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2010年英语中考专题练习----短文首字母填空

Passage 1

Here’s a story about Ming’s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on l 2 but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f 3 he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v 4 him.

Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he n ever u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the birds’ n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been t 7 to bring the fish to people. And then people reward（奖励）them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f 8 Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 .

Passage 2

Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful （熟练的）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 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. 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 look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning（警报）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 .

Passage 3

In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 One needs to play it very c 3

A kite-board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holland and Spain as e 5 as the last century. Since the board was hard to control（控制）,f 6 people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design（设计）of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 how to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d better not play it. It is not s 9

It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷）.

Passage 4

British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖）.

Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, he s 2 heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in

Cornwall, southern England. “That must be a fire, I t 3 ” Leech said. “Then I quickly d 4 to do something. So I p 5 the door in and then I s 6 for the people inside. Then I started po uring milk e 7 ” He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8 the shop, the fire was under control（得到控制）.

Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.

“It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.

Passage 5

While t 1 in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of（缺少）money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the m 2 by telegram（电报）to the bank（银行）here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport（护照）to the bank clerk （职员）. “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told. This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 That evening Ed Jackson was arrested （被捕）for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.

Passage 6

April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on th is special d 2 If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l 3 too, and he will never be angry with you.

Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5

Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It is s aid that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 Many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits.

Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner.

Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.

Passage 7

Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldn’t do some r 2 So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c 3 of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy som e there. When the shop was c 4 he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned （有学问的）person were glad to make f 5 with him.

It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e____6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for

you?” “Your books are all dull（乏味的）,” said the girl, “I want a d 9 one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t 10 out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”

Passage 8

Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w 1 die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f 2 off the horse and died. When the king h 3 of this, he got angry and sent his men to c 4 Effendi at once.

W 5 Effendi came, the king shouted a 6 “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”

Effendi l 7 at the king and answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days e 8 than you.”

The king was a 9 that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l 10 him go.

Passage 9

Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b 1 a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his new work far more i 2 When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r 3 out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f 4 of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w 5 the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a 6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t 8 the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged（损坏）and e 9 to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c 10

Passage 10

Now, let’s begin our sports report. Here’s a really good game, the b 1 one I have seen this year. It’s the last five minutes of the g 2 Henry plays football f 3 France. He has the ball now. He p 4 the ball to David. David k 5 it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he’s too far a 6 France and England still have one goal each and there are only two m 7 left of the game. Just then an English p

8 gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e_____9 the English team w 10

Passage 11

Today people can u 1 the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are t 2 with. That may c 3 in the future.

Today some people are using a kind of telephone c 4 “Picture phone” or “Vision phone”. W 5 it, two people w ho are talking can see each other.

Picture phones can be useful when you have s 6 to show the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l 7 and ask to borrow a book. Then you’ll be able to r ead the book right over your picture phone. Or you

may be able to go shopping t 8 your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will s 9 you t he thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and n 10 leave your room.

Passage 12

Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h 1 to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, “Could you help me? I can’t find my seat.” The air hostess s 2 him the seat and told him to sit d 3 and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m 4 about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henry’s ears might feel a little s 5 , but he didn’t need to worry about it b 6 many people felt like that. When the plane was f 7 very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e 8 read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b 9 food and drinks. Henry could e 10 the flight and arrived home soon.

Passage 13

Some of Robert’s old friends were t 1 about young people in their town. They all a 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said, “But young people are s 3 than old people.”

All of them agreed that this is true e 4 Robert. He thought he was as strong as b 5

“That is not possible,” said his friends.

“Well,” said Robert, “In one c 6 of my garden there’s a big stone. When I was young, I couldn’t m 7 it. I wasn’t strong e 8 Now I’m old and when I try to move it, I s 9 can’t. That’s w 10 I’m as strong as before.”

Passage 14

In the home a dad is very important. He is the person who provides us w 1 money and clothes. He can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2 for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. A dad can be very u 4 for taking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time you s 5 talking on the t 6 as he has to p 7 the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. He is someone who reads your school r 9 and treats（奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10

Passage 15

Can vegetables be p 1 in winter? Yes, but a greenhouse（温室）must be b 2 first. The greenhouse should be m 3 of glass. A large greenhouse may be ten metres l 4 three metres w 5 and two meters high. The sunshine can r 6 the vegetables t 7 the glass. The wind and cold air can be s 8 from getting in. The air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 More and more greenhouses are b 10 built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter.

Traveling to all countries of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u 1 each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine(设想) you will hold a m 2 at four o’clock, what time should you e 3 your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a 4 on time. If they are American, they’ll probably be fifteen min utes early. If they are British, they’ll be fifteen minutes late.

The British seemed to think since the English l 5 was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f 6 they were completely(完全地) wrong. For e 7 , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p 8 not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e 9 other, and they don’t drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business b 10 dinner; the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.

Passage 17

Do you k 1 robots? There are a l 2 of robots in the world now. Some of the robots can walk, sing and dance. Some can talk w 3 people. Most of them can do heavy work. In a few m 4 years, a robot will be able to d 5 a car, a train, a ship or a p 6 . In a hospital, a restaurant or a shop, we m 7 see a robot at work. By then, we need n

8 do the cooking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders(命令) to a robot and it will do

a 9 the housework. A robot will be our good f 10 .

Passage 18

Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my f 1 trip there. One morning I s 2 out to visit a famous museum, but I didn’t know w 3 way to go, so I stopped a stranger and asked, “Excuse me, does this street lead(通向)to the Grand Museum?” “Yes,” he answered. “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing. You can’t m 4 it”. So I w 5 two blocks(街区) and turned to my left, but the museum w 6 there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing.” But a 7 I couldn’t find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.

This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then s 8 walked up and said. “Excuse me. Where’s the nearest b 9 ?” I answered 9 10 , “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”

Passage 19

Do you have a pet? Are you i 1 in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors. They’re often c 2 “vets”. Many of them work in animal h 3 . Others may work on farms or at a z 4 . Some study animal diseases(疾病) and try to find w 5 to keep the animals from getting i 6 . They do studies in m 7 for animals.

Vets listen to an animal’s h 8 . They check(检查) its ears, eyes, mouth, and blood. They o 9 animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the pets’ o 10 what fo od is best.

“I don’t want move!” Fred said to his father. “I like living here in New York City. And I l 1 to play in the streets. My Friends are h 2 . I want to stay!”

“We have to m 3 . Fred.” Mr. Sparks said, “I have a n 4 job in the Island. Why d 5 you wait until you see them? Maybe you will like living t 6 .”

“Never!” was Fred’s a 7 .

A few weeks l 8 , the Sparks family left the city by plane. They f 9 over land for hours. In San Francisco they took a 10 big plane. This time they flew over water.

At l 11 they saw land. “This is Hawaii,” Mr. Sparks said. “And it is the island we are to live o 12 . But we will visit the other islands, too. A 13 of them are beautiful.”

“I don’t care(关心) w 14 they are like,” said Fred. “I wish I could go b 15 to New York City right now!”

Passage 21

More and more people are l 1 the life with computers. Using computers you can send E-mail 9 2 and easily. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, a 3 in the world without putting a stamp. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world i 4 seconds(秒). E-mail is easy to use and it s 5 time and money. It serves(服务) for twenty-four hours. So it doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send E-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail b 6 .

Can you imagine(想象) the future without teachers b 7 computers? Students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of l 8 . Students will follow the learning programmes by looking at online libraries and w 9 lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students o 10 or E-mail their teachers. Computers are becoming more and more popular indeed.

Passage 22

Dear Mum and Dad,

I’m very happy to visit Beijing a gain. Great changes have taken place here. Yesterday, I went to visit Qiming Middle School---I had lived there f 1 nearly two years. Maybe you don’t believe(相信) I couldn’t find the w 2 there! A taxi driver took me there in the end, he said, “Beijing changes too m 3 . Sometimes even a Beijinger cannot find a way.”

Now, English can be h 4 everywhere in Beijing. Many people are attending(参加) English classes in the evening schools, some of them can speak very good English. I’m s 5 the 2008 Olympic can be held in Beijing successfully(成功地).

Passage 23

A storm dropped(降) heavy rains on central and southern parts of China.

The radio says that a 1 the Xiangjiang River in Hunan, floods caused by terrible r 2 in the past weeks killed 25 people and 13 others were missing.

The Chinese Government warned some parts in Yunnan and the city of Chongqing of possible heavy rains over the f 3 few days.

In Changsha water levels rose(水位上升) to 38 metres early Monday morning, about 3 metres a 4 the danger line.

In Guangdong, at l 5 21 people have been killed, while three were s 6 hurt and seven went missing w 7 heavy floods hit northern parts by Saturday.

The cities of Shaoguan, Meizhou and Heyuan w 8 hardest hit and many people were left homeless(无家可归).

About 620 million yuan has been lost in the floods. Guangdong has sent something u 9 to Meizhou, Heyuan and Shaoguan to help the people who had lost homes build their h 10 again.

Passage 24

Wang Yani was born in 1975 in Guangdong, China. A 1 a baby, she loved to draw. She drew lines everywhere. She e 2 drew on the walls! Her father was an artist. Yani wanted to be like h 3 . So she tried to stand like her father w 4 he painted. This made him laugh. One day, she d 5 lines on his painting. She was only two and a half years o 6 , but her father got angry. She cried and said, “I want to paint like you!” T 7 her father thought about his own childhood. He also wanted to draw and paint. But his parents c 8 understand him. They just got angry. He decided to help his daughter b 9 an artist.

Wang Yani was famous at a young age, b 10 she still has a normal(常人的) life. So the Wang family lives like everyone else.

Passage 25

Dear Editor,

I used to be a doctor in the children’s department of a local h 1 . Sometimes I treated children w 2 have been poisoned(中毒) by medicine for older family members. The children can easily o 3 the bottle that we now use in China.

Some days ago I talked about medicine w 4 an American. He showed m 5 a plastic pill bottle that is “Childproof”(防儿童的). The design was s 6 simple that I’m sure our Chinese factories could produce these b 7 easily. The top of the bottle locks, but can be o 8 by pressing down on it while turning. This is d 9 for most young children to do, b 10 adults can open them without any difficulty.

I’m sure that the expense of making such tops would be very low. As a doctor, I’d love to see this done. And most parents would be grateful.

Passage 26

Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the t 1 . Along the way, he can stop and look a 2 . And the h 3 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 t 4 everything.

Now learning a f 5 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 people’s minds and hearts, into a culture(文化) very d 6 from the

one of your own. This will make you richer, e 7 in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair w 8 through books.

Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to l 9 at the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find p 10 in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language.

Passage 27

It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still s 1 on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.

Suddenly the ice b 2 . One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn’t know w 3 to do. The two Canadian friends heard t 4 and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was t 5 . The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to r 6 the little boy. They knew they must be q 7 . If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to h 8 . Some of them had ropes and poles(绳和竹竿).

A young man jumped into the water to wave to the o 9 people.

The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the h 10 at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.

Passage 28

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two p 1 and one or two children each.

Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live f 2 from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or t 3 them. And they often go to v 4 their parents on holiday.

Parents usually l 5 their children choose their own jobs. Americans think i 6 important for young people to decide on their lives by t 7

Children are a 8 to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are p 9 for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own u 10

Passage 29

Most people want to work, but it has become m 1 difficult in today's world to find work for e 2 The economies(经济)of the world n 3 to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not p 4 and so more people are w 5 work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can d 6 the work of many people in a shorter time. Also, machines don't ask for more money and l 7 holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on f 8 One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75000 people are m 9 to the cities a day to look for jobs, but o 10 70% of them can find jobs.

Passage 30

Someone says, “Time is money,” but I think time is even more i 1 than money. Why? Because when money is s 2 we can get it b 3 However, when time is g 4 it’ll never return. That’s w 5 we mustn’t waste(浪费) time. It’s sure that the t 6 is usually limited(有限的).Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something u 7 But some people don’t know the importance of time. They spend their limited time smoking, drinking and playing. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own l 8

In a word, we should save time, we sh ouldn’t l 9 today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to l 10 .

Passage31

Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be t 1 to do a number of simple jobs. They s 2 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 3 carefully, you may find that those animals are given something to eat in return for d 4 them. The scientists say that many d 5 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 6 And we can also teach animals to work in f 7 . Apes, for example have b 8 used in America to help make cars and scientists b 9 that these monkeys may one day get in crops and e 10 drive trains.

Passage32

If you don’t 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. Everybody 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 tells 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 can’t 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 cannot 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.

Passage33

When I was walking down the street one day, I s 1 a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see w 2 I could find out the owner’s name. There was n 3 inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman 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 4 . 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 woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn’t r 5 where I had seen her. D____6____ our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had l 7 her bag that afternoon. All at once I remembered w 8 I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, though she looked now much o 9 than the girl in the picture. She was very s 10 , 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, “It’s a wonderful thing. You found not only the bag, but al so the owner of the bag. ”

Passage34

Only mother love is true love. It gives e 1 everything all his life.

When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as 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 2 and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.

When you are old e 3 to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t 4 . On cold winter days, she always tells you to p 5 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 6 , she always feels worried about you at home. She u 7 knows about your study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest s 8 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 9 ! We will r 10 Mother Love for ever!

Passage35

Seumas Mcsporran is a very b 1 man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, 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 2 and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha but in s 3 150 tourists come by b 4 every day. Every weekday Seumas gets up at six and makes b 5 for the hotel guests. At eight he drives the island’s children to s 6 . At nine he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the s 7 . He says：“Margaret likes being busy, too. We n 8 have holidays and we don’t like w 9 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 10 our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”

Passage36

Tim spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a good s 1 , no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I h 2 you?” You needn’t buy a 3 you don’t want. You may try to find out where the book you want is. But if you w 4 , the assistant will lead you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is not interested i 5 selling any

books at all.

There is a story which t 6 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 7 . He couldn’t get it from the library, e 8 . So every afternoon he went there to r 9 a little at a time. One day, however, he couldn’t find the book from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing to him. To his s 10 , the assistant pointed to the book in a corner, “I put it the re so as not to be sold out.” said the assistant. Then he let the student go on with his reading.

Passage37

( S=salesgirl; H=Han mei )

S: Good morning. Can I help you?

H: Yes. I b 1 this blouse last week, but there's something wrong with it. When I w 2 it, the colours ran. I can't w 3 it now. I want you to c 4 this blouse or give me my m 5 back.

S: Let me see. Did you wash it in h 6 water?

H: Of course not.

S: It s 7 as if it hasn't been washed following the i 8 . Did you leave it in water b 9 you washed it?

H: No, I didn't do that, e 10 . I didn't put it in cold water until I washed it.

Passage38

When 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 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 way.

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.

Passage39

Which animal do we need 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 the 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 year. 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.

Passage40

Here’s a part of an e-mail answer from Joe giving some advice 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, 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 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.”

Passage41

Let me tell you a story. 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 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 anybody else about it, it will be the e 8 of his zoo and his life’s work. So I think he will not tell anybody e 9 you and me about what he found —because oil and water can’t be p 10 together. Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water. Do you think so?

Passage42

The u 1 means the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars and the space b 2 them. Many of the stars are so f 3 away that we can not see them. The moon, our satellite, travels a 4 the earth. It has already been visited b 5 man from the earth. Man-made satellites have been sent up i 6 space by many countries. They go round the earth. They are used for helping us to learn more a 7 the earth, the weather and other things. They are also used for sending and r 8 messages. It makes people f 9 different countries understand each other much better. So people say the world itself is becoming a much s 10 place. People call the small place “the global village”.