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Fill in the blank with one word. The first letter is given already. 在横线上填上合适的单子，单词首字母已给出。注意所填单词前后两个句子之间的联系。(答案请给出完整单词，注意拼写和大小写) Overseas study has certainly brought about many benefits for young people. To begin with, studying abroad gives students a better chance to develop their foreign language skills. F______, studying abroad can widen young people’s vision since they are exposed to a new culture and new people. As a result, they would learn to view the world from a global perspective, In addition, studying abroad encourages independence. Students need to face life challenges by themselves. During the process, their maturity, confidence as well as elf-reliance gradually build up.

Fill in the blank with one word. The first letter is given already. 在横线上填上合适的单子，单词首字母已给出。注意所填单词前后两个句子之间的联系。(答案请给出完整单词，注意拼写和大小写) The word “robot” is used to refer to a wide range of machines, the commion feature of which is that they are all capable of movement and can be used to perform physical tasks. Robots take on many different forms, ranging from ones that take on the human form and way of moving to ones whose appearance is dictated by the function they are to perform. Robots can be g generally as mobile robots, industrial robots, and robots which can fit themselves to the task at hand.

Task 2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate transitions or cohesive words and phrases for the following paragraphs. Discovery and invention are sometimes confused. Essentially, ___________, they are quite distinct. Discovery is the finding of something that has always been there, ___________ its existence or its meaning has remained hidden. Invention is the design of something new to be made from unknown materials. America, ___________, was discovered; the United States was invented, America has always been there, ___________ its existence was unknown, at least to Europeans, until navigating explorers found it. ___________ the United States was combination of unknown materials: land, law, and a people.

Please fill in the blanks of the following sentence from Bill Gates

I've always been an ________ and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of _________ and ____________ can make the world a better place.

A.optimist, creativity, intelligence

B.pessimist, intelligence, creativity

C.pessimist, initiative, creativity

D.optimist, initiative, intelligence

Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrases given below to make the sentences in the following paragraph arranged in a logical and coherent way.

A.thereforeB.obviouslyC.bothD.andE.howeverF.the sameG.because ofH.includingI.alsoJ.in which

(1) ________ (2) ________(3) ________(4) ________(5) ________(6)________(7) ________(8)________(9)________(10) ________

Translation research concerns the problems involved in transferring meaning from one culture to another.

(1) not all cultures interpret situations in (2) way; perceptions can differ enormously, and words carry connotations which do not have exact equivalence in another language.Translation scholars are (3) occupied with many of the same concerns which interest writing researchers in other areas.Despite this, (4) , translation is often an invisible practice, and has tended to exist on the periphery of intellectual activity in applied linguistics.Translation study is a field (5) both theory and reflection on cultural, methodological and social issues are vital.(6) this a number of questions central to writing more generally have emerged, (7) the nature of context and situationality, the role of interpretation in cross-cultural communication, the challenge of rendering idiomaticity (8) the part played by audience.Translation has (9) expanded beyond its established literary and technical areas.(10) machine translation and computer-assisted translation represent rapidly expanding domains of practice and flourishing research areas.

Directions： Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. A) spoiled B) crippled C) hindered D) surrounded E) legal F) permissive G) catalog H) ongoing I) appetites J) outline K) submitted L) profile M) committed N) echoed O) responded The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came to J. K. Rowling in 1990. It took her five years to finish writing it. In accordance with her 1) ________, during those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal. Rowling 2) _________ the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was financially 3) ________, living in a small apartment with her daughter without heat in the winter. Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England since it satisfied their 4) _______. The book also became very popular overseas. For example, once it came to the United States, it was immediately 5) ________ by many crazy readers. Her second and third books 6) ________ this popularity as well. The three books soon filled the top three places on many newspapers’ 7) _________ of best-sellers. Then the books were made into movies, which were undoubtedly in 8) _______ demand. Rowling’s life had changed significantly, in just three years. Not being 9) _________, Harry Potter soon sold more than 30 million books around the world and was translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned ￡70 a week. By the end of 2001, her 10) ________ income had mounted over ￡150 million, making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.

Directions： Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. A) spoiled B) crippled C) hindered D) surrounded E) legal F) permissive G) catalog H) ongoing I) appetites J) outline K) submitted L) profile M) committed N) echoed O) responded The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came to J. K. Rowling in 1990. It took her five years to finish writing it. In accordance with her 1) ________, during those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal. Rowling 2) _________ the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was financially 3) ________, living in a small apartment with her daughter without heat in the winter. Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England since it satisfied their 4) _______. The book also became very popular overseas. For example, once it came to the United States, it was immediately 5) ________ by many crazy readers. Her second and third books 6) ________ this popularity as well. The three books soon filled the top three places on many newspapers’ 7) _________ of best-sellers. Then the books were made into movies, which were undoubtedly in 8) _______ demand. Rowling’s life had changed significantly, in just three years. Not being 9) _________, Harry Potter soon sold more than 30 million books around the world and was translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned ￡70 a week. By the end of 2001, her 10) ________ income had mounted over ￡150 million, making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.

Directions： Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. (答案请填写完整单词） A) genius B) respectable C) genuine D) respective E) imposed F) enforced G) options H) enlightening I) secondary J) penetrating K) minor L) provided M) motivate N) primary O) marshal A boy who grows up cannot make decisions to choose what he wants. However, as he grows older, his world of 1) _______ increases. He can join the military or go to college. If he is a 2) ______ and gets his medical degree in college, he might decide to leave his homeland and open a clinic in another country. A college graduate can also move to New York or Chicago, 3) _______ he’s had job offers in both cities. He has to make a choice, not based on instinct. What can 4) _______ him to choose one or the other? Maybe the job in Chicago pays better, but he’d still rather live in New York. He has to 5) ________ his thoughts and say, “yes” to the city of his choosing. Some decisions you made can be very successful and 6) __________, but have you ever considered what an incredible ability this is? Don’t think this is only 7) _________ in your life. If your major requires a foreign language component, which will you choose? You are not 8) _________ to take one over another. Instead, you weigh your options and say “yes” to one and “no” to the others. People make decisions based on the 9) ________ options. If they have more than one option, one particular choice must be made. Some decisions are more 10) _________ than others, but they must make decisions in life. They also need to understand there are consequences to life’s decisions.