1、短文综合填空专练先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容及首字母提示，将短文空白处的单词补充完整，使短文完整、通顺。A If you have lots of homework to do and feel you cant get it (76) d_, look at the suggestions (77)b_. Theyll help you make a plan that will turn your “task” into smaller, easier units. Write down your “tasks” as soon as they are given. You cant pl
2、an well for the time to finish your “tasks” (78) u_ you know exactly what needs to be done. You need to (79)c_ think about the details (细节) of your tasks and the time you hand in your “results”. Make sure have enough time to finish your “tasks”. Thats to say, (80) s_ time for each task so that youll
3、 finish it in time. Its better to give (81)y_ more time to deal with the task. If you finish a task early, you can use your extra (额外的)time to do another one, or you can reward (奖赏) yourself by doing something fun rather than homework. Put the deadline (截止日期) for your “tasks” first. This means the (
4、82) e_ you finish the tasks, the more time youll have to do other things you like. Take breaks. This will stop you from getting too (83) t_ after a long time of working on your schoolwork. Taking a ten-minute break each hour is a good (84) w_ to relax. Use the time to wash your face, walk around the
5、 block, get something to drink or do something that wont get in way of your schoolwork. Finally, once youve made a plan for your “task”, try to follow it no matter what (85) h_. Remember, your plans wont work if you dont work.BSarah Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she
6、wrote to her parents from the school.Wentworth Girls SchoolBeachsideJuly 20thDearest Mom and Dad, Im afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty(调皮的） and the school principal is very a_1_with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does
7、not want me in the school any l_2_.The trouble started last night w_3_ I was smoking in bed. This is a_4_ the rules, of course. We are not s_5_ to smoke at all.As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I t_6_ the cigarette away.U_7_
8、, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire.There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the w_8_ room was burning.The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department a_9_the
9、whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital. The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must p_10 for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.Im very sorry about this.Much love,SarahP. S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my ex
10、ams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!C Mr. Robertson was the owner of a large companyOne day he went into his office early to get ready to go to the airport and set out for a faraway city He was leaving his office w_1_Bill，a night watchman，came inBill just came off workAfter s
11、aying “good morning” to Mr. Robertson，Bill told the owner about his bad dream：last night he dreamed Mr. Robertsons plane crashed soon after it t_2_ offHearing this，Mr. Robertson was surprisedHe d_3_ to go by land Bills dream came t_4_That morning the plane really crashed just after it had taken offL
12、ater Mr. Robertson returned to his office and heard the accidentTo express his t_5_，Mr. Robertson gave Bill 5,000 dollars with a letterMr. Robertson told Bill that a man l_6_him should be dismissed（解雇）Bill was s_7_ and asked，“For what reason?” Mr. Robertson said“Go home and read the letter，and youll
13、 know why” Bill went home and opened the letter in a h_8_. After he read it, he became very sad. In the letter there was o_9_ one sentence. But it was e_10_ to tell the reason why he was let to go . Can you guess it out?DI was having my dinner at McDonalds one evening when an old couple slowly walke
14、d in. Theyo1theirmeal, took a table near the window and startedenjoying food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one orderof French fries (炸薯条) and one drink. The mand2the food into two halves and carefully placedone beforehis wife. He took a sip (一小口) of the drink. His wife also took one and
15、 thensetthe cup down between them.Thatp3old couple! All they can afford his one meal for the two of them, thought I.As the man began to eathis French fries. Iwent over and said that I wasw_4_to buy another meal for them. But hekindly refused me and said that they made it ah_5_to share everything.Sur
16、prisingly, the lady didnt take a bite, She sat therewatching her husband eat, and taking t_6_ sipping the drink.Again Io7to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and waswiping his face with a napkin (纸巾). Icould no longer s_8_ it. I made an offer to them a third time.After
17、 being p_9_refused, Iasked the ladycuriously, Madam, why arent you eating? You said that you share everything.W10is it that you arewaiting for?The teeth, she answered.EChina is a country with many colorful and festival. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of them. This special day is on the second da
18、y of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It 1.s_for the start of spring and farming. The dragon is an important 2.s_in Chinese. We Chinese people call 3.o_the “descendants （传人）of the dragon”. So people 4.c _the Dragon Head Raising Day with many customs about dragon. On the day in 5.a _ti
19、mes, people put ashes(灰烬) in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragoninto the house ”. People believed that with the 6.h_of the dragon ,they could have a good harvest（收获）in 7.a_. Also, people eat special foods on that day. The foods usually named 8.a _dragon. For example ,people eat “dragon whisker
20、 ” noodles and dumplings called “dragon teeth ”. Today ,many customs have disappeared. But one that has 9.r_is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring luck to the 10.u_of a family mothers brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head R
21、aising Day.FIf you read a clock, you can know the time of day. But how did the early people know about the time? We cannot see or hear time. We know it only when its passing. We know it has passed only when something1.c_. In the real world, changes never stop. Some changes happen only once2.w_ other
22、s happen again and again. In early human history, people found that the changes of “light and darkness” 3.s_ tohappenagain and again. The sun rises in the east, producinglight and goes down in the west, causing darkness. This “light and darkness” was the first “time” for the early humans. We now cal
23、l it one day. People also saw the sun rise in the sky, sometimes4.h_but sometimes lower. They counted the days that 5. p_ from the suns highest position (位置) until it returned to that position. That was three hundred and sixty-five days. Thats just one year. Early humans also 6.n_ changes of the moo
24、n.They used the changing faces of the moon to tell time. The moon was 7.f_ when its face was bright and round. The early humans counted how many 8.t_ the sun appearedbefore full moons. They learned that this number always 9.r_ the same -about twenty-nine. Twenty-nine suns equaled (等于) one moon. We n
25、ow know this is one10.m_ . In this way, we humans get the time of day, month, year and so on.GMan has a big brain. He can think and speak 1.l_. Scientists once thought that man isnt the same as animals because man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too. They a
26、re beginning to 2.u_ that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cant speak. They make much 3.n_when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more 4.q_ than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make 5.s_. They canno
27、t think like us because they have no language. Language is a 6.w_ thing. Man has been able to build a 7.m_ world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well. When he is four or five, but no 8.a_ learn to speak. How do children learn it? Scientists dont really know what 9.h_inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a10.b_.
