1 . 选词填空

reflect on; argue with; end up doing; be honored to do; in one way or another take it easy; be based on; in short; work out; insist on

1. I am not sure whether you have ________________ your holiday plan.
2. Our friendship ________________ on mutual trust.
3. ________________ , they’re active learners.
4. He ________________ doing it although I warned him not to.
5. I love my country and I ________________ have served it.
6. Everything on the earth depends on the sun ________________.

2 . 选词填空

have to; hurried to; Both of; are good for; getting along a lot of; is full of; from...to...; more and more; With the help of

1. We ________________ ask our teacher to help us answer these questions.
2. Spring is ________ March ________ May in my hometown.
3. E-mail has become ________________ popular in the world.
4. I ________________ the airport, but I was two hours late.
5. Trees ________________ our world.
6. ________________ the teachers and my classmates, everything is going well.
7. The room ________________ desks and chairs.
8. How are you ________________?
9. There are ________________ books in the library.
10. ________________ the two old men are over seventy years old.

3 . 选词填空

novelist   flow   circumstance   conclusion genius     substances     passion   prospect

1. The teacher drew a diagram showing how the blood_______through the heart.
2. Kim came to the _______based on all the evidence given not by accident.
3. These remarkable fantasy novels were written by J.K.Rowling, who is a famous British________.
4. Under no_______will he give up his dream and passion to serve his country and people.
5. What had seemed impossible now seemed a distinct _________.
6. He returned to Britain so that he could free his _______for football .
7. Where do you draw the line between ________ and madness?
8. The teacher asked us to compare the physical properties of the two_______.

4 . Xu Yuan is a volunteer in Ghana. What does she think of the country and experience? Complete the passage with the words below.

lack            secondary            housing            right            drag            kettle

Xu Yuan, a 52-year-old Chinese volunteer in Ghana, was interviewed on a TV programme. According to Xu, the    1     conditions in Ghana are not that bad. However, she admitted that she once had a memorable experience plugging holes in her roof in order to keep the rain out. Xu said, “Actually, I don’t really care about my living conditions. The only thing that has made me uncomfortable has been the    2     of hot water.” She regrets not bringing a    3     to Ghana to boil the water she needs. Some of the medicine she has brought with her works better with hot water. But any discomfort is     4    to helping the needy, she believes. Xu enjoys her volunteer experience and considers it a good opportunity to     5    herself out of her comfort zone and to explore the world. “One of my dreams is to work in Africa and continue to help the disabled after I resign from my job. I think everyone deserves the    6     to be happy,” she said.

5 . Complete the following sentences with the words in the box.

mixture             channel            mercy            profession          politics

1. Inspired by his teacher, Johnny has decided to enter the teaching_____________.
2. Although her major was chemistry, Margaret Thatcher chose_____________ as her career in the end.
3. Small boats on the sea are sometimes at the_____________ of violent weather.
4. If you don’t like this TV programme, you can change_____________.
5. This city is a_____________ of ancient and modern buildings.

6 . Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the phrases in the box.

a sight to behold            in hand            withdraw from            in return

1. Henry Norman Bethune devoted his life and profession to helping people without expecting anything__________________.
2. Last summer we visited an island in the Indian Ocean, whose rocky coastline and long golden beaches were__________________.
3. The tennis player__________________ several tournaments due to injury.
4. With lots of food and drink__________________, they set off for their picnic.

7 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. casual        B. inborn       C. downturn       D. replace       E. failing       F. limitation G. list       H. possibility        I. faultless       J. challenging       K. surround

Why You Need to Fail

“Peter, I’d like you to stay for a minute after class.” Kevin teaches my favorite body conditioning class at the gym.

“What’d I do?” I asked him.

“It’s what you didn’t do.”

“What didn’t I do?”

“Fail.”

“You kept me after class for not     1    ?”

“This.” he said while imitating my     2     weight lifting style using weights that were obviously too light, “it’s not going to get you anywhere. A muscle only grows if you work it till it fails. You need to use more     3     weights. You need to fail.” Kevin is onto something.

Every time I ask a roomfull of executives to     4     the top five moments when their career took a leap forward, failure is always on the list. For some, it was the loss of a job. For others, it was a project that had gone bad. And for others still it was the failure of a larger system like an economic     5     that required them to step up.

Yet most of us spend a tremendous effort trying to avoid even the     6     of failure. According to doctor Carol Dweck, we have a mindset problem. If you believe that your talents are     7     or fixed, then you will try to avoid failure at all costs because failure is proof of your     8     People with a fixed mindset like to solve the same problems over and over again. Students with fixed mindsets would rather not learn new languages. CEOs with fixed mindsets would     9     themselves with people who agree with them. They feel smart when they get it right. But if you believe your talent grows with persistence and effort, then you seek failure as an opportunity to improve. People with growth mindsets feel smart when they are learning, not when they are     10    .

If you have a growth mindset, then you use your failures to improve. If you have a fixed mindset, you may never fail, but neither do you learn or grow.

8 . 选词填空

celebrity, complicate, craft, fascinate, fashion, pose

1. The singer’s dress is the latest ___________, which will become ___________ very soon.
2. The manager invited a number of ___________to his wedding party.
3. The little girls are ___________ for photographs on the bench with three respective ___________.
4. A great many   ________are on display, including some teapots from the Qing Dynasty.
5. The system is very ________，and the puzzling introduction adds to its ________. I can’t understand it.
6. Music has always ___________me, especially the   ___________ songs from Europe.

9 . 短语填空

be attached to；follow in one's steps；give way；set out；end up with； carry on；beyond one's expectation；believe in

1. I ________ your efforts and courage as a football player.
2. We ________to warm up for the sports meeting.
3. The Sumer Palace is so beautiful to the extent ________.
4. Without your help, the experiment will ________ failure.
5. They ________ although the conditions got more and more challenging.
6. She gave up her career and ________ her father's ________.
7. Please ________ to the passengers behind you.
8. This elementary school ________ the teacher’s college nearby.

10 . 选择合适的短语，并用其正确形式，完成句子

green fingers, reflect on, in harmony with, pass down, wash away

1. They often use different activities to ________ their tradition and custom.
2. My grandfather has ________. Whatever he plants seems to flourish.
3. It is known that heavy rain will________ the soil from the hills.
4. Human should be ________ the natural environment.
5. A good movie can make us ________ values and inspire us to pursue a better life.