内容正文:
Using Language & Assessing Your Progress
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.I have a (动机) in offering to help you this time.
2.I am a traveller and (领航员),and every day I discover a new region within my soul.
3.The ship was badly knocked about by the (汹涌的) sea.
4.Lu Xun was (忠诚的) to the people,bending his back to the task until his dying day.
5.Her name has been mentioned as a favoured leadership (候选人).
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.John thinks it won’t be long he is ready for his new job.
2.John is a reliable man.I’m certain he will pay every cent he owes you.
3.I took the College Entrance Examination and committed myself to (get) into college.
4.If I (be) you,I would plant some trees round the house.
5.There was nothing like a warm place to cheer us .
Ⅲ.单句写作
1.她还没来得及动,就听见一声巨响。(before)
,she heard a loud noise.
2.你一旦做出承诺,就必须信守诺言。(commitment)
Once you ,you will have to keep your promise.
3.自行车不会排放废气,因此它们是环保的。(give off)
Bicycles are environmentally friendly because they .
4.你如果早到一会儿就见到她了。(if)
a little earlier,you would have seen her.
5.当我还小的时候,看到人们用树枝生火。(make fire)
When I was young,I saw people .
Ⅳ.阅读理解
A star athlete at the college where I work recently stopped by my office.After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match,she was torn apart by self-criticism.“I can’t stop beating myself up,” she told me.“I’m at peak fitness,and I practice hard.How is this happening?”
Many students I teach,like this athlete,believe that all-nighters in the library and hours on the field should get them exactly where they need to go.When they fall short of what they imagine they should accomplish,they are crushed by self-blame.
We talk often about young adults struggling with failure because their parents have protected them from discomfort.But there is something else at play among the most privileged in particular:a false promise that they can a