词汇应用专项训练词汇应用一I live in Pennsylvania. It is a 1 （north）state of America, which is the 33rd2 （large）state in America. You might know some of the cities, like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown. The state capital is Harrisburg. Now let me tell you a little more about my state.Several Indian tribes（部落）lived in Pennsylvania before 3 （Europe）came. The Dutch came first, 4 （follow）by Sweden. England started colonies （殖民地）later. After a few fights, they 5 （take）control of the land.Pennsylvania 6 （give）to the Penn family later. That is how Pennsylvania got its name. Pennsylvania was the 7 （two）to join the nation. The city of Philadelphia 8 （be）an important city since the colony was founded. It was even the capital of America, too！Today, Pennsylvania is sometimes regarded as the snack capital of the country. It is famous for snacks, like pretzels and chips, Heinz ketchup and sauces. There is also Hershey, which is well 9 （know）as the chocolate company.There are steel companies in the state, as well as a lot of colleges. There are plenty of things 10 （do）in Pennsylvania. There are several major sports teams. Pennsylvania has 121 state parks, and they all have free entrance. Hunting is popular here, too.Are you thinking about visiting the state？1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用二In my life, a person who has influenced me most is my father. He is a model for me. Now I’ll tell you about his story. My father is in his 1 (fifty).He never smokes or drinks. He 2 (work) in a local factory for years. You will not find anything 3 (usual) about him until you learn more. He works 4 (care) all the time, so he 5 (respect) by his colleagues. My father has always been kind and helpful. He has fun 6 (talk) with old people. He gave our TV to a family who could not afford one. He cares for the children who have lost their parents. Whenever he has some money left, he 7 (give) it to someone in need.My father has donated blood many times since we 8 (move) here. The blood he has donated is much enough 9 (save) over 70 lives. He has also donated blood cells to people with blood cancer. To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his 10 (die).When I was a little girl, I could not understand why my father always seemed to be kinder to others than to his own family and why he thinks of others more than himself .Now I realize that he owns a heart full of love.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用三Space vegetables are grown from seeds(种子) that have been taken to space. When they 1 (bring) back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that arebigger and 2 (healthy) than normal(正常的) vegetables. But some people worry about 3 (have) space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us 4 (get) sick because of the radiation(辐射) in space. However, people should not be afraid because space vegetables are very healthy. Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are 5 (care) chosen. When seeds come back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe 6 (eat).Space vegetables are 7 (good) than normal vegetables. For example, space 8 (tomato) stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal ones. After genetically modified(转基因) food 9 (appear)in the market, people worried that they were eating 10 (know) things. For example, if nut genes(坚果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic (过敏) to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, nobody has done anything with the genes of space vegetables until now. This means that no new genes have been put into them. So there is no risk of eating something unknown.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10.______词汇应用四Danny is short and thin. Of all the boys around he is the 1 (thin) kid. So he 2 (call) Bones(骨头) by his friends. He talks more and laughs louder than anyone. However, he is always 3 (happy), because he is not good at sports.One day, Danny watched the 4 (man) marathon(马拉松) on TV. The runners needn't go fast and they just ran on and on. They didn't have big muscles. They were more like Danny. He decided to have a try. “Boy, it's better 5 (do) a little bit each day，” advised his mum. The next day, Danny started his practice. From then on he kept on 6 (train) in the park every morning.The race day 7 (come). There were 109 runners and they were all bigger than Danny. They all started fast. Danny tried to keep up with 8 (they). But he fell further and further behind. Halfway someone got tired. Danny passed a big guy with muscles like footballs. 9 (sudden) he felt like a switch(开关) had been turned on. He passed another one, the 10 (three) one. . . All the runners were breathing hard and looked tired except Danny. He looked like he could run forever. At that time he didn't see the crowds or hear their cheering . He just ran and ran. At last he raised his arms like a champion(冠军) as he crossed the ending line.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用五It is reported that a law has been approved(通过) in Spain. Spain children may soon 1 (require) to help out with housework by law.The law would be part of a wider child protection, and children under the age of 18 have to 2 (join) in all areas of family life. That 3 (include) housework and other work in the family. The rules come under a section of the law 4 (call) “the right and duties of children”．Along with 5 (do) housework, children would also have to be respectful to their parents and teachers, and would do 6 (well) in their studies than before. But the law doesn't say anything about punishment for children who don't obey the law.Married Spanish men can also face punishments for refusing 7 (do) housework—requiring men to share in household duties, and the care of children and elderly family members.Children should learn to do different kinds of housework at different ages, but it is almost 8 (possible) for Chinese children. They seem to avoid such 9 (usually) housework at similar ages, because their families 10 (protect) them too much since they were born. Children should realize that they are part of the families and have responsibilities(责任) on taking care of themselves and the family members.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用六A Ceremony(仪式) Where Boys Become Crocodile(鳄鱼) MenWhen does a teenager grow up and become an adult? In many countries, it happens on your 1 (eighteen) birthday, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something 2 (usual) to enter the world of grown-ups.On an Oceanian island, some people live near the Sepik River, which is full of crocodiles. They believe that crocodiles made the earth and 3 (it) people. When it is time for teenage boys 4 (become) men, a “crocodile ceremony” takesplace.The boys are taken to small house 5 (name) the “Crocodile Nest”. In the house, the boys 6 (tell) to think of their crocodile “fathers and mothers”. Old people in the village say that if the boys think of their crocodile parents, they will be stronger and 7 (brave) because the ceremony 8 (cause) great pain. To take their minds off the pain, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay silent. ____ 9 (surprise), some of the boys even sleep during the 10 (painful) parts of the ceremony! It will be eight weeks before they leave the house.When the boys finally leave the crocodile house, there is singing and dancing in the village to welcome the new crocodile men ．1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用七Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people ___1___(speak) Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After ____2___(walk) into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale. But you’re not in China —you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many other ____3____(city). Chinese products have been going all over the world.Chinese food ___4______(enjoy) in Western countries for a long time. ____5___(meet) local people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes. “One example is the meat,” said Yin Hang, a Chinese student who ___6____(study) in Australia. “We like to eat meat with the bone（骨头）in, but peoplehere don’t. So the local Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish.”Some Chinese brands（品牌）are also becoming more popular. It __7___(report) that in many cities in ___8_____(European), many stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. More than half of US-owned drones（无人机）are Chinese models, according to China Daily. They’re no t only made in China, but also designed and ___9____(develop) in the country.In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable. But now, things have changed __10_____(great). More people trust Chinese brands. “Made in China” becomes cool. “They are beautiful and offer something special that American phones don’t have,” an article on CNN once said about Chinese smartphones.As it is said, Chinese government has been trying its best to improve its national brands of all kinds to meet the needs of modern life.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用八Reading is important in our daily life. But have you ever thought what we read for, information or ___1_____(skill)? How do we feel when we read, excited or upset? We read word by word aloud and think about them. Is that enough? I think reading is more than ______2___ (pronounce)or thinking about words.____3__ (recent),The Reader, a very popular TV program, is staged (上演) inthe form of reading. It's a 4 ___ (nation) reading program. Dong Qing works as both a hostess and a ____5____(produce). The Reader hopes to tell us what the world is like and it takes us to see the beautiful world by _____6______(read). The show ____7____(invite)some influential(有影响力的) guests who have rich experiences and _____8_____(touch) stories, like Ni Ping, Wang Y uan from TFboys and Yao Chen.“Reading touches people's hearts” is the slogan of The Reader. What it wants ___9_ (show) isn't reading skills but real feelings. They are what touches the audience most.” I have long thought about working on a program related to the human spirit. So far the Reader __ 10____ (become)a turning point in my career in hosting and the program has brought me quite a huge challenge. "said Dong.The Reader is of great importance to the audience and Chinese culture. It also tells us if we understand what we are reading, we will know what reading really is and we'll become better readers.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用九We all need exercise. Exercise 1 (use) up food that we eat and keeps the body full of energy. Exercise makes your heart and muscles(肌肉) strong. Exercise also makes you feel 2 (relax). If you exercise several times a week, you will stay happy and 3 (health). There are many 4 (way) to exercise. You can walk, run, play sports or swim.However, most people cannot do this. It is too far from their homes to their offices. They have no 5 (choose) but to drive to work. First, these people don't have a chance 6 (exercise) because they are sitting in their cars for two or four hours each day. Second, driving is challenging, 7 (especial) in rush hours, and needs too much attention. It 8 (make) a person tired out. When these people arrive home after work, they don't want to take exercise.Some 9 (west) countries, such as the United States, have problems with exercise. Many people don't have enough exercise. They have to work from morning till night, so they don't have time to take exercise.Today, many people in the West are fat, which causes health problems. Doctors say exercise can help people both lose 10 (weigh) and improve their health. So many people are trying to get more exercise. But it takes time to change, and when people don't see a difference right away, they will lost heart and stop exercising.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十Reading newspapers 1 __ (become) an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news 2 (careful), so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other ti mes, we may be so busy that weonly have a few 3 (minute) to look at the names of the passages.Newspapers can 4 (find) everywhere in the world. We can get many 5 (difference) kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see 6 (few) newspapers.Some newspapers 7 (publish) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published(出版) twice a day! You know different people enjoy 8 (read) different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are 9 (interest) in.Today newspapers in English have the largest number of 11 (read) in the world. The English language is so popular, and many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily and 21st Century. They bring us more and more messages together with the Internet.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十一As a student, you must have met all kinds of teachers. Do you like or hate them? Is there complete understanding between you and them?At first, I ___1___(think) Miss Li was nervous and shy. But now, I find sh e’s kind and patient, and she ____2___(explain) English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it well! She always avoids ____3___ (make) you feel stupid. I’ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word ___4____(correct )when Ispeak English, but Miss Li just smiles, so that I don’t feel that stupid!Mrs. Chen is very strict and serious. In her class, we don’t dare to say a word unless she asks us to. There are a few students in our class who keep ____5___(come) to class late, but th ey’re always on time for Mrs. Chen’s lessons! Some of our classmates ____6_____(not like) her. But most of us really appreciate(欣赏) her because her teaching is so well ____7_____(organize)and clear. Physics will never be my favorite lesson, but I thin k I’ll do ____8___(good) in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.Mr. Wu is very popular. He really enjoys teaching Chinese. You ca n’t imagine what a great teacher he is! He talks ___9____(loud) and fast and waves his hands about a lot when he gets _____10_____(exciting). He’s really understanding and funny. When he thinks we’re getting bored, he will tell us jokes and make us active again. We really respect him a lot.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十二Many children love animals. And Willow Phelps is one of 1__ (they ). In fact, this ____2____ (America) little girl not only loves animals, but she also ____3____(do) really a lot for them. And because she did these kind things, she won the2016 ASPCA(美国防止虐待动物协会) Kid of the Year.Willows love for animals ____4_____ (start) early. When she was about 3 years old, her family took in an 18-year-old cat. Under the _____5____(careful) of Willow,the cat lived for another 3 years. After that, many old pets arrived in Willows home. So, Willow began to make plans to help more ___6___ (animal).With her mums help, Willow began _____7_____(run), swimming and even sewing(缝制)toys ____8_____ ( raise) money for animals in need of help. In her young life, she has __9____ (success) completed the three projects. Finally, she raised $ 11,000. She also succeeded in stopping the use of live goldfish as prizes at her school party. And what she did for goldfish ____10_____(notice) and rewarded (奖励) by the ASPCA.“I will continue to speak up for animals no matter how hard it is, "said Willow. Willow dreams of becoming an animal doctor in the future. Let's hope this little girl's dream will come true.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十三Everyone has his dreams of the future. But do you know what future 1 (real) is? I think future is now. That is to say, we must treasure(珍惜) every minute and second.There is an old English 2 (say), “Gain time, gain life. ” Then what is tim e? Time is something that can't 3 (see) or touched, but we feel it 4 (pass) by. Time is always with us. We often say “Time is money”，but it is more 5 (value), because when money is 6 (spend), we can earn it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. That's why we say time is 7 (price)．8 (grasp) the present is grasping the future. As students, we should work9 (hard) in order to create a bright future of 10 (we) own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master today. We should do everything as well as possible. And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.Time and tide wait for no man. If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十四Now, it seems that artficial intelligence（人工智能）1._______(become) more and more popular in our life, and it has 2.______ (great) influenced the ways we live, work and play. Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day?Recently, a scientist 3._________(invent) a special robot that can be a table tennis coach. That means people can practice table tennis not only with humans but also with a robot.Named Forpheus, the smart table tennis robot is quite special. It can study the 4.________(move) of human players and the speeds of the ball. In this way, it can exactly judge (判断) the player' skill levels (水平). Then it uses the information 5.________(change) the ways to play. If the player are just 6._______(begin), Forpheus will play in a slow and easy way, but if the players are better ones, the robot will play in a faster and more diffucultway. What's more, while playing, it encourages players 7._______ (try) their best with words like "Good job!", "Come on!" and so on. At the same time, it gives some good 8._______(advice) to improve their skills. So itis both a good partner and a clever coach.Science and technology is developing quickly these days and it's hard to imagine what 9.________(happen) in the future. "In the next 20 years, it will be possible that one robot teaches another to play table tennis or even invents another one!" Takuoya, the 10._______(invent) of the robot, said.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______ _词汇应用十五Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world, it is the result of thousands of years of human invention.First, came the invention of writing, 1 (probable) about 5, 500 years ago. With writing, people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could communicate with people that they never 2 (see) and share their knowledge .Later, the Greeks were ___3____(know) for their literature (文学) and science, but their "books" looked very different from the books of today. They were called scrolls (卷轴). They were difficult____4___ (use) and took a lot of space in a library. About 2,000 years ago, books with lots of pages 5 (invent).For more than a thousand years, the pages of books were made from animal skin. That changed in the___6__ __(thirteen) century, when ____7____(Europe) learned about a very 8 (use) Chinese invention: paper.But ____9_____(big) change for books in Europe came in 1439, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe were copied byhand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books that were produced on a printing press.These days it is difficult to imagine a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more 10 (story) are bought as e-books and read on a screen.Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future, or will books, like scrolls, soon disappear?1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十六It was Mother's Day. When I woke up that morning, I realized something 1 (usual) was happening. Usually, I was the 2 (early) one to get up in my family. But that morning, I could hear someone else 3 (work) in the kitchen. I heard the sound of fridge door opening and closing, and water running. Things sounded quite busy .I called to see what was going on. My little boy quickly answered . “Don’t get up, mum!” he shouted as he ran to my bedroom door . “ I 4 (make) something special for you. And I want to serve it to you in bed.”I was greatly surprised because my son had never cooked before. I wondered if I should get up 5 (help) him. But I decided to lie in bed and wait to see what would 6 (cook) for me.I smelled toast(烤面包) burning in the toaster. I thought, “ He must be making a lot of 7 (noisy) cooking up a storm in the kitchen.”After a few minutes, I heard a knock on the bedroom door. My 7-year-old son came in with a dish and a glass of milk in his hands.It was the first time that he had cooked. I could feel tears of joy coming to my eyes as my little boy 8 (proud) put the food and drink on my bed and gave me a kiss. “ Happy Mother’s Day!” he said .I ate the meal happily, although it was difficult to make the dry ,burnt toast 9 (go) down my throat(喉咙).That was many years ago. Now, every time my son calls to wish me well on Mother’s Day, we think of that morning. It has become a special story between 10 (we) two.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______ 11.__________ 12.__________词汇应用十七I was feeling a little sad because my mother had lost her job．One day，while I ______1____（walk）on the street，I heard that a beautiful piece piano music playing above the noise of the people．I walked more slowlyto find out where it was coming from．Then I saw a young lady ___2___(sit) at a piano．She was singing songs about love，believing in_____3___(you) and keeping on trying．The way she was singing made me____4_____（relax）．I stood there quietly，watching her playing on such a ____5___(crowd) New York square．I thought that shemust be brave enough to perform in front of so many people．She noticed me．I walked over and____6____(tell) her how good her music sounded．"Thank you．"she said．"I have been going through a hard time recently，but you______7____(make) me hopeful again．"I said to her．"I'm glad that I could help，"she replied，"Why are you so sad？""Well，my momhas lost her job，and I'm not sure what ____8_____(do)…""Did you noticed the way you were walking？Your head was down．"she said．"Don’t be upset，because opportunity comes in different ways and if your head is down，you might not see it．You _____9______（smile）more…lift your head up．""Why are you playing the piano here？"I asked her with a smile．She explained that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer them up by playing music．I smiled a little wilder，_____10______(realize) that no difficulties could stop me from going on．1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十八bring some back to the elder, who had been his teacher. After a journey of fourthe sweet water. The young man went home with a happy heart.After the student left, the teacher let another student ___6_____ (taste) the water. He spit it out, saying it was awful. In fact, it was no ____7____ (long) fresh because of the old leather bag. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you seem ___8____(enjoy) it?” The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was not just water, but an act of ____9_____(kind) and love. Nothing could be ____10___(sweet).”We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond(宝石的) necklace, the proper response is appreciation (感激). We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing itself.1._________2._________3._________4._________5._________6.___________7._________8.__________9._________ 10._______词汇应用十九Have you ever picked strawberries yourself? The sweet fruit looks nice, but light pressure can make them out shape, so you have to be very 1 (care) when picking them. Nowadays, there 2 (be) many young people who are just like strawberries. They 3 (easy) break down when they face difficulties. There is a name for them –strawberry kids.Why are many children so easy to break down? Many students are the only child in their family. Their parents do almost everything for 4 (they) in their daily life. They hardly ever get criticized (被批评) at home and always feel good about___5_ _ (they). If these students are criticized strictly by teachers, they 6(feel) upset and begin to doubt their own abilities. And schools? Many schools care more about 7 (student) grades instead of developing their personality. As a result, students get satisfying grades while they are not mentally（精神上地）strong enough.Young people should learn how__ _8_ __ (make )themselves mentally strong. An expert said, “Whenever you are in trouble, don’t ask for help too __ _9____(quick). You should try 10 ( deal) with problems first by yourself. Take an active part in sports and social activities. That can help you bec ome mentally strong.”Growing up is not just a happy process. Pains also go along.The most important thing is to face the pains bravely and learn from them.词汇应用二十I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be ____1______(create )than the common person. When he _____2____(ask) why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about three years old. “I ___3___(try) to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I lost the bottle and it fell, spilling（溢出）the milk all over the floor—a sea of milk! I was frightened and I didn’t know what____4___(do)!” he said.His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. “I _____5_____(consider) how to explain all this to you, mom.” he said. Instead of ____6_____(punish) him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess you have made! I _____7______ (not see) such a huge sea of milk before! Well, since the milk has already been spilled, would you like _____8_____ (play) in the milk for a while? We will clean it up afte r that.” Then, he did so. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up.” He used a sponge （海绵）and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.His mother then said, “You know, we ____9_____(fail) in how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let’s go out in the yard and fill。
