Complete the following passage by using the words in the box． Each word can only be used once． Note that there is one word more than you need．
| A． best-selling B． influenced C． tragic D． canceled AB． in peace AC． used to AD． given BC． focus BD． comeback C D． concentration |
A year ago, at the annual pre-Grammy party, Whitney Houston, the great diva（女歌手）, walked on stage and closed the evening with a brilliant performance．
Last Saturday, Houston was once again the1 of the showcase before the Grammys, but her presence was a posthumous（死后的）one．
Earlier that day, pop music’s former queen was found dead in her hotel room． She was 48．
This, no doubt, is sad news to the whole music industry and her fans all over the world, __2__ what a legendary life and remarkable career that she once had．
At her peak, Houston was the golden girl of the music world． From the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world’s3 artists． She strongly impressed the audiences with effortless, powerful and peerless vocals．
Besides multi-million record sales, Houston made countless hits such as The Greatest Love of All, I Have Nothing, and the mostly famous I Will Always Love You．
She also4 a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey．
But by the end of her career, it was a5 fall for this superstar． Houston has been addicted to drugs． Her album sales plummeted and the hits stopped coming． Her once calm and peaceful image was shattered by a wild manner and unusual public appearances, and her once natural voice became rough and hoarse, unable to hit the high notes as she6 ．
“The biggest devil is me． I’m either my best friend or my worst enemy,” Houston told the ABC in an interview in 2002．
In 2009, Houston staged what seemed to be a successful7 with the album I Look To You, which debuted on top of the charts．
But hoarse voice, 8 concerts, and continuous illness–Houston’s comeback trail wasn’t smooth at all． In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2009, Houston confessed: “It （show business） is too much． So much to try to live up to, to try to be, and I wanted out．”
Now that Houston has finally taken a break from all the chaos, may she rest9 ．
高三英语其他题中等难度题
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. academic | B. disabilities | C. techniques | D. individualized | E. structured |
| F. approach | G. suitable | H. initially | I. provide | J. specifically |
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Dr. Emily Levy, Director
Phone: (212)249-0147
ielevy@eblcoaching.com
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EBL Coaching specializes in providing individualized one-on-one home tutoring for students in grades preK-12. All students are __1.__ assessed to determine their strengths and weaknesses and __2.__ levels, and are then matched with a specialist who is __3.__ trained in the types of methods that are most __4.__ for that student. EBL Coaching uses research-based, multi-sensory __5.__, including the Orton Gillingham methodology, to __6.__ tutorial support at their Upper East Side location and at students’ homes. They also offer specific programs for students with learning __7.__ and ADHD, and specialize in helping students develop skills in reading comprehension, writing, math and study skills. EBL Coaching specialists also teach strategies（策略） for note-taking, test-taking, organization, active text-book reading and writing. They use research-based techniques that are __8.__ according to each student’s needs. All programs follow a structured, multi-sensory __9.__.
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. additional B. producing C. regular D. predicted E. identified E atmosphere G. matched H. reducing I. carried J. increase |
Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America. The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations (浓度) of carbon dioxide in the ___1.___.
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater. Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be ___2.___ to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region. The growth may also be influenced by the significant ___3.___ in atmospheric CO2, he said.
"We made a list of reasons these forests could be growing faster and then excluded half of them," Dr. Parker said. Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in ___4.___ the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate.
Dr. Parker and his colleagues have ___5.___ out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) ___6.___ basis since 1987. They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing___________7.___ tons of wood each year.
The scientists ___8.___ the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate. More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had ___9.___ from estimates of the long-term rates of growth.
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Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once Note that there is one word more than you need．
A．actually B．suddenly C．impact D．fitness E．memories
F．imaging G．responsible H．implications I．boost J．encouraging
If you want to 1._ your child's results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise．Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you cleverer．A team in America has used scans to show that an important part of the brain _2._ grows in children who are fit．These youngsters tend to be more intelligent and have better _3._ than those who are inactive．
Scientists also found that one of the most important parts of their brains was 12 per cent larger than those of unfit youngsters．They believe that _4._ children to take exercise from a very young age could help them do better at school later．Researchers from the University of Illinois, in the U．S．, studied the brains of 49 children aged nine and ten using a magnetic resonance _5._ scan, a technique which provides very detailed pictures of organs and tissues in the body．
They also tested the _6._ levels of the children by making them run on a treadmill．The scientists found that the hippocampus（海马体）, a part of the brain _7._ for memory and learning, was around 12 per cent larger in the fitter youngsters．
Professor Art Kramer, who led the study published in the journal Brain Research, said the findings had important _8._ for encouraging individuals to take part in sport from a young age．"We knew that experience and environmental factors and socioeconomic status all _9._ brain development," he said．"If you get some lousy（坏的） genes from your parents, you can't really fix that, and it's not easy to do something about your economic status．But here's something that we can do something about．
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. maintained B. serious C. indications D. figures E. anxious F. concern G crisis H. decided I. available J. reversed |
Filmgoers should be told how many calories there are in the popcorn, ice cream and soft drinks that they buy in cinemas, according to the Food Standard Agency.
Smaller popcorn buckets and drink cups should also be made 1. , the nutrition inspector said.
Tim Smith, chief executive of the agency, told The Times that cinemas should help to deal with the country's overweight 2. .
"There is a misbelief that popcorn is calorie-free, but that is not the case. It is a 3. to us," he said. "Portion sizes are also a big issue, and there seems to be increasingly big packs on sale."
He spoke as a number of food chains such as Pret A Manger, Wimpey and The Real Greek 4. to put calorie counts on all their menus.
A trial scheme（试行方案） with 21 food companies took place last summer, and 5. are that consumers altered their buying habits when they realised the number of calories in a product.
A consultation(征询意见) on the trial ends next month but Mr Smith is already planning the second drive for American-style calorie counts and is 6. to win support from cinemas and other entertainment places, from football grounds to concert halls.
Government 7. suggest that two thirds of adults and a third of children are overweight. If trends are not 8. , this could rise to almost nine in ten adults and two thirds of children by 2050, putting them at 9. risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
F. evidence G. volcanic H. chemicals I. created J. closely |
Since early times, people have been ___41___with the idea of life existing somewhere else besides earth. Until recently, scientists believe that life on other planets was just a hopeful dream. But now they are beginning to___42____places where life could form. In 1997, they saw ____43____of planets near other stars like the sun. But scientists now think that life could be even nearer in our own solar system. One place scientists are studying very closely is Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Space probes(探测器) have provided evidence that Europa has a large ocean under its surface. The probes have also made scientists think that under its surface Europa has a rocky core（核心） giving off____44____heat. Water and heat from volcanic activity are two basic conditions needed for life to form. A third is certain basic____45____such as carbon, oxygen and nitrogen. Scientists believe there might be such chemicals lying at the bottom of Europa’s ocean. They may have already____46____life or may be about to. You may wonder if light is also needed for life to form. Until____47____, scientists thought that light was essential. But now, places have been found on earth that are in total blackness such as caves several miles beneath the surface. And bacteria,___48____ forms of life, have been seen there. So the lack of light in Europa’s sub-surface ocean doesn’t automatically rule out life____49____.
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Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．
A．survey B．off C．better D．care E．conducted
F．differed． G．personal H．prepared I．contrast J．differences,
GAN Xiaolin, 18, only gets half a day __1.__ school every week since the Hubei student started senior high school．Every day, he takes core （核心的） courses from 7:10 am to 10:30 pm．
Sometimes, Gan feels extremely stressed from the heavy workload．But he hopes that his three
years of hard work toward the college entrance examination will change his life for the _2._．
Gan is a typical Chinese student, as shown m a recently released survey．The new survey, which was __3.__ by the China Youth and Children Research Center and other foreign institutions, polled（调整） about 4,000 high school and vocational school students in China, Japan, the United States and South Korea．
The five biggest frustrations listed by all the young people were: an over-busy school life, an empty_4.__ life, dissatisfaction with their appearance, a lack of time for exercise and friends, and no spare money．
Although some of the teenage problems were y-niversai, there were big _ _5._ between the students when it came to the time they spent on sehoolwork．
For example, Chinese students spent the most time at school and on homework．Nearly 80 percent of them spent at least eight hours a week in school, and 56．7 percent spent two or more hours on their homework．By_6., only about 25 percent of US students, 20,5 percent of Japanese students, and 15 percent of Korean students had more than two hours of homework each night．
The responses from the Chinese students also _7._ significantly from their peers （同龄人）
in the other three countries when asked about their life goals．
Only 16．7 percent of Chinese students said that they didn't __8._ much about their future, while the figure for that category was 72．4 percent for US students, 59．1 percent for the Japanese and 58．2 percent for the South Koreans．The _9. found that Chinese students were more motivated than the other students to work hard for a better life．
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. concerned B. estimated C. purposes D. intentional AB. result
AC. nationally
ABC.Obviously AD. assumed BC. private BD. interest CD. Completely
By now you know that getting your money’s worth is not just a matter of luck. It is more often the ________ of buying skill. Nevertheless, even the smartest consumers are sometimes fooled into thinking they are getting their money’s worth when they are not. At one time or another, almost everyone experiences deception (欺骗）in the market place. The deception may not be ________. But, whether or not, any kind of deception hurts consumers’ feelings as well as their pocket books. Some kinds of deception even endanger their health and safety as well. ________, consumers need protection against the marketing of unsafe goods and false or misleading advertising. Fortunately, there are both public and ________ agencies working to meet the need. Government’s job in free enterprise system is to protect the public _ . The public is composed entirely of consumers. When it comes to protecting consumers, therefore, government has the most influence. Because most consumer products are sold ________, the major responsibility for consumer protection is ________ by federal government. That responsibility, however, is shared by many agencies. For example, the US Postal Service works to uncover and stop dishonest schemes operated by mail. The National Highway Safety Bureau is ________ with all aspects of automobile safety. Certain federal agencies, however, have consumer protection as one of their chief ________. Most federal agencies are known by their initials. FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration, which probably does more to protect consumers than any other agency. Its major concern is the safety, purity, and labeling of foods, drugs, and cosmetics. These are the products for which consumers spends a(n) ________38% of their incomes.
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. major | B. determined | C. promotion | D. prosperous | E. stressed |
| F. surprisingly | G. impressed | H. questions | I. cooperation | J. increasingly |
Barack Obama has been a hit in China. Apart from holding talks with Chinese leaders, the president ___1.___ the Chinese with a lively question-and-answer session with college students. In fact, he is the first U.S. president to visit China inside his first year in office.
“The United States insists we do not seek to contain China’s rise,” he told Chinese students in Shanghai. “On the contrary, we welcome China as a strong and ___2.___ and successful member of the community of nations.”
The U.S.-China relationship has opened the door to partnerships on ___3.__ global concerns including economic recovery, clean energy, climate change, and the ___4.___ of peace and beyond, he added.
Indeed, given these pressing issues, China and the United States have ___5.___ found their future linked together. They discovered that the largest developing nation and the most powerful industrialized country have to work in concert.
Obama’s visit to China on November 15-18 highlighted the complexity of arguably the most important bilateral (双边) relationship in the world. Moreover, for all their differences and disagreements, Beijing and Washington are ___6.___ to manage their relations in a way that will contribute to world peace and development.
Obama kicked off his first state visit to China in the country’s financial and economic centre, Shanghai, where he held a “town hall” meeting with more than 500 Chinese students. The one-hour discussion, during which Obama took ___7.___ ranging from antiterrorism to recipes for success with his signature charisma (领袖魅力), was broadcast live on the websites.
He ___8.___ that young people could help build bridges in U.S.-China ___9.___ — a process that he said must grow beyond the two countries’ governments to take root in the people.
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. comprehending B. industry C. range D. enhance AB. adopted
AC. pronounce AD. flooding BC. valued BD. operating CD. tend
The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language. Japanese publishers have been ____1. ____ the market with over a dozen language-learning titles. Companies are trying to tap into a foreign-language teaching ____2. ____ that the Yano Research Institute said was ____3. ____ at 767 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in 2008.
Why is there such a massive Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a sure-fire way to ____4. ____ their English-speaking skills.
Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty ____5. ____ a speech given by a native English speaker. But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can ____6. ____ words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow clip,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist. “Movies ____7. ____ to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble their words.” Obama sets his ____8. ____ of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension.
The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be ____9. ____ in Japan for business and political purposes. At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan.
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Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
F. explosive G. easily H. rushed I. injuries J. caught |
Each year around 800 people – most of them children – need treatment in hospital for injuries caused by fireworks. A third of the accidents take place at back garden firework parties and about a third of the 41 are to children under the age of 13. The cost of medical treatment after firework accidents can be as much as ￡20 million a year.
Martin Pearcey, 11, is one of the lucky ones: he could have been 42 in one eye.
Like hundreds of others on November 5（Guy Fawkes’s Night）, Martin went to his 43 park to see the fireworks display. He was with his brothers, John and Dave.
“A gang of kids had taken the 44 material out of several fireworks and had put it in a pile on the ground,” remembers John.
“When they lit it, it went off and 45 Martin in his eye.”
John 46 Martin to their grandmother’s house nearby, where the eye was immediately bathed in cold water. He was then taken to hospital, where a sterilized（消毒的） patch was put over it.
“At first he couldn’t see a thing because the eye was so swollen(肿胀的),” says Martin’s elder sister, Pat. “It was weeks before it would open 47 again.”
His dad agrees. “He was lucky not to lose the sight of that eye.”
“Little kids shouldn’t be able to get hold of fireworks,” adds Pat. “I think organized 48 are much safer.”
And young Martin now says, “I don’t mind fireworks when grown – ups are 49, but I don’t like it when little kids have them. I think fireworks are a bit stupid, really.”
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