完形填空 Apples are a type of widely-cultivated fruit that grows on 21 . Apple trees grow in cold and temperate areas 22 the world. There are thousands of different varieties of apples, 23 Jonathan, McIntosh, Granny Smith, 24 Red Delicious. An apple tree can grow to over 35 feet 25 . Each spring, an apple tree 26 pink and white flowers. 27 a blossom has been fertilized, 28 develops. 29 each apple are small, brown seeds, which can grow into 30 apple trees. Each fall, apple trees 31 their leaves- they are deciduous. Early in US history, John Chapman (nicknamed Johnny Appleseed) 32 apple seeds around 33 of the USA. Apples are a 34 snack; there is 35 saying, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away.'

完形填空 Milk was one of the main foods for people long before history was written. Maybe 21 will remain an important food as long as there are 22 that give milk. The old word 'milk' 23 Sanskrit(梵文), one of the oldest 24 known to man. A very old picture of milking, 25 was drawn five thousand years ago, has been found. In the years long ago, people got their milk 26 their own animals. But 27 modern times new inventions made the milk industry(产业) a big business. 28 1851 Gall Borden found a way to 29 some of the water out from milk. This made milk keep longer. Four years later, Louis Pasteur 30 a way to kill the bacteria(细菌) in milk. Then a special milk bottle was made. This was followed 31 the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk. The discoveries had a great effect(影响) on the milk industry. They meant that milk could be kept longer. Some people believe that milk drinking will become less popular 32 it has been. But remember how long milk has been an important food 33 think of the many ways 34 it is useful. It seems 35 to say that the milk industry will always be important.

完形填空 One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades. 21 your teenager starts a family quarrel by sitting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not 22 a simple experiment? Rather than taking the heavy handed(严厉的) line of ordering him to his bedroom to get on with it 23 , let him do the homework the 24 he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparkling (有文采) than 25 he's done before. According to the research of Millfield prep school, around 20% of youngsters 26 best with background music, 10% excel (突出) when allowed to break up their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate (集中精力) 27 if allowed to fiddle (用手拨弄) with a small object. The research has advised the school to adopt (采取) a complete 28 approach (措施), analyzing pupils to discover which learning style 29 them best—then letting them do their work listening to music or 30 lying down. Doubtful parents at first regarded the move as a layabout's (懒散闲荡的人) deed but many are now applying it at 31 where children are also allowed to do their work 32 the television on. 'I 33 to work on the floor with music on low,' admits Susan, 13, a day-girl (走读女生). 'At first my parents thought I was skiving (逃避), but my 34 persuaded them to look at my homework and when they saw it was OK, they 35 .'

完形填空 Dr. William C. Stokoe, Jr., was the chairman of the English Department at Gallaudet University. He saw the way deaf people communicated and was extremely 21 . He was a hearing person, and signs of the deaf were totally new to him. Dr. Stokoe decided to propose a study of sign language. Many other teachers were not interested, and thought Dr. Stokoe was 22 to think about studying sign language. Even deaf teachers were not very interested in the project. However, Dr. Stokoe did not give up. 23 , he started the Linguistics Research Program in'1957. Stokoe and his two deaf assistants, worked 24 this project during the summer and after school. The three 25 made films of deaf people signing. The deaf people in the films did not understand 26 the research was about and were just trying to be nice to Dr. Stokoe. Many people thought the whole project was silly, but 27 agreed with Dr. Stokoe in order to please him. Stokoe and his 28 studied the films of signing. They 29 the films and tried to see patterns in the signs. The results of the research were 30 : the signs used by all of the signers 31 certain linguistic rules. Dr. Stokoe was the first linguist to test American Sign Language 32 a real language. He published the 33 in 1960,but not many people paid attention to the study. Dr. Stokoe was still 34 —he was the only linguist who 35 that sign language was more than gestures. He knew it was a language of its own and not just another form of English.

完形填空 College was the best of times and the worst of times for me. I had 21 experiences with my best friends, but I also folded under more 22 than I ever had to deal with before. 23 bad grades, I ended up being asked to take a semester off at the end of the first semester of my senior year. So I went back home to 24 with my father and stepmother. To their credit, they understood me and were very cool about my coming back. I felt their 25 from the moment I walked in the door. They 26 to let me feel like a failure. One morning not long after I had come home, my father woke me up saying that my stepmother 27 on the kitchen floor, l went downstairs trying to perform CPR (心肺复苏术) on her 28 it was too late. She was already dead of a massive heart attack. I'll never 29 the look on my father's face when he was given the official news of her passing. I knew at that moment that I had to be 30 because he needed someone to lean on. It was as if our roles had 31 and I was being the protective parent while he took the time to 32 . I guess the lesson I took from it is that even in our 33 moments we can still be of help to someone who is 34 something much harder. It's so easy to close ourselves off to the things going on around us, and 35 feel that we are the only ones hurting. Helping someone else could actually help us heal ourselves. Needlessly to say I went back to college the next semester, and I studied harder and got my degree. My father and I developed a bond that was even closer than it already was, and I have a much better ability to keep bad times in perspective (适当地).

完形填空 Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He 21 a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf. Laurent Clerc was 22 in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire, 23 both his hearing and his sense of smell. At 12, Laurent 24 the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant 25 . Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was very 26 about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on 27 to teach deaf people. While he was there, he was invited to go to Paris to 28 three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the 29 where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one 30 : that he would stay in America only a short time. They set sail and the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean 31 52 days. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and 32 . The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut. At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet, the pupils, and 33 men who came to the school to study deaf education. In 1819, Clerc 34 Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858. 35 he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States.

完形填空 Mary Arming (1799—1847) was a British fossil hunter who began finding 21 as a child, and soon supported herself and her very 22 family by finding and selling fossils. Very 23 is known about her life, but her father was a cabinet maker and he also 24 local fossils. Mary 25 on the southern coast of England, in a town called Lyme Regis. Its famous 26 by the sea contain 27 fossil layers that 28 from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (the 29 of the dinosaurs, other bizarre reptiles, large insects, sea creatures, 30 mammals, and 31 life forms). Mary Arming 32 and prepared the first fossilized plesiosaur (an ocean-dwelling reptile) and the first Ichthyosaurus (an ocean-dwelling reptile that 33 like a dolphin). She found many other important fossils, including Pterodactylus (a flying reptile), sharks (and other fish), and so on. 34 with her brother Joseph, Mary supplied prepared fossil specimens to 35 museums, scientists, and private collections.

完形填空 Mobile phones help us communicate everywhere, which is very important. They are good at emergencies, when you've 21 a car accident, for instance. A mobile phone 22 save your life! Mobile phones are also 23 because they have many good features--we can take photos and send them all over the world. But every coin has two sides. The 24 thing about mobile phones is that you have no privacy. My boss and friends find me whenever they want! I haven't enjoyed a whole quiet day since the day I 25 my mobile phone. 26 disadvantage is that mobile phones make us lose good habits, such as punctuality. Before, when we 27 keep in touch so easily, if we had a date with someone, we tried our best to arrive 28 time. But now, because of the mobile phone, we are not afraid of 29 late any more, so, surprisingly enough, we make people wait! The third 30 I see is that I change my mobile phone once a year, and this means I'm spending 31 too much money on it. I think it is important to think 32 we use mobile phones. We should use things such as mobile phones, laptops, cameras, the Internet, and so on, 33 our needs. We can 34 our mobile phone when we don't want to be disturbed by 35 . If we know how to use it, we can eliminate its disadvantages.

完形填空 November 7, 2000 is a very special day in the United States. Voters all across the nation are 21 representatives in local and national races. Some people think that they're voting for the president of our country too. They're not! Again, they're voting for 22 . These representatives are called electors. They are part of a system called the Electoral College. In most states the electors are chosen on a winner take all basis. That makes it 23 for one candidate to win 24 electors while getting less popular votes nationally than his 25 The 26 will meet in their respective states and vote for president and vice-president on December 18, 2000. The Constitution does not 27 the electors to vote for the candidates that they are pledged to, but they almost always do. 28 January 6, 2001, just two weeks before the 29 president and vice-president take office, the votes will be counted in Congress. If no one gets a majority (more than half) of the electoral votes, at least 270 out of 538, the 30 will be chosen by Congress. The House of Representatives will choose (one vote per state) the president and the Senate will choose the vice-president. It's not likely, but we could 31 end up with a president from one party and a vice-president from 32 In an extremely close election, all 33 of strange outcomes are possible. Will the 34 that most voters prefer be the next 35 ? And when will we even know?

完形填空 People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 21 problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 22 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods 23 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six 24 in analysing a problem. 25 , the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam' s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 26 that there is a problem with his bicycle. Next the person must 27 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 28 the parts that are wrong. Now the person must look for 29 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 30 solutions. For example, suppose Sam 31 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 32 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully. After 33 the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 34 , his suggestions might be tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones. In the end, one 35 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes quite unexpectedly because the thinker suddenly sees something in a different way. Finally the solution is tested. Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.

完形填空 It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet 21 . The loaded plates I carried 22 to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn' t able to do anything. 23 . As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream 24 a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father 25 at me as he handed me my tip. 'Well done,' he said, 'you' ve 26 us really well.' Suddenly my tiredness 27 . I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd like my first day, I said, ' 28 !' Those few words of praise had 29 everything. Praise is like 30 to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And 31 ,while most of us are only too 32 to apply(应用)to others the cold wind of criticism (批评), we are 33 to give our fellows the warm sunshine 34 praise. Why-when one word of praise can bring such 35 ?

完形填空 Dear Cassy, Thanks for reminding me by e-mail that you want to baby-sit our children. In spite of the 21 that you are only 12 years old, my wife and I would be 22 to consider your application if you can meet a few modest 23 : 1. Submit three letters from 24 who will certify that you have never failed to follow directions perfectly in class and never failed to hand in a homework assignment 25 . 2. Submit a note from two 26 who will certify that you are in perfect health, have never been sick, and never will be sick. 3. Submit a document from your physical education teacher or team 27 that proves that you can do each of the following: Run two miles in 28 than nine minutes, climb a greased rope to a 29 of twenty feet in thirty seconds while balancing a glass of water on your nose, and walk in bare feet over hot coals and broken glass without complaint or 30 . 4. Submit notarized letters from at least two mental health professionals 31 that you have never 32 a jealous, envious, or hostile thought towards any living being or inanimate object. 5. Play and 33 five expert chess players while blindfolded after going without sleep for 48 hours. 6. Wait 34 for two years while we have private investigators 35 that all your documents are authentic. Your loving and trusting friends, The Smiths

完形填空 Hawaii, the youngest state of the United States, is different in many ways from the mainland states. The Hawaiian people are a mixture of the 21 Hawaiians and many immigrants who arrived 22 . When the first pineapple plantations 23 in Hawaii in the 1900's, there were not enough people living on the islands to do all the work. 24 more came: the Chinese, Japanese, and the Portuguese were the main groups. For many years, Hawaiian customs were looked down on or 25 . Now there is new pride in the old ways. Children are learning the 26 language and the traditional songs and dances. At the University of Hawaii there is a great deal of interest in the history of the islands and the culture of the 27 . Visitors to the islands 28 to see the island paradise as it 29 to be. Large numbers of tourists from the Mainland 30 in Hawaii daily. Signs of modern tourism are 31 . Honolulu and its suburbs, a quiet area of about 250,000 thirty years 32 , is now a crowded area of 800,000 residents and 33 . As you drive around the island of Oahu, you can find some of the beaches are closed 34 the public, and more and more tourist resorts are being built in areas that were unspoiled. Hawaiians 35 about what will happen to the old way of life.

完形填空 When all the people had assembled, the king, surrounded by his court, 21 a signal. Then a door beneath him opened, and the accused man stepped 22 into the arena. Directly opposite him were two doors, exactly 23 and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the 24 on trial to walk directly to these 25 and open one of them. He 26 open either door he pleased; he was subject to no 27 or influence. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the 28 and most cruel that could be found, which 29 sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. 30 , if the accused person opened the other door, out of it came a 31 lady, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the 32 method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could 33 know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest 34 whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused person was instantly 35 if guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot.

完形填空 One of my fondest Christmas memories was also one of our family's bleakest (最令人沮丧的). We were just little kids, and on Christmas Day morn 21 us all around her to tell us, 22 , that there would be no presents because all we really wanted was to 23 for our daddy. He was very sick. I don't remember anything else except four little girls surrounding my mother, crying 24 a miracle. At that very moment, someone 25 loudly on the door. 26 behind him was a merry group of soldiers from the Army base where my father 27 as a minister. News had 28 that we were in trouble, and his colleagues knew we needed some 29 . With all the excitement, even my dad 30 in a blanket to keep warm, came down and sat in front of a roaring fire in our room to watch his children be 31 by good Samaritans (乐善好施的人). The presents were unwrapped, and we girls 32 packages and found a doll each and four board games. What is 33 to me is that I don't even remember what sickness my father was suffering from. I 34 remember an evening of laughter and 35 . There were no expensive toys. But the moments of friendship and fun were given by young men who knew that a family was having a hard time. They gave their time and their love to little children who needed to laugh.

完形填空 Liam works in Sydney. Last month he had 21 holiday, but he didn't know 22 to go. He said to his friend Robert, 'I 23 the hot weather here, but I can't find a cool place in Australia. How will I spend my holiday?' 'That's 24 ,' said Robert. 'You'd better go to Moscow. It's 25 there because it is covered with snow and ice now.' Liam 26 with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon 27 Moscow. He made a 28 journey there. But one day he got into trouble. After lunch he went outside the city. He saw a dog 29 him while he 30 by a house. It was 31 and wanted to get some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no pieces of bread or cake with him. He tried to send it away. But it began to shout at him. He wanted to 32 something to make the dog go away, but he couldn't find anything 33 snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone (石头) on the ground. He tried to 34 but he failed. 'How strange the Russians are!' Liam said to himself. 'They do not tie (拴) their dogs, but firmly (紧紧地) tie the 35 '.

写作题 每个人都对人口问题很关注。 2. 为什么会有巨大的人口增长呢？ 3. 要改变环境，人们应采取措。

写作题 Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100-120 words based on the following information. Remember to write it clearly. 你是刘玲(Liu Ling)，写一封给晓东(Xiao Dong)的道歉信，讲明道歉的原因、解决问题的办法，以弥补因晓东来拜访而自己不在家给他带来的沮丧。

写作题 你(Li Yuan)的一个朋友准备出院，写封信表示宽慰，并鼓励他/她。其内容如下： (1)如何得知的消息； (2)对他/她的出院表示高兴； (3)提供帮助。

写作题 写一篇有关压力的文章。内容包括： (1)压力是什么? (2)减压的办法。