angry, it will look straight a _______(5) you . If an elephant spreads its ears, it m_______(6) ―watch out!‖ To s________(7)friendship,elephants will touch each other with their trunks(象鼻). Dolphins live in groups and like to show each other their feelings. An angry dolphin will sometimes slap(拍) i______(8)tail on the water. A happy dolphin will play with its friends, making small jumps into the a________(9).
N ______(10)only humans but also anilmals can use body language to communicate, but the ways they ―talk‖ to each other are different.
Passage 46
Parents and Children
Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the s__________(1) dreams?
A new play called Hi, Ke‘ai by Beijing Children‘s Art Theatre t________(2) the story of a boy called Ke‘ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or m______(3) or scientist one day. They teach him to paint and to play the piano,but Ke‘ai d________(4)enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke‘ai‘s parents see Liu Xiang win a gold medal at the Ahtens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.
―Why do they want me to be s________(5)else?‖ Ke‘ai asks and says, ― I only want to be myself.‖
The write of the paly is 52-year-old Zou Jing zhi , a w______(6)poet and writer for TV,opera and drama. He bought many videos of popilar cartoons to help write the story. He finished w_______(7)it in a month.
The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to u_________(8)their children. It helps parents to think a________(9)what kids want to do.
Young audiences enjoy the story, and also the music in the play.There are two songs in the play. O ____(10)of them, ―ke‘ai‘s Song‖ is very easy to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!
Passage 47
Debbie got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted to go skating in Green Park w______(1)some of her friends. She was very happy about it. As soon as she was ready, she got on her bike and l _____(2)for the park-it was on the other side of the town. S_______(3)as she was riding fast, she heard sirens(警笛). The s_______(4)of the sirens was getting closer and closer,so Debbie looked behind her to see what was happening. As a result(结果),she fell off her bike and l______(5) in the middle of the road. Luckily ,Debbie wasn‘t hurt,b________(6)a car hit her bike. After the car s________(7),two men got out and started running. Just t________(8), a police car stopped next to the same car and three policemen got out and started running after the two men. One of the polecemen shouted, ― Stop the thieves( 贼)!‖ Some time l_____(9) a policeman came to see Debbie. He thanked her because, in a way, she had helped them catch the t________(10).
Passage 48
One morning Mr.and Mrs. Brown got up very early. After breakfast, they went s________(1)in their car. They arrived at the shop a_______(2)eight o‘clock. In the shop they saw
a lot of c________(3). Mrs. Brown liked them. So she bought a shirt for their son, a skirt for their daughter, and a sweater for Mr. Brown. She bought a blouse for h ______(4), too.
They stayed in the shop for about f_______(5)hours. There were many people. Mr. Brown l______(6) at his watch(手表).Then he said, ―oh ,it‘s twelve o‘clock. It‘s time for us to go home.‖ So they went out of the shop and drpve a _______(8)the street. He couldn‘t find the way. Then he drove over to policewoman and asked, ―Excuse me, madam. W_______(9) am I ?‖
The policewoman looked at him and their car. ― You are in your c______(10) ,sir,‖she said.
Passage 49
Ms James: Welcome back,everyone! Now , because it‘s a new t______(1), I‘m going to give you some advice. Why don‘t you write it down? R ______(2)? All: Yes,Ms James.
Ms James:You should always speak English in class. And you should write down your mistakes in your notebooks. And why don‘t you write down the c________(3) spelling and grammar next to the mistakes? What e________(4)?
Lingling :It‘s a good idea to check your vocabulary notebook every day .
Ms James:That‘s a good i________(5). Thanks a lot,lingling. How about l____(6) to the radio or reading a newspaper in English? But try not to t_______(7)every word.
Lingling :I think everyone should have a pen friend and write e_______(8) messages to each other. I‘m going to meet my pen friend in Beijing this term. Ms James:Excellent!
Lingling :She plays in her school orchestra,and they‘re doing some concerts in China. Ms James:Is she E_______(9)? Lingling :Yes,she is.
Daming :Good! She can help me w________(10)my homework.
Passage 50
There is a little boy. His name is Tom. One day,his mother says to him , ―Go and post this l_______(1).‖Tom walks down the street.He doesn‘t a letter box ,but he s________(2) a baskert.It has a sign(标牌)o_______(3)it. He sees these words, ―PUT L________(4) IN THIS BASKET.‖ ―I can read,‖ says Tom.
Tom puts the letter in the basket. Then he runs home and t________(5)his mother about the basket.
―Oh,son,‖says his mother, ―you put the lerrer in a litter basker! A litter basket is a basket for s_______(6)like old paper,not for a letter.‖
―Oh,is that s________(7)?‖asks Tom. ―Yes,it is,‖says his mothr, ―The word is LITTER,n_________(8)LETTER. Now go and get the letter quickly and post it.‖
Passage51
I think everyone likes eating ice cream very much. Did you ever think about w_____(1) it came from? Who made the f________(2) ice cream?
No o_________(3) knows the exact(确切的)time when it began. Some people said it began thousands o _________(4)years ago. Modern (现代的)ice cream first appears in Italy in the 1500s. But at that time, only r_______(5) people could eat ice cream. It was so delicious t______(6) it
became famous all over the world. George Washington, Dolly Madison and Thomas Jefferson a_______(7)enjoyed ice cream very much. Then many kinds of ice cream w_____(8)made. The first ice cream b________(9)opened in Baltimore in 1851. Then more and more people began to eat ice cream.
Today ,ice cream is one of the common things we eat every day. In summer,it can really bring us cool f________(10)and fun.
Passage 52
Do you know how to grow pumpkins(南瓜)？Farmers plant the s_______(1)of pumpkins in a greenhouse in spring. The ground is dark and wet in the greenhouse. Then farmers w_______(2)for three weeks. The seeds grow i______(3) little plants. The plants have rootsb____(4)the ground. They have l______(5)above the ground. Farmers take the plants to the field and plant t_________(6)in the ground on little hills. They w___________(7)the pumpkin plants. The plants grow bigger and bigger. The leaves are heart-shaped(心形的). Yellow bell-shaped (铃铛形状的)flowers begin to grow on the plants. The flowers grow into little pumpkins. The pumpkin plants need water and s________(8).Pumpkins grow very q_______(9). In a_______(10)the pumpkins become big enough for farmers to pick and sell at the market.
Passage 53
Daming: Hi, Tony. What are you u____(1)to?
Tony: Hi Daming, I‘ve just made this m_________(2)of the space station. What do you think? Daming: It‘s great. Is this for your space travel homework? I haven‘t started it y________(3).
Tony: Don‘t panic! Ms James wants it next week. Have you heard the l_________(4)news? Some scientists have s_________(5)a spacecraft to Mars. It has taken several months to get there. Daming: Has it arrived yet?
Tony: Yes, it has. That‘s why it‘s on the news.
Daming: And have the astronauts discovered l________(6) on Mars? Tony: No,not yet. There aren‘t any astronarts in the spacecraft. Daming: But astronsuts have already b__________(7)to the moon.
Tony: Yes, but no one has been recently. But lots of astromauts have worked on the space station. They take the space shuttle,and go there and back.
Daming: You know a lot about space travel. Can I s________(8) your space station to my parents? Tony: But I hear they‘ve gone to Shanghai on b________(9).
Daming: Oh,they‘re coming back this evening. I‘d like to show it to them. Tony: All right, you can borrow it . But bring it b______(10)tomorrow.
Passage 54
Hello,ladies and gentlemen. I am your guide today. First , I‘d like to t_______(1)you something about London before we arrive. A_____(2)you know,London is the capital of England. It lies o_________(3)the River Thames.
It‘s a very big c_________(4)with a population of about 7 millon. The people are usually f_______(5)and helpful, especially the policemen. They are always glad to tell v________(6)about the city.
London is a busy place. People w________(7)in offices, banks or for companies. They are in a h__________(8)all the time.
London is also a very beautiful city. It has a lot of parks and gardens. When you are in london, you should visit the london Museum. It can tell you a lot of interesting stories. You may also visit many other p________(9) of interest,such as Big Ben, River Thames and so on. W ________(10)you a good time!
Passage 55
People have looked at the moon and written poems about it for thousands of years, but nobody expected to go there until 1961 when Yuri Gagarin made the first manned s_______(1) flight.
Then the Americans d________(2)to send a man to the moon. Apollo 11 t_______(3)off on 16 July,1969. The moon is 238,900 miles from Earth and the j_________(4)took four days. On 21 July,Neil Armstrong because the first man to walk on the moon. The astronaut in the pictures of the first moon landing isn‘t Neil Armstrong. The p____(5)show the second man to walk on the moon,Buzz Aldrin. That‘s because Armstrong took the photos!
There were six manned missions to the moon b____(6)1969and 1972,and 12 people have walked on the moon. No astronauts have b_______(7)to the moon since1972. We‘ve learnt a lot about the moon because o_______(8)these missions. For example, we know that there‘s no life there. N _____(9) has ever lived on the moon, but some scientists think that people will live on the moon one day. Life on the moon won‘t be e________(10). It will be a difficult and dangerous place to live.
Passage 56
Dear Diary,
I‘ve j_____(1)finished reading a great book at school. I haven‘t r________(2)anything as good as that for a long time! It is a book about the solar system. It is so good that l‘ve already asked the l_______(3)to keep the next book for me ! In the book, it says that astronatus have b_______(4) to Mars and even to Jupiter. I‘ve never read that before! I think they‘re k_______(5)it secret!
I h______(6)met anyone famous in my life but I hope one day I‘ll meet a real astronaut. I‘ve written to NASA to ask them for m_______(7) information about astronauts and space. I hope they write back. They haven‘t y________(8) but I‘m sure they will soon. Bust wishes, Mary
Passage 57
The Kiwi(几维鸟)lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird b________(1)it cannot fly. The Kiwi is the same size a_______(2)a chicken. It has no wings or tails. It doesn‘t have any feathers like other b________(3). It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and e__________(4)foot has four toes. A Kiwi likes to have a lot of trees around it. It s_______(5)during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the o________(6)bird in the world that can smell things. The Kiwi‘s eggs are very big. There are only a few Kiwis in New Zealand now. People n_______(7)see them. The government says people can‘t k_________(8)Kiwis. New Zealanders want their Kiwis to live. There is a picture
of a Kiwi o_________(9)New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes c______(10)Kiwis.
Passage 58
A Man Who Enjoyed Climbing Mountains
Mr. Read enjoyed climbing mountains. One year he went to Switaerland for his holidays. After he c______(1)some easy mountains,he decided to climb a more difficult one one day,but he didn‘t want to go up it a_______(2),so he found a good Swiss guide(向导). At first it was not a difficult climb,but then they came to a place which was not so easy. The guide turned r________(3)and warned(警告)Mr.Read. ―Be careful here,‖ he said, ―This is a d_______(4)place. You can easily fall,and if you d________(5),you will fall straight down a very long way,‖ But he went o_________(6), ―if you do fall here,don‘t forget to look to the right while you are going down. There is q_______(7)a beautiful view(风景)there-much more beautiful than the o_______(8)you can see from here.‖
Passage 59
On April Fool’s Day
On April 1st,people can play jokes on others. If one succeeds(成功)in j_______(1)with somebody,one laughs and says, ―April Fool!‖and then the person who has been joked with usually l_________(2),too. Here is a s________(3)that happened on that day.
A country bus was going on a countryside road. The road was so small and not so straight that the driver had great t_______(4)in driving along. When the bus s________(5)down and stopped,he looked very worried and said to the passengers with an unhappy look on his face, ―This poor bus is getting older and it isn‘t going as w______(6)as it did. If we want to get home earlier,you must all get off and p_______(7) the bus.‖
The p_______(8)all got off the bus and pushed the bus hard. And the bus started up a_________(9)a great speed. The passengers began to smile with joy. But their smile turned to surprise after hearing the d_______(10)words ― April Fool!‖
Passage 60
Lost in the Mountains
Jamie stood looking at the map. He turned it around. He looked up f_______(1)the map. He looked back along the path. He put his finger on the map,and looked up a________(3). ―It‘s no use!‖ he shouted. He t_______(4)the map away,and sat down on the ground. I asked him what was the matter.
Jamie said, ― We‘re l__________(5).We must have taken a wrong turning.‖ He didn‘t know where we were. ―I‘m sorry. I‘m sorry,‖he said again and again.
I told him not to worry. ―We‘ll follow the river,‖ I said. ―The river f________(6)into the sea,so it will take us back to the coast.‖ This seemed like a good plan. We set o______(7)down the hill. The river was a long way below us. It was getting d_____(8),and it was starting to rain. Jamie started to run. ―Come on!‖ he called. ―In an hour,it will be dark and we won‘t be able to see where we‘re going.‖ ―Stop!‖ I shouted. ―Don‘t run. It‘s dangerous!‖
As soon as I saw him fall, I knew he was b_____(9)hurt. When I reached him, he said that his leg and foot hurt. He wasn‘t able to s_________(10)up. Now,we were lost, we were a long way