people buy postcards, but_____8____mail them. They_____9_____want to have a memory of a place that they have____10______to.
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63 John was sent for a doctor because his mother was_____1_____. He called the doctor to make____2______they would meet at five. He ____3_____at the doctor’s at twenty to five. He thought,“ it’s a little___4______. I’ll wait for a moment. It’s good to keep the time.” Then he____5_____his car in front of the doctor’s. he looked around and saw a noisy square not_____6____from here. He went___7______and sat down on the chair to____8____the last light of afternoon sun and make him quiet. He saw some children_____9___quiet. He saw some woman talking to each other happily. Suddenly he heard a girl__10_____. He came up to her and asked some___11_____. Then he knew she got lost. John tried to find out her address and___12____her home. The girl’s parents were very___13___. Then John hurried to the doctor’s. The doctor said____14____when he saw him.“ you’re late. Why did you help me____15___for twenty minutes?”
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64 “Dream may be more important than sleep, We all need to dream,” some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our___1______time. People have several dreams____2_____night. Dreams are______3____short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over_____4___. That maybe because the dreamer is____5_____about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an ___6____. Some people get new ideas about their work from____7_____. They may have been____8_____about their work all day. These thoughts can be carried over into dreams. Sometimes we ____9______ up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream. Dream can____10___quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
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65 If you do not use your arms and legs for some time, they will become weak. When you start____1____them again, they slowly become____2_____again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his____3____in practice by using it. When someone says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough____4____ to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(错误). But if he tells us that he has a ___5_____memory, many of us think his parents may be blamed(责备), and____6_____of us know that it is his own fault. Have you ever___7____that some people can not read or write but usually they have__8_____memories? This is because they can’t read or write and they have to remember things. They can not write them in a small note book. They have to_____9____days, names, songs, and stories___10______their memory is always being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, practice remembering things in a way as
other people do.
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66 At different times in a man’s life, his food has different effects(影响) on his body. Among children_____1____is quickly changed to the power to run and____2____games. Most of a young man’s food is spent on ____3___tall; we grow upwards only during the____4____twenty years of our lives, not later. Working men get their strong_____5____from their food; and if they work_____6___, they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and sit a lot, and may begin to grow_____7___when still quite young. Many older people try to work much and____8___after supper. Perhaps the most difficult time is when a man ___9____sixty years of age. His body and_____10___become restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to fat.
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67 Autumn is a colorful____1_____. Before the_____2___fall down from the trees they turn beautiful colors. It is fun to rake(耙子)_____3___leaves. Autumn is also a time to____4_____. The farm stands(货摊) have delicious fruits and vegetables. They are very healthy to___5_____. Some people freeze food for the____6_____. Animal are very busy in autumn. Birds fly___7_____in order to find food. Some animal collect food to store for the long winter. Other animals____8____during the winter,Autumn is an exciting time to be in school. Some luckier__9____can take part in “Online Autumn”. They will write____10____, poems, and do art work that will be put on a beautiful website.
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68 Catherine and Martin met in England before they came to Australia. At that time, Martin was a
minister(牧师)in a church, and it was three village____1_____from Catherine’s. one evening, they happened to have dinner___2_______in a restaurant. They______3___their talk and laughed a lot. The young man soon won Catherine’s____4_____, so she asked him whether he would marry her in church. The minister was very surprised and said that her____5____came quite unexpected. Catherine realized that he had not understood her____6____. So she laughed and said,” What I ____7_____is, when I get married in church, will you be the minister who marries me and my husband?” they both laughed, and they had a nice evening. However, their talk that evening put an idea into Martin’s head. He realized that he had____8____fallen in love with Catherine and he wanted to marry her. So a few days later, he visited her and asked her to marry him. Catherine felt proud and pleased, and_____9___it . soon after they were married, they____10__to Australia.
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69 Fred William worked in a factory____1_____a lot of other men. They talked and laughed a lot,
and at lunch time they sat____2____and read newspapers and laughed about the pictures in ____3__. Then Fred ____4____. His wife, Betty, Betty, was very nice, but she liked newspapers___5____than Fred. Every day a boy___6_____Fred’s newspaper to the house,
and Fred took his to the factory and a ____7___Betty’s in the ball. Once or twice he read____8___, but he did not like it, and sometimes in the evening he said to Betty,” Why do you read that paper? I ___9_____it.”But last Monday Fred said to his wife,” There was something very___10___in that newspaper yesterday.” Betty was happy. “Oh!” she said,” That’s good, Fred. What was that?” Fred laughed and said,” My friend Bill’s lunch. He bought it to work in the newspaper.”
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70 It is December 31st in New York City. Hundreds of people are__1______ at Tomes Square. They
stand close together,______2___in the cold darkness for midnight. That is the time when the cold year dies and the New Year is___3______. The people count the seconds until the New Year____4___. “Ten……nine…… eight…”A huge glass New Year Ball falls____5___the darkness. Someone says the ball looks like thousands of burning stars. Someone____6___says it looks like a huge, bright piece of snow. When the ball___7____the ground, the New Year has____8___. People shout” Happy New Year.” They throw tiny pieces of colorful paper into the____9_____. They also____10_____and sing a traditional New Year Song of friendship. 1_________ 2___________3_____________ 4__________ 5_________
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71 Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test___1____given in the
United States. People of different_______2_____, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts and___3_____they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well ____4____bodies worked when they had had different kinds of breakfast. The results show that if a person____5_____a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk_____6____going to school, he will learn more quickly____7____listen more carefully in class. The results__8_____show that having no breakfast will not____9____you lose weight. This is because people become so_____10_____at noon that they eat too much for lunch. So they will gain weight instead of losing weight.
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72 Age, to most British and American people, is one of the things considered not____1___to ask a
stranger or a person that one does not know well.____2___age, other things such as one’s income, marriage, and politics are_____3___ not fit to ask or talk about. There are still other____4___for you to understand the westerners and to_____5_____on well with them. If you want to____6____one’s bedroom, you have to ask for permission at first, and you must not open the desk or the closet in that___7____. On the top of the desk, there may___8______letters,business papers or other things. You must not____9____up one of these and read it. It is the____10____as in an office. If it is somebody else’s office, always ask,” May I come in?” and wait for the answer before entering the office.
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73 Two Americans were traveling in Span. One morning they came into a little____1___for lunch.
They did not know Spanish, and their waiter did not know English___2____, they wanted him
to understand that they wanted some____3___and Sandwiches. At ____4____they pronounced the word“milk”many___5_____. Then they spelt it. But the waiter still could not understand. At___6____one of them took a piece of paper and began to ____7___a cow. When he was____8___his work, the waiter looked at it and run out. “Do you see,” said one of the travelers.” What a pencil can do for a man who had difficulties in a ____9___country!”The waiter was back again some time later. But he __10_____no milk. He put down in front of the two men tickets for a bull-fight.
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74 A British historian, Gavin Menzies, thinks that China discovered the New World 70
years____1___the West. He thinks that Chinese sailors mapped the world in the early 1400s. but later in the 15th century, they___2_____exploring(探险). “An important Chinese map reached___3____,”says Menzies. “An Italian, Nicole da Conti, traveled to china. He brought back a map, drawn in 1428, for the King of Portugal. The King kept it secret. Thee map itself is now lost, but people copied parts of it. ”The map showed parts of America and Australia. Western explorers____4___Christopher Columbus used it to help themselves. “Somebody must have drawn these maps before the Europeans got there. Who was it?” asks Menzies. His ____5____is “Admiral(舰队首领) Zheng He. He __6_____seven voyages(航海)of exploration from 1403 to 1433. his ships were four times____7____than Columbus’ Santa Maria. We know he explored Indonesia, south Asia, and Africa.” Menzies says the sixth voyage of Zheng He in 1421-1423 went further. It reached Central America, the Caribbean, and Australia. It could possibly have gone____8__the world. Menzies is writing a book about his ideas. But it is ____10__we will never know the truth!
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75 In England nobody under the age of 18____1_____to drink in a bar. Everyone_____2___it well.
It was jack’s___3___birthday yesterday. Mr. Smith, Jack’s father,___4____him to his usual bar for the___5___time. They__6____for half an hour, and then Mr. Smith said to his son, “Now, Jack,_____7___to me, you must always be___8____not to drink too much.” But how can I know I have had____9____?”“Well, I will tell you. Do you see those two lights at the corner of the bar? when you see four there, you’ve had enough and should___10_____home. ”“But, dad.” said Jack，“I can only see one light there.”
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76 We have been in Australia for three days. We’re having a____1_____time here. Australia is the
sixth largest country in the world. There is so____2____to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big ____3____and beautiful flowers around the houses and they____4____really beautiful. There are also some special___5____in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas, they are really lovely. During the past three days we’ve visited many___6____of interest around Sydney. I’d like to spend more time here, but we will____7___to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds(珊瑚礁)tomorrow. It is said that words cannot____8_____the beauty of the colorful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. No we are _____9____picking our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave.
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77 George was a quiet, serious young man. He had been studying___1____for one year and when
he passed his exam, his friend went to give him his___2____.“You’ve___3____gone a dance, George. ”he said, “it’s boring always studying and never____4____youeself. Come out with me this evening.” “Maybe you are right, Jim. ”said George. So they went to a dance and had a ___5____time, George was so happy that he drank more than he had before and Jim become____6__about him, so he said,” Now we’ll walk home in the cool___7____.” On their way home, they came to a bridge, and George looked down at the river___8_____.the stars were reflected(反射)in the water. “What are those__9____?”George asked.“They’re__10_____,George,”Jim answered. “The stars?” George said, “well, then how did we get up here?”
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78 A reporter is interviewing an international photojournalist(摄影记者)， Sam. His photos have
been published in newspapers and magazines all over the world. R: Can you tell us____1___about yourself, Sam?
S: Sure. Both my parents are Americans, but I was born in Sydney, Australia. My
parents____2____from America to Australia just before I was born, My parents and I spent a lot of time traveling in Australia_____3_____our holidays. R: How did you first become____4_____in taking pictures?
S: I was given a ___5______for my 10th birthday, and I took it along with me to the park. When I
____6_____my photos to my family, they said that I would be a great photographer in the ____7_____.
R: So you went to a photography school?
S: Yes, there I was chosen as one of the best student to ___8_______part in a national photo
competition, and I got the 1st prize.
R: What photo have you been dreaming about taking some day?
S: I’d like to take a photo from the___9____ of Mt. Qomolangma! I am not ready for that right
now, but I won’t stop____10___ I make it. It’s my dream! R: So I wish you success! Thank you!
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79 Mr.Robinson____1____a lot of money on the football pools(赌注), but he did not know what
the best thing to do with it would be, so he went to a friend who___2______a lot about money matters. This friend said to him, “Go and____3_____some modern paintings(油画) their value goes up every year.” Mr. Robinson went to a good art shop and looked at some modern painting. He did not understand them at____4____, and thought that they were terrible and also very_____5___. At last he saw a small picture which did not have a ____6__on it. It was square(方的)and white, and it had a black spot(点) in the____7____and a narrow brass frame(铜框)。 Mr. Robinson liked it better than____8__of the others in the shop.“How____9____is this one?” he said to the shopkeeper. “That, sir,” answered