Demon老师首字母秘诀分享【六】：综合训练（一）答案
【2013年虹口区二模】
When I came out of my office, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I took a taxi. The car was flying along the road, but later it was in a traffic jam in darkness. I b_____1_____the silence for fear that the driver might be too tired to drive. When do you go back home in the evenings?
Nine oclock. Ill go home after this t_____2_____.
Then when do you come out in the mornings? I threw out another question.
Nine oclock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office. His words s_____3_____me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what I hear from the driver is only complaints. They complain that they have to work from morning till night, that it is hard to earn money, that they are bullied by the police, or that the leaders enjoy the fruits of their work. It s_____4_____they are not satisfied with everything. But this driver told me, I find it tiring to be a section chief as I was before. I dont like management work. I like driving, just out of pleasure. Its lucky that I s_____5_____drive without a passenger. So I can earn three or four thousand yuan a month easily. Any trick? Yes, I never follow an e_____6_____taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a narrow street. In this way I always get customers.
His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he took in his job. Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays just as oxygen in high mountains. How many people nowadays can show high ideals by s_____7_____living and go with a calm mind? I couldnt help feeling moved when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.
【2012年黄浦区二模】
Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be k_____1_____. At the same time, a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, I must be able to catch the s_____2_____ antelope, or I will die of hunger. So, almost at the same time, the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the rising sun.
This is life: full of chances and challenge. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go a_____3_____ when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we do not study hard, sooner or later, we will fall b_____4_____ the other students. At first, I did not know what the word exam meant. Later I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there are always w_____5_____ and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In ones life, there must be competitions, so people can improve.
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their laughter, I wished I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents words: You must work very hard in order to have a good f_____6_____. So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition really meant. One day, I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I s_____7_____ knew what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary. I learned a lot from realizing this fact. Now I understand more about the world. Competition is important for us all.
【2013年金山区一模】
It is difficult to imagine what the world was like in 1254. Europe was living in an age that we call the Medieval Period (中世纪). It was a time of many wars.
It was in that time that Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Life in Venice was d_____1_____ from life in most of Europe. Venice was a city of beautiful buildings and water canals. Many businessmen did business in Venice. Marco Polos father and uncle were businessmen. They had traveled to a far-off country called Cathay. (Cathay is now called China.) There they had friends with the great ruler, Kublai Khan(忽必烈). He i_____2_____ them to return to Cathay.
When Marco Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey to China with his father and uncle. They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the desert and mountains of Asia on camels. The journey to China took three years.
Kublai Khan greeted the Polos and sent them lots of gifts. He was especially impressed with Marco, who could speak four l_____3_____ including Chinese and others.
Khan sent Marco on many trips t_____4_____ China. On these trips, Marco saw many amazing things that he had never seen in Europe, such as coal used as fuel, paper money i_____5_____of coins, and papermaking and printing processes. Marco made many notes about life in China. After almost twenty years in China, the Polos began their journey home to Italy. Kublai Khan gave them many gifts of ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.
When they returned to Venice, they found their city at war. Marco Polo was put in prison. He spent his time w_____6_____a book about his years in China. The book is called Descriptions of the World. It became the most p_____7_____ book in Europe. Because of the book, many people in Europe learned about life in China.
【2013年金山区一模】
It is difficult to imagine what the world was like in 1254. Europe was living in an age that we call the Medieval Period (中世纪). It was a time of many wars.
It was in that time that Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Life in Venice was d_____1_____ from life in most of Europe. Venice was a city of beautiful buildings and water canals. Many businessmen did business in Venice. Marco Polos father and uncle were businessmen. They had traveled to a far-off country called Cathay. (Cathay is now called China.) There they had friends with the great ruler, Kublai Khan(忽必烈). He i_____2_____ them to return to Cathay.
When Marco Polo was seventeen years old, he began a journey to China with his father and uncle. They sailed the Indian Ocean and crossed the desert and mountains of Asia on camels. The journey to China took three years.
Kublai Khan greeted the Polos and sent them lots of gifts. He was especially impressed with Marco, who could speak four l_____3_____ including Chinese and others.
Khan sent Marco on many trips t_____4_____ China. On these trips, Marco saw many amazing things that he had never seen in Europe, such as coal used as fuel, paper money i_____5_____of coins, and papermaking and printing processes. Marco made many notes about life in China. After almost twenty years in China, the Polos began their journey home to Italy. Kublai Khan gave them many gifts of ivory, silk, jewels, and jade.
When they returned to Venice, they found their city at war. Marco Polo was put in prison. He spent his time w_____6_____a book about his years in China. The book is called Descriptions of the World. It became the most p_____7_____ book in Europe. Because of the book, many people in Europe learned about life in China.