人教版英语中考专项之词汇篇

中考专项之词汇篇

根据文章内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

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Cnckct-how1hatedthisgamewhenIwasyoung!Myfamilywould1（花费）hoursandhourswatchingiton

televisionwhileI2（生气地）waitedforittoend.Everygameseemed（hesame.Yes,oneteam3（M）andtheother

lost,butitwasalwaysthesamegame-somemenpitchingaball,somerunningbackandforth.

Thensomethinghappened.Ibecameoldenoughtostartplayingcricket4（我自己）withtheotherkidsinmy_5

（街区;居民区）.W。foundaplacetoplay6（无论什么地方）wecoudputupawicket.Weplayedonthestreet,inthe

backyardevenonthetopsofbuildings,believeitornot!

Ican7（回忆起:回想起）soclearlythesoundsoftheballhittingthebatandthequickrunningfeet.Icanstillfeel

（hesunonmyfaceasIplayed.Icanstillseetheblueskyfadingtodarknessbehindthebuildingsasourgames8（持

续）intothenight.Itbecamemy9（最喜爱的）thingintheworld.NowIwatchitnotwithanger,butwithhappy-10

（回忆）oftheendlessdaysandnightsplayingthegame.

（2）

Hewwouldyoufeelifyouhada1（机会）totravelwithjustyourfather?Wouldyoubehappyor2（担心的:不

安的）？ChildreninthehotshowWhereAreWeGoing,Dad?wouldHketo3（分享）theirfeelingswithus.

WhereArcWcGoing,Dad?hasbeenonsincelastyear.It'saboutfive4（对'）offathersandkids.Theygotoplaces

farawayfromthecityandtakepartininteresting5（｛fE^）.CIumsyfatherslearntotakecareoftheirkids.Thekidslearn

aboutteamworkandbeing6（独立自主的）.

Themost7（令人感动的）partoftheprogramisthefamilyloveseenbetweenfathersandchildren.Afathermay

notbeascarefulasamother,butheteacheshiskidinhisownway.

"Inreallife,fathersarebusywiththeirwork."ChinesewriterBiShumintoldChinaYouth8［日报）."Buta_9

（有贵任心的）father1（）（重视;珍视）thetimehespendswithhiskidandteacheshimorherhowtobeagoodperson."

（3）

DuringasummertriptoYangshuo,Guangxi,I1（注意至U）thatpeopletherespokeadifferenttypeofChinese._2

（甚至）myBeijingfriendscouldn'tunderstandthem.ThismademethinkofthelanguageofBritain.

BritainisthebirthplaceoftheEnglishlanguage.ButdidyouknowthereismorethanonelanguageinBritain?There

arefourcountriesinBritain:England,Scotland,Wales,and3（北部的Ireland.Eachonehasits4（白己的language.

Butthroughouthistory,theEnglishlanguagebecamethemostusedone.Now,95percentoftheBritish5（AH）spcaks

English.ThesecondmostpopularlanguageisWelsh,theofficiallanguageofWales.Itisspokenbyaround20percentof

Welshpeople.ScottishGaelichasfewfluentspeakers.Butitsounds6（相像的）toEnglish.Lastly,IrishGaelicusedto

beIreland'smost7（广泛土也）sDokcnlanguage.ButwhenEnglandbecamepowerful,English8（传播）acrossIreland.

LikeChina,Britainneedslo9（保护）eachofitslanguages.Tokeepthemfrom"dying"，Britishpeopleshouldbe

10（感到骄傲的）ofspeakingWelsh,Scottish,andIrish.

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MusicfromWaste

Whatwillyoudowithanold1（日历）?Willyoujustthrowitaway?AstudentbandfromBeijingNo.5Middle

Schoolcanuseitasapaper2（音乐的）instrument.

IntheeveningofAug12,15studsnlsofthebandgavea3（成功的）showinFinland.Alltheirinstrumentswere

madefrom4（材*4）likebrokenracketsandusedbottles.

ClienShanshan,13,playedherself-madeguitarintheshow.Theguitarismadeofabigwoodpile.Shefounditina

buildingsite."It'sgoodtomakeaguitarbyyourself,"saidChen,"Butthe5（噪音）isabigproblem."Chentriedto

changetheguitarsinnerconstructiontomakeitaslowaspossible.Afterhundredsof6（实验）.theguitarturnedtoa

beautifulsound.

TaoMingxiao,14,gothispipafromanoldtennisracket.Whenhe7（加入）theband.Taodidn'tknowhowtoplay

thepipaatall.AnditwasonlyonemonthbeforetheshowinFinland.Dayandnighthepracticed8（无论何时）hewas

free.Afterhardtraining,hefinallycouldgive9（平滑悦耳的）musicwiththepipa,“whentheaudienceclappedfbrus,I

wasamazedbymy10（被回收再利用的）inslrument,“saidTao.

（5）

RailRulesoftheLondonUnderground

Itistheundergroundsystemthatcarriespeoplearound（hecity.Often1（充满:装满）wilhpeople,thesubwayhere

inBeijingcanbecomeanightmare,2（尤其是）duringrushhours.Peoplerushoutofthetraindoorswhenthose_3

（在..外面）pushtheirwayinside.Itis【he4（每日的）fightforspace.Youcanseethissubway5（场景）inotherbig

cities,suchasTokyo.

WhileinLondon,peoplefollowanimportantrulewhentheytakethesubway.Itisaboutkeeping6（个人的;私人

的）space.Whenyouwait,each7（乘客）keeps1-2feet（30-60cm）ofdistancefromothers.Itmakessurethat（heydon't

makeothers（不舒服的）.Also,Britishpeopledon'tusuallyfillthe（rains.ThereisusuallyaI-foo（or2-footgap

9_（在之间）thepeopleandthetraindoor.Theydon'tlikefeelingsqueezedastheyridethesubway.

However,therearealwaystimeswhenitfeelslikeyouaredrowningin.peopleonthesubway.Yetweknowthe

subwayisimportant.Weloveit.Wehateit.It'salove-hate10（关系）.

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Wcallloveourmother.Butwhatifyouj（花费）alotoftimewithherandstarttobecalledamama'sgirl?The

problemhastroubledChineseactressYifeiLiufbryears.

Liubecameanactressattheyoungageof15.Hermothergaveupherjob（otakecareofher.AsLiugrewolder,the

2_（情况；状沆Jdidn'tchange3（无论何时）Liuappeared,hermotherwasaround.Themediastartedtocallhermother

"overprotective"

ButLiu4（重视:珍视）hermother'scompany.Liu'sparentslefteachocherwhenshewas10.Shehadbeenwithher

mothersincethen."Momismybestfriend,"shesaid,"ShedidalotfbrmeandIfeelsafewhensheisaround.^^However,

shealsowantedtoshowthatshewasnotamania'sgirl.In2007.5（没有）tellinganyone,shewenttotakeherexamsat

YaleUniversity,hopingtolearnactingthere.In2008,shemadea6（决定）thatshewantedtotakearestand7（完善;

改进）heractingskills.

TwoyearslaterwhenLiucameback,the27-year-oldbecameamore8（V#W）actress.Since2010,shehasshot10

movies,workingwithfamousactors9（包括）NicolasCage.Lastyear,shewonthebestactressawareatthe5thMacao

10（国际的）FilmFestivalwithherbrilliantperformanceinthemovieTheAssassins.

Hermotherisstillbyhersidenowandthen,butLiudoesn'tmindanymore."I'vegrownup,"shesaid,"Ienjoythe

limewithMomaslongasshefeelshappy."

（7）

DearSir/Madam,

Ilearnedfromthe1（因特网）thatyourcompanyneedsanEnglishsecretary.I'mreallyinterestedinthis2（位

置；职位）andhopethatIcanworktoryou.

I'm18yearsoldandwillsoon3（毕业）frommyschoolthisJuly.I'manexcellentstudent,4（在其中.….之

一）thetopsinmyclassof42students.I'mgoodatEnglish,especially5（说话的）English.Ioftenusethecomputerand

Itypeveryfast.Inmy6（空闲的）time,Ireadalot.7（诗歌）arcmyfavorite.Ienjoymusicverymuchandhavebeen

playingthe8（键盘式电子乐器）sinceprimaryschool.I'malsoasportsfanandtakepartinlotsofoutdooractivities.

9（而且）.I'mquiteeasytogetalongwithandIliketomakefriends.

I'mlookingforwardtoyour10i回人）.

Sincerelyyours

AdamLee

⑻

Deyoufecitiredofthesameold1（口常的）life?SurvivalHolidayisforchildrentogointolonelyplacesfor

excitingactivities.Ourcompanywilllakechildrenintogreat2（户夕卜:野夕卜）without（heirparentsthissummer.

Whydopeople3（选择）SurvivalHoliday?Becausetheythinkitisgoodforchildrentogel4（接近）lonature.

Manychildreninbigcitiesspendalltime5（不是）watchingTVorplayingcomputergames.It'snottheir6（过晅音）.

andhereconiesonechancetohaveachange.

Thesurvivalactivitieswill7（改善）thechildreninmanyways.Evenyearslater,theywillstillclearlyremember

whattheyhavelearned.Somehavelearnedhowtoworkwiththeir8（同队队员）.Somehavelearnedto9（坚持）to

theiraimsindifficultlimes.Andsomehavelearnedtovalue（heprocess10（而不是）thanresults.

（9）

AlthoughI'vehadabusyschoollifeinthepastthreeyears,gettingalongwithsuchamazingclassmateshasmademethe

（幸运的）personintheworld.

Inoneofthoseunforgettabledays,wehada2（演讲）contest.Duringthetoughtime,Icould3（感觉到:意识到）

thateveryoneinmyclass4（齐心协力）togethersomuchthatourheartsseemedtobebeatingtogetherfast.Webrought

the5（参赛者）notonly6（勇气）butalsosomerealhelpandskills.Thoughtherewereonlythreeonthefrontline,we

allmadeitclearthatitwas41peoplefightingsidebysideandwcwouldnevergiveup.Atlast,wcwonthefirstprize.With

great7（激动）.allofusjumpedarourdandburstintotears.

There'sno8（疑向）thatwe'llalwaysgothroughhardtimestogether,becausewe'llsurelyalways9（支持）eachother.

AndI'llneverforget（hehappinesswehaveshared.\willalwaysfeel10（感激的）tomyschoollifewithmylovely

Class3.

（10）

Appleisoneofthemostpopularfruitsinourlife,andpeopleeatappleseveryday.Buttherearethreespecialapples

thathavechangedthewholeworld.

Whentheworldjuststarted,applewasaforbiddenfruit（禁果）intheGardenofEden.However,agirlnamedEve_1

（偷窃）andateit.2（不幸地）,GodfounditoutandsoshewasdrivenawayfromtheGardentogetherwithaboycalled

Adam.Later,AdamandEvehadtheirownbabiesandbecamethe3（祖先）ofallofus.

IntheAutumnof1665,4（当…的时候）Newtonwasthinkingofoneproblemunderanappletree,5（突然）,an

appledroppeddownandfellonhishead.Becauseofthis,Newton6（发现）gravitation（弓I力）onthatdayandhisnew

ideaofsciencemadepeoplereallyamazedandhappy,alsohechangedour7（观点）aboutnatureandthewaywcthink.

Andtoday,SteveJobschangedtheworldbyhisa.Dle8（产品）.Forexample,iPhonescanbefoundeverywherein

thestreet.Theyhavebecomea9（标志:象征）ofourtime.Althoughhehasdied,peoplewillrememberhimandmiss

himbecauseofhis10（创造力;创造性）.

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Wheredoesbeefcomefrom?You'rewrongifyousay:"Cow,ofcourse."

Afteryearsof1（研究）、DutchscientistMarkPosthas2（成功地）grownbeefinhislab.

Hetooksomecells（细胞）fromacow,and3（混合）themwithninrients（营养物质）inalabdish.Thecellsthengrew

into4（某物Hikemuscles（肌肉）.

OnAug5,a5（饭店）inLondoncookedthe"beefandmadeahamburger.

Threepeopletastedit.Theysaidthatthemeattasted6（像）'ananimal-protein（动物蛋白）cake"anditwasabitdry.

TheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration（美国国家航空航天局）intheUSwas（hefirstonetothinkabout

growingmealinalab.Itwaslookingforafoodfor7（宇航员）inspace.

Butnowscientistshopethatgrowingmeatinalabcouldreduce（减少）greenhousegasesandsaveenergy.About18

8_（百分之...）ofglobalgrccnhousc-gasemissions（排放）comefrommeatindustry,saida2006UN9（报道）,

Butihe10（问题）is:Areyouwillingtoeatit?

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Asthesayinggoes,practicemakesperfect.Butinfact,nonstoppracticeisnotagoodwaytolearnthings.

Accordingtoanewstudy,ifyouarelearninganewskill,it'sbeltertocakebreakswhileI（训I练ibecause（hisway

you'lllearnbetter.

Thestudyis2（出版;发行）inthejournalProceedingsBoftheRoyalSociety.Itwasledby3（科学家）Sorcn

AshleyandJoelPearsonfromtheUniversityofNewSouthWales.

Forthebraintorememberanewskill,itmustchangeshorttermmemoryintolong-termmemory.Thebrain4（需

要）breakstoconsolidate（习｛国）thememory.Ifthememoryisnotconsolidated5（足够的）,thelearningwillbeforthe

shorttermornothappenatall.

"Manystudieshaveshownthatyoudon'tlearnifyoudon'tsleep6（在...之后）adayoftraining,Pearson,PhD,told

MedicalXpress."Similarly,overtrainingcanreducelearningifyoudon'tallowtimeforconsolidation."

Thescientistsweremoreinterestedin"wakingconsolidation".Thatistakingbreaks7（在...期间）training.Theydid

an8（实验）onit.

Theresearchersasked31studentstolearnadifficultcomputertask,tofollowsomemovingdots（圆点）on（hescreen

andavoid9（注意到:关注到）thefake（假的）onesamongthem.Thestudentsweredividedintothreegroups.10（

一个）grouplearnedthetaskinadifferentway.

Onthefirstday.GroupOnespentonehourtraining.GroupTwotrainednonstopfortwohours.Thethirdgroupalso

trainedFortwohoursbutwithaone-hourbreak.

Onthesecondday,GroupOneandThreebothmasteredthetaskbetterthanGroupTwodid.

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OnOct11,1972,Chinabuiltdiplomaticrelations（夕卜交关系）withGermany.Morethan1（四十）yearslater,thetwo

havebecomeveryimportanteconomicpartners.Buthowmuchdoyouknowaboutourpartner?Theyear2012isthe40th

anniversary（周年2己念）oftherelationship2（在...之间）ChinaandGermany.ItisagoodchancetoleamaboutGermany.

Germany,withBerlinasits3（首都）,liesattheheartofEurope.Ithasa4（人口）ofabout82millionpeople.

AlthoughpeopleinGermanyuseGermanas5”也们的）molherlanguage,manyGermanscanspeakverygoodEnglish.

WithcarslikeAudi,BMW,PorscheandMercedesBenz,Germanyisoneoftheleadingautomobile（汽车）6（生产

商）intheworld.Asearlyas1901,Germanyproducedabout900carsayear,accordingtotheBBC.InChina,thefirstcar

wasn'tproduceduntilthe1950s.

Germanyisfamousforitsbeer7（文化）.Manyinternationalbrands（品牌）comefromthecountry.Everyyear,the

two-weeklongMunichOktoberfesthappenshere.Itisoneoftheworld'sbiggestbeer8（节口）.Thankstothe44Gcnnan

BeerPurily（纯净）Law”,Germanbeerisof（hehighestquality.

Fromcarstobeer,Germanspayattentiontoquality.2（止匕夕卜），Germanshaveaprecise（严谨的）andseriousattitude

tolifeandwork.Forexample,veryfewGermanwouldcrossthestreetwhenthelightsarered.

Germansarepunctual（准生『的）.Forexample,ifatrainisgoingtoarriveat3pmanditisonlyoneminutelate,people

willbeveryangry.Germansarealsovery]0（努力工作的）.Theyusuallygetupandstartworkveryearly.

（14）

Deyouhavealuckynumber?Whatisit?ManypeoplehaveaspecialnumberthattheyhopewillI（带来）ihem

goodluck.

InChineseculture,somenumbersarebelievedtobeluckyorunlucky2（基于:依据）ontheChinesewordthatthe

numbersoundssimilarto.

Forexample,thewordforthenumber&soundssimilartothewordfor"makingafortune".So.people3（认为）ita

veryluckynumber.Somepeoplewillevenspendalotofmoneytohave8sintheirphonenumbersorvehiclelicense

plale（车牌照）numbers.Theopening4（庆典）oflheBeijingOlympicsbeganat8:08pmonAugust8,2008.

Thenumber9isalsoaluckynumberbecauseofitsconnectiontoihe5（皇帝）ofChina.Therewereninedragons

ontheirrobes（龙袍）andChinesemythheldthatthedragonhasnine6（孩子）.Thenumber9alsostandsfor"long

lasting",That'swhyamanalwaysproposestoawomanwith99or999roses.

Sowhat'sa"badluck"numberinChina?Itmightbe4.ManyChinesepeoplesee47（作为）a"adluck"number

becauseitsoundssimilartothecharacterfor"death".

Becauseofthis,manybuildingsskipIhe8（第四）floor,andsimplycallitthefifthfloor.InHongKong,some

buildingsevenskip9（所有的）floorsnumberedwith4,suchas,4,14,24,34andall40-49floors.Somebuildingsalso

skipthe13thfloor,asthisisthoughtanunluckynumberintheWest.Asaresult,abuildingwhose1（）（最高的）flooris

50mayhaveonly35physicalfloors.

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AskyourparentswhichmonthitisnowintheChineselunarcalendar（农历）.Theywilltellyouitislayucbutnotthe

1

（第十二）month.Why?

ThecharacterlaintheChineselanguagemeansto2（尊敬:尊重）ancestors（祖先）andgodsandgivebestwishesto

them.InChinese3（传统3suchactivitieswereheldattheendofayearwhenpeoplehadharvestedtheircropsand

finishedwiththeirworkinthn4（田地）.That'swhythelunar12thmonthinChinaiscalledlayue.

Therearetwoimportantdatesthismonth.ThefirstistheLabaFestivalonthe8thdayofthelunarmonth.TheLaba

FestivalwasatimefbrIhe5（古代佐）Chinesetohopefortheharvestandgoodluckinthecomingyear.Laba1（粥）

isthemaindishonthisday.Peoplealsoliketopickle（04）meatandprepareLabagarlic（腊八蒜）fortheSpringFestival's

2_（饺子）.

TheotherimportantdateistheKitchenGodWorshipping（拜灶神）onthe23rdor24thofthemonth.People8（提

供）foodtotheKitchenGod,whotakeschargeofthingsforthe9（整个的）family.

ItissaidthatthegodreturnstoheaventhatdaytoreporttotheJadeEmperor（rulerofheaveninChinesestories,玉帝）

aboutthefamily'sactivitiesoverthepastyear.Sopeopleusuallyofferhimdeliciousdishessothathewillgiveagood

reportand（hefamilywillhavegoodluckthroughoutthenextyear.

After（hisday,peoplestarttosweepupthehouseanddecorate（hehousewithcouplets（对联）and10（剪纸）.Once

thisisfinished,peoplewaitfbr（heChineseNewYear.

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Sometimes（woverydifferentindividuals（个体）becomethebestoffriends.Forexample,whowouldhavethought

thataspiderwouldbecomepalswithapig?ButinAmericanwriterE.B.White's1（经典的）novelCharlotte'sWeb.this

isexactly（正是）whathappens.

Wilburthepiggrowsupinabarn（谷仓）andmakesmanyfriends,2（包括）aspidercalledCharlotte.

OnedayasheeptellsWilburthathewilleventuallybe3（提供;端上）upasdinner.ButCharlotteisdetermined（坚

决的）tosaveherfriend.TohelpWilbur,Charlottewriteswordslike"terrific","radiant”（精神焕发的）and"humble（谦逊

的）“onherwebto4（表扬）Wilbur.ThismakesthefarmerbelievethatWilburisasupernatural（神奇的）animal,too

importanttokill.Wilburissaved,butCharlotteisso5（疲劳的）lhalshedies.

Thebookwasfirstpublishedin1952.In60yearsCharlottehasbecomeoneofthemostfamousspidersofalltime.She

6_（教）usaboutloveandcommitment"Sheisvery,verylovingunder（hatcrusty（暴躁的），thatforbidding

exterior（可怕的外表）："PeterNeumeyer,authorofTheAnnotatedCharlotte'sWeb,toldNPR.

Thebook's7（成功）attractedHollywoodfilmmakers.However,theywantedahappierending.Whitewasstrongly

8_（反时）thisideaandasaresultthefilm,likethebook,endswithCharlotte'sdeath.

JenDoll,reporterwithTheAtlantic,believesthat"deathisapartoflife".Shesaysthisisoneofthe9（主要

的）messagesofthebook.

AsCharlottetellsWilbur,"Youhavebeenmyfriend.Thatinitselfisatremendous（精彩的）thing.Iwove（织网）my

websforyoubecauseIlikedyou.Afterall,what'salife,anyway?We'reborn,welivealittlewhileandthenwedie.A

spider'slifecan'thelpbeingsomethingofamess,withallthistrappingandeatingflies.1（）（通过）helpingyou,perhaps

Iwastryingtoliftupmylifeatrifle（一点点）.Heavenknowsanyone'slifecanstandalittleofthat."

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SmogisabigprobleminmanyChinesecities.Butitseemsthatbesideswearingamask（口罩）,fewofusknowwhat

hasa]（弓I起）thesmogandwhattodotobeatit.ChaiJing,aformernewsanchorwithChinaCentralTelevision,

discussedthequestionsinher2（纪录片）UndertheDome.

The103-minutcfilmwasreleasedonmajorChinesevideo-sharingwebsitesonFeb28.Inthefilm,Chaivisits_3

（污染）placesandtalkstoofficialsandscientists.Sheconcludesthat4（燃烧）toomuchcoalandoilisthemaincausesof

PM2.5andsmog.

Tomakethingsworse,accordingtoChai,thecoalandoilweareburningisofpoorqualityanddon'tmeetthe5（标

准）forenvironmentalprotection.Thereforetheyhaveproducedmore6（有害的）gasandparticles微粒）topollutethe

air.

Tosolvetheproblem,Chaisuggeststhatweshouldcleanourcoalandoilor7（代替）thcmwithcleanerenergy

suchasnaturalgas.

Inherfilm,Chaialsoemphasizediil）thatordinarypeoplecandosomething（ohelpcontrolsmogtoo.Forexample,

wecanliveagreenerlifebyusingmore8（公众的:公共的）lransporiation.Orifweseethingsthatcouldharmthe

environment,wecantrytostopit.Inorescenefromthefilm,Chaiseesadirtmoundinabuildingsiteexposedintheair,

andasksthepersoninchargetocoveri（.Whensheseesarestaurantcooking9（没有）anysuitablefilterfacilities（过滤

设备）,shecallsthehotline12369.Therestauranlinstalledthefilteraweeklater.

ClienJining,thenewministerofenvironmentalprotection,praisedChai."This10（电影）encouragesordinary

peopletobeconcerned（关注）withtheenvironment.Thisiswhatweneedinthefuture."

（18）

Youcannothaveagreatschoolwithoutgreatteachers.Manyofmymostusefullessonscamefromateacher's1（经

验；经历）andwisdom（智慧），Eachteacherhashisorherownstyle.Amixtureofstylesmakesforthebest2（教育）.

MyAmericanhistoiyteacherandmyEnglishteacherhaddifferentteachingstyles.Ofcourse,thesubjectsaredifferent

tostartoffwith.Historyisgenerallyobjective（客观的）.Inhistoiyclass,welearnfacts,importantnamesanddates,and3

（历史的）themes.Englishissubjective（主观的）.Wereadliterature（文学），thentalkaboutwhatwcthinkitmeans.Afterthat

we4（创造；创作）ourownstories.

ButeventhepersonalitiesofmyhistoryandEnglishteacherswere5（十分:相当）different.Myhistoryteacher

attendedWestPointMilitaryAcademy（西点军校）,themostimportantmilitaryacademyintheUS.Hewasacolonel（上

校）inthePetsianGulfWar,andinchargeofa1,000-manregiment（军队中的团）.Heranano-nonsense（实际的）classand

setmany6（任务）.Eachclasswaseitheralectureoraquiz.Hespokewiselybutusedsimplelanguage.Healways

wantedsimpleandsmartanswersin7（回报；回馈）.

Ontheotherhand,myEnglishteacherwenttoOberlinCollege.Thisschoolhasareputationforbeingveryliberal（宽

容的）.Hereadalotofbooksby8（现代的）Americanwriters.Hehadtaughtatmyschoolforover15years.TheEnglish

teacherwouldgetexcited9（容易地:简单地）.Whenhegotreallyexcitedhewouldknockonthedesksorthe

chalkboard.

Theclasswasusuallya10（讨论）.Eachstudenthadtosaysomethingneworevenimproper.Wealsowrotearticles

ortalkedingroupsaboutthebookswewerereading.Itwasmorerelaxed.

Teachersarcpeopletoo.Likeeveryone,theyhavetheirownstrongpoints,weaknessesandcharacters.Butinteresting

educatorsmakeeducationinteresting.W?learnasmuchfromthewaytheyteachaswedofromwhattheyteachus.

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GetonatraininParis,jumpoffinBerlin.TravelthroughtinySpanishtownsandpastItalianwinefields.

WithsalesofIntcrRail（欧洲火车通票）ticketsontheincrease,moreandmoreyoungpeoplearc1（选择）traintravel

fortheirgapyear.

InterRailticketsofferEU2（旅行者）thechancetotravelforfreeoratareduced（优惠的）priceontrainsacross30

countriesinEurope.

WhenIwas17,13（决定）togoInterRailingwithmyfriendBellaforaweekinthesummer.Bothofushadchosen

tostudyGermanat4（大学）.WcdecidedthattraintravelinGermanywouldbeagoodwaytopracticethelanguage.

Itoldmymumandshebegantogivemetipsbasedonher5（自己的）InterRailingexperienceinthe1970s.I

would,shesaid,needanextra-thick（力口厚的）sleepingbag"forwh