1、 Abbey had to take a written examination to prove her _______ in Chinese Language.
2、 Steve and Rahim decided to ________ and become friends again.
3、 Mr. Lim is such an ________ supporter of Valencia Football Club that he readily provided a huge amount of financial assistance to save the club.
4、 Keanu always _________. I like his straightforward manner.
5、 All the students passed the fitness test because they managed to complete 1.6 km within the ____________ time.
6、 The nervous athlete withdrew from the competition because he had ________.
7、 The forest was silent except for the _____ of the campfire.
8、 Being an athlete is not all _______. Hard work, determination and skill are also needed.
9、 The national runner ______ for the fastest time taken to run ten laps around the track.
10、 The night sky was ________, but I managed to find my way home safely.
11、 Their business operations are perfectly _______. There is no reason to shut them down.
12、 We will be meeting very strong _________ for this year’s competition.
13、 These crops produced by the farmer are for his own ____; they are not for sale.
14、 This watch I have just bought is ____ so I do not have to worry about getting it wet.
15、 Father had decided to ____ a cookery course to improve his culinary skills.
16、 The ____ child believes every word the stranger tells him.
17、 9.The teacher actually has to ____ her students with sweets to get them to work hard and pay attention in class.
18、 I have brought you some of my surplus cookies to sample. This time I have baked ________.
19、 Please ____ the coins into this slot here if you are using a coin phone.
20、 After carrying out many ______, the scientist finally managed to prove his hypothesis.
21、 The sky was _____ when I reached home, and true enough, it soon rained.
22、 My instantaneous or _____ reaction at beholding the gory sight was to throw up.
23、 The ____ voice of the speaker put us all to sleep.
24、 The metal box was ___ when Henry accidentally dropped it down the stairs.
25、 The playful kitten is trying to extricate or ____ itself from the messy ball of wool.
26、 Posters have been _____ on the walls to inform the pupils of the events of English Week.
27、 The water polo team is exhilarated to have won the match as this is its first ______ in all these years.
28、 Mr Li was suddenly filled with shock to learn that his daughter had been knocked down by a car. He was _____.
29、 Although I appreciate Xiaowei’s _____ many people have been offended by her candid remarks.
30、 The thick fog has considerably affected the ______. I can hardly see beyond a metre.
31、 The design of the new car _____ by the public.
35、 My father ______ to hospital for an emergency operation last night.
36、 The donkey ____ no matter what you do to it.
38、 The celebration was cancelled ________ the bad weather condition.
41、 When the crystal dropped. It ______ pieces.
43、 The hikers walked _____ the bridge before they reached their destination.
44、 She ______ a distinction for English.
45、 He was asked to ____ a room for a guest.
46、 Which of the following is not one of the primary functions of our skin?
47、 37.When painful patches of hard skin form on our feet because of shoes that do not fit, we should go to a _____.
48、 Which of the following is not a disease of the skin?
49、 Our skin is the ______ organ in our body.
50、 This passage tells us.
The human skin is the largest and perhaps one of the most wonderful organs in the human body. Beside protecting our body from mechanical harm, our skin also helps to regulate our body temperature and gives us the ability to perspire. The melanin pigment found in the skin also helps screen out harmful ultra-violet radiation from the sun. Using the numerous nerve endings in our skin, we can also touch many things, and can feel pain, itch, cold, heat and a host of other sensations.
The skin on our bodies is not equally thick everywhere. The thickness varies at various parts of the body. For example, the skin on our eyelids is much thinner compared to that on our soles. Sometimes, due to continued friction or pressure on a particular part of the skin, calluses form. Calluses are tough and hard, and are commonly found on our soles, or on our fingertips if we happen to play string instruments like the guitar or the violin. Such patches of hard skin usually serve to protect, but if they form between the toes because of continued wear of badly fitted shoes, they can become very painful. In such cases, a trained specialist in foot care should be consulted to see where the problem is.
Skin is almost waterproof, hence allowing us to survive in dry air while maintaining a rather constant fluid percentage in our bodies. There are many diseases of the skin, like cancer and vitiligo, and the skin also reflects to a certain degree some illnesses that afflict the body, like chicken pox, scarlet fever and measles.
Mammalian skin supports hair growth, and in many animals, hair serves to keep the body warm in cold weather, However, the fine hair on human skin has almost no practical use. Still, hair covers almost every part of our bodies, except our soles and our palms.
So, we see that our skin is actually an all-purpose defence shield. Without our skin, even the tiniest dust particle can cause us great pain, (remember how your eyes smarted when dust got into it?) and without it, we would not know when the weather was warm, or when it was chilly. If we think about it seriously, we will realize that our skin is as vital an organ as our heart for our continued well-being and survival.