【C7】

______ in many traditions【C2】______ from many parts of the【C3】______.

There are many【C4】______ of Easter. German settlers to Pennsylvania【C5】______ with them the story of the Easter Bunny (兔子). Children believed that if they were good, the Easter Bunny would【C6】______ a nest of colored eggs. Because rabbits are known for producing a lot of young, especially in the springtime, they symbolize new life. As the Easter Bunny【C7】______ spread across the country, it【C8】______ other traditions such as Easter baskets and gift giving.

Birds lay a great【C9】______ of colorful eggs in the spring which has brought about the use of Easter eggs, egg dyeing and egg hunts. Long ago, the egg was honored during many springtime festivals. Egg dyeing was【C10】______ in ancient times and【C11】______ to be popular today. To the Christian, the egg represents the【C12】______ of the earth and of man.

Ham is the【C13】______ food of Easter. This type of pork is popular【C14】______ the world. In many cultures, the pig is a symbol of prosperity.

【C15】______ you have learned, Easter in America is a【C16】______ of a lot of cultures, stories, and Christian beliefs.【C17】______, the reason for the celebration【C18】______ the same--to cab to【C19】______ the crucified (十字架上钉死的) Jesus who【C20】______ from the dead to save us.

【C1】

A．celebration

B．roots

C．sources

D．bases

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Mr. Reece is an interesting old man. Mr. Reece worked【C1】______a farm. He and his wife【C2】______a lot of things and they had some cows. Every day they worked hard【C3】______morning till night. One day, Mr. Reece【C4】______his wife, “Let's go to Portsmouth next Sunday. We can have a good lunch there and then we can go to the cinema.”His wife was very【C5】______when she heard this, because they always ate a lot, and she didn't like【C6】______three times a day. They went to Portsmouth【C7】______and walked about for an hour. Then,【C8】______it was twelve o'clock, they wanted to have lunch. They looked at four restaurants. In front of one restaurant, they saw a notice. It【C9】______,“Lunch: 12:30 to 2:30, 1.5 pounds.”“Well, that's great.”Mr. Reece said, “We can eat for two hours for 1.5 pounds here! This is the【C10】______for us.”

【C1】

A．at

B．on

C．in

Kings Speech is a【C1】______piece, indeed. The movie【C2】______ with a stammering speech and signs off with a staggering one, with hardly any faults 【C3】______ . The basic premise of the movie is fairly simple. A king with a stutter is helped by a speech therapist to 【C4】______ his problem and become an 【C5】______ speaker. That sounds like a well known【C6】______ to most movie goers.【C7】______ few minutes into the movie, and you realize that this one is quite touching. It is a very pleasing movie, 【C8】______ leading the audience into a lot of uncomfortable questions. However, the artistry【C9】______ the overall balance of the movie. You slowly start getting【C10】______ by David Seidlers screenplay. The actors are【C11】______, taking it slow and steady with superb grip on each of their characters. Humor comes in here and there, at a very easy 【C12】______and steady pace. Not for a single moment do you【C13】______ the movie as dull. Most of the movie had been filmed 【C14】______, though with eloquent art direction. But the【C15】______sequences shot outside had been filmed very beautifully,【C16】______ a very dreamy picture of the【C17】______ England. Sometimes, the camera goes in too close to the characters, and stays there for a while, just long enough to give us a sense of suffocation, quite an artistic equivalent of a speech disorder! But then again, 【C18】______shades are whitewashed with joyous ones and you never perceive it as a dark movie. This is the kind of movie that you want to give a lot of【C19】______to the director. And Mr. Hooper【C20】______ the bullseye! Perfect balance. All points considered, its a brilliant movie and a must watch.

【C1】

A．normal

B．rare

C．subtle

D．complex

】______valuable learning opportunities when unstructured play is reduced or eliminated【C2】______more time in the classroom. "I think a lot of public school systems【C3】______to see the importance of play," says Parks, assistant professor of early childhood education. "【C4】______, play is under-valued and lot of that is because of top-down【C5】______over standards and testing." "Their work is often framed in trying to【C6】______out whats wrong with these kids. Its very【C7】______and not at all what I【C8】______as a classroom teacher. " "I found the children【C9】______to learn, and their families were supportive and curious," she adds. "So when I got to academia, I thought it was【C10】______to read all these studies about kids not being【C11】______, or not being able to solve problems." So she【C12】______her own research project with a different approach. She is【C13】______the same minority group of 14 young children for three years, starting in【C14】______, to see how they learn mathematics, both in the【C15】______classroom setting as well as informally in school, and at home. "Just sitting there, looking at what is happening in their【C16】______surroundings, you can find things that【C17】______you," she says. She hopes her research will prove how important play is to【C18】______problem-solving skills, and in other critical ways. 【C19】______there is something else, just as important for Parks. "It is the equity piece of trying to change the conversation in the research community about what kids can do generally, and what minority kids can do【C20】______," she says.

【C1】

A．attain

B．lose

C．catch

D．create

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Summer holiday camps (夏令营) for children began in the USA over sixteen years ago. Today there are【C1】______than 8,000 camps in the United States and every year【C2】______four million children pass through their gates【C3】______June and August. Some【C4】______by bus every day from the nearest town.【C5】______stay as campers for one or two weeks. Quite a lot of children go off to camp 【C6】______the whole of the summer holiday. The people there are young and【C7】______. There is good food and lots of interesting things【C8】______. In many camps children learn things【C9】______cooking and drawing pictures. Every evening there are camp fires and games. Everyone goes to bed【C10】______but happy.

【C1】

A．more

B．many

C．much

I have kept a record of informal conversations【C1】______some 300 students from at【C2】______twenty-one colleges and universities.

The students were generally【C3】______and direct in their comments【C4】______how course work could be better【C5】______. Most of their remarks were kindly【C6】______—with tolerance rather than bitterness—and frequently were softened by the【C7】______that the students were speaking【C8】______some, not all, instructors. Nevertheless,【C9】______the following suggestions and comments indicate, students feel【C10】______with things as they are in the classroom. Professors should be【C11】______from reading lecture notes. "It makes their【C12】______monotonous (单调的)." If they are going to read, why not【C13】______out copies of the lecture？ Then we【C14】______need to go to class. Professors should【C15】______repeating in lectures material that is in the textbook."【C16】______we've read the material, we want to【C17】______it or hear it elaborated on,【C18】______repeated." "A lot of students hate to buy a【C19】______text that the professor has written【C20】______to have his lectures repeat it."

【C1】

A．involving

B．counting

C．covering

D．figuring

There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or a set of encyclopedia(百科全书). Now those【C1】______seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas,【C2】______a lot of personal computers under the tree.【C3】______that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children【C4】______taught to use them in school -- as early as possible.

The problem for schools is that when it【C5】______computers, parents do not always know best. Many schools are【C6】______parental impatience and are purchasing hardware【C7】______sound educational planning so they can say, "Ok, we' ve moved into the computer age." Teachers【C8】______themselves caught in the middle of the problem -- between parent pressure and【C9】______educational decisions. Educators do not even agree【C10】______how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials【C11】______research has shown can be taught【C12】______with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should【C13】______to computer warn of potential【C14】______to the very young,

The temptation remains strong largely because young children【C15】______so well to computers. First graders have been【C16】______willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes.【C17】______school can afford to go into computing, and that creates【C18】______another problem: division between the haves and have-nots.

Very few parents【C19】______for computer instruction in poor school districts,【C20】______there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.

【C1】

A．items

B．books

C．sets

D．series

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Summer holiday camps (夏令营) for children began in the USA over sixteen years ago. Today there are【C1】______than 8,000 camps in the United States and every year【C2】______four million children pass through their gates【C3】______June and August. Some【C4】______by bus every day from the nearest town.【C5】______stay as campers for one or two weeks. Quite a lot of children go off to camp 【C6】______the whole of the summer holiday. The people there are young and【C7】______. There is good food and lots of interesting things【C8】______. In many camps children learn things【C9】______cooking and drawing pictures. Every evening there are camp fires and games. Everyone goes to bed【C10】______but happy.

【C1】

A．more

B．many

C．much

dreaded "Is there a doctor un board？" announcement. I've been 【C1】______ only once—for a woman who had merely fainted. But the 【C2】______ made me quite curious about how 【C3】______ this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if 【C4】______ with a real midair medical emergency without access 【C5】______ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So 【C6】______ the New England Journal of Medicine last week 【C7】______ a study about in-flight medical events, I read it 【C8】______ interest.

The study estimated that there are a(n) 【C9】______ of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not 【C10】______ fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. 【C11】______ 13% of them— roughly four a day are serious enough to 【C12】______ a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies 【C13】______ heart trouble, strokes, and difficulty breathing.

Let's face it: plane rides are 【C14】______ . For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 【C15】______ they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 【C16】______ , but passengers with heart disease 【C17】______ experience chest pains as result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. 【C18】______ common in- flight problem is deep venous thrombosis— the so-called economy class syndrome (综合症). 【C19】______ happens, don't panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight- emergency front. Thanks to more recent legislation, flights with at 【C20】______ one attendant are starting to install emergency medical kits to treat heart attacks.

【C1】

A．called

B．addressed

C．informed

D．surveyed

ding to you. For example, the word "difficult" does not【C1】______ the same as impossible. Imagine you are staying in a hotel, and your want to change your room. The managers answer of "That would be difficult, sir", does not mean that he is saying "no". It just means that he wants to know【C2】______ you are prepared to offer him in return for the change of room. If you【C3】______ you will cause him a lot of trouble if he does not change your room, he might【C4】______ it would be better for him to do as you ask. If you are buying a new car, and want to pay less than the price being asked, then the salesmans【C5】______ , "Im sorry, but we never negotiate on the price", means that they do negotiate on other things, like the【C6】______ time, or the "extras" that might be available as part of the purchase. In all these【C7】______ the message is never communicated in clear terms. In any negotiation, the two "players" wish to get as much out of it as they can, of course. In the three【C8】______ above, the salesmen and the hold manager are hoping that you will accept their price or conditions, but their messages make it clear that there may be【C9】______ for movement and compromise. In a successful negotiation, the two sides move towards each other and reach agreement on conditions that【C10】______ both sides.

【C1】

A．produce

B．mean

C．equal

D．give