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Complete the sentences with proper words.
1. (apparent), he has made great achievement in his business.
2. It was so cold that she (wrap) a blanket around her baby.
3. Some words meanings must be got from the context; instance, “cover” is one of them.
4. Please confirm your (accept) of this offer in writing.
5. The girls come from a (various) of different backgrounds.
6. Hes the ideal sort of teacher—direct, friendly and ( formal) .
7. Its just a social (conventional) that men dont wear skirts.
8. Police have appealed for (witness) to the accident.
9. The new drug has great (significant) for the treatment of the disease.
10. An (光荣的) death is better than a disgraceful life.
Complete the passage with proper words.
In peoples minds, the wedding is a very important thing in life. Marriage means being responsible
for love and 1 (establish) a new family. Without a marriage, our lives will be 2 (complete).
No matter 3 country it takes place in, whatever culture its part of, to wed is to pledge to another.
Marriage is also a symbol of romance.
Contemporary Japanese weddings are 4 ( celebrate) in a great variety of ways. A Japanese
wedding ceremony can be Christian, Buddhist, Shinto, and non⁃religious styles. 5 ( traditional),
the religious wedding ceremony is held in Shinto style at a shrine. In 6 Shinto⁃style wedding
ceremony, the bride wears a traditional wedding kimono called shiro⁃maku, which basically means
white and purity. The groom is dressed in a traditional male kimono as well, called the montsuki.
7 not required, some Japanese brides wear wigs, heavily 8 ( decorate) in artificial
flowers, gold combs and pearls. A groom wears a haori on the top and a hakama on the bottom, all
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9 black. And the groom also dresses in a handmade overcoat which profiles his familys coat of
arms. Usually, only family members and close 10 (relative) of the couple attend the Shinto⁃style
wedding ceremony.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to fill in each blank.
Paul was my neighbour and primary school classmate. He would take wonderful panda face cookies
to school every year as his birthday 1 . I would always follow him when he shared the cookies with
the other classmates. Somehow, one cookie 2 long enough for me to show it to my mother. She got
the 3 from Pauls mother and bought the special cookie cutter (切割工具) at Morley Brothers, our
local hardware shop.
Over the years, my mother and I would 4 to make these cookies. After I got married, I bought
my own cookie cutter and the cookies remained a 5 for New Year. Later, my mother gave me her
cutter. I 6 both of the panda face cookie cutters because Morley Brothers had closed and we never
saw anything even 7 these panda faces.
One year, the two cutters were waiting to be hand⁃washed and 8 for another year, after I
made the cookies. Well, my oldest daughter decided to help by loading the dishwasher. You guessed
it... 9 , the two treasured plastic cutters, came out totally 10 . I knew that if I could not
11 them, a long⁃standing tradition would come to a 12 .
After several telephone enquiries, I learned a woman named Pat Kimbrel had 13 the hardware
business from her grandmother. I was 14 ! Immediately, I called and eventually I got four panda
face cookie cutters.
Now the family tradition is 15 in both our and our daughters houses.
1. A. benefit B. wish C. treat D. game
2. A. appeared B. expanded C. sold D. survived
3. A. recipe B. permission C. reward D. present
4. A. manage B. continue C. expect D. struggle
5. A. program B. challenge C. must D. memory
6. A. guarded B. accepted C. spared D. equipped
7. A. combining B. resembling C. representing D. suiting
8. A. set down B. saved on C. put away D. brought up
9. A. Obviously B. Surprisingly C. Hopefully D. Unfortunately
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10. A. invalid B. unusable C. invaluable D. unavailable
11. A. copy B. identify C. replace D. share
12. A. fall B. head C. deal D. stop
13. A. taken over B. taken up C. taken down D. taken to
14. A. shocked B. touched C. concerned D. excited
15. A. observed B. inspired C. learned D. taught
Read the passages and choose the most suitable answer to each question.
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Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are
commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression
is “Wheres the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s
“Wheres the beef?” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if
everyone was using it at the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a
hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants
that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called his restaurants “McDonalds” . Ray became one of the
richest businessmen at last in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants.
One company called “Wendys” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonalds or
anyone else. The Wendys Company began to use the expression “Wheres the beef?” to make people
know that Wendys hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendys television advertisement showed three old
women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit
of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Wheres
the beef?” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendys hamburger restaurants was a
success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Wheres the beef?”.
1. started McDonalds restaurant.
A. Ray B. McDonald C. Wendy D. Three old women
2. Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought .
A. they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B. hamburgers were easy to make
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C. beef was very popular in America
D. they could make a lot of money
3. Wendys made the expression known to everybody .
A. with many old women eating hamburgers
B. by a television advertisement
C. while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D. at the McDonalds restaurant
4. What can we learn from the passage about the expression “Wheres the beef?”?
A. The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be.
B. The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be.
C. It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be.
D. Wendys hamburger is the biggest.
B
Whether youre eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someones home, proper table manners are
likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, “All rules of table
manners are made to avoid ugliness.”
While Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social
conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective—they turn our natural warrior⁃like selves
into more elegant ones.
So where did table manners come from? In medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took
the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed
that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction (减除).
Disappointingly, that idea never caught on. It was during the Renaissance, when there were real
technical developments, opinions of correct behaviour changed for good. “ None of these was more
significant than the introduction of the table fork,” wrote Hitchings. “ Gradually, as forks became
popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries
without making ones fingers dirty.”
Forks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America.
Yet while most of the essentials (基本要素) are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few
clear differences between whats normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the
US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and
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switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the
fork in the left hand and dont lay the knife down.
Though globalisation has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some
people still stick with the American cut⁃and⁃switch method. The Los Angeles Times noted, “They are
hanging on to a form of behaviour that favours manners above efficiency.”
5. What does the story mainly talk about?
A. The importance of proper table manners.
B. The development of table manners in Western countries.
C. Some unwritten rules of table manners in the US and UK.
D. Differences between American and British table manners.
6. The underlined phrase “caught on” in the passage probably means .
A. worked in practice B. became popular
C. drew attention D. had a positive effect
7. Which of the following events influenced peoples table manners most according to the article?
A. The introduction of forks.
B. The tax deduction policy.
C. The rise of the Renaissance.
D. Petrus Alfonsis efforts in promoting table manners.
8. What can we conclude from the article?
A. British and American table manners are completely different from each other.
B. American people pay more attention to their table manners than British people do.
C. With globalisation, the American cut⁃and⁃switch method has been abandoned in the US.
D. British peoples way of using a knife and fork may be more efficient than American peoples.
Write an essay to introduce a Chinese tradition.
Step 1: Have a discussion with your classmates or surf the Internet about a Chinese tradition and ask
your teacher or parents for help if necessary.
Step 2: Write an outline of your essay.
Step 3: List the vocabulary and sentence structures that you are going to use in your essay.
Step 4: Add details and use some linking words and phrases to make your essay smooth.
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Accumulating
Recommendation.
Nonverbal Communication
Nonverbal communication between people is communication through sending
and receiving wordless clues.
It includes the use of visual cues such as body language, of voice and of
touch. It can also include eye contact and the actions of looking while talking and
listening, frequency of glances, patterns of fixation and blink rate.
Culture plays an important role in nonverbal communication, and it is one
aspect that helps to influence how learning activities are organized. In many Indigenous American
Communities, for example, there is often an emphasis on nonverbal communication, which acts as a
valued means by which children learn. In this sense, learning is not dependent on verbal
communication; rather, it is nonverbal communication which serves as a primary means of not only
organising interpersonal interactions, but also conveying cultural values, and children learn how to
participate in this system from a young age.
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My contribution.
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Ⅱ. 1. appointment 2. promptly
3. have completed 4. responsibility
5. escaped 6. misunderstands
Ⅲ. 1. Never delay what you can do today until tomorrow.
2. With the help of my teacher, I have made great progress in my English learning.
3. Wed better prepare everything well in case some problems arise.
4. No matter what you do, you should do it well.
5. Students should attach great importance to their handwriting.
Ⅳ. 1—5 CFDBA
6—9 BADC
Challenging Yourself A
Ⅰ. 1. Apparently 2. wrapped
3. for 4. acceptance
5. variety 6. informal
7. convention 8. witnesses
9. significance 10. honourable
Ⅱ. 1. establishing 2. incomplete
3. what 4. celebrated
5. Traditionally 6. a
7. Although 8. decorated
9. in 10. relatives
Ⅲ. 1—5 CDABC
6—10 ABCDB
11—15 CDADA
Ⅳ. 1—4 ADBC 5—8 BBAD
Ⅴ. Omitted.
Unit 3
Reading Actively
Ⅰ. 1. figure out 2. damage
3. be to blame for 4. underwater
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