完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）

1.小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。

The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .

2.让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。

__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.

3. 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。

Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.

4. 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。

　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.

5. 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。

_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.

6.天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。

_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.

7.读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。

　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.

8.从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？

　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?

完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）
【小题1】小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。
The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .
【小题2】让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。
__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.
【小题3】 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。
Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.
【小题4】 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。
　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.
【小题5】 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。
_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.
【小题6】天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。
_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.
【小题7】读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。
　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.
【小题8】从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？
　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格 (每空限填一词)。

The following are taken from the book of Cambridge Real English Skills. They are very helpful in learning English.

Learning tip 1: When you read, it is not necessary to understand every word in the text. You only need to understand the parts of the text which contain (包含) the information you are looking for.

Learning tip 2: Scanning is when we read a text quickly to find a particular piece of information. We do not read every word. We stop reading when we find the information we want.

Learning tip 3: Make yourself ready for reading a text by thinking about the topic in your own language. This will help you to predict (预测) the content of the English text and working out the meaning of any unknown words.

Learning tip 4: Skimming is when we read a text quickly to find out what it is about or to get a general idea. We do not read every word. We get the main idea and we don’t pay attention to details.

Learning tip 5: When we read a text, we want to understand the writer’s message. To do this, we read silently. In real life, we sometimes read aloud—for example, we might read out something from a newspaper to a friend. Reading aloud does not help you to understand the message, but it helps you to practise the language.

Learning tip 6: As you read, try to work out the meaning of unknown words. Find other words in the text which might help you with the meaning of the word you do not know. Perhaps some other words in the text have the same meaning—or the opposite meaning. Only use a dictionary to check your guesses.

Learning tip 7: Your knowledge of grammar will not help you with the meaning of unknown words. But it will help you to decide whether words are nouns, verbs, etc. This will help you to link words in sentences and to read words in groups.

Learning tip 8: You can use either a dictionary with English and your language or a dictionary which has definitions in English. The main advantage of using a dictionary which has definitions in English is that you are working in English all the time. These dictionaries also explain the different meanings that one word can have, and they give lots of examples of how words are used.

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis Cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless." he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15^th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future. Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. "John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say, ’You are completely crazy,’" Saunders says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
【小题1】The turning point in Saunders’ life came when ________.