1、In one case, a German woman had no 38 but to pay US $120 for a US $ 20 ride from the airport. She said that she was really taken for a ride, but what could she do? Besides the electric shock, she was verbally 39 （abuse） and threatened with physical violence. She has only one piece of advice for tour
2、ists, Take the bus 40 stay at home.（2）In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear 31 spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence and without hesitation. 32 , we must be able to
3、read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct. There is no easy way to success 33 language learning. 34 good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only 35 （memorize） rules from a grammar book. It is not much use
4、learning by heart long lists of words and 36 meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. 37 we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of 38 （advise） for those 39 are stu
5、dying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and 40 （write） the language whenever we can.（3）Many people say that e - mail is just a faster way to deliver letters. The fact is that letter writing and e -mail are （31）_ （complete） different processes. Letters travel in envelop
6、es through actual space and take time getting （32）_ one place to another. The time and distance, as a matter of fact, influence the letter - writer. If I am writing on paper to my brother in Kenya, I will be （ 33 ） _ （little） likely to complain about the breakfast I had this morning. I will probably
7、 write about my relationships and some things that Ive been thinking about.I will also take more care with my style, （34）_（try） to write in a way （35）_ is interesting and worth reading. My brother might save my letter; he might read it back to me years from now.E - mail is different. It is instant,
8、traveling from point to point. （ 36 ） _ you dont print it out, the message doesnt physically exist. With e -mail, geography is no obstacle and time is not important. I can send （37）_ message to Kenya whenever I want to, and（38）_ gets there almost in a second. The ease of this kind of writing and sen
9、ding probably makes for a different kind of communication. I can complain about the breakfast I had this morning or rattle on about friends and movies. That is （ 39） _ I am not so focused on style. The downside is, I might be less likely to say something deeper. My brother might glance at my mail, h
10、ave a laugh, and then delete （40）_.（4） Storms_31_produced at least 13 tornadoes swept along New Mexicos border with Texas on Friday, _32_（destroy） homes and other buildings and injuring at least 16 people, several critically, authorities said.The _33_ （bad）damage was reported in the towns of Logan a
11、nd Clovis, which are about 80 miles apart, police said.The tornadoes damaged several_34_（new） built buildings, toppled power lines _35_ sparked fires that were later extinguished in Clovis, police Lt. James Schoeffel said.Thirteen people from _36_area were hospitalized at the Plains Regional Medical
12、 Center. Five were in critical condition_37_ head trauma（外伤, 损伤）, said Liz Crouch, the centers chief operating officer.In Logan, three people _38_ （take）to a hospital, _39_ others were treated at a local clinic. One of them was a visitor, saying he wouldnt have been there if he _40_ （watch）the weath
13、er forecast the day before.（5） Jean is a 17-year-old high school student. On Saturday mornings, Jean and her friends take part in the program 31 （call） SAVE THE KIDS. They travel to a poor area of Washington D.C. They help younger students learn 32 to read and to solve mathematics problems. Many Ame
14、rican teenagers join in programs 33 serve their communities. On weekends Jean sometimes works at an ice-cream store. When she is not working, she gets together with her girlfriends. They might go to a movie, to a shopping mall or to an eating place. Or they might attend 34 sports event of their high
15、 school. They also often stay at one girls house for the night. 35 teenagers in most parts of the country, Jean began driving a car when she was 16 years old. She does not have her car, however. She must 36 the family car with her parents. About 70 percent of American teenagers have their own cars.
16、Many of them drive their cars to school every day. Jean does not smoke cigarettes 37 drink alcohol. 38 do her friends. But many teenagers at her school do. Drinking alcohol is a major problem there. Every weekend teenagers have parties, where they drink alcohol. Then they drive to other parties. Peo
17、ple under the age of 21 39 （not allow） to drink alcohol in the United States. And it is 40 （danger） to drink and drive a car. Yet this does not stop some teenagers. （6） One evening, I came across one of sons papers with a failing grade. I almost started to yell his name 31 I suddenly remembered he w
18、as in bed asleep. It was his 32 （nine） year of school and his academic career seemed to be in ruins, so I was angry. But I put the paper aside and turned to the 33 one, at the top of which were written “My dad”. It was a poem about me, 34 included the time I had to leave work to take him to the hosp
19、ital because he 35 （break） his finger. So careless was I 36 I had forgotten all about that. He talked about how I wrestled with him in the evenings and 37 good many other things. That paper was suddenly not nearly as important as it had been a few minutes 38 . I dont know if he planted the poem next
20、 to the failing grade to 39 （soft） the blow, but it worked. Instead of a severe lecture, I talked to him about the poem as well as the failed homework, and it began to make sense to me that I could include praise along 40 constructive criticism.（7） Most students do an IQ text early in their school c
21、areer. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is 31 determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing 32 than them, they usually believe that those students have 33 higher IQ and 34 there is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new r
22、esearch 35 EQ suggests that success is not simply result of a high IQ.While your IQ tells you how 36 （intelligence） you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery, 37 invented the term EQ, gives the following description: At work, it is IQ 38 gets you promoted. Sup
23、ported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when 39 （predict） someones future success, their character, 40 measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.（8）After a quick breakfast in the station restaurant, Peter set off to look for a room where he could live f
24、or the next few months. He knew exactly what he wanted: a room, _31_ was not too small, nor_32_large that it would be difficult to beat in winter. It had to be clean and _33 _ （comfort） too but, above all, it had to be quiet. In the newspaper he had bought from the bookshop, there were very few adve
25、rtisements_34_rooms to let. But, as he glanced down the page, _35_notice caught his eye.JOHNSONSHOUSINGAGENY FLATS AND ROOMS TO LETThis seemed hopeful, _36_he made a note of the address and set off in search of the agency. He found_37_in a narrow street just off the main road. The woman at the desk
26、gave him a bright smile as he entered and, after Peter had explained_38_sort of room he_39_（look for）, he paid two pounds for a list of about half a dozen landladies who had rooms_40_（let）.（9）The Ministry of Education on Tuesday released some information about Chinese students who went abroad for st
27、udy in 2006. 31 information shows that in 2006, some 134,000 Chinese students went to study abroad, and 120,000 of 32 were self-funded （自筹资金） students, accounting for 90% of the total.33 （compare） with the previous year, the number of students who went abroad for study was increased by 15 ,000, or a
28、 rise of 13%. At the same time, there had been a growing number of overseas students 34 came back to China after study. In 2006, over 40,000 overseas students came back, with 33,000 of them being self-fund students, 20% 35 than the year before.More and more Chinese students go abroad for study, 36 i
29、s supported by the Chinese government. An official from the Ministry of Education said that China follows an educational policy that 37 （encourage） students to study abroad and come back whenever they want. Inspired by this policy, the number of students going abroad for study keeps rising.Statistic
30、s show that 38 China carried out the opening - up policy, a total of one million students have gone abroad for study. Many of them have finished the study and come back to China. These people have made great 39 （contribute） to China with their work. At present, over 60% of principals and leaders in colleges, universities and research institutes in China have been 40 to study.（10）After I finished school, I began to look for work. Now, several months later,
