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I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and ............emigrated........... (1) to America when she was ten years old. She was the first woman to .............receive.......... (2) a medical degree. Getting that ............degree........... (3)was not easy at all. She applied to twenty nine medical schools and was always refused ...........all............ (4) at that time, only men was admitted to ..........those............. (5) schools. But she never gave .............up.......... (6). She studied privately with a doctor ...........for............ (7) three years. Then she ...........applied............ (8) to all the medical schools again. This ...........time............ (9), in 1847, the medical institute of Geneva New York .............accepted.......... (10) her.
However, ...........since............ (11) Elizabeth began attending classes, the students often treated her unkindly. Also, at first she was even stopped ...........from............ (12) some of the classrooms demonstrations. Nevertheless, she ............never........... (13) stepped back. In 1853, after further study, Elizabeth Blackwell opened the New York institute ............for........... (14) women and children. Later, she added medical college for women ............so........... (15) that they could also become doctors.
II.One of the most famous statues in the (1)____stands on an island in New York Harbor. This (2)____is , of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet (3)_____.The Statue of Liberty was put up in 1886. It was a gift to the United Statuea form the people of France. In the years after the statue (4)____put up, many immigrants came to the United Statue through New York. As they entered New York harbor, they (5)___the statue of Liberty holding up her torch. She symbolized a welcome to a land of freedom.
1.A.cities B. world C. earth D.countries
2.A.statue B.island C.harbor D.statues
3.A.tall B.height C.width D.length
4.A.is B.was C.is being D.0
5.A.see B.saw C.have seen D. will see
Thankgiving Day is a holiday that Americans celebrate the honor of everything the country offered to their ancestors, who were among the first immigrants to the United States. When they first came to America, they saw that there were enough food and opportunity for everyone. They were even helped by the Indians, who taught them how to grow all kinds of new vegetables, such as corn and yams, or sweet potatoes.
On Thanksgiving Day, it is traditional to eat a big meal together. Americans eat food that was found here by their ancestors. They usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes, Indian corn bread, and have pumpkin pie for dessert.
Every Thanksgiving Day, a giant parade is held by one of the most famous department stores in New York. It is an annual event. And at the end of the parade, children can even see Santa Claus, who is visiting from the North Pole. Santa Claus is invited to remind children and parent that Christmas is not far away.
When the first ancestors came to America,what did they see
-When they first ancestors came to America, they saw that there were enough food and opportunity for everyone.
Is it traditional to eat a big meal together on Thanksgiving Day
-Yes, it is
Do they usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes
-Yes, they do
Who is visiting from the North Pole
-Santa Claus
Read the passage carefully then fill in the blank a suitable word.
As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several _water__ sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. _Among__ them were water footbal (or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which player rode on floating barrels, painted to look _like__ horses, and struck the ball with a stick.
Water rugby became most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name became attached to it, and it's been attached _ever__ since.
As played in England, the object of the sport was for a player to touch the ball, with both _hands __, at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any opponent who was about to score.
Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled _with __ underwater fights away from the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air.
In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addiction of goalposts. The Scots also replace _the__ original small, hard rubber ball with soccer ball and adopted _rules__ that prohibited taking the ball under the surface or, "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
The Scottish game, which emphasized swimming speed, passing and __team_ work, spread to England during the early 1880s, to Hungary in 1889, to Austria and Germany in 1894, to France in 1895, and __to_ Belgium in 1900.
Water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic program, in 1900.
I. Use the correct form of the words to complete each of the following sentences
impairment, charity, disability, donate, preference, integration, respectful, campaign, discriminate, appreciate
1. Buses and trains need to reserve some special seats or areas for women with babies, the elderly and the __disabled___________
2. Those who do noisy jobs such as airport ground staff or construction workers for a long time are likely to have hearing _______impairment___
3. It is crucial for teenagers to participate in ___charitable__________ work of any kind. That helps them learn how to care and share.
4. Both parents and teachers need to teach children to have a _______respectful___ attitude to the elderly.
5. Making a small ____donation______ to a charity helps young people be aware of the value of money.
6. To many students, working with a tutor is _______preferred____ to working with a peer.
7. Jane's mother always ______appreciated_____ her attempt to fulfill her duties even when she was not successful.
8. Jaden was involved in planning an election _____campaign____ for the president of his country.
9. It is significantto ____intergrate_____ children with special needs into ordinary schools so that they are more accepted by their community.
10. Racial_______discrimination___ doesn't seem to be ended, even in multicultural countries like America or Canada.
II.Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. A: A new house ___________ for the homeless children.
B: Really? When ___________ it built?
A. has been built / has been
B. built / was
C. was built / was
D. has been built/ was
2.The Prime Minister ___________ our university. He __________ to students about the orientation for their future career early today.
A. has visited / spoke
B. visited / spoke
C. has visited / has spoken
D. visited / was speaking
3. At the last meeting, the Student Union ________ to hold a craft and art exhibition to raise money for the kids who _______ from cancer.
A. has decided / suffered
B. decided / suffer
C. has decided / suffer
D. decided/ suffered4
IV. Find the mistakes
1. Newly-born infants should BE screened for their HEARING in order to receive early TREATMENT if it is IMPAIRMENT. => impaired
2. The aircraft OF Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 , which HAS DISAPPEARED => disappearedon the 8th OF March 2014, HAS not been recovered.
3. The findings of a study show that students HAVE CHANGED their attitude TOWARDS the poor after INVOLVE=> involving/ having involved in some CHARITABLE work.
4>The persons with DISABILITIES in Malaysia will have MORE to smile about because several LOCAL companies are now OFFERED => offering jobs to them.
5. MORE AND MORE organizations have BEEN recently FOUND=> founded to have helped the poor and ORPHANS in Vietnam.
6. It is BELIEVED that people are HAPPIER THAN=> happier when they help OTHERS.
The New York Institution for the blind was (1).............in 1831, about five years after Louis Braille had developed system of writing for the (2)...........It was one of the first schools in the United States to provide an (3)............program for children who were blind or mentally impaired. Early in the twentieth century the name was (4)............to The New York Institute for Special Education to better reflect the program's expanded focus and commitment to children with a variety of (5).............
1.a.discovered b.founded c.located d.provided
2.a.deaf b.blind c.mute d.disable
3.a.educated b.educating c.education d.educational
4.a.renamed b.adjusted c.changed d.developed
5.a.impairments b.injuries c.handicaps d.disabilities