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缺词填空1Last week Bruce wrote to Dick, telling him that he wasnt enjoying the n school in Richmond at all. As all the o students were from the same junior middle school, they g_ on well with each other. Bruce tried his best to be friendly, but they didnt. I they made fun of (取笑) him, for he was the s in his class. He had no idea about what to do. So Bruce n some help from his best friend, Dick. Now, in his l back to Bruce, Dick gave him two pieces of advice(建议): First of all, d_ worry about being short. And the s , think about l for a good friend.2Peter was going to retire (退休) next week. He was thanked for his good w all these years and was g a small cheque (支票) as a present. Peter was pleased, of course, b he said to his boss, “I dont need the money, Ive always been c with money and have saved a lot. Can I have, i , something to make me think of the happy days I have spent here Dover?” His boss was very s . “I can help you,” he said, “then w can I give you as a present, Peter?” “Well, sir, could you let me have an old railway car? It doesnt matter how old or b it is. I can mend it and c it myself as I have enough t . I want to put it in my back garden, and every day I can go and sit in it, and that will make me think of my happy days here in Dover.”3George Stephenson was b in 1781. He was from a poor English workers family. His father looked a steam engine（蒸汽机）. He worked very hard, b he could not support（养活）his family. Where could he get money t send George to school? George began learning his ABC when he was seventeen. O his 18th birthday, he could write his own names. George has to w when he was only a little child. The work was much too hard f him. He worked twelve hours every day. After a days work he often felt t tired to stand. He worked and studied very hard. He s all his time learning about the steam engine. Because he studied hard, he invented many things. The railway locomotive (火车头) wasnt the great i of them. 4More than 2,000 years ago at Marathon（马拉松）, the Greeks（希腊人）won a victory（胜利）. Marathon was a small town. It was about 40 kilometers f Athens-the capital of the country. Pheidippides was the man who took messages from one place to a . He had to tell the people there about the great victory. Pheidippides ran to Athens w the news. He ran as fast as he could so that the people in Athens could l the good news soon. The run was long and h . But he k running. He r Athens at last and told the people there the good news. But Pheidippides was so t after the run that he fell on the ground and died. In 1896 the first of the m Olympic（奥林匹克）Games were held in Athens. From then on, the marathon became one of the s and today it is the game that is liked by both the old and young in many cities all over the word.5Before windows were used, old h in Europe（欧洲）and Britain were very dark. Their great rooms were high w only one hole in the roof（屋顶）to let the smoke o from cooking fire. Later, people began to make the holes b to have more light and air in their homes. The first English window was j a small opening（口，孔）in the wall. It was cut long to let in as m_ light as possible, and narrow to keep out the bad w . But, more wind than light would c in if the window was cut long. This is why it was c “The winds eye”. And the word “w ” comes form two ancient（古代的）words for “wind” and “eye”. 6One afternoon just before Christmas, an old kind man was walking in the street when he saw a little boy c_ in front of a beautiful shop window. The old man a why he was crying there. The little boy said that he had lost the ten dollars given by his mother. When the old man h this, he took o a small wallet and gave him what was inside. The little boy t him and stopped crying and s . The man walked away. An hour later, the old man was returning home by the route（路线）. To his surprise, he saw the same boy at the s place. He went up to him and asked if he had lost his money a . The little boy said that he had found the l ten dollars. He was waiting for him there. He wanted to g back the ten dollars to him.7There are t many accidents in cities. Accidents often happen when people c the roads or streets. Read the passage c and learn to be careful later on. Be careful when it is r . Many accidents happen on rainy days. People are in a h because they dont want to get w . They often cross the roads quickly. Often they cant see c as they hold their umbrellas in front of t . Remember that cars take l time to stop when the roads are wet. When it is raining, we must be more and more careful, not l careful.8Most American families are smaller than the families in other c . Children in the US will l_ their parents homes. When they grow up, they usually live f from their parents because they want to f good jobs. They often w to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to v_ their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their o jobs. Americans think it i_ for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their houses. And in many families, Children are p for doing some housework so that they can learn h_ to make money for their own use.9Long ago, people used bells more t they do today. The postmen used to ring a hand bell when they delivered letters. Five engines had bell i of sirens. People who sole things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting w was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was t_ to go to church. At night, this bell was ringing so that travelers would find the village in the d . In most countries bells were hung r the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or sheep. today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used l and less, Buzzers, sirens and horns have t their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in school and churches so t_ they will not l their beautiful sounds for ever.10Someone says: “Time is money,” but I think time is e more important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is g , it will never r . Thats why we mustnt waste time. It goes without saying that the t is usually limited（有限的）. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do s_ useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the i of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and p . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l . In a word, we should save time. We shouldnt l todays work for tomorrow. Remember we have n_ time to lose.11Near the North Pole（北极）there are two s , winter and summer. The winter nights are long. For more t two months, you cant s the sun, e at noon. The summer days are also long. For more than two months, the sun n goes down, and there are no n . The people there have warm clothes. They make most of these clothes by t . They make them from the skins（皮）of a . Form skins, they make coats and hats and even shoes. In this cold weather, trees cant g . The people there have to build their houses from skins, earth or snow. Life is h for the people there.12Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the t_. Along the way, he can stop and look a_. And the h_ he climbs, the more wonderful his view (视野) is. If he keeps climbing, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way of s_ everything. Now learning a_ language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is more than a look at the surface (表面) of things. It can open the way into peoples minds and hearts, into a culture (文化) very d_ from the one of your own. This will make you richer, richer in things that m_ cant buy. Even t_ you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair traveller through books. Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to e_ the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find p_ in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language.13Do you know Sweden？It l in the north of EuropeIt is the fourth largest country in Europe with an area of 450,000square kilometers and a p of about 8.5 million. Over one third of them live in the three largest cities, namely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo. More than half of Sweden is c_ with trees. It is one of the r countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized（工业化）. Today less than one third of the people are f.Sweden is the country where the world-famous Nobel Prizes（诺贝尔奖）are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c of Sweden, must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded. The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f language in schools. Many middle-school students can s two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people，men and women, o and young, can speak English. So there is no p to speak with them in English14 What do you do at the weekends? Some people like to s_ at home, but o_ like to go for a walk or play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the w_. At the weekends he always does d_ things. On Saturday he drives his car and on Sunday he goes with his family to a village b_ car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isnt a big o_, but theres always m_ to do on a farm. The children help w_ the animals and give them their food, Jack and his wife help in the fields. A_ the end of the day, they are all hungry and Jacks aunt gives them a big m_.15 When Bill and Kate married, n_ of them had much money, so they couldnt buy a house. Two years later, Bills father d_ and left him some money, so they b_ a house near the sea. When they moved into it for the first time, one of Bills friends gave him a bottle of wine as a p_. The bottle was in a paper box. At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of work to do. They h_ to clean the house and decided(决定) where to place their TV sets, beds, c_, chairs, and tables. They were so busy that they f_ about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didnt e_ open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill i_ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and t_ it out of the cupboard. It was so sweet. 16“Drive in” cinemas are popular in the USA. Most cities have one or two cinemas l_ this. People d_ to the cinemas in their cars in the evening. They s_ the film in their cars. At the end of the film they drive home again. Sometimes they also have supper in a “Drive in” c_. They buy fast food and t_ it to their cars. Fast food is a_ word for takeaway food. F_ means quick. Fast food is very popular in the USA. A hamburger is a k_ of fast food. In the m_ there is meat. Hamburgers are popular everywhere in the USA. They are a_ popular in England and Australia.17Tom and Fred are talking a_ the year 2010. “What will our world be l_ in the year 2010?” asks Tom. “ I dont know,” says Fred. “What do you t_?” “ Well, no one knows. But its fun to g_.” In the year 2010 everyone will c_ a portable computer(手提电脑). The computer will g_ people the answer to all their problems. Well all have portable telephone, too. We may talk to our friends and s_ them at the same time”. “ M_ will do m_ of the work, and so people will have m_ holidays. Maybe theyll work only two or three days a week.”18There are forty-seven k_ of kangaroos (袋鼠) in the world. Most of them live in A_. The smallest o_ are about a q_ of a meter long, and the b_ ones are taller than a man. Kangaroos have very long strong back legs used for jumping. They also have long strong tails used for resting on. Kangaroos front legs are much s_, and are nearly like arms. Kangaroos heads are quite small, b_ their ears are quite large. Mother Kangaroos have a pocket at the stomach (腹部). They have one baby each year. When it is born, the baby kangaroo goes straight into its m_ pocket. The baby kangaroo stays there for about six months. The biggest kangaroos stand more than two meters t_. And their back legs are very strong and can jump more than nine meters. They are very f_, and can run at more than fifty kilometers an hour. They are very strong, but only eat fruit, leaves and grass.19Today people can make phone calls almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you dont see the person you are talking w_. That may change in the near f_. Today some people are using a kind of telephone n_ the vision (可视) phone. With i_ help, two people who are talking can see each other. Vision phones can be u_ when you have something to show the person youre c_. They may have other uses in the 2020s. One day you may be a_ to call up a library and ask to see a book. Then you can read the book right over your vision phone. Or you may go shopping through your vision phone. If you see s_ in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, youll go to your phone and r_ up the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing youre i_ in right over the phone. Youll shop all over town and never even leave your room! 20Venice is a beautiful city in I . Its one of the most u cities in the world. Its built on a group of small islands. Hundreds of stone b cross the rivers b the islands. On the rivers there are little boats. They are the “water b ” of Venice. If we travel a the rivers in a boat, Italians may tell us about the beautiful palaces we see on b sides of the rivers. We can a see many old buildings and the church of St. Mark. W a beautiful city Venice is! I wish I c visit it one day, but its so far away.21Things go better with Coca ColaCoca-Cola is enjoyed all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons (加仑) are s every year, in over one hundred a sixty countries. The d was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8May 1886, but it was g the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year, only nine drinks a day were sold. The business was bought by a man called A .Candler in 1888, and the first factory was o in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Cola is s made there. Billions of bottles and cans have been produced s 1895. It is certain t Coca-Cola will b drunk far into the 21st c_.22At different times in a mans life ,his food has different effects(影响) on his body. Among children f_ is quickly changed to the power(力量) to run and play games. Most of a young mans food is spent on growing t . We grow upwards only d the first twenty years of our l , not later. Working men get their strong bodies from their food; and if they work h , they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and s down a lot, and may begin to grow fat when still quite young. Many older p try to work much and walk often. Perhaps the most difficult time is when a man r sixty years of age. His body and mind b restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to f . 23Long, long ago there was a little boy in a mountain village. He was very good in reading, but his family wasvery poor to buy himany books. Inanother village far away fromh , there lived a rich man who h abookstore, in w he kept lots of good books. The rich man liked m friends with those who were poor and learned (有学问的). He was very kind and honest, and was quitedifferent from other rich men. The poor little boy knew this and went tocall on him. He asked the rich man tolend him some books. Seeing that the little boy was so eager to learn, the rich managreed. He told the boy to keep the booksc and return them on time. The boy nodded with manyt and went home with several books he had borrowed. Hehad worked very hard, reading night and day.E in hard winter or in high summer he never stopped reading or writing. He kept on making notesa reading. He alwaysf reading the books in a given time and wasnever late in returning them to the owner.So he could read plenty of helpful books. When he grew up, he became one of theg scholars(学者) of his day. 24Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. A_ any time of day and night he was always r_ to go and help sick people. E_ in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything w_ with them. But many years went p_ and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory. This m_ him