_____10__$3,000 to keep secret what I found out!”
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45 PRESENTS: if you are ___1______to someone’s home to have a meal, it’s usual to take some____2_____ or a box of chocolates. it is not usual to take a bottle of wine_____3_____ you know your host well. Although flowers and chocolates are quite acceptable, it would be very nice if you could take something from your country. It is different if you are invited to a p[arty, and it also_____4_____on what kind of party it is. Many parties these days are “ bring a bottle” parties. Unless your host is very rich, then a bottle of wine is always____5_______if it is a bottle of 30 or more people. Ask whether or not you should bring a bottle when you are invited if you aren’t___6____. Say something like,“ Can I bring a bottle?” and your____7______will tell you what to do. DRESS: if you aren’t sure what you should___8_______, then ask your host or your friends. Usually dress is informal and individual in Britain for parties and for invitations to dinner in people’s homes. If you are going to an ______9______reataurant, then men may have to wear jacket and tie. And jeans wouldn’t be ______10.______
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46 The customs (风俗)of people in other countries may appear_____1________to us. And some of our ways must seem just as strange to them. For example, let us look at old Japanese______2_____ . we sleep on ____3_______pillows and beds; they sleep on hard_____4____. We wash our faces and wipe(擦净) them dry with towels（毛巾）; they wipe their faces with ____5___towels. We lower our faces when we say prayers(祈祷)；they___6_____theirs. When entering houses, we_____7______off our hats; the Japanese take off their shoes. We give gifts when arriving; they leave them when departing. We open gifts in _____8______of the giver; they never do. When in mourning(哀悼)， we wear black; they wear white. We frown when scolded(责备); they_____9_______. When we say that the customs of people in other countries are strange, they could reply,“ The _____10_____to you”
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47 You have to shake hands when you’re coming or going in Germany, but in Britain you usually only____1______hands when you meet someone for the first time. You have to give your present in_____2_____ the Middle East to show it’s not a bribe(受贿)but it’s good manners to give present in private in Asia. You mustn’t give cutlery(刀具) in Latin American because it’s___3___ that you want cut off the relationship. You mustn’t give food or drink in Saudi Arabia because it suggests you think your hosts not offering you enough to eat and drink. You mustn’t give a ___4_______ in China because the Chinese word “clock” is similar to the word “funeral.”“ Come any time”___5______“ I want you to visit me” in India. If you don’t suggest a time and arrange a visit immediately, an India will think you are________6__the invitation. But if an English person says “come any time”, they will
think you are bad-mannered if you start_____7____a date. Offices are usually_____8___ on Friday in Moslem(穆斯林) countries. Americans usually mean “yes” when they nod their heads. An English person probably just mean “ I understand”, and an Asia is just____9____interest.it’s bad manners to discuss at social occasion in India. In an English pub(酒店)， you have to take your_____10______to buy” round”-drink for everyone in your group.
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48 An India put his ear to the ground. He ___1_______many horses. They were coming his way. He ran to tell his people. Then he ran to tell the people of the next village. He was a ____2_____. Using runners was one way Indians sent_____3____. People in a land across the sea___4____messages, too. One man____5______his drum. In the next village the people heard the drum. They boat their drums. The message______6____ from village to village by drums. Much later, some armies____7______many pigeons(鸽子). These pigeons always___8____ back to their own nesting place. Suppose a soldier was sent far from his own army, he might take a pigeon along. He could__9____ a message to the bird’s leg. He would let the bird go. It would fly home with the soldier’s message. These were slow ways to send messages. Can you think of_____10______ways?
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49 When the steam engine(蒸汽机) was_____1____in the 18th century, it began one of the___2______revolution(革命) that had ever happened in our world. The______3____ of the petrol engine(内燃机)at the end of the 19th century led other great____4____ in our lives. And the computers is an invention more important than these engines____5_____. Just as there was a Stone Age(石器时代), an Iron Age(铁器时代) and so on, we have been ____6___for centuries in a Paper Age. And almost all information was______7____ and____8_____on paper, and so much of it is wasted after it has been used_______9_____that a large number of trees have to be cut down every year to make paper. But now, with the computer, a lot of information can be stored and sent______10_______any paper at all, using small discs(碟片) or magnetic tapes. 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ 50 Every June, parents drag(拖，拉) their kids to bookstores. For kids____1_______love to read, summer and books go together like Harry Potter and Quid ditch. But if you don’t like reading, the summer book list can be like a summer__________2________. You know the scene(情景)： your parents rush around the bookstore, pretending(假装) to be happy. They___3_____half a dozen books,____4________if they had just found jewels on sale for$5.95. then they put these treasures into your hands:“ How _____5____this one?” Mom asks, pushing book after book into your face. You keep on_________6_____your head. At last she will say,” Just pick something!” you choose a book just to get her to calm down(冷静下来). You would rather read the phone book______7________the book you’re taking home with you. In fact, you can do something to make things_____8_____. When your parents are going to bring you to the bookstore, take it as an outing. Ask your parents
what they read when they were your_______9______. They may not be as hard on you. Remind them what they may call “trash ”is still reading. If you can’t find a book that___10_______you, don’t get one.
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51Most things cannot be ____1_______without_____2_____, bue reading can. While we are sitting ______3________in our houses, we can’t_____4______the world, and we can____5_____lots of things. We can talk with the persons hundreds of years ageo. Though we may be not_____6______, we can become the friends of____7_____men. Only books can give us these_______8____. If you cannot enjoy them, you are a ____9_______person. If you enjoy them most, you will be the____10_______person in the world.
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52 Bill works in a factory, and he___1_____comes home at half past six every evening. He came home very early last Friday, and he was very angry. He closed the door very______2_____, went into the living room and sat down. His wife in the kitchen, she went to her______3___and looked at him for a few____4_______. Then she said to him, “why are you angry, Bill?”“ But_____5_____cost three pence last week,_____6_____now they cost two pence,” he said. “But that isn’t bad, Bill,” his wife said, “It’s good，going by bus is___7_____now.”“ Yes , it is,” Bill said,“ But I always __8______ to work in the morning and come home on ________9____ in the afternoon.. last week, I saved six pence everyday, but now, I save two pence______10_____.”
1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ 53 Mr. Browser went swimming with his friends one afternoon. They had all put on their swimming trunks(游泳裤) except him because he ___1________there would be some___2_____for the swimmers to change clothes near the beach. However, when they got there, he____3______nowhere to change clothes. So Mr. Browser was putting on his swimming trunks in a car on the beach. An old woman____4______near and stood by the car. Mr. Browser had to be_______5___. Then he ______6_____the door of the car and shouted___7____to the woman, “Do you always____8_____people changing their clothes?” the woman_____9____ her head and said, “Do you always change your clothes in ____10_______people’s car?”
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54 Joe had a holiday, so he decided to go to the seashore for a few days. He got on a____1_____train, and an hour later he was in a small town by the sea. A few minutes later he______2__ the station. He saw a small hotel and went in. he asked the owner how much it would_____3_____for one night there. “ Fifteen dollars”, the owner answered.
“ That’s more than I can really afford(负担得起) to ____4_____,”Joe said____5____.“All right,” the owner_______6_____,“ if you make your bed yourself, you can _____7_____the room for ten dollars.” Joe was very happy because he always made his____8_______at home.“ok”, he said, “I’ll do that.”
The owner went into a room at the___9________, took some things____10_______ and came back to Joe. “Here you are,” he said, and gave him a hammer(榔头) and some nails(钉子). 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________
55 I love trip in the countryside. On holidays, after I finished my homework, I _____2_______to go to Hu Qiu Hill with my friend. We_______2___ a bus to the beautiful place. We sat in the front of the bus to _____3_______ a good view of the countryside. It took us about an hour to get there. Then we began to _____4______the hill. There were___5____trees and flowers on the hill. And there were also many people on the hill. Some of them were____6_____slowly around the hill. Others were____7_____on the ground and enjoying the scenery. At noon, we sat under the trees and had our___8_____lunch. All the____9______was very delicious. We took many interesting photos during the trip. And we all enjoyed_______10________on that day.
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56 By midday the sun was so strong Jin was too____1_______to walk. There were no trees____2_______the road so he rested against(靠着)a big rock. After drinking some__3_____, he took off his shirt, lay down on the_______4______and fell asleep at once. He was so tired that he did not wake himself up until evening. He was just about to jump up when he felt_____5_______moving near his feet. He looked down and____6_____ a long black snake. Jim was so ____7______ that he didn’t dare(敢)to move. The snake began to move across his_____8___. It moved on and on until it disappeared(消失) under the rocks. Jim jumped___9____ to his feet, picked up his_____10____and ran off down the road.
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57 Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can____1______and grow food there. They are___2____a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the_____3____. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time. Why is more and more land____4____deserts? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some_____5____on the earth do not get very much rain, but they still won’t become deserts. This is because some green______6___ are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very____7_____to dry places. Plants do not let the hot_____8____make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the soil away._____9______a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land will become a desert much more_____10_____. 1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10____________
57 Once in a city, there_____1_____ a lot of rats in all houses. They were very big rats. They ________2_____the food, fought the dogs and killed the cats! They made a lot of noise. People _____3_______what to do. One day, a man came to the city. He said that he could____4______. The people. He walked____5_____and began to play the violin. When the rats____6_______the music, all of___________7_____ran out of the houses. Old ones,
young ones, they all ran after the man. He______8_____down street and crossed the field. When he got to the river, he____9___. But the rats did not stop. They all_______10___into the river and died.
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58 Recently in Hong Kong, wild monkeys are increasing too fast. They beg for food andd sometimes take bags from____1_____people. A brave monkey took a ride on the ferry(轮渡)____2_____Hong Kong harbor to the busy central district. The _____3____ animals may cause a growing health________4____. The government has begun testing a method(方法)to control their_____5___. Maybe it is the world’s first birth control____6______. Keeping a healthy______7______ of monkeys in Hong Kong is very important. To control the growth of the monkeys is needed so that visitors and monkeys can live together in peace. Now people have succeeded in____8______the females infertile(不孕)for up to five years. If the_____9____ prove effective(有效的)in controlling the population of the monkeys, the government will_____10____a full scale(全面)plan.
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60 What is time? We can’t _____1___ and we can’t catch hold of it. But we can feel it pass by. Time is ______2_____with us in our lives. When we wash our faces,time_____3___away in front of us. And when we play, time goes by____4______. Time is fair(公平的) to everyone of us. If we make the ______5_____use of it, or we will___6_____a lot. The lost time will not be found again. Today, time is becoming more and more valuable(宝贵的) to us. We often____7_____people say,“ Time is money,” “Time is life.” it warn(警告) us to waste any time. My friends, we must keep in mind: Time and tide wait for no man(岁月不等人). Now we are still___8______. It is the best time for us to learn___9_____. We must make good use of every_____10_______and be the master(主人)of time.
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61 It is well___1_____that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the____2____among the animals? Some ______3____think it should be Alex, an African gay parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can realiy___4_____with people! When he says“ come here”, he really wants____5______to come up to him. “Alex is as clever as a ____6___of 2 or 3 years old,”said Dr.Pepperbery. “ He does not just repeat the sounds he has been____7_____. He understands the ___8____!”Alex can tell about 50____9____things, name 7 colors and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the way how man does? Nobody can say. But the question is very____10_____.
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62 Postcards that have been sent through the mail have a postmark. The post___1______prints a round postmark on all cards and____2____. You will usually find it beside the stamp. It gives the city and state____3______the card is mailed. A long time_____4___, the postmark told the exact____5_______of day it was mailed. The postmark can be______6_____as the picture on the front of the card. It’s fun to see if you can find the_____7_____places on a map. Sometimes