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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。一Firefighters or firemen play an important role in our daily life. In some places, firefighters use watchtowers to look for smoke and fires, although they get a fire report by telephone. A high tower is still very u1 for watching and guarding a place. Fire fighters also make it a place for practice. They learn how to p2 out fires from burning buildings. They try to c3 up the outside of the tower as fast as possible. They carry water hoses up to the fire. They practise carrying imaginable victims down f4 high ladders. There are reasons that firefighters are called for help. Maybe a building or a forest is o5 fire. A train accident happens and people are t 6 inside. Still, people need to be rescued from floods or an earthquake. Whenever there is an emergency situation, they can be seen f 7 there. Being a fire fighter needs a lot of t 8 . In the first place, firefighters should know how to educate the community （社区） by visiting schools, community centres and people in their own homes to p 9 fire and accidents from starting. They have to learn how to deal with different dangerous situations. Above all, its necessary for firefighters to exercise every day to be h 10 and strong.二Man has a big brain. He can think and s 1 languages. Scientists once thought that man isnt the same as animals b 2 man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too. They are beginning to u 3 that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cant speak. They make much n 4 when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they can not join words to make s 5 . They cannot think l 6 us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a 7 to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w 8 when he is four or five, b 9 no animals learn to speak. How do children learn it? Scientists dont really know w 10 happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.三Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark u 1 someone opened the gate. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband s 2 weeks training him to press his paw on the latch (门闩) to let himself in. Rex soon became good at o 3 the gate. H 4 , when I was going out shopping last week, I n 5 him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him o 6 ! Since then, he has developed another bad h 7 . As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes i 8 the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking a 9. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a 10 that he disappeared. Since then, we have not seen him.四Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f 1 houses were washed away, but Elizabeths house was high e 2 to escape it.Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a 3 house. Elizabeths friends could not understand w 4 she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support. “Well, ” Elizabeth e 5 to her friends, “at the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like m 6 now.” “The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, We wont be a 7 to have much for Christmas. Im going to get just one p 8 for us all. Now Ill go and get it. She came back w 9 a little girl who had no parents. Heres our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she g 10 up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”五Teenagers are very busy at school now and often forget to think about their diets and sports. The truth is that healthy eating and regular exercise are t 1 ways to keep fit. D 2 your teenage years, it is important to give your body enough e 3 it needs. Young girls need about 2,200 calories a day. Usually boys need a bit m 4 , many doctors suggest, 2,800 calories for teenage b 5 . 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, 6 to 8 glasses a day. D 6 enough water will improve your dry skin and give you healthy body. Physical a 7 , such as playing basketball and swimming, are something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Experts (专家) suggest that teenagers spend at l 8 30 minutes exercising a day, five times a week. After you exercise a bit, your body produces something that makes you feelr9 and comfortable. It can even help you sleep better at night and let you p 10 more attention when you study.六Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. The couple worked and saved, making p_1_ for their nine children and themselves to travel to the USA. It had takenyears before they saved enough money and got everything r_2_ for the trip. The whole family was excited about their new life. However, seven days b3they left for the USA, the youngest son was bitten（咬）by a dog. The doctor treated the boy,b4 because there was a possibility of rabies（狂犬病）, they would be kept away from others for fourteen days. The familys dream could not come t5 . They would not be able to make the trip to America as they had planned. Watching the ship leave-without the Clark family, the father was quite a6 with both his son and God for their bad luck. Five days later, a piece of sad news s_ 7_ throughout Scotland-the strong and powerful ship, Titanic, had gone down, taking h8 of lives with it. The Clark family was to have been on that ship, but because the son was bitten by a dog, they were left b 9 in Scotland. When Mr Clark heard the news, he thanked his son for saving the family. He thanked the God for t10 a sad thing into a good one. Although we may not always understand, all things happen for a reason.七Two friends were walking through a desert. During the j_1_ they had a quarrel, and one hit the other in the face.The one who got hit felt t_2_ because he was badly hurt, but he wrote in the sand, w_3_ saying anything, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”They kept on walking u_4_ they found an oasis（绿洲）, where they decided to have a swim. The one who had been hit got in trouble in the water and started s_5_ . His life was in danger but the friend saved him at once.After he came to h_6_ , he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”The friend who had hit and saved him asked, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone. Why?”He r_7_ , “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand w_8_ winds of forgiveness（宽恕）can erase it away. But when someone does s_9_ good for us, we must write it on the stone where wind can hardly erase it.”Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to write your t_10_on the stone.八The most important drink is waterNot many people understand this but it is quite truePeople can l 1 for a long time without food，but they will die if two or three days w 2 waterIn h 3 weather，many people do not drink e 4 water，because they dont know how much water they n 5 After taking exercise，people need more w 6 The water in the mans body is m 7 more than other matters(物质)Wed b 8 have enough water，or we may get i11 Water is necessary to all the living things“There will be no l 9 if there is no water” So we must save water and dont w 10 water 九We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a n 1 for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the s 2 , the year of the monkey or the tiger. And this year is the year of the horse. Before New Years Day, people are busy s 3 and cleaning their houses. O 4 New Years Eve, there is a big f 5 dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up l 6 to welcome in the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people p 7 on their new clothes and go to visit t 8 friends. They say “Good luck” a 9 some other greetings to each other. People u 10 have a very good time during the festival.十Last Sunday I took my husband with me to a large department store in London. We both n 1 some new clothes and were hoping to find a television. When we arrived in Oxford street, it was so c 2 that decided that either of us would go on his or her o 3 way for the moment and meet again at the ground station. So I left my husband and started l 4 around the shops. Unfortunately (不幸)all the clothes were in very large s 5 and were not fit for me. But I did buy a television at very cheap p 6 , so I felt quite p 7 with myself. When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there, so I sat down in a n 8 coffee house to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw him. I went out to meet him. He looked very h 9 . Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy cardboard box. Oh, dear! I thought, Yes, we had no clothes b 10 we had two TV sets. 十一Jack was a third-year student in a primary school. He was not i 1 in his lessons. He spent most of his time r 2 stories, having sports or watching TV. At night, he stayed up late because of cartoons or sports g 3 . In the morning, he usually h 4 to school. Sometimes he was so t 5 that he slept in class.His mother was w 6 about his poor school work. She tried to m 7 him work harder. She told him that if he could get a h 8 in the exam, he would be g 9 ten dollars as a prize. Jack was very happy to hear that.The next day, he came running home. Oh, Mum, I got a hundred. he shouted, I got forty in reading this morning and sixty in s 10 this afternoon. 十二At different times in a mans life his food has different effects on his body. Among children f_1_ is quickly changed to the power to run and play games. Most of a young mans food is spent on growing t _2_; we grow upwards only d 3 the first twenty years of our l 4 , not later. Working men get their strong bodies from their food; and if they work h 5 , they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and s 6 down a lot, and may begin to grow fat when still quite young. Many older p 7 try to work much and walk often. Perhaps the most difficult time is when a man r 8 sixty years of age. His body and mind b 9 restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to f 10 .十三Bats(蝙蝠) are the only flying “animals” in the world. It is known to all that they cannot see very well. “As b_(1) as a bat” is often h_(2). Yet, they have no trouble flying on the d_(3) nights and finding their way r_ (4) very well. Why can bats fly and see at night? They fly by “radar(雷达)”. The bats radar w_ (5) the same way as the radar on ships and planes. As a bat flies t_(6) the air, it makes a sound. If the sounds hit t_(7), they will come back and the bats e_(8) will receive the message. In this way, the bat is a_(9) to know where the things are. Bats go out for f_(10) at night. In the daytime, they hang in some dark places. 十四There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy t 1 to make money in order to pay the high tuition(学费）for my brother and me. They hardly say I love you or send f 2 to each other. Besides，my father has a bad temper(脾气）It is easy for him to lose his temper w 3 hes very tired from the hard work. I didnt know whether there was love between them u 4 one spring. At that time，my father suddenly got badly sick .My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital，they both looked very w 5 as if both of them had a serious illness.After they were back，my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day in the morning and dusk. H 6 ，after two months my father still couldnt walk by h 7_ All of us were worried about him.Dad，how are you f 8 now? I asked him one day.Susan，dont worry about me.”he said i 9 a low voice.“I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”Reading his eyes，I know he loves my mother very much. Once I thought love m 10 flowers，presents and sweet kisses. But from this experience，I understand that love is inside，making life strong and warm.十五International organizations are f_1_ to help the childrenThese p 2 childrens lives were changed b 3 of Europe war at that timeNow，UNICEF works a11 over the w 4 It provides clean water，food and education for children in many countriesIt wants children to be h 5 and to go to school. It collects money by selling Christmas c 6 and organizing （组织）other activitiesIt h 7 governments and families to make the world a better place for childrenAll children should go to school instead of w 8 to keep their familiesThey should be helped when they are i 9They should a 9 be treated with k_10_十六Whenever it rained, water came into the house from the top of it. So one day Saddam got his l _1_, climbed up onto the t _2_ of the house and began to mend it. It was quite difficult and d_3_ work.While he was up there, he suddenly saw an old man, Bush, in the street. This man was waving to him. He w_4_ Saddam to come down. Saddam thought. “What has h_5_? What news has this man got f_6_ me?” So he climbed down the ladder quickly. Several times he n_7_ fell off the ladder. When he r_8_ the ground, Bush said, “I am a poor man. Please give me some money.”Saddam was very angry, he said, “Come up.” He helped the old man to climb up the ladder o_9_ the top of the house. Then he said, “I am a p_10_ man , too. I have no money for you. And now go down alone. I will not help you.”十七 Hello, everybody. Heres some information about our trip to the town of Chester tomorrow. Its a long journey, o_1_ three hours each way if there isnt much traffic, so we have to start e_2_. The bus will wait for you at the school gate, and it wont l_3_ until half past eight. You will have time for a cup of c_4_ before our first visit. This will be to the palace. Its a very interesting old b_5_ and Im sure youll enjoy the visit. Tickets for the palace c_6_three pounds fifty for each and, if you have children, a family ticket is just eight pounds. There are lots of things to see and we will be t_7_ about two hours. Well take sandwiches for lunch with us and we will eat together in a park. You will be pleased to know that tomorrow will be s_8_. After lunch we will walk around the old market. You will be a_9_to buy all your presents there. We will meet at the car park where it stops. So its very important for you to remember the place. If you are lost, please give me a call. My m_10_ phone number is 07762-922569. Any questions? OK. See you tomorrow morning.十八One summer morning, a tiger was walking by a river. He hoped to find s_1_ to eat. On the water, a duck was swimming.“There is my b_2_,”thought the tiger.“Good morning, Mr Duck!”called the tiger.“Go a_3_, you bad tiger!”said the duck.“I only wanted to tell you something about your friend, Miss Chicken. If you are n_4_ interested, Ill go. Goodbye, Mr Duck.”And the tiger t_5_.“Wait a minute,”said Mr Duck.“I havent heard about it. Tell me.”The tiger looked a_6_.“I dont want o_7_ animals to hear it. Come closer and Ill speak in your e_8_,”said the tiger.Mr Duck swam quickly t_9_ the tiger. As soon as he came up to the tiger, the tiger c_10_ him and ate him up.十九When Billy was very small, he loved pictures. His mother often drew some for him on old p_1_of paper. She did badly in d_2_, but Billy liked her pictures and always wanted m_3_.Then, when he was a little older, Billys mother g_4_ him some pencils and a drawing book. And h_5_began drawing pictures too, but they were not good.When Billy was five years old, his mother gave him a small blackboard, some pieces of chalk and an e_6_. He liked them very much. One day he was t_7_ to draw a picture of his father on the blackboard. He drew for a long time. But when he looked at his picture, he was u_8_. Well, he said to his mother at l_9_, Ill put a tail（尾巴）on it and make it a m_10_. 二十The most important day in my life was the 9th of April, 1987. That was the day I p_1_ my driving test.I was very worried and drove very b_2_ on the way to the test centre. My driving teacher said, “If you drive l_3_ this during the test, you will fail. Dont be afraid.” But that just made me more afraid!The tester was very serious. He didnt smile once as we got into the car. I drove quite well during the test and began to feel that I was s_4_ to pass. Then, the tester began a_5_ me questions about driving. He asked me, “What will you do if a dog runs out in front of your car?”I answered, and he sat there, unhappily, for a w_6_ and said,“Yes, maybe that is what you will do. but wh