科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Complete the passage with the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. One word is not needed.
| A. understanding B. industry C. range D. improve E. adopted F. pronounce G. flooding H. valued I. operating J. tend |
The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language. Japanese publishers have been ______ the market with over a dozen language-learning titles. Companies are trying to enter a foreign-language teaching _______ which was _______ at $8.6 billion in 2008 by some research institutes.
Why is there such a huge Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a good way to ______ their English-speaking skills.
Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty ___ a speech given by a native English speaker. But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can _______ words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow speed,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist. “Movies ______ to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble (咕哝) their words.” Obama sets his _______ of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate (迎合) all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension.
The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be ______ in Japan for business and political purposes. At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A．primarily | B．similar | C．considerately | D．connections | E．instructed |
| F．series | G．personal | H．served | I．defined | J．environment |
In a study of the university of Minnesota, twins (some raised together and others who had grown up apart) were tested for a wide range of personality traits (特征)．In terms of happiness－ as the ability to enjoy life－twins who are separated soon after birth were much less alike than twins raised together．But when it comes to unhappiness, the twins raised apart－some without contact for as long as 64 years－were as as those who had grown up together.
Why is unhappiness less influenced by ? When we are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up better than when we are feeling sad．
This doesn’t mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that’s that．Unhappiness may be related to genes, but this inherited trait can be influenced by choice．You can increase your happiness through your own actions.
In a whole of experiments by psychologists John Reich and Alex Zautra at Arizona State University, they asked students to select their favorite activities from a list of everyday pleasures－things like going to a movie, talking with friends and playing cards.
Then the researchers some of the students in the experiment to increase the number of favorite activities the participated in for one month (the participants in the study as controls (对照组) and did not vary their activity level)．Result: Those who did more of the things they enjoyed were happier than those who didn’t．The conclusion, then, is that the pleasure we get from life is ours to control.
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科目：高中英语 来源：河北省2010届高三下学期模拟考试Ⅰ试卷（英语） 题型：单词拼写
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卷Ⅱ（非选择题共55分）
第一节 单词拼写（共10题，每小题1分；满分10分）
据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
66. 1. I wonder why Jack hasn’t w_____ to us recently. We should have heard from him by now.
67.There was no lift and we had to climb six f_______（一段楼梯）of stairs.
68.People should wash ______(定期)to ensure personal health.
69.I think you o ____ us an apology for not informing us of the important news in time.
70. He told us that the _______(北部)part of his country had many mountains.
71.We reached our destination, tired and _______（饥饿）.
72.Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining w_____.
73.The whole day we unpacked the boxes, filled the cupboards and tidied, until we were _____(极其)tired.
74. The house is h_______by trees, so it is hard for us to find it .
75. He left his village school and _____（教）himself while working in a factory.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年上海市高三上学期春季招生考试英语卷 题型：其他题
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A．primarily |
B．similar |
C．considerately |
D．connections |
E．instructed |
|
F．series |
G．personal |
H．served |
I．defined |
J．environment |
In a study of the university of Minnesota, twins (some raised together and others who had grown up apart) were tested for a wide range of personality traits (特征)．In terms of happiness－ 1. as the ability to enjoy life－twins who are separated soon after birth were much less alike than twins raised together．But when it comes to unhappiness, the twins raised apart－some without contact for as long as 64 years－were as 2. as those who had grown up together.
Why is unhappiness less influenced by 3. ? When we are happy, we are more responsive to people and keep up 4. better than when we are feeling sad．
This doesn’t mean, however, that some people are born to be sad and that’s that．Unhappiness may be related to genes, but this inherited trait can be influenced by 5. choice．You can increase your happiness through your own actions.
In a whole6. of experiments by psychologists John Reich and Alex Zautra at Arizona State University, they asked students to select their favorite activities from a list of everyday pleasures－things like going to a movie, talking with friends and playing cards.
Then the researchers 7. some of the students in the experiment to increase the number of favorite activities the participated in for one month (the participants in the study 8. as controls (对照组) and did not vary their activity level)．Result: Those who did more of the things they enjoyed were happier than those who didn’t．The conclusion, then, is that the pleasure we get from life is 9. ours to control.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年上海市高三上学期第一次月考英语卷 题型：其他题
Complete the passage with the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. One word is not needed.
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A. understanding B. industry C. range D. improve E. adopted F. pronounce G. flooding H. valued I. operating J. tend |
The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language. Japanese publishers have been ___1.___ the market with over a dozen language-learning titles. Companies are trying to enter a foreign-language teaching ___2.____ which was ____3.___ at $8.6 billion in 2008 by some research institutes.
Why is there such a huge Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a good way to ____4.__ their English-speaking skills.
Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty __5._ a speech given by a native English speaker. But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can ____6.___ words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow speed,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist. “Movies ____7.__ to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble (咕哝) their words.” Obama sets his ____8.___ of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate (迎合) all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension.
The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be ___9.___ in Japan for business and political purposes. At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan.
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