Julie:Are you OK, Bill? You look tired.

Bill:Iˈm fine, Julie. I just   (1)  ________ (stay) uplate last night to write an English essay. It istime for me to improve my English writing.

Julie:Read as many things youˈre interested in aspossible,   (2)   ________ soon youˈll realise thatthere are many different ways of saying  (3)  ________ same thing. After all, having avariety of sentence  (4)   ________ (structure) inyour writing makes your English appear better.

Bill:Reading can also broaden my vocabulary. Whatkind of books should I read?

Julie:You can choose books   (5)  ______ (write) bynative speakers. They often contain sentences

  (6)   ________ differ from those commonly seenin English textbooks.

Bill:Good idea. But sometimes I donˈt know what towrite about and find   (7)   ________ hard to writea long essay.

Julie:I suggest you begin by writing short ones abouttopics youˈre interested in, such as movies andsports.

Bill:Yes. Iˈll write something every day.

Julie:Writing all the time is the key   (8)  ________improving your writing.

Bill:Quite right. Practice makes perfect.

Julie:Itˈs   (9)   ________ (easy) said than done. But inthe end, itˈs worth the work youˈve put in.

Bill:Thank you for giving me such   (10)   ________(value) advice.

Holi ( 洒红节) is a spring festival, also   (1)   ________ (know) as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival   (2)   ________ has become popular in and outside Asia. It is celebrated at the end of winter   (3)   ________ the night and the day are of equal length. The date of the festival is different every year. According to the Hindu calendar, it   (4)  ________ (usual) comes in March, sometimes in late February.

The celebration   (5)   ________ (start) with a bonfire ( 篝火) on the night before Holi, where people gather, sing and dance. The next morning is a carnival of colours, where anyone, children or elders, friends or   (6)   ________ (strange), chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water. Everyone is happy to be made fun   (7)  ________. Groups carry drums and musical instruments,  (8)  ________ (go) from place to place. After a(n)   (9)   ________ (excite) day, people visit their friends and share the delicious food after cleaning up and dressing up.

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the beginning of the new season, spring. Hindus believe   (10)   ________ is a time for enjoying spring's rich colours and saying goodbye to winter.

Yangshuo , China

It was raining lightly when I  61     (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours  62    , I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with  63      (it) choking smog（烟雾）. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River  64        are pictured by artists in so many Chinese  65      

(painting). Instead, I’d headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away   66       car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

Yangshuo  67       (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers  68       (ｍａｋｅ) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it  69          (regular) arranges（安排） quick getaways here for people  70      (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

用所给词的正确形式填空。

(1).This apple ____________(taste) delicious and I have eaten five of them.

(2).One day you’ll _______________(appreciation) the beauty of the nature.

(3).You should take ________________(responsible) for your study.

(4).Many young people are _________________(addict) to video games.

(5).________(which) way you look at it, nuclear power is the energy of the future.

选词填空，其中有两项是多余的.

  be occupied with;   compared to;   be impressed by;   be sensitive to;

  have a great influence on ;   be associated with;      run out of

(6).Humans live relatively long _____________________ other animals.

(7).I had forgotten all about it because I ________________something else.

(8).His ears __________________ any unusual sound in the machine.

(9).Many a woman _________________________ her husband.

(10).If we __________________money, we can sell some of them in Guangzhou.

The project was hung up for                       (缺少) funds.

A: What’s wrong ___41__ you, Tom? You look upset today. Is there ____42_____ wrong?

B: No, Mum, but…

A: Come on, son, tell me ____43______has happened.

B: Well. What shall I do? I happened ____44___（break）a window in Mr. Henry’s house?

A: Oh, did you apologize to Mr. Henry?

B: But the trouble is.......

  A: Come on, dear, please tell me the __45__(true).

  B: Paul and I were together. I was able to run away but he was caught and __46__ (have) to pay for the damage.

  A: You ____47______have done that.

  B: I know, but I daren’t phone Mr. Henry. And I’m also very sorry for Paul.

  A: I think you must make an ___48_____ (apologize) to Mr. Henry. Then you’d better hurry to see Paul. Give him back the money,____49____ if you like, invite him to have tea tomorrow.

  B: I will do ____50_____ you say.

Cynthia: Hello, Paul. Yesterday I bought a book — Corinne Maier's French bestseller Bonjour Paresse,   (1)  ________ translates into English as Hello Laziness. Have you heard of it?

Paul: Yes. In fact, I finished   (2)   ________ (read) it last week.

Cynthia: Really? What do you think of it?

Paul: It's very interesting. I   (3)   ________ (laugh) out loud several times while reading it. If you are working in a(n)   (4)  ________ (bore) job with little chance of advancement, do as little as possible when you are at work. That's   (5)   ________ Maier says in her book.

Cynthia: Why does she advise readers to do so?

Paul: She thinks most people work because they have to — because they need the money   (6)  ________ (live), not because they love their jobs.

Cynthia: Do you agree with her?

Paul: Not really. Instead, I think Maier's book encourages people to give up. For example, there's   (7)   ________ tip from Maier: Never accept a position of responsibility,   (8)  ________ you'll have to work extra hard for little money. However, if we act just as she says, we could be replaced by another person   (9)   ________ any time.

Cynthia: Well, I think we can't take anything she says very  (10)   ________ (serious). It's kind of a joke.

Jimmy:  Alice, how was your journey to the countryside?

Alice:   Wonderful. We   1   (enjoy) beautiful sights and food in the country.

Jimmy:  Food? Did you have   2   big dinner in the countryside? What have you had?

Alice:   It was not a big dinner at all,   3   there were a lot of foods which only can be eaten in the local place, such  4  some wild vegetables.

Jimmy:  Oh, I see. Did you do anything   5  ?

Alice:   Yes. We got   6   well with the villagers and sent pens and books we carried to the poor students.

Jimmy:  That is really great! I think they must study harder with your help.

Alice:   It is far from enough.   7   (actual), I felt a little sad as soon as I saw the joy on the children who got the pens and books.

Jimmy:  Why do you have this kind of feeling?

Alice:   As far as I am   8    (concern), these things are nothing for the children who live in our city.

Jimmy:  You are right. We can do more for the children living in that area.

Alice:   Yes. Many of us who went to the place   9   (plan) to give more help to the children.

Jimmy:  Can you tell me what you are going to do?

Alice:   We are going to buy a number of books and donate   10   to the local school.

Jimmy:  It is a good idea. I am entirely willing to join you.

Alice:   It’s very kind of you.