河北省定州市第二中学2018-2019学年高二上学期英语寒假作业15 Word版含答案

高二英语 寒假作业15

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In autumn of 1935,when I was a young man, I was traveling in the north of Indian. One evening, after hunting in the forest all day, I was returning to the place which I had put up my tent. It was getting dark, but I was walking along a road. Suddenly I saw two eye glaring at me from among the trees. What can I do? Should I jump into the river to save my life? Then I looked at the right. In the river there had a big crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth was wide opening.

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Cats are animals of habit. They like to go to sleepy about same time every day and for a certain length of time. They seem to have natural clock inside them that tells them when sleeping. Besides their regular sleep, cats take naps(打盹). Some scientists think that people should also take cat nap. The habit would do good for people's health. Cat naps helped build up energy in the body. Since cats have moods(情绪) like these of people, scientists believe that people can improve their moods with cat-napping. People might become more happier and more active.

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A man shot two students died and wounded five other at an Australian university in Monday, after he was overpowered by classmates of the victims (受害者). The two dead were both male of Asian appearance in his early 20s. The others have being treated for minor(未成年的)injuries. The man, in his mid-30s and of Asian appearance, was seized several students in classroom at Monash University, Melbourne and was late arrested.

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When I first learned to write in English , I ran into much difficulties. The main problem was that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her advice and should put down 100 words or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a story and showed to my teacher. He liked them very much and reads it to the class. All said that the story was a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me.

1. Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA.

He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the

men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”

Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏.

Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop

smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.

____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. ____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____ A. It is very hard to quit smoking.

B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here. C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes. D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible. F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.

G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

2.How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here is what the experts suggest:

51 . Nancy Alguire, a teacher in Clifton Park, N. Y., was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus clown (小丑). “I became interested in the clowns,” she recalls “One day I put on a costume and paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way I had never done before.” 52 To this day, she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing.

53 It doesn’t take you too much time and can be easy. Collect favorite cartoons and jokes. Also, keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life. “Good ideas come and go fast, you have to capture them quickly or they are gone,” says Virginia Tooper.

Laugh when you need it most. “ 54 ” says comedian Bill Cosby. “And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might by, you can survive it,” he insists.

Gray Alan, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota, claims that laughter is a skill we can all gain – because it comes naturally. 55 . Just remember: we are just here for a period, so get a few laughs.