the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no 3 (leaf),and there weren't any flowers at all.One Friday, one of the children looked at the comer and 4 (decide) to do something about it. The next Monday, she brought a bag and collected some of the old bottles to recycle. On 5 , she went with her best friend Judy. She spent another ten minutes 6 (pick) up old bottles, while Judy picked up soda cans and put them in different bags for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children joined together. The corner became much 7 (clean) than before !The corner looked better, but it was still ugly. 8 the next day the girl brought some flower seeds. She planted the seeds and watered 9 , and watered the trees, too. It only took ten minutes a day but that was enough.A few months later, this corner became a beautiful 10 /'ga: dn/ with many flowers and trees .It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?1.empty2.around3.leaves4.decided5.Tuseday6.picking7.cleaner8.So9.them 10.garden十三、Do you know that in some parts of the world, people build temporary（暂时的）hotels made of snow and blocks of ice? These are 1._____ (know) as ice hotels.Unlike usual hotels, all the rooms in the ice hotels are made of ice. In some ice hotels, even2._____ glasses for drinks are made of ice blocks. So they only serve cold drinks. Also,3.____food is not served in the ice hotels, but guests can eat hot food at places nearby.To keep warm, guests sleep in 4._____ [ˈkʌmftəbl]sleeping bags on ice blocks that are5._____(cover) by mattresses（床垫）and reindeer skins（驯鹿皮）.There 6._____ (be) some places in the ice hotels that are heated, such as the bathrooms. This isbecause, even though it is not as cold in the ice hotels 7._____ it is outdoors, indoor temperatures are still very low.8._____ [pəˈhæps] the most interesting thing about the ice hotels is that they are rebuilt every year. They can be used only 9._____ [ˈdjʊərɪŋ] the winter months. The ice hotels melt（融化）away when spring 10._____(arrive) . The ice blocks used to build these hotels are from nearby rivers. So, when the ice hotels melt away, they melt back into the rivers.1. known2. the3. hot4. comfortable5. covered6. are7. as8. Perhaps9. during 10. arrives十四、The customs in different countries are 1._____. If I have dinner with a Chinese host , he always put food onto my plates as soon as I have 2.____(eat) up my food. That often makes3.____(I) uncomfortable. I have to eat the food even if I4.____ [dəʊnt] want to, because it is a bad manner to leave one's food on the plate in the west. I have5._____ [ɔ:lˈredi] noticed that when a Chinese sits at6.____ American's dinner party. he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be a good manner in China , but it is7.____ in the west at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep8._____(ask) someone again and again or insist on (坚持) his accepting something. Americans have a9._____ [dɪˈrɛkt]way of speaking. If they want some thing, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, "No, thanks." So you had better remember the famous saying: when in Rome , do 10._____ the Romans do.1. different2. eaten3. me4. don’t5. already6. an7. not8. asking9. direct 10. as十五、Nancy was new to America. She came to America speaking only her native language(母语). She brought her 8-year-old son 1.____ her. He was all she had in the world.They 2._____(find) an apartment in Arcadia(亚卡迪亚城). They were there 3.____ only two months when a neighbor’s dog jumped over the fence(围墙). The dog ran toward Nancy’s son. Nancy put her body in between the dog and her son. The dog stopped when it saw Nancy4._____(shout) at it. The dog turned around.And Nancy took her son 5._____ [ʌpˈsteəz]. They stayed in the apartment all weekend. Then Nancy found 6._____ [əˈnʌðə(r)] apartment, close to the school .She and her son walked everywhere. One day her son started coughing 7._____(bad). He had an asthma attack(哮喘). All the walking was making his asthma 8._____(bad).Nancy knew that she had to buy a car. So she called up the Honda dealer(本田汽车供销商). She talked to a salesman 9._____ spoke her language. She told him that she wanted to buy a new car if he could come over to pick 10._____(she) up. The salesman said he would be right over.1. with2. found3. for4.shouting5. upstairs6. another7. badly8. worse9. who 10. her十六、It looked like rain. The sky was gray. It was almost noon, but the sun was1.____(hide) by a gray blanket. It was cool. There were no birds 2.____(fly) anywhere. Bob was standing outside talking to Bill. They both had their hands in their 3._____ [ˈpɔkits]. They knew that it was probably going to rain shortly. A sudden breeze(微风) blew some 4.______(leaf) off a tree onto the sidewalk.A young woman wearing a dark blue coat 5.____ jeans walked by. She was walking a small dog. It was white, and pretty. It sniffed(嗅) at a tree trunk（树干）. The woman waited patiently. Finally, the dog lifted 6._____ (it) leg.Bob said that he liked the rain. It was a nice 7._____ [tʃeɪndʒ] from the usual hot Los Angeles weather. And the plants could always use the water. Bill said 8.____ only thing he didn’t like about rain was that all the motor oil on the streets would get washed into the ocean, and so 9.____ all the trash."But that never stops the surfers(冲浪者)," Bob said. "They don’t 10.______ [si:m] to care what’s in the water, as long as there are waves to surf on."1. hidden2. flying3. pockets4. leaves5. and6. its7.change8. the9. would 10.seem十七、Liz was 1._____(excite). She was going to Asia with her mom. 2._____ [ˈnaɪðə(r)] of them had ever traveled out of the United States before. They were going to fly to Hong Kong. After staying in Hong Kong 3._____ three nights, they would travel on their cruise ship(大型游轮) to Shanghai and Beijing."Beijing is inland(内地), so we have to take about a two-hour bus 4._____ [raɪd] to get there from the port(港口). I forget the name of the port. Anyway, we're going to see 5._____ Great Wall, the Tiananmen 6._____, and the Forbidden City. It’s going to be so cool!" she 7._____(tell) her neighbor Jane.From China, the cruise ship would go to Pusan(釜山) in South Korea, and 8._____ [ˈfaɪnəli] to Tokyo. From Tokyo, they would catch a flight back to Los Angeles."The trip is going to last three 9._____(week). It's only going to cost 10._____(we) $2,800 each, IF we can control our urge to shop," she laughed.1. excited2. Neither3. for4. ride5. the6. Square7. told8. finally9. weeks 10. us十八、The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route（路线）between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. It began 1 （在……期间）the Western Han Dynasty and has been a 2b between East and West for over 2,000 years.The ancient road started from Chang’an（now Xi’an) and ended in Eastern 3. [ˈjʊərəp], near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet.The Silk Road got its name 4b Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron 5w west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was 6 than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, 7 [ˈnɒlɪdʒ] about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts（工艺）and technologies was 8 （分享）across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures _9 （发展）and influenced each other.Today, along the Silk Road there’re many places of 10 , such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.1.during2.bridge3.Europe4.because5.went6. more7. knowledge8. shared9. developed 10. interest十九、How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Playing a soccer game may not be your 1._____(one) choice. But Lu Han, the former EXO 2._____(sing), did just that and showed fans an unusual side of him.Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by 3._____a soccer game with players from Beijing No.47 High School 4._____ April 19th in Beijing, a day before his birthday. He 5._____ [skɔ:d] three goals in the game.Lu Han has often 6._____(show) on Weibo that he is a big soccer fan and his 7._____ ['feɪvərɪt] soccer team is Manchester United. He said 8.____(much) than once that he used to dream of becoming a professional soccer player.So what was Lu Han’s 9._____ [pəˈfɔ:məns] like on the pitch(球场)? Fan Zhiyi, the former captain of the Chinese national soccer team, played with Lu Han in a friendly match in 2013. He thought that Lu Han is 10._____ top amateur(业余) player.1. first2. singer3. playing4. on5.scored6. shown7.favorite8. more9. performance 10. a二十、Cousteau, a French man, is full of new ideas. 1._____ [sɪns] he was a child, he has2._____(dream) of diving (潜水) deep to see the wonderful world under the sea. Later with the3.____ of the scuba machine(水下呼吸器), his dream was4._____(realize). Cousteau took lots of pictures and videos of many5._____ [streɪndʒ] things that people had6.____ seen before. He spent eight years7.____(make) a TV show named The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. People were surprised at so many beautiful things under8.____ water.Cousteau loved the coral reels(珊瑚礁) and the 9._____(color) fish very much. However, he was sad to see that the beautiful coral reels were dead and grey when he returned some years later. He tried 10.____ best to encourage people not to pollute our seas and oceans any more.1. Since2. dreamed/dreamt3. help4. realized5. strange6. never7. making8. the9. colorful 10. his。
