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Some inventions happen in strange ways. The potato chip is one of them.
Moon’s Lake House was 1 restaurant in New York in the 1850s. George Crum was the cook there. Many rich people often came to the restaurant 2 (enjoy) his cooking.
The one thing that really upset Crum was 3 a customer complained about the food and sent it back to the kitchen to be done over. He would often return it overcooked. He was happy to see the customer walk out of the restaurant 4 (angry).
On August 24, 1853, a customer returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen, 5 they weren’t crunchy (脆的) enough. Crum reacted in his 6 (usually) way. He cut the potatoes very thin and cooked them in hot oil. They were so crunchy and Crum was sure that the man would refuse 7 (eat) them. Instead, the man loved them. He even asked for more.
Now, do you know 8 invented the potato chip? It’s George Crum! He 9 (late) set up his own restaurant. He named it Crum’s House. He put baskets of his potato chips on all the tables. They made his restaurant a very popular place.
Today, potato chips are one of Americans’ 10 (favor) foods! 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
参考答案:
本文告诉我们薯条是怎么被发明出来的。
1. a 考查冠词。restaurant是名词，此处表示泛指，故用不定冠词a。
2. to enjoy 考查非谓语动词。这里用动词不定式作目的状语，表示许多富人常常来这里
吃他烹饪的饭菜。
3. when 考查表语从句。此处应用when引导表语从句，且在从句中作时间状语。 4. angrily 考查副词。根据前面“walk out of the restaurant”可知，后面应用副词angrily
修饰动词。
5. because 考查连词。根据语境可知，此处表示“因为油炸的薯条不够脆”，强调原因，
故用because。
6. usual 考查形容词。根据后面的名词way可知，此处应用形容词。 7. to eat 考查动词不定式。refuse to do sth“拒绝做某事”。
8. who 考查疑问词。根据后面“It’s George Crum”可知，此处问的是谁发明了薯条。 9. later 考查副词。根据后面的“set up”可知，这里应用later。
10. favorite 考查形容词。根据后面的“foods”可知，这里需要用形容词，且表示“最喜
欢的”。
2. (2015?河北五校联盟质监)
Mike: I’d like to buy a computer. Could you please give me 1 advice?
Rose: Yes, with 2 (please). I’ve got some information about computers. Computers
with a P4 work much 3 (fast) than other ones. Mike: How about computers with a P3?
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Rose: Oh, very good, 4 they don’t work as fast as P4 computers, yet they are
much cheaper. Generally ____5 (speak), they can meet people’s 6 (need) very well.
Mike: I think I 7 buy the fastest one I can get. My old computer was out of work
lately. It 8 (work) slowly. I’ve got tired of that working speed.
Rose: I don’t think 9 is necessary for you to buy the fastest one. It would be a waste
of money. A P3 computer is 10 (probable) good enough for you. Mike: Thank you for your advice. Can you help me choose one?
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 3. (2015?大庆质检二)
Years ago, when I was a poor artist trying to sell my paintings in local galleries, I 1 (live) in the heart of a city. The rent for my apartment was really cheap 2 it was
in the middle of one of the busiest neighborhoods in town. People who visited me used to ask me 3 I could sleep. “Doesn’t the sound of the traffic bother you? How can you get used to 4 much noise?” You see, there were also rows and rows of shops and bars playing loud music day and night and my apartment was above a really loud and noisy 5 . But I found it all fascinating. If I were ever short 6 cash and couldn’t afford to do anything
much, which in those days was usually the case, I could always go outside and take 7 look around. You see, there were always a great number of tourists visiting the shops, so I could always find someone 8 (interest) to talk with. And Joe, the owner of the bar below me, could always give me a little money to survive on in exchange for 9 (do) a few
odd jobs for him. At the time, I suppose, I thought I was poor. Sometimes, we don’t realize how 10 (fortune) we are, do we?
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 4. (2015?邢台摸底)
(Near the school gate, a woman driver was stopped by a traffic officer.) Officer: Madam, do you know how fast you were going just now?
Driver: (Looking at the record.) Uh, well, no! I didn’t think I was going that fast...
Officer: This is a 25 mph zone, Madam. You see that school over there? You 1 (go) 35 mph.
Driver: 2 today is Sunday, sir. There is no school today.
Officer: Madam, there 3 (be) signs that say what the speed limit is. Besides, children
often come to school on the weekend 4 (play) sports. You see all those kids over there? What 5 you hit one of them by accident?
Driver: I’m 6 (terrible) sorry, Officer. I won’t do it again. Could you please let me off
with 7__ warning? Officer: I’m afraid I can’t do that, Madam. In school zones, I’m required to give tickets to all
drivers 8___ break the rules. It’s the law in this county. Driver: Oh, dear! How 9 is this going to cost me?
Officer: I don’t know, Madam. Usually, these things can be taken care of for 10 (little)
than $ 100. Now please sign here at the bottom. Driver: OK.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
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5. (2015?山西四校联考二)
I was in the ninth year when I began to suffer depression. My parents noticed but felt that since I’d always been 1 good child, this was temporary.
2 (fortunate), it was not to be so. I didn’t have friends. Hardly could I share my problems. Deep worry began to destroy my 3 (confident). Finally I refused to attend classes, 4 (shut) myself in my room for hours.
The examination was approaching, but I simply didn’t care. My parents and teachers were surprised at my bad performance. One morning, 5 a particularly severe lecture from my father, I stood at the school gate, ____6 (depress). Then as the other students marched to their classrooms, our headmaster called me. The next forty-five minutes was one of the most precious 7 (moment) in my life. She said she 8____ (notice) a big change in me and wondered why. At first she took my hands in 9 (she) and listened patiently as I mentioned my worries. Then she hugged me as I wept. Months of frustration and loneliness disappeared in her motherly hug.
No one had tried to understand what the real problem was except the headmaster, 10 helped me out simply by listening and hugging.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 6. (2015?日照三校联检)
A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing 1 (have) a close knock on Oct. 22. He was so 2 (absorb) in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 3 (throw) him to the ground. This should serve 4 a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially 5 crossing roads.
6 (lucky), the man survived a brush with death, but the incident forced the driver 7 (stop) the train. An 18-minute delay followed the incident, 8 led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
Smartphone 9 (addicted) has spread like an infectious disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even 10 (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smartphone for the tragedy, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 7. (2015?贵州七校联盟联考一)
I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting 1 my car broke down near a remote village. Cursing my 2 (fortune), I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me 3 (argue) as to who should have the honour of receiving me 4 a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of 5 80-year-old peasant woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me settled into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse 6 my car to pull it to a small town some 20 kilometers away 7 there was a garage.
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I had noticed three hens 8 (run) free in my hostess’ courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. Other villagers brought me goats’ cheese and honey. We drank together and talked 9__ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village. I wanted to reward the old woman for the trouble I 10 (cause) her. But she refused.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 8. (2015?云南师大附中适应性考试四)
Paris Fashion Week
It is a clothing trade show semi-annually held in Paris, France, with Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter events 1 (take) place each year. Fashion Week in Paris is given twice a year right after the Milan Fashion Week. Dates are fixed by the French Fashion Federation. Currently it is held in Carrousel du Louver and at some 2 places throughout the city. Paris Fashion Week is 3 of the big four fashion weeks internationally, the others being London Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week. They are to show the fashion industry 4 the various brands will be releasing and 5 (increase) their sales.
Paris, 6 (regard) as a fashion capital like New York, Milan, and London, happens to be the headquarters (总部) of many top fashion houses like Chanel, Dior, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, etc. The French fashion has made an 7 (impress) mark on its fans by elegance and beauty. Paris’s cultural diversities ____8___ (present) widely by the fact that many worldwide designers are pleased to show up with their new ____9 (design).
In 2014, Paris Fashion Week for Spring/Summer started from 26 June to 30 June 10 the Autumn / Winter event was from 24 September to 2 October.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 9. (2015?东北三校第一次联考)
The “selfie” is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smart phone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up 1 (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he thinks makes him look the 2 (good). In that picture, he
gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him 3 (remove), because that smile is what gives him the 4 (determine) to love himself.
I read 5 poem recently and the young man said, “If I ask you 6 you love, the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mum, your daughter, or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say ‘I love 7 (I)’?”
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve struggled with confidence all my life. I still do. And in ___8___ way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway 9 confidence. 10 , the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 10. (2015?河北省邯郸市高三上期质量检测)
On a diet? Then consider sitting by the window next time you eat out.
The researchers measured and mapped 1 design of each restaurant and then used meal checks ___2___ (track) what diners ordered and how it related to where they sat. 4 / 26
The results were telling: people sitting 3 (far) from the front door ate the fewest salads and ___4___ (be) 73 per cent more likely to order desserts. Those 5 (seat) at a dark table ate heavier food and ordered more of it, 6 diners sitting at high-top bar tables
ordered more salads and fewer desserts.
The darker it is, the more “invisible” you might feel, the less easy 7 is to see how much you’re eating and the less guilty you might feel. In contrast, seeing the sunlight, 8 (passer-by) or trees outside might make you more aware 9 how you look, might make
you think about walking or might inspire you to choose a green salad.
The researchers also noted that slim diners chewed around 15 times per mouthful, three chews more than heavier diners. By 10 (eat) more slowly, the diner spends less time it takes for the brain to feel full.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 11. (2015?山西省大同一中、同煤一中高三联考)
We’re human beings, and it’s not always easy to get along with everyone all the time.
Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings without intending to. Sometimes, we’re 1 (deliberate) mean and we feel bad afterwards. So we apologize. Apologies are one of the tools we use to build good friendships and relationships. ___2___ you say “I’m sorry” (and really mean it), it’s because you probably feel bad that something you did or said hurt ___3___ person. Saying you’re sorry is more than just words. You’re also saying that you respect the other person 4 you care about his or her feelings. Apologizing shows you have empathy.
After apologizing, you might feel a little 5 (good). The other person probably will, too. When you apologize in a caring way, you can feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
Sometimes a heartfelt “I’m sorry” 6 (fix) everything right away. Other times, it might take ___7___ while for someone to get past feeling upset. You may need to give the other person some time. Even after you say you’re sorry, you might still feel bad about what you said or did—but you can feel good about apologizing, fixing the mistake, or making up your mind to do
better. When someone apologizes to you, you may welcome it and be ready to forgive 8 happened and move on. Or you might not feel like being friendly again right away. If a person keeps hurting you and 9 (apologize) without making an effort to change, you might not want to hang out 10 that person any more.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________ 12. (2015?山东省实验中学三诊)
The Internet is an 1 (amaze) information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as ___2___ investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the 3 (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it 4 shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from 5 (another) countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments ___6___ (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over 7 appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programmes, and with television there are 8 (restrict) on other aspects, for example,
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