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1 Fill in the blanks wit the proper forms of words according to the first letters Did you sleep the day away o March 21 Well you should have done because it was World Sleeping Day This is the one day of the year when people a the world care about their sleep and ask themselves a lot of questions about sleep Why do we need sleep Nobody as yet can give a perfect answer to this question However tests have shown that lack of sleep over about four weeks leads to a strong drop in body t great weight loss and finally sickness Different people need different a of sleep Eight hours a night is c the average amount of sleep For teenagers the least number of sleeping hours advised by doctors are ten hours for primary school students nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs Some people seem to get along just fine with very little sleep at night Leading American s Thomas Edison said that sleep was a waste of time He did however take naps during the day On the other Albert Einstein another great scientist said he needed at l ten hours sleep a night Here are some of the most useful suggestions for a good night s sleep Go to bed at the s time Use your bed only to sleep Drink a glass of m before sleep Stop looking at the watch w you can t sleep 2 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the blanks Already flew rainy cover die every gold field snow child full among It is cloudy A high autumn wind is beginning to blow It is blowing the clouds across the sky The ground is with leaves from the trees It is going to rain After a cold the sun comes out of the clouds again The fields look beautiful with crops Some birds south to the warm places for the winter The farmers are getting to get in the harvest now It is a very cold winter day The sky is gray and the snow is falling The hills the the houses and the trees are all white with snow There is a big snowman in front of the house and the children are playing in the snow They like to play with snow very much They are throwing snowballs at other A dog is running the children He is very happy when it snows and he likes to play in the snow with the 3 Reading comprehension Newspapers are very important in our daily life Many people begin their day by reading the paper Sometimes however they didn t have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page In big cities there are many types with several different editions every day In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day Most papers have several editions especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual A There are besides the front page with the most important news the sports news the amusement pages a business page and so on B There are newspapers to please readers C In this way they learn what is going on in the world D In some places the paper is printed weekly E At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines 1 Fill in the blanks wit the proper forms of words according to the first letters I have been in England for three m I hope you don t think I ve forgotten you There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I ve not had much t to write letters I shall s be starting my studies at King s College So far I ve been learning about England and British ways of living I won t tell you about L There are lots of books you can read and lots of pictures you can look a I m sure you ll be more interested to know what I think about life here I found some of the c new and i People here do not shake hands as m as we do in Europe During the first f weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them Men raise their hats to women but not to e other 2 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the blanks weigh passenger luggage importance strength heavy few plan answer replace instead once A long time ago when aeroplanes were not very big or strong yet all had to with their because planes could not carry more than it was safe to carry Then when planes became bigger and only the luggage had to be weighed and now often the luggage has to be measured of being weighed because size is to the airlines than weight Aeroplanes are so big and strong now that they can carry almost any weight But before a passenger can travel by Hawaii Airlines he or she still has to be weighed when one fat man was asked by the airlines clerk how much he weighed he thought for a seconds and then said to her With or without my clothes Well sir the girl how are you to travel 3 Close test Two businessmen were invited to dinner at home of a teacher One of the men had 1 education and felt worried that he might make a fool of himself but his friends said Don t worry Just do 2 I do Don t talk about 3 that you don t really understand The first man managed to get through the dinner successfully but 4 the end of the evening he had 5 too much and began to get careless A guest asked him 6 he liked Shakespeare and he answered It is very 7 but I prefer beer There was a long silence in the room and then people began to leave When the two friends were out of the house the second man said to his friend You certainly made a fool of yourself 8 so stupidly about beer What do you mean asked the other man What was 9 with it Everybody knows Shakespeare isn t a 10 His friend replied 1 A some B little C much D enough 2 A how B that C what D like 3 A it B anything C when D something 4 A before B after C by D at 5 A eaten B had C drunk D spoken 6 A who B whether C why D what 7 A happy B excited C kind D delicious 8 A doing B telling C talking D saying 9 A the matter B the wrong C happening D going 10 A teacher B businessman C food D drink 1 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the blanks Last night I was in a world where all the colours were different The grass was orange the trees were white in the green sky there was a purple sun and a moon with the colour of blood I was a child again eight years old and I I felt afraid and In front of me there was a street and there were people but all around me I heard the of big insects 昆虫 It was very hot a door opened on my left I went into the house and ran up the stairs When I got to the top I saw a field with blue horses I called one of them He came over to me and happily not noisily sudden fill speak lose most loud hard wake full I got on his back I don t know how far he took me We went through forests across the rivers past high mountains covered with black snow At last we came to a town There were people in the town Nobody spoke I heard my mother s voice in the big building I called as as I could I pushed the door but it was too big and heavy I pushed and Then I up 2 Fill in the blanks with the words of which the first letter is given Everyone knows that water and air are very i All men need air We b air from outside our bodies in every breath When you put your face under water you can t keep it there long A swimmer can t swim u water very long He n air A good swimmer may swim with his face in the water if so he keeps turning his head to take a breath t his mouth If he goes down under the water he has to come up for a every twenty or thirty s He doesn t take in air through his nose under the water b water could get in through his nose with the air and go to his l With water in his lungs a man can t go on l 3 Choose the sentences to fill in the blanks The word day has two meanings we are using day to mean 24 hours But when we talk about day and night Since the earth looks like a ball the sun can shine on only half of it at a time A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning 旋转 of the earth At the equator 赤道 day and night are sometimes the same length 长度 They are each twelve hours long For six months the North Pole is tilted 倾斜 toward the sun In those months the Northern Hemisphere 半球 gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere Days are longer than nights South of the equator nights are longer than days For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight Days are longer than nights Winter is the season of long nights Summer is the season of long days A we are using day to mean the time between sunrise and sunset B When we talk about the number of days in a year C North of the equator nights are longer than days D Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night E The sun rises at 6 o clock in the morning and sets at 6 o clock in the evening 1 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the bracket Coffee has been a part of people s lives for thousands of years and today it is still a favorite drink of millions of people in the world Coffee is so popular but do you know the story of coffee and how it There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long long ago One day a was watching his goats and he saw them eat some small berries 干种子 from a plant After they ate the berries the goats became very active The man often felt tired so he to try the berries too he did not feel tired any more Coffee plants were thus discovered The coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia 阿拉伯岛 and there it was first used as medicine The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years Later coffee came to Turkey then Italy then France From Europe the coffee plant to America People found that coffee plants grew in many parts of South America so large coffee farms were started and many coffee plants were grown On these farms coffee beans were picked from the plants by Then the beans become look hand take surprise bad discover sell kind farm decision good were dried and prepared for market Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different of coffee Coffee was sent to all over the world and soon very popular 2 Fill in the blanks with the words of which the first letter is given In 1620 about half the USA was c by forests Today the forests have almost g A lot of good land has gone with them l only sand China doesn t want to c the USA s example We re p more and more trees We ve built the Great Green Wall of trees a nor thern part of our country The Great Green Wall is 7 000 kilometres l and between 400 and 1 7 00 kilometres wide It will stop the wind from b the earth away It will stop the sand from moving toward the rich farmland in the south M Great Green Walls are needed Trees must be grown all over the world Great Green Walls will make the world b 3 Choose the sentences to fill in the blanks I was born in New York but I grew up in San Francisco If I am asked now where I want to live forever I would say London But I will always be American San Francisco like London has many parks I didn t go to school I only had three hours of formal education when I was five I was sent to school in the morning but came home at noon on the first day I said I didn t enjoy it and hadn t learned anything They agreed with me so I never went back to school Then my mother taught me and my two sisters at home in the way of an English lady who had good education We learned languages and reading more than sciences and maths Sometimes she taught us herself but we also had other teachers They asked us to take lessons every day About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park While we were walking my mother taught me to read music and I remember now how I d like to have it I couldn t say r when I was small My mother said if I could say an r well I would have the toy train I practiced and practiced Then one morning I woke everybody up with my r s I got the toy train but I work hard for them A My parents thought that school was unsuitable for me B Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children C One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop D I began to live in London 25 years ago E I usually get the things I want in life 1 Choose the sentences to fill in the blanks An American group developed the rooftop gardening in the early 1980s the group is known as ECHO And now it is becoming more and more popular in many other countries To build a rooftop garden four things are necessary You need a roof strong enough and four pieces of wood to build a box Grass cuttings in which to plant your garden and a thin piece of plastic on which to put the cut grass are also necessary Cut and collect some grass Cover the roof with a thin piece of plastic Then you build a box from the four pieces of wood The box has no top or bottom It can be as long and as wide as needed Put the box on the plastic Then fill it with the cut grass Water the grass and push it down by walking on it Put the seeds 种子 directly into the wet grass It is important that the grass is kept wet until the plants begin to grow When the plants are growing you will need to water them every day unless it rains And birds must be prevented from eating the seeds or new plants They will also need some liquid fertilizer 液体化肥 Put the chicken wastes in a cloth bag Then put the bag in a big container of water After about one week the water becomes a good liquid fertilizer The rooftop garden is a good place to grow peas tomatoes and onions If the box is deep enough potatoes and carrots also will grow After about three weeks the rooftop box is ready for planting Begin by testing your roof to make sure it is strong enough This idea was to help people living in cities who did not have land to grow vegetables You can make your own liquid fertilizer if you can get wastes from chickens It should be about 8cm deep 2 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the bracket surprising think Rome wishes agree embarrassing different rudely pleasure taken meaning If an American is satisfied 满意 with you he will put his thumb and forefinger 食指 into a circle That OK But in Brazil the very sign is to be In Poland a guest usually flowers to his hostess The number must be an odd 奇数 one Besides the hostess isn t to remove the cover of the bunch of flowers And usually the red rose is a sign of love Usually we nod to express our agreement and shake our heads to show To our these body movements mean the opposite in Bulgaria 保加利亚 The in customs and cultures in the world are really noticeable We should learn more about them to avoid 避免 Then please remember When in Rome do as the do 3 close text I like fishing very much I often fish for hours without 1 anything But this does not 2 me Some fishermen are unlucky 3 catching fish they catch old boots and rubbish I am 4 less lucky I never catch anything not even old boots After I spent the whole 5 on the river I always go home with an 6 bag You must give 7 fishing my friends say It s a waste of 8 But they don t know one important thing I m not 9 interested in fishing I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at 10 1 Ataking B catching Ceating 2 Aworry B please C satisfy 3 A By B With C Instead of 4 A even B also C very 5 A nights B morning C hours 6 A empty B old C open 7 A in B for C up 8 A things B time C money 9 A even B still C really 10 A once B all C home 1 Fill in the blanks with the words of which the first letter is given An old man v a new doctor He was very young I don t feel well doctor he said Please find out what s w with me Take off your clothes and lie on the bed the young doctor said I ll examine you The old man took off his clothes and l down on the bed and the young doctor examined him But he couldn t find out a wrong with the old man He listened to his h He looked into his throat 喉咙 He examined every part of him At last he said I m sorry but I can t find out anything wrong with you You re as h as I am That s very strange the old man said because I feel really bad Come back tomorrow and see me again if you don t feel b the young doctor said I ll examine you again All right doctor the old man said Slowly he stood up and put on his clothes Then he walked out of the h A few s later the doctor s nurse ran in Doctor Doctor she cried That man who you said was healthy has just died o the door The doctor thought quickly Then turn the body around so that people will think he was coming in he said 2 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words given in the bracket happy service if return wait until go come careless nothing not understand told A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the tables A went up to him and gave him the menu The man read it then ordered all the most expensive dishes The waiter s the meal and the man ate it happily Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man s table The waiter came up and said to the man What would your little boy like sir Oh just an ice cream the man told him Then he stood up and said to the waiter I out to buy a newspaper he left the restaurant The waiter gave the boy an ice cream The boy ate it and then stood up and walked to the door The waiter ran towards him Excuse me he said but your father back and he hasn t paid for his meal or your ice cream I m sorry the young boy said That has to do with me Oh yes it does the waiter said You ll stay here your father comes back and pays his bill He s not my father the little boy said I don t know who he is The waiter What do you mean he asked The man came up to me in the street the boy said He asked me I liked ice cream I told him I did Then he me to come into the restaurant at 2 o clock and sit down at his table He said he would give me some 3 Choose the sentences to fill in the blanks 1 There are lending libraries where people old and young can borrow books if they are members The largest library in Singapore is the National Library at Stamford Road 2 Most of them are English books although there are also some Chinese and Malay books for Chinese and Malay readers 3 To be a member you have to pay a certain fee After you have paid the fee you are given a