__ 3 _(person)I study Spanish When I hear someone attempting EnglishI am patient with them because I know 4 _____ difficult it is to talk in a nonnative tongueI also know English is very difficult 5 _(learn)and that increases my respect for their effortsI’m a patient person 6 nature
The situation matters tooIf I were a waiter on a super ____7__ (crowd) day and really needed to do about a dozen different thingsI might become upset at having to wait for someone ___8___ (struggle)while ordering his meal
There also exists the ___9__ (possible) that what is considered as annoyance is not truly annoyanceI might frown while listening to a nonnative speaker___10__ that would be because I am concentrating and listening hard to understand himIt wouldn’t mean I’m at all annoyed
2Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories____1____(destroy) fourteen homesSeven others were so badly damaged ____2___ their owners had to leave themand fifteen others had broken windows or roofsOne person was killedseveral were ___3___ (serious) hurt and taken to hospitaland a number of other people received smaller hurtAltogether over two hundred people were ___4___ (home) after the stormA farmerMr Tansaid that the storm began early in the morning and __5___ (last) for over an hourI __6___ (eat) with my wife and children he saidwhen we heard a loud noiseA few minutes later our house fell down on top of usWe tried our best ___7____(climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was ___8___(miss).I went back inside and found himsafe ___9___very frightenedMrs Wu said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was movingShe ran outside ___10___ once with her childrenSoldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought them foodclothes and shelter
3 Do you know how important cars are in people’s life in the United States?Without a carmost people feel that they are poorAnd even if a person is poorhe doesn’t 1 (real) feel poor when he has a car
There are three reasons 2 the car has become so popular in the United StatesFirst of allthe country is a large one and Americans like to move around in itThe car provides the most comfortable and 3 (cheap) form of transportation
The second reason is 4 the United States has never really developed 5
efficient and inexpensive form of public transportationThough there is a good system of air serviceit is so expensive that it can not 6 (use) often
Now the third reasonand also the most important one—the American spirit of 7 (depend).Americans don’t like to
wait for a bus or a trainA car gives them the freedom 8 (schedule) their own time
The gas shortage 9 (cause) a big problem for Americans since 1975The real solution 10 (have) to be a new kind of carone that does not use so much gas
4 No one knows what would happen in the future for sure 1 we often think of the future and wonder what the world 2 (be) like in a hundred years’ time
Think of spaceBy that time perhaps 3 permanent station on the moon will have been set upPerhaps people 4 (be) able to visit the moon as touristsCheap rockets for space travel will have been developed 5 (permit) long journeys throughout the solar systemWhen that time comespeople 6 (take) holidays in space and visiting other planetssuch as the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration outpost
Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last 7 (long).They will 8 (probable) find cures for most diseasesHospitals will may have body banks 9 can give you almost any new part you need to keep on 10 (live).People in the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years
5It is still often true today that people don’t want to search for their own understanding or educate themselvesPeople feel that if someone important and 1 (respect) says that something is rightthen it must be soBut even though Aristotle was a great man who inspired many great 2 (science) and philosophers after himhe was wrong at timesAnd Galilei too made mistakesHe is now known as the father of astronomy but he believed that the earth 3 (move) round the sun in 4 perfect circleHe was wrongTherefore our understanding of the world around us 5 (change) and growing
We need to thank the great men of the past 6 the wisdom to know that we don’t know it all and 7 (probable) never willfor that would mean a world without questionsSo much of our knowledge and understanding of the world today is due to people like Bacon and Galileiwho were brave enough 8 (step) out from the shadows of conventional thought in order to find the kingdom of knowledge upon 9 today’s civilisation is builtThese men knew that knowledge and understanding are things to fight for more vital to a manand more 10 (benefit) to mankindsome might saythan all the money in the world
6I have the greatest job in the world I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world 1 my job is occasionally dangerous I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive
I 2 (appoint) as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory twenty years ago My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea 3 is one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii Having collected and evaluated the information I help other volcanologists to predict 4 lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast Our work has saved many lives because people 5 the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses _ 6 (fortunate) we cannot move their homes out of the way and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to 7 ground
Today I am just 8 enthusiastic about my job as the day I first started 9 (study) volcanoes now for many years I am still amazed 10 their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage
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1答案1 speaking 2 easily 3 Personally 4 how 5 to learn 6 by 7 crowded 8 to struggle 9 possibility 10 but
2答案1destroying 2that 3seriously 4homeless 5lasted 6was 7to climb 8missing 9but 10at
3答案1really 2why 3cheapest 4that 5an 6be used
7independence 8to schedule 9has caused 10will have
4答案1But 2would be 3a 4will bewill have been
5.permitting 6will be taking 7longer 8probably 9thatwhich 10living
5答案1respected 2scientists 3moved 4a 5is changing
6for 7probably 8to step 9which 10.beneficial
6答案1AlthoughThough 2 was appointed 3 which 4 where 5 in
6 Unfortunately 7 the 8 as 9 Having studied 10 at
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