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(1)Cars are too expensive for
many people around the world to own. Not only
that, many cities are
already full of
traffic, and many country areas have rough roads.
So 1 do people travel
those distances that are too far to walk? They use
public
transportation. If you ride the
subway or bus 2 you live, you can appreciate
some of the
benefits of public
transportation. With many people 3
(share) one bus or train,
there is less
traffic and, more 4
（
imp
ortance
）
, less pollution.
Which of the types of mass
transit 5 (describe) below are you familiar
with? If
a regular bus can hold
dozens of people, imagine what a bus
6 (two) the size can hold!
In
Great Britain, there are many buses that are known
as double-deckers (cars with two floors).
Buses in Haiti are often
very crowded. It
’
s not 7
(common) for passengers to
actually
sit
on
the
rooftops.
Buses
are
sometimes
called
“
tap-
taps
”
,
because
the 8 (ride)
on the
roof tap
（敲击）
when they want
to be dropped off.
Many large cities
around the world take advantage of the space
beneath the streets and run
underground
trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may
use the subway system to get to
school,
to work, or to visit friends in other 9
(neighbor). Both the Japanese and French
have
developed
。
High-speed
trains
to
link
various
cities.
While
electric
trains
in
North
America
average
130
kph,
the
French
TGV
(high-speed-
train)
is
the
world
’
s
fastest, 10 (average)
over
270 kph!
(2)Australia, the last continent, was
discovered by ships 1 (belong) to some
European nations in the seventeenth
century. These nations were 2 (little)
interested in
changing
it
into
a
colony
than
in 3 (explore)
it.
As
in
the
early
history
of
the
United
States,
it was the English
4 set up the settlements in Australia. This
history and the geography of
these two
British colonies have some other things in common
as well.
Australia and the
United States are about the same in size, and
their western lands are both not
rich
5 soil. It was on the eastern coast of
Australia and America that the English first
settled, and both colonies soon began
to develop towards the west. However, this
westward 6
(move)
took
place 7 because
the
English
were
searching
for
better
land
than
the
population
was increasing. Settlements of the west
part of both countries developed quickly after
gold 8
(discover)
in
America
in
1849
and
in
Australia
two
years
later.
Although
the
development
of
these
two
countries
has
a
lot
in
common,
there
are
some
9 (strike)
differences
as
well.
The
United
States gained its independence from
England by revolution while Australia won its
independence
without having to go to
war. Australia, 10 (like) the United States,
was firstly turned into
a
colony
by
English
prisoners
and
its
economic
development
was
in
wheat
growing
and
sheep
raising.
By 1922, for
example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep
than it had people or almost half
as
many
sheep
as
there
are
people
today
in
the
United
States.
Australia
and
the
United
States
have
more in common with
each other than either one has with most of the
rest of the world.
(3)We high school
students do have some growing pains, but we can
get rid of them correctly and
wisely.
1 ,
some
of
us
are
upset 2
their
body
style
s
and
looks.
It’s
unnecessary
and
it’s
not
important
at
all.
We
needn’t
care
about
it.
It
is
one’s
inner
beauty
3
matters. Second, we
sometimes seem to be misunderstood 4 our
teachers, parents and
classmates. 5
(face)
with
this,
we
can
find
a
proper
time
to
have
a
heart-to-heart
talk
with
them, trying to remove
the 6 (understand). Some of us have fewer
friends. I think being
open-minded and
friendly will do you good. Third, we may fall
behind others, 7__ makes
us
stressed.
Actually
we
can
encourage
8
to
work
efficiently,
full
of___9_
__(determine). At last, some of us
don’t have much pocket money, so they feel
unhappy. Isn’t
it strange? So long as
we have some, that’s enough. And we can learn
to spend money.
Passage (4)
When
you
read
a
story
in
English,
do
you
read
it
for
the
story 1 for
the
English?
This
is
a
question
2 is
not
so 3
(fool)
as
it
may
seem,
for
I
find
that
many
students of English pay far more
attention to the story than to the English. For
instance, they
care for how the mystery
in the story 4 (solve), but do
not remember a single
sentence
in
the
story
and
cannot
tell
what
preposition
is
used
before
a
certain
word
in
the
speech
of a certain character.
Of
course,
if
you
want
to
know
the
story
only,
you
need
not 5
(bother)
about
the
language.
But
a
student
of
English
is
different 6 a
student
of
stories
or 7 is
called
the
general
reader.
As
you
may
also
have
learned
from
the
above,
you
ought
to
read
not
only
very
carefully
but
also
aloud
8 you
learn
the
passage
by
heart
and
can
recite
it as if it 9 (be) your own. On
10 hand, this will teach you many useful
words
and phrases; on the other hand,
it will help you to avoid many errors and faults
in expression.
(5)
Just now,
I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel
1 (interest) in the
report on middle school students’ using
cell
-phones on campus. In fact, more
students now come
to school 2
cell-phones. My schoolmates have different
opinions. Some think 3 is
convenient
to
get
in
touch
with
others
with
the
cell-phone,
which
also
makes
you
feel
safe
especially
in
time
of
trouble.
4 ,
it
is
nice
to
enjoy
various
functions
of
different
cell-phones. 5
think differently. First, the cell-
phone is not 6 must in school, as 7 are
some IC
phones there, 8 (make) it
easy to call others. Second, many students often
play e-games and
send
e-massages
with
their
cell-phones,
even
in
class,
9 will
surely
have
bad
effects
on
their
study. What’s more, it
will result __
10___ a great waste of
time and money. In my opinion, the
cell-
phone is a useful tool
in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can
u
se freely in school.
(6)
“We don’t believe it.
1
until now I haven’t
2 (receive) even 3
smallest piece of paper reporting the
real cause of 4
death,
”
said Mr Stone
5 (excited) facing the thirty
representatives 6 at least twenty countries
that
had
been
the
biggest
import
countries
of
the
British
beef
but
now
refused
7
(have
)it.
When
he
saw
no
signs
of
anybody 8 (be)
willing
to
speak
out,
Mr
Stone
got
madder,
adding,
“
You
will
have
to
eat
beef
every
day,
w
on’t
you?
In
the
past,
to
get
our
beef,
you
ordered
9 advance, as much as
you could, saying in your thank-you letter,
?
without the British beef
we can’t imagine
10
a colorless sight would be on our
countrymen’s dinner
tables
.
”
(7)Enough sleep is important to health.
The amount of sleep __1________(need) depends on
the age
of the person and the
conditions in _2.________ sleep takes place. The
young may need more sleep
than
__3.________ old, but usually eight hours are
enough for the health of grown-ups. Some can
do with ___4_______ than this amount,
but others may need more. Every person knows his
own need.
___5_______ is then a matter
of good judgment to satisfy his need. Sleep should
always be enough
to make one bring back
his __6.__________ (stron
g) and get
ready for a day’s work.
Fresh
air
is
necessary
to
sound
sleep.
So
it
is
not
__7.___________
reason
for
some
people
to think that it is practicable to
sleep in the open air. A bath at bedtime,
__8._________ hot
nor cool but of body
temperature, may be helpful_9._________ sleep.
Sleep-producing drug should
never be
taken except when _10.________ (suggest) by a
doctor.
(8)Early
one
morning,
more
than
a
hundred
years
ago,
an
American
inventor
called
Elias
Howe
finally
fell asleep. He had been working all
night on the design of a sewing machine but he had
run into
1.__________ very difficult
problem. It seemed impossible to get the thread to
run 2.__________
(smooth) around the
needle.
Though he was tired, Howe
slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a
dream. He
3.__________
that
he had
been
caught
by
terrible
savages
4.__________
king
wanted
to
kill
him
and
eat him
5.__________ he could build a perfect sewing
machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran
into the same problem as before. The
thread kept getting caught around the needle. The
king flew
into the cage and ordered his
soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him
with their spears
6.__________ (raise).
But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There
was a 7.__________ in
the tip of
each spear. The
inventor
awoke from the dream, 8.__________ (realize) that
he
had
just
found the answer 9.__________ the
problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to
run around the
needle, he should make
10.__________ run through a small hole in the
centre of the needle. This
was the
simple idea that finally made Howe design and
build the first really practical sewing
machine.
(9)In
the
past
few
years,
quite
a
number
of
men
and
women
have
chosen
to
do
something
less
competitive.
They are afraid
that the stress and strains of work will rob them
__1___ _____ joy and happiness
and __2
______ them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact, however,
stress isn’t the bad thing __
3________
it is often supposed to
be. Above all,
__4______ it gets out of control, a certain amount
of stress is vital to provide
motivation
and
challenge,
and
to
give
purpose
and
significance
to
_5_______,
otherwise
meaningless,
idle life.
__6__________, people under stress tend to express
their full range of potential and
to
actualize their own __7__ ______(person) worth
—
the very aim of a human
life.
Stress
is
a
natural
part
of
everyday
life
and
__8______
___
is
no
way
to
avoid
it.
What
we can do is
__9_________(develop) our adaptive abilities to
deal with it rather than to escape
_10____________ it.
(10)There are two main reasons 1
the temperature of the air is always
2
change
）
. One
reason is that the air around you moves in from
somewhere else . Air usually moves
in
large
bodies 3 (call)
air
masses.
Some
air
masses
move
in
from
the
north.
These
air
masses
usually
have
cold
air
that
cause
the
temperature 4 (drop). Air
masses
also
move
in
from
the
south. They usually have 5 (warm) air that
causes the temperature to rise.
Temperature changes during the day or
night can be great 6 small. This depends
partly
7 how
many
clouds
are
in
the
sky. 8
there
are
many
clouds
during
the
night,
they act like tile
covers on your bed. They blanket the earth and
keep the air from losing much
of 9
heat. The temperature usually does not drop much
during such a night. When there
are
many clouds during 10 day, some of the
sun's energy will not reach the earth. The
temperature usually does not rise much
on such a day.
(11)I
have a friend who must be the sweetest, shyest
person in the world. He is forty years old,
rather short and 1 (skin), and
has a thin moustache and even thinner hair on his
head.
Since
his
vision
is
not
perfect,
he
wears
glasses: 2 are
small,
round
and
frameless.
He always walks
sideways so 3 not to inconvenience
anyone. Instead of saying
“Excuse me”,
he prefers to glide by
one side.
4 the
gap is so
narrow that
it
will
not
allow
him
to
pass,
Luke
waits
patiently 5 the
obstruction
(
障碍物
)
moves
by
itself.
Stray