Think carefully before you make your (decide).

阅读下面一段对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给首字母提示，写出英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

(Lucy: L  Daniel: D)

L: We're thinking about p on a show this spring.

D: Do you think you'll be able to m some money?

L: Oh, no. We just want to do it for fun.

D: What. k of show are you going to put on?

L: A musical play.

D: Have you decided w is going to do it?

L: We have three in mind, and of course, we've been thinking about you.

D: Me?

L: Yeah, everyone knows you have a beautiful v.  

D: But everyone knows I've never been o a stage.  

L: But you s in church every Sunday, right?

D: Yes, but it's d, you know.  

L: Come on. Here's the c to find out how great you are. Not just to sing, b to act and dance, too.

D: OK, it might be exciting.

阅读理解

    Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.

    Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption（摄入） of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels(标签).

    On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without knowing that we don't have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance（抵制and struggle.

    The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

    Now that we know the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.

—Hurry up! There's a bus coming!

—Why run? There will be_____one in two or three minutes.

 we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty.

Helen has picked up French and can speak fluently after a short stay with her aunt in Paris.

你不必通过知道作者的名字找一本书。你可以通过标题找到那本书。

You don't have to know the name of the author to find a book.by the title.

What (种类) of music do you like, rock or folk, or anything else?

在紧急状况中，警察必须能够迅速做出反应。

The police must swiftly in an emergency.

I found him _________ in an armchair, __________.

除了游览这个城市的历史古迹，游客们还能品尝当地的小吃。(as well as)

She is good at b and can always buy what she likes at a lower price than the seller offered.

阅读理解

    One of the best-loved American writers was William Sydney Porter, or O. Henry. From 1893 he lived with his family in a house in Austin, Texas, which is now a museum. Visitors to Austin can see the house. It was saved from destruction (破坏) and turned into a museum in 1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of the American writer.

    William Porter rented this house in Austin and lived there with his wife Athol and daughter Margaret for about two years. Many objects in the museum came from the Porters. Others did not. An important piece in the room is the original photo over here. It was taken there in the house about 1895. The piano there dates back to the 1860s. His wife took lessons on it when she first moved to Austin.

    Porter wasn't a successful writer in the beginning. He worked on a farm, in a land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museum has a special proof (证明) of Porter's love of language—his dictionary. It is said that he had read every word in that dictionary.

    Later William Porter was forced to leave Austin because he was charged (指控) with wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Because he was afraid of a trial (审判), he left the country secretly. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced the trial and served three and a half years in a prison in Ohio.

    William Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time he was freed, he had published 14 stories and became well-known as O. Henry. Porter later moved to New York City and found great success there. He published over 180 stories in the last eight years of his life.

Great changes have taken place in China since the People's Republic of China (found) in 1949.

American women usually identify their best friends as someone _______ they can talk frequently.

关于多建些学校一事,你同意我的意见吗?(agree with)

She (陷入沉思)and didn't hear the phone ringing.(thought)

阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

    The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.

    On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have a big meal. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.

    Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their houses. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the home ready for good luck.

    The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of "hongbao". It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones "hongbao". They think it brings good luck.

    The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don't say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For instance, you'd better not say any bad words like "death". Don't break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.

    Also, don't borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

— Can you come to a party on Saturday, Peter?

— Oh, ______I'm already going out, I'm afraid.

America has great universities and big opportunities for the truly (talent).