When you meet friends，family and new people，they all want to have an interesting conversation. Most of the time this______you will make a great impression when you bring up interesting topics of______told in the form of a story.

_____，let's say a new hotel has just opened in your city. One way to______this is to give the facts and the statistics—it is a 5 Star hotel with 200 rooms，a gym，great views of the skyline and a roof top restaurant. That is not the______I'd introduce that news as a topic of conversation. I'd tell a story.

“On Tuesday evening last night a little after 8pm I was walking down Main Street with Lisa when we______unusual red lights way down the street. We had some time to______before meeting her sister so we walked a few more blocks_____those red lights got closer and closer.We still didn't know what the______were about.

Anyway，we got to the building and______that those red lights were all around the building. It's a hotel but it doesn't look like any hotel I've______seen.As you walk up to the entrance it's more like walking along a passage______a really weird art gallery and a European late night bar.

We walked in and ended up talking to the______.He even gave us a tour of the bar and restaurant before taking us______in the elevator to the roof. What a______！You can see right across the city from up there. This is a very______hotel.I've never seen anything like it.”

Notice how I______a news item without making it sound like a news broadcast. I introduced very few______.I would share more information if the person I'm talking to______me to tell them more. First I need to get their attention to______if they have any interest in that subject. Story telling is the best way to do that.

1.A. promises B. means C. explains D. proves

2.A. quarrel B. argument C. discussion D. conversation

3.A. For example B. What's more C. In fact D. By the way

4.A. build B. design C. mention D. enjoy

5.A. time B. excuse C. reason D. way

6.A. switched B. spotted C. recognized D. transform

7.A. spare B. save C. kill D. rest

8.A. until B. if C. though D. because

9.A. houses B. trees C. roads D. lights

10.A. predicted B. noticed C. guessed D. admitted

11.A. often B. usually C. ever D. hardly

12.A. between B. through C. beyond D. along

13.A. captain B. chairman C. monitor D. manager

14.A. down B. up C. in D. out

15.A. sign B. mark C. view D. symbol

16.A. unique B. popular C. familiar D. steady

17.A. evaluated B. approved C. covered D. shared

18.A. secrets B. facts C. ideas D. points

19.A. allows B. forbids C. asks D. begs

20.A. see B. wonder C. doubt D. answer

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16.A. given B. marked C. finished D. corrected

17.A. busier B. kinder C. richer D. cleverer

18.A. stopped B. called C. returned D. followed

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It's no surprise that sports can greatly benefit a child physically, psychologically, and socially. A 2008 Women's Sports Foundation Research Report concluded that children’s athletic participation is also associated with increased levels of family satisfaction, great achievement in study, and an overall better quality of life for children. And a study published in last month’s American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that kids who are active at age 5 wind up with less body fat at ages 8 and 11.

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Individual activities keep kids away from comparing themselves to the best players on the team, a habit that does little to help confidence levels. Instead, it encourages them to compare their skills to their own past performances. With individual sports like swimming or track, it’s easier for the child to participate on his own, at his leisure(閑暇), without having to round up a bunch of like-minded peers.

Above all, while some children enjoy the excitement of competition, others are more likely to benefit from the freedom of individual sports, and finding the right balance can be necessary for children’s enjoyment. What parents think is encouragement, children often consider as pressure. So try to understand what they want from sports.

Title

Team sports and individual sports

Sports benefit

children

• Sports can greatly benefit children physically, psychologically, and socially.

• Sports are associated with increased levels of family satisfaction, 1. achievement and better quality of life for children.

2. ideas

• Parents usually want their children to lake part in the team sports which don’t 3.their children’s character.

• Experts think that any sport will 4. children to focus, handle pressure, stay calm when things are going 5..

Team sports

• Children can learn how to communicate and work with others.

• Children will have the potential to develop leadership abilities.

• Children will develop their social 6..

Individual sports

• Individual sports may help develop children’s sense of independence and 7..

• Children tend to compare their skills to their own past performances and are likely to 8. comparing themselves with the best players.

• Individual sports also seem to be more 9. to children.

Conclusion

• Finding the right balance is a 10. for children’s enjoyment.

• Parents should try to understand what their children really want from sports.

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A. As B. Once

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The Netherlands on Monday launched its first-ever “intelligent bicycle”, fitted with a set of electronic devices (設(shè)備) to help bring down the high accident rate among elderly cyclists in this country.

The intelligent bicycle runs on electricity. Its seat shakes when other cyclists approach from behind, while the handlebars do the same when obstacles appear ahead to inform cyclists to pay attention to the danger. It also has a cradle (置物架) in which a computer can be inserted (插入), to wirelessly connect and “talk” to the bicycle through a particular application. The computer also flashes a bright signal if there is an approaching obstacle in the bicycle’s path, like a tree, or if another cyclist comes up from behind intending to pass.

A commercial-available bicycle is expected to be on the market in the next two years and should sell for between 1, 700 euros to 3, 200 euros per bicycle. It weighs about 55 pounds but researchers are working on making the on-board systems smaller.

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1.What does the text mainly talk about?

A. The newly-invented bicycle can warn of danger．

B. The intelligent computer runs on electricity．

C. More elderly people enjoy electronic devices．

D. The means of transportation in the Netherlands．

2.When a car appears ahead，the intelligent bicycle will_________．

A. stop by itself B. make a noise

C. warn its cyclist D. change its color

3.What do you know about the intelligent bicycle?

A. It uses gas as the fuel． B. It is widely used now．

C. It will be lighter in weight． D. It will be free for everyone．

4.More and more elderly people in the Netherlands______________．

A. try to invent intelligent bicycles B. enjoy themselves by cycling

C. drive cars for longer distances D. devote themselves to computers

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I was 20 years old when my mother passed away.It was the first real blow that life had dealt me，and I thought I would never recover.Then，by the time the following spring came，the pain was almost bearable and again I could find pleasure in the miraculous reward of nature.

At first，I went to the cemetery with trepidation.But then，amazingly，by tending her grave and decorating it with flowers，I was ridding myself of the painful memories.

The years passed.I moved from Kaposvar，Hungary，the town where I had been born and had spent my youth.So did my siblings.We only came together on feast days，especially on All Souls’ Day in the cemetery.

Father lived with me for many years，to a ripe old age.Now that he，too，rests beneath the white marble stone，I go even more eagerly to the cemetery.While I tend my parents’ grave site，again I am with them in thought.

One day I noticed a modest grave site behind my parents’ plot.It lay among the magnificent granite and marble markers of the other graves，its very simplicity calling attention to itself.Ivy(常春藤) had covered the site and its only decoration was a simple wooden cross on which was written in copper letters a name，and that she lived 22 years.Whenever I went by，the plot and its surroundings looked cared for and neat，and each time I felt curious about this mysterious woman who had lived all of 22 years.

Once I saw an elderly man leaving from there.I concluded that perhaps he had come to visit his wife.In 1996 I was preparing for All Souls’ Day in the cemetery when again I caught sight of him，tending the grave.Tall，somewhat bent，he was well passed middle age.We nodded to each other and continued our work.Occasionally I stole a glance at my neighbor.When I noticed that he hadn’t got the tools for a proper cleanup，I offered him mine，which he gratefully accepted.After this，it seemed only natural to engage him in conversation.I asked him whose grave it was.This was his answer：

“My mother’s.She died young，in 1912 when I was only a year?and?a half old.I really never knew her.I made her that cross and the copper letters.”

Then he went on：“No one comes to visit this grave but me because I was her only child.She died of pneumonia.My father remarried and my stepmother only cared for her own children.So then I always came here to my mother，whether in sadness or in joy.Later，life took me far afield，but I never forgot this grave.For me it was the same as the family home is for others.I always came home here.”

“With the years passing，it is getting more difficult for me to come，but as long as my legs will carry me，at least twice a year I visit my mother.I’m in my 80s，so who knows how long I can still make it.”

In stunned silence I listened.Tears clouded my eyes as I realized that I had never seen such boundless love.How much easier is my lot，I thought，for at any moment I can reach into my storehouse of memories and draw out the joyful or sad vignettes(小插圖) that bind me to my parents with a thousand threads.What memories might this kindly old gentleman harbor？Perhaps a face from an ancient faded photograph of his mother.

What a great attachment throughout his long life must have led him back again and again to the resting place of that young woman whose motherly love he could never truly savor(嘗到)，only forever feels its enormous lack.

We said good?bye.I was deeply moved because I knew that I had been given a great gift.I had been allowed a glimpse of the royal and long?lasting affection that bound a simple and noble?hearted man to his mother.I decided I would tend the grave together with that of my parents，where，finally，the aged child will have met his youthful mother.

1.All Souls’ Day is a feast day .

A. to visit the cemetery and memorize the dead

B. for families to get together in the cemetery

C. to give gifts to family members

D. for daughters and sons to memorize their parents

2.From the passage，we know .

A. the author’s mother died young and her father，too

B. the author’s mother was dead while her father enjoyed a long life

C. the man’s mother died very young before he was born

D. the author’s father lived long while the man’s mother died very young

3.The underlined words “calling attention to itself” in the 5th paragraph mean .

A. desiring to be paid attention to

B. making it easily noticed

C. too modest to be noticed

D. calling itself to draw others’ attention

4.The author stole a glance at her neighbor because .

A. they were living in the same neighborhood

B. the man was tall and straight，well passed middle age

C. she was wondering about the dead young lady’s story

D. she knew the dead in the grave was the man’s mother

5.From Paragraph 10 we can conclude that .

A. the author lived near the cemetery and can visit her parents at any time

B. the poor gentleman had hardly any memory of his dear mother’s love

C. the author is bound to her parents with threads

D. the gentleman comes back “home” whenever he wants to

6.What message is conveyed in the passage?

A. Love is a length of thread to bind mother and children together.

B. Mother needs love from her children even if she is dead.

C. Parents’ love is always royal and long?lasting to children.

D. Mother’s love can be a boundless gift to their children.

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