Debbie Hart is going to swim 1. the English Channel tomorrow.She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong 2. (swim) and many people feel that she is sure 3. (succeed)Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart 4. (train )his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.

5.them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

1.across 2.swimmer 3.to succeed 4.has trained 5.Among 【解析】本文讲述了黛比哈特明天将游过英吉利海鲜，她只有11岁，希望创一个新的世界纪录。 1.across 句意：明天Debbie Hart将游过英吉利海峡。swim across游过，故为across。 2.swimmer 句意：她是一个...

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his1. (experience) as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used 2. (work) in a small shop. It was his job3. ( repair) bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1958 he 4.(buy) a small workshop of his own. 5. his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers.

1.experiences 2.to work 3.to repair 4.bought 5.In 【解析】本文是弗兰克·霍斯金讲述他年轻时的经历。 1.experiences 句意：昨天下午，弗兰克·霍斯金正在给我讲述他年轻时的经历。根据as a young man可知他年轻时的经历，因此用复数名词experiences。 2.to work ...

I crossed the street to avoid 1. (meet) him, but he saw me and came running 2. me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He 3.has anything to do. No matter 4. busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way5. preventing him from following me around all morning.

1.meeting 2.towards 3.never 4.how 5.of 【解析】本文讲述了Nigel Dykes.总是跟着我，因此我不得不想一个方法阻止他整个上午都跟着我。 1.meeting 句意：为了避免遇见他，我穿过了大街。avoid doing sth避免做某事，故为动名词meeting。 2.towards 句意：但是他看见我，...

A public house which was recently bought 1. Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr. Thompson is going to sell it 2. it is haunted.He told me that he 3. (can) not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise 4. (come) from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. Thompson had turned the lights off 5. he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.

1.by 2.because 3.could 4.coming 5.before 【解析】本文讲述了汤姆森要卖掉他最近买的一个酒馆，因为它晚上闹鬼。 1.by 句意：最近汤普森先生买的一个酒馆将要出售。根据was recently bought可知此处表示被动，by sb被某人，故为介词by。 2.because 句意：汤普森先生将要卖掉它，因...

In 1929, three years after his1. (fly） over the North Pole, the American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the 2.（one） time. Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that 3.(lie） below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles 10 away, for there were no more mountains 4. sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains5. difficulty.

1.flight 2.first 3.lay 4.in 5.without 【解析】本文讲述了美国探险家 R.E. 伯德飞越南极的过程。 1.flight 句意：美国探险家 R.E. 伯德在飞越北极3年之后，于1929年第一次飞越了南极。有形容词性物主代词his修饰，故用fly的名词形式，故为flight。 2.first 句意：美国探险家 R...

The whole village soon learned that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet 1.taking his savings to the post office. Sam was sure that the wallet 2. have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned 3. him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said:‘A thief, yes, but only 50 4.a thief!’Two months 5., some more money was sent to Sam with another note:‘Only 25 per cent a thief now!’In time, all Sam's money was back.

1.while 2.must 3.to 4.percent 5.later 【解析】本文讲述了一个名叫萨姆的屠夫的钱包丢了，那个贼过一段时间还给他50%的钱包里的钱，又过一段时间还给他25%的钱，最后，逐渐把钱包里的钱都还给了他。 1.while 句意：当地的屠夫萨姆·本顿在带着存款去邮局时，丢了钱包。此处表示当……时候，表示“在带着存款去邮局的过程期间”...

You do not win respect by showing __________ you are, but what you’re able to do.

A. where B. who C. how D. when

B 【解析】句意：你不会因为你是谁而赢得尊重，而是你能做些什么来赢得尊重。A. where在哪里；B. who谁；C. how怎么样；D. when何时。结合句意可知，答案为B。

—I’m planning to climb Mount Huang this summer. Would you like to come along?

—Wow! That would be exciting __________ challenging. I’m in!

A. as well as B. as good as C. as long as D. as far as

A 【解析】句意：——我计划今年夏天去爬黄山。你愿意一起去吗？——哇！这既令人兴奋又富有挑战性。我加入。A. as well as也，既…又…；B. as good as一样好；C. as long as只要；D. as far as只要，据…。exciting与challenging是并列关系，as well as该词组为连词，作“同；和；也”讲时，连接同等并列成分。故答案为A。

You’re the future of this country. Don’t keep asking what this country can do for you. Ask

__________ what you can do for this country.

A. us B. ourselves C. you D. yourselves

D 【解析】句意：你们是这个国家的未来，不要老是问这个国家能为你们做些什么，问问你们自己，你们能为这个国家做些什么。A. us我们；B. ourselves我们自己；C. you你们；D. yourselves你们自己。这几个句子人称都是第二人称，排除A,B；结合句意可知，此处需要填写反身代词，答案为D。

—It’s said that drinking coffee __________ cancer. Do I have to give it up?

—Relax! Not everything on Wechat is true. In fact, a coffee a day keeps the doctor away.

A. causes B. has caused C. caused D. had caused

A 【解析】 句意：——据说喝咖啡会致癌。我必须放弃喝咖啡吗？——放松些！不是所有的聊天内容都是真实的。事实上，一天喝一杯咖啡不会生病看医生。drinking coffee作从句的主语，喝咖啡会致癌只是微信中别人的一种说法，时态用一般现在时来描述，故答案为A。