1. There are often bitter quarrels between the two, but the husband and wife can always ______ each other's demands to live together with ardent love.
A.reconcile B.adjust
C.modify D.vary
2. Jack doesn't know what to ______ after the university as he just cannot make up his mind; besides jobs are rare in the economic recession.
A.take in B.take over
C.take after D.take up
3. I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ______ character, which had a hidden intension in whatever he did or said.
A.suspicious B.conscious
C.skeptical D.envious
4. Ricky's embarrassment when he met his teachers was _______; his ears turned bright red and he kept looking down on the ground.
A.obvious B.acute
C.keen D.severe
5. When I ______ my senses after the earthquake, I found myself wrapped up in bed in a little room, with my colleagues and family bending over me.
A.took to B.woke up
C.came to D.picked up
6. It was a shock to me that the chairman of the board should _______ me to dismiss the good employees the firm can no longer afford to employ.
A.press B.compel
C.impose D.pose
7.Stella held her ground against several attempts to ______ her as secretary of the club, insisting that no one could have done the job better than her.
A.transmit B.shift
C.remove D.cancel
8.It is through learning and accumulated experience that the individual ______ many appropriate ways of reacting to different situations.
A.acquires B.retains
C.preserves D.achieves
9.These areas rely on agriculture almost ______, having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.
A.respectively B.separately
C.extraordinarily D.exclusively
10.The goal of the university is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial conditions.
A.in terms of B.regardless of
C.with respect to D.in accordance with
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph with the exact words that appear in your textbook. Fill in each blank with only ONE word.
Xiang Yu was a Chinese Imperial general in the third century B.C. who took his troops across the Zhang River on a (1)into enemy territory. To his troops' astonishment, he ordered their cooking pots (2)and their sailing ships burned.
He explained that he was (3)on them a necessity for attaining victory over their (4). What he said was surely motivating, but it wasn't really(5)by many of his loyal soldiers as they watched their (6)go up in flames. But the genius of General Xiang Yu's (7)would be validated both on the battlefield and in (8)social science research. General Xiang Yu was a (9) exception to the norm, a veteran leader who was (10) respected by his many conquests and who achieved the summit of success.
填空(1)： raid
填空(2)： crushed
填空(3)： imposing
填空(4)：opponents
填空(5)：appreciated
填空(6)：vessels
填空(7)：conviction
填空(8): modern
填空(9)：rare
填空(10)：highly
Feeling lonely? Why not go to the mall? You'll find plenty of company, and yes, a new pair of shoes or maybe even a new computer game. It's quick and effortless; and you don't need special equipment. You just get in your car and drive to a store. They're everywhere, and they're open 24 hours in any weather.
Most of people think of shopping as something we do when we need to buy things, but some people shop for different reasons. In fact, if shopping is your favorite hobby, something you can easily do to change your mood, you might feel great. However, if you are not careful, the total on your credit card bills will soon be more than you have in your bank account. Because shopping is so enjoyable and convenient, people get into the dangerous habit of spending money to try to feel good. They become trapped in a cycle of self-defeating behavior that leads to debt and dissatisfaction.
How do you know if you are a compulsive spender? There is no easy answer. But ask yourself this: Do you have clothes in your closet that you never wear or that still have the price tags on them? Do you ever hide your purchases from your family? These are some of the warning signs. Most compulsive spenders are unaware of their habits or strongly deny them. Compulsive spenders prefer to avoid the issues that force them to shop, so the problem is not just that they spend more than they earn. Spending problems may result from deep personal problems that compulsive spenders have.
Some spontaneous spending is natural: flowers to brighten a rainy day, or a treat for a job well done. To be spontaneous means to act without planning. However, a compulsive spender will shop in response to stress and follow a real physical urge to go out and spend money. When this type of spending causes serious problems for you and your family, you have a compulsive spending problem.
1. According to the passage, people usually go shopping ________.
A. when they want to hang out with friends
B. when they feel lonely and bored
C. when they need to buy things
D.when they want the pleasure of spending money
2. Compulsive shoppers buy things because ________.
A. they want to spend their money
B. shopping is their favorite hobby
C. they need to feel good
D. they don't think they have enough clothes
3. Most compulsive shoppers ________.
A. are happy to talk about their problem
B. don't like to discuss their problem
C. are aware of their shopping habits
D. want to get rid of a cycle of self-defeating behavior
4. It can be inferred that spontaneous spending is usually ________.
A. compulsive
B. addictive
C. dangerous
D. harmless
5. What's the purpose of this passage?
A. To compare two types of spending habit.
B. To encourage spontaneous spending.
C. To describe what a compulsive spending is.
D. To make people aware of their problems.
答案：CCBDA
