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1、1Can animals be made to work for us ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be t_ to do a number of simple jobs .They s_ that in a film or on TV we may see elephants , monkeys ,dogs ,bears ,or other animals doing a lot of things .If you w_ carefully , you may find that those animals are giv

2、en something to eat in return for d_ them . The scientists say that many d_ animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they will get something to eat .Of course, as we know , dogs can be used to guard a house ,and elephants can be used to do some heavy j_ . And we can also teach animals

3、to work in f_ .Apes ,for example have b_ used in America to help make cars and scientists b_ that these monkeys may one day get in crops and e_ drive trains . KEYS:1taught , say , watch , doing , different , jobs , factories , been , believe , even .2 Do you have a pet? Are you i_ in taking care of

4、animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors.They are often c_“vets ”. Many of them work in animal h_. Others may work on farms or at a z_. Some study animal diseases and try to find w_ to keep the animals from getting i_. They do studies in m_ for animals.Vets lis

5、ten to an animalss h_. They check its ears, eyes, mouth and blood. They o_ on animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the pets o_ what food is best.1._interested_2._called_3._hospital_s_ 4._zoo_ 5._what_6._ill_7._museum_8._hearts_9. _operate_ 10._owners_KEYS:2interest

6、ed ,called , hospitals , zoo , ways ,ill , medicine , heart , operate , owners .3When I was walking down the street one day , I s_ a small bag on the ground . I picked it up and opened it to see w_ I could find out the owners name . There was n_ inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman

7、 and a young girl about twelve years old . I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station . Before I left , the policeman wrote down my name and my a_ . He thought the owner might want to thank me . That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle . They had also asked a young

8、woman to have dinner with us . Her face was familiar , but I couldnt r_ where I had seen her . D_ our talk , the young woman happened to say that she had l_ her bag that afternoon . All at once I remembered w_ I had seen her . She was the young girl in the photo . though she looked now much o_ than

9、the girl in the picture . She was very s_ , of course , when I told her about the bag . After dinner we went to the police station and got back her bag . The policeman said to me , “Its a wonderful thing . You found not only the bag , but also the owner of the bag .” 1_saw_ 2_whether_ 3_nothing_ 4_a

10、ddress_ 5_remember_6_During_ 7_lost_ 8_where_ 9_older_ 10_surprised_ KEYS:3saw , whether , nothing , address , remember ,During , lost , where , older , surprised .4Only mother love is true love. It gives e_ everything all his life. When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as

11、 possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n_ and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy. When you are old e_ to go to school, mother still looks after you all the

12、 t_ . On cold winter days, she always tells you to p_ on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b_ . She always feels worried about you at home. She u_ knows about you study and spend much money on y

13、our school things. When you do well at school , you will see the brightest s_ on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day. Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w_ ! We will r_ Mother Love for ever!1_everybody

14、_ 2_night_ 3_enough_ 4_time_ 5 _put_6_busy_ 7_usually_ 8_smile_ 9_world_ 10 _remember_KEYS:41. everyone / everybody 2. night 3. enough 4. time 5. put 6. breakfast 7. usually 8. smile 9. world 10.remember 5Seumas Mcsporran is a very b_ man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman

15、 , a policeman ,a fireman , a taxi driver , a school-bus driver , a boatman ,an ambulance man , an accountant , a petrol attendant , a barman , and an undertaker .Also , he and his wife , Margaret , have a shop and a small hotel.Seumas l_ and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Onl

16、y 120 people live on Gigha but in s_ 150 tourists come by b_ every day.Every weekday Seumas gets up at six and makes b_ for the hotel guests. At eight he drives the islands children to s_ . At nine he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers t

17、he beer to the islands only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the s_ .He says：“Margaret likes being busy,too.We n_ have holidays and we dont like w_ television. In the evening Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At ten we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. P_ our life isnt very exciti

18、ng, but we like it.”1._busy_ 2 _lives_ 3 _search_ 4 _bus_ 5 _breakfast_6._school_ 7 _sea_ 8 _never_ 9 _watch_ 10 _Perhaps_KEYS:51. busy 2. lives 3. summer 4. boat 5. breakfast 6. school 7. shop 8. never 9. watching 10. Perhaps 6Tim spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable . If you go to a good s_ , no a

19、ssistant will come near to you and say , “Can I h_ you ?” You neednt buy a_ you dont want . You may try to find out where the book you want is . But if you w_ , the assistant will lead you there and then he will go away . It seems that he is not interested i_ selling any books at all . There is a st

20、ory which t_ us about a good shop . A medical student found a very useful book in a shop , but it is too expensive for him to b_ . He couldnt get it from the library , e_ . So every afternoon he went there to r_ a little at a time . One day , however , he couldnt find the book from its usual place a

21、nd was leaving when he saw an assistant signing to him . To his s_ , the assistant pointed to the book in a corner , “I put it there so as not to be sold out .”said the assistant . Then he let the student go on with his reading .1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _6 _ 7 _ 8 _ 9 _ 10 _KEYS:6store , help , anything ,

22、want , in , tells , buy , either , read , surprise .7( S=salesgirl ; H=Han mei )S: Good morning. Can I help you ?H: Yes. I _ this blouse last week, but theres something wrong with it. When I _ it, the colours ran. I cant _ it now. I want you to _ this blouse or give me my _ back.S: Let me see. Did y

23、ou wash it in _ water ?H: Of course not.S: It _ as if it hasnt been washed following the _ .Did you leave it in water _ you washed it ?H: No, I didnt do that, _. I didnt put it cold water until I washed it.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _KEYS:7bought , washed , wear , change , mone

24、y , hot , looks/seems , instruction(s) , before , either , 8When you go to England you may find the traffic there is different from ours. As a f_ (1) you must be c_ (2) in the streets, because the traffic d_ (3) on the left. You must look to the right and then the left before you cross a street. In

25、the morning and in the evening when people go to or come back from work, the streets are very b_ (4). traffic is most d_ (5) then. When you go by bus in England, you have to take care, too. Always r_ (6) the traffic m _ (7) on the left. You have to t_ (8) a look first or you will go to the w_ (9) wa

26、y. In many English cities there are big buses with two f_ (10). You can sit on the second one. From there you can see the city very well.1. _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _6. _ 7 _ 8 _ 9 _ 10_KEYS:81 foreigner 2 careful 3 drives 4 busy 5 dangerous 6 remember 7 moves 8 take 9 wrong 10 floors9Which animal do we need

27、 m 1 ? Dogs? Horses? No! The a 2 to the question is cows.Why cows? Cows give us milk. And milk is one of our most important k 3 of food. Suppose(假设)that all the milk cows make in one year were put i 4 bottles. And suppose these bottles were put side by side. The line of bottles would go all around t

28、he world 400 t 5 .That is a lot of milk, less than half of it is used for d 6 and cooking. Most of it is u 7 to make butter cheese, ice cream and many other things. It takes many cows to give us that m 8 milk. But not as many as it used to. A cow used to give only about 1,500 quarts(夸脱)of milk a yea

29、r. Now a fine cow may g 9 more than 3,000 quarts in a year. Why do cows give more milk today? Now farmers have better cows. The cows get better c 10 and better food. KEYS:91most 2answer 3kinds 4into 5times 6drinking 7used 8much 9give 10care10Heres a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advi

30、ce to his son in college . “When I was young , I often met t_ (1) about what to do and what not to do . My grandmother told me not to worry about those things . I o_ (2) did them once a year or once a lifetime . I_ (3) , I should try to do well those things , and I do them every day . For example ,

31、I need to eat every day , so I should learn how to c_ (4) . I need to talk to o_ (5) every day , so I should learn how to work with d _ (6) people and know how to s _ (7) well . I walk every day , so my s _(8) should be all right and comfortable . Every night I sleep , so my bed should let me have a

32、 good rest . Taking care of the e_ (9) things m_ (10) that you do a better job of the one in a lifetime things as well .”1._ 2. _ 3._ 4. _ 5 . _6._ 7. _ 8._ 9. _ 10 . _KEYS:101. trouble(s) 2. only 3. Instead 4. cook 5. others 6. different 7. speak 8. shoes 9. everyday 10. means11Let me tell you a st

33、ory . A good friend of mine lives with six hundred animals on an island . Ever s_1_ he left school , he has travelled all over the world l_2_ for animals for his own zoo . He writes books about his travels , and about his wonderful a_3_ . The money for his books helps him to p_4_ for all the animal

34、food . My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week (There is not enough water on the island , though there is a lot all around it ) , he f_5_ oil . He n_6_ money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy e_7_ water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells

35、 anybody else about it , it will be the e_8_ of his zoo and his lifes work . So I think he will not tell anybody e _9_ you and me about what he found because oil and water cant be p_10_ together . Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water . Do you think so ?1. _ 2. _

36、3. _ 4. _ 5. _6. _7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _KEYS:11 1. since 2. looking 3. animals 4.pay 5. found 6. needs 7. enough 8. end 9. except 10. put12Can animals be made to work for people ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs i_ (1) of people . They say that a

37、t a circus （杂技场）， for e_(2) , we may see elephants , monkeys , dogs and other animals doing q _(3) skillful things . Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film . If you watch closely , you may find that the trainer （驯兽员） always g _(4) the animal some sugar o r a piece of fruit as a re

38、ward . The scientists say that many d_ (5) animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f_ (6) doing that . Of course , as we know , dogs can be trained to l_(7) after a house , and soldiers in both old and modern t _(8) have used geese to give warning （警报）

39、 by m _(9) a lot of noise when an enemy comes near . And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f _ (10) .1._ 2._ 3. _ 4 ._ 5. _6._ 7._ 8. _ 9._ 10. _KEYS:121. instead 2. example 3. quite 4.gives 5. different 6. for 7. look 8. times 9. making 10. factories13The u_ means the

40、earth ,the sun , the moon and the stars and the space b_ them .Many of the stars are so f_ away that we can not see them . The moon , our satellite , travels a_ the earth . It has already been visited b_ man from the earth . Man-made satellites have been sent up i_ space by many countries .They go r

41、ound the earth . They are used for helping us to learn more a_ the earth , the weather and other things . They are also used for sending and r_ messages . It makes people f_ different countries understand each other much better . So people say the world itself is becoming a much s_ place. People cal

42、l the small place “the global village ”. KEYS:13universe , between , far , around , by , into , about , receiving , from , smaller .14If you dont use your arms or your legs for some time , they will become weak ; when you start using them again , they will gradually （逐渐地）become stronger again . Ever

43、ybody knows this . Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the s 1 with memory . When someone says that he has a good memory , he really means that he d 2 give it enough chance to become stronger. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak , we k 3 that it is his own fault . But if he t

44、ells us that he has a poor memory , many of us think that his p 4 are to blame , and f 5 of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you e 6 found some people cant read or write but they usually have b 7 memories ? This is b 8 they cannot read or write and they h 9 to remember things ; they canno

45、t write them down in a little notebook . They must remember dates , names , songs and stories ; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want a good memory , l 10 from these people : practise remembering . 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _ KEYS:141. same 2. doesn

46、t 3. know 4. parents 5. few 6. ever 7. better 8. because 9. have 10. learn15Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. Hedid not know h_ to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess andasked, “Could you help me? I cant find my seat.” The air hostess s_him the seat and told

47、 him to sit d_ and fasten the seat belt. Shetold Henry not to m_ about when the plane was going up. And she alsosaid that Henrys ears might feel a little s_, but he didnt need toworry about it b_ many people felt like that. When the plane wasf_ very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He coul

48、d e_read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b_ food anddrinks. Henry could e_ the flight and arrived home soon.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _KEYS:15how, showed, down , move , strange , because , flying, either, bring , enjoy一Do you know Sweden(瑞典)？It l 1 in the

49、north of EuropeIt is the fourth largest country in Europe with an a 2 of 450, 000 square kilometers and the population 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 3 with trees. It is one of the r 4

50、 countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized(工业化). Today less than one third of the people are f5.Sweden is the country where the famous Nobel Prizes are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c 6 of Sweden, must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes a

51、re awarded.The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f 7 language in schools. Many middle-school students can s 8 two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people，men and women, o9 and young, can speak English. So there is no p 10 to speak with them in English二 I still remember visiting Moscow. It is the capital of Russia, the b 1 country in the world. I went there w 2 my parents when I was eight years old. I lived and studied there for one year, I had some happy memories. One of the most interesting things of that city wa