1 . (一) Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family     1     1889. His parents were both music hall     2     (perform). You may find     3     astonishing that Charlie       4     (teach) to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially     5     the family income was often uncertain.     6     (luck), his father died,     7     (leave) the family even     8     (bad) off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking     9     his mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the     10     (popular) child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him – his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

       (二) As I get to know more about international friends, I learn more about this     11     (culture) “body language”. Not all cultures greet each other the same way,     12     are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance     13     people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using     14     (speak) “language” through physical distance, actions or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to       15     or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places     16     Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others     17     (close) and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other     18     shaking hands,     19     some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese,     20     prefer to bow.

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Since the 1970s many new     1     have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make     2     phones as well as help with medical operations. Anyhow, my     3     is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a     4     friend and helper of the human race!

It shows the     5     of wildlife protection, but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests. The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it     6     itself. ―What are you doing? asked Daisy. ―I’m     7     myself from mosquitoes, it replied. …You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and     8     how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs.

Sometimes they may play to     9     in the street or subway so that they can earn some     10     money for themselves or to pay for their instruments.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（每空1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。（根据所学的课文内容填空）

The full name of England is the     1           2     of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It     3     of four parts. They are England ,Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. People always think Wales is a part of England. The flag of the UK is called the Union Jack.   The four countries have different     4    and legal systems as well as different football teams. England is the largest of the four countries and it is     5     into   three parts. Most of the people settled in the South , but most of the large industrial cities are in the Midlands and the North.

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Until last year, I was trying to look like the slim girls on TV even though I knew that it was     1     (possible). To lose weight, I tried every new diet I read about online. I tried no-fat, low-fat, 5:2, only bananas, no bananas-I almost     2     (go) mad.

Then an article changed me. It said instead of asking “Am I fat?” I should be asking “Am I fit?” I didn’t know a letter could make such a     3     (different)! Then I started thinking about fitness rather than weight. I didn’t say that I wanted to lose three kilos. Instead, I would say I wanted to run two kilometres in eight     4     (minute) or I wanted to be able to do 30 push-ups. I preferred     5     (add) healthy foods to my meals rather than cut     6    the foods I enjoyed. I still had a burger now     7     then, but I would add a salad or an apple.

Finally, I stopped     8     (compare) myself with actresses and models and looking for things that were wrong with my face or body. Instead, I made a list of the things I liked about     9     (I). I became more positive about myself and my body. As     10     result, I became both happier and healthier.

5 . Complete the two paragraphs taken from Eye Contact in the More Reading section of Unit one.

In many Asian cultures,     1     shows respect. It is done when talking with anyone     2     or with anyone older.

Habits like this can     3     when people do not understand them.     4    , an Asian might close his eyes     5     or look down while listening to a speaker. A Western speaker might think the man is not interested.

6 . 默写文段
    1    . It was full of people. The hostess, a very thin lady, came forward. “Welcome,” she said. “My name is Yong Hui.     2    .” Then she gave a menu to Wang Peng. There are few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetables served in vinegar, fruit and water.    3    .     4    . He could not believe his eyes. He threw down the menu and hurried outside. On his way home he thought about his own menu. Did it make people fat? Perhaps he should go to the library and find out.     5    ! He had better do some research.

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Middle English is the name     1    (give) to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played a part in the     2    (develop) of this new type of English. The most important     3    (贡献) was from the Normans, a     4     (French speak) people who    5     (打败) England and took control of the country in 1066.     6    , the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons’ victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English     7     (replace) Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the e    8     250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English     9     the first language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). It is interesting to learn     10     the words for animals and meat developed.

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Sang Lan’s story is so special. Everyone who saw her, from nurses to famous visitors like Lconardo DiCaprio from the film Titanic, who went to see her in the hospital to     1    her up , add said she was in good     2    . Sang Lan knew that for many people the secret to happiness is to have     3     for the good things in life ,and to focus on goals, Instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling hopeless, Sang Lan thought about what she could do to get better . Her teammates were competing while she was in hospital . When they visited her and told her about their     4     she was happy for them . When the doctor told her that she would never again be a gymnast , she was able to     5     her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished . She felt thankful to be alive and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things.

9 . Work in pairs and fill in the blanks below according to the text.

Journey down the Mekong

People	Wang Kun, Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Time	After     1     from college
Place	Along the entire Mekong River
Details	Wang Kun and Wang Wei have     2     about     3     ever since middle school and they bought     4     bikes two years ago.
	Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and     5     in western Yunnan Province.
Details	The river     6     the Lancang River in China and the Mekong River in     7     countries.
	The Mekong River     8     in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain.
	The journey began at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres     9     the air was hard     10    .

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There are two main sets of Games---the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a    1     basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be    2     as competitors.

Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honor of winning. No other countries could join in, nor    3     slaves or women!