from home,and Jame couldn‘t walk.
Passage 61
Al Smith was governor(州长)of New York State. He was a famous man. He was b_______(1)very poor on the East Side of New York City. He had l______(2)education. He worked very hard and won great s_______(3).
One day, as governor, he was v_______(4)the state prison at Sing Sing. Sing Sing is one of the l______(5)prison in the United States. The head of the prison asked Mr. Smith to say something to the prisoners. Mr . Smith had n_______(6)spoken to this king of audience before. He did not know h______(7)to begin.
Finally,he said, ―My fellow citizens…‖Then he remembered that when a man goes to prison he is no l_______(8)a citizen. He began again. ―My fellow prisoners…‖ That did not sound r_______(9),so he said, ―Well,a________(10),I‘m glad to se so many of you here today.‖
Passage62
To be punctual (守时)means to do what you should do on time. A punctual person is never l_____(1)for his appointments , which is especially important in the current fast-developing s_________(2). To workers, t _______(3)is money. To students,time is knowledge. Therefore punctuality is o_______(4)great importance for every one of us.
A punctual person always cherishes his o______(5) time and seldom complains. However ,an unpunctual man is always w_______(6)his time and complaining that he finds no time to answer letters,return calls or keep appointments on time. He never does what he has to do at the p______(7)time. Surely everyone wants to be a punctual person but it is actually not easy. To do this one should learn to keep every appointment promptly and d________(8)with every piece of work as quickly as one can.
L_________(9)try to be punctual and keep this in mind:a man who is know to be habitually unpuntual is never tursted by his f_______(10)or colleagues.
Passage 63
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The f___(1)way of traveling is by air. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a h_______(2)years ago.
Many people like to travel by c______(3). You can make your own t_________(4). You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just a _________(5)you like. You can s_______(6)wherever you wish---where there is something i________(7)to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good m________(8),or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for p______(9)trips,while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on b_____(10).
Passage 64
Some think that wealth means everything. In their e______(1),they can accomplish(完成)anything with enough money. They will take big risks to m______(2)money only with the result that they get neither wealth nor health.
Actually,health is m________(3)important than wealth. Health is the foundation(基础)of
one‘s success. If you become s________(4),it is nearly impossible for you to pursue your career successfully. Also ,a person suffering from illness can never e_______(5)his wealth.
Keep h_______(6)first if you want to become wealthy,Maybe weath can i_______(7)health. H ______(8),health is more valuable because it is the sour ce of energy. Therefore ,you should keep healthy by e_______(9)every day,following proper diet,forming good living h_______(10)and trying to avoid any minor diseases.
Passage 65
When a muscle in the body works,it produces lactic(乳汁的)acid,and it is this acid that makes the muscle tired.
Fatigur(疲劳)is not just a chemical p_______(1),it is also a biological process.We can‘t just ―remove‖fatigue; we must allow the cells of the body to r________(2).Damages must be repaired,never cells of the brain must be ―recharged‖,and the joints of the body must replace used-up lubricants(润滑剂)S_______(3)will always be enengy after fatigue.
However,a person who has been w______(4)hard at his desk for hours may not want to lie down at all when he is tired. He‘d r_______(5)take a walk! Or when children come home from school they want to run out to play…n_____(6)to lie to rest.
The r________(7)is that if only a certain part of the body is tired the best way to make that part feel fresh again is to make other parts of the body active! We can actually rest by means of activity. Of course, if you are totally exhausted,the b_____(8)thing to do is to go to sleep!
Passage 66
One day when he was crossing the road,Tony was hit by a car. He fell down and b_______(1)his arm.
An ambulance(救护车)soon arrived and took Tony to a h________(2). A doctor operated on his arm and put the arm in a plaster cast(石膏模型). Tony could not move it a_______(3)all.
―You must keep your arm in a cast for six w_______(4),‖the doctor said. ―That would give the broken arm a chance to heal.‖
At the end of the six weeks Tony went b________(5)to the hospital. The doctor cut the cast with a large saw(锯)and took the arm out of the cast. ―Can you m______(6)your arm, Tony?‖he asked.
Tony tried to move his arm. At first it was d________(7),but soon he was able to move it a little.
―Yes,it‘s fine,‖he said. ―Thank you very much,doctor.‖
―In a few days it will be as good as u_________(8),‖the doctor said. ―just exercise it a little.‖ ―Will I be able to play the piano?‖Tony asked.
The doctor smiled. ―Of course,you w________(9),‖he said. ―You‘ll have no problem.‖ ―That is good n______(10).‖Tony said. ―I couldn‘t play it at all before.‖
Passage 67
Early rising is helpful in more than one way. We all need f_____(1)air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do morning e_______(2).
S __________(3),early rising can give a plan to our work for the day. We cannot work without a good plan.
Third , early rising gives us enough time to get r______(4)for our work,such as to w______(5)our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.
Late risers may find it very d_______(6)to form the habit of early rising. They have to try their best to do s______(7). As the English proverb says, ―Early to bed and early to r________(8)makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.‖
Passage 68
Xian gave birth to her f_____(1)child last year and because the only ―mama judoka(柔道手)‖in China. Her baby daughter was c________(2)for by Xian‘s hushand in Guangdong while she trained for the Olympics but she received daily video updates.
Xian Dongmei is f______(3)Guangdong,and when she is 33,she returned to the tatami after giving birth to her first child last year. Just ten months after giving birth,she w________(4)a gold medal at the Super World Cup in Paris and World Cup in Budapest, Hungary , in 2008.
The w________(5)52 kg Judo final(总决赛)on day two of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was held at the University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium o________(6)August 10,2008 , in Beijing,China. Chinese Xian Dongmei defeated(打败)An Kum-ae of the DPRK to win the gold medal in the event.
―T________(7)to my husband, I can put my heat to get ready for the Games in Beijing,‖Xian said,hoping the second Olympic gold medal could be a present for her 18-month-old c________(8).
Passage 69
In England,you can often hear ―lady first‖. And also gentlemen in England are f_______(1)in the world. Englishmen always consider(考虑)ladies first in most places. When a man and a lady to into a room t_______(2),the man opens the door for the lady.When there are two ladies and a man, the man should walk b_______(3)the ladies.
At a banquet(宴会), when a lady comes into the room,all the gentlemen in the room s_________(4)up to show their respect(尊敬).H_______(5),the ladies needn‘t stand up. They ususlly i_________(6)men to ladies unless(除非)the men are so old. The men always help the ladies pull out(拖出)c________(7)and help them sit when the banquet starts.
Now l ________(8)in English are more important than before. They can make money and get good jobs. So some men think that maybe ―ladies first‖should be changed in the future.
Passage 70
A Great Baby!
A few days ago ,a baby in England s_______(1)her mother by using a mobile phone. The baby named Amelia was only 11 months old. How could she save her mother at s________(2)a young age ?
O _________(3)that day, the twenty-year-old mother called Elizabeth became unconscious(晕倒)a t home. At that moment,the mobile phone r_______(4).Amelia,the 11-month-old baby picked it up and a__________(5)it. The phone was from Elizabeth‘s mother,Linda Wright.Linda heard ―Who‘s t_________(6)?‖and ―mama‖on the other end of the
line. She knows that her daughter has a h___________(7)os fainting and she also knows her danghter doesn‘t let the baby play with the phone .So she called 999.
Elizabeth was in hospital when she w________(8)up. The doctor said that she was all right after the examination. Elizabeth was s______(9)to find herself in hospital. When she knew that Amelia had saved her, she said she was luchy to have her baby. ―She is clever,‖Elizabeth said. ―I am p_______(10)of her.‖
Passage71
Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year‘s Day,when he was 15 , his father a______(1)him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was unhappy with his father‘s idea. ―That isn‘t my job. I have too m_______(2)school work to do.‖ ―Hearing this,‖his father said, ―I promise(许诺)to give you the best present i_________(3)you can finish one year‘s work.‖Tom thouht for a while and a________(4). Starting one Saturday,the boy got up early and worked h________(5)until evening,just like any other farmers. Time p_____(6)quickly. Tom‘s crops(庄稼)grew well.O______(7)the last day of the year,the father called his son to him. ―I‘m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,‖said the father, ―Now ,tell me w______(8)you want.‖
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of b______(9)made from his wheat(小麦). ―I‘v already got the best present. No pains,no gains. I think this is what you wanted m_______(10)to know.‖ His father was quite pleased to hear that.
Passage 72
Christmas in Poland
People like to spend Christmas with the closest relatives, and the most important activity of Christmas is Christmas Eve S_____(1). The w_______(2)family just gather(聚集)around the table,and there are twelve traditional dishes on the t_____(3),and you should taste them all, because if you don‘t try a________(4)of them you may face some misfortune(晦气)in the following year. Well ,before everybody sits down to eat the supper,we just break wafers(波脆饼)with each other,w________(5)each other good luck. When the supper is o______(6)the children go to the living room,the big Christmas tree s_______(7)there. And they find supper Christmas presents under the Christmas tree. A ______(8)the supper, the whole family just sit around the table,singing Christmas carole(颂歌)，and waiting for midnight,then they go to church.
Passage 73
My Hero-Dr Norman Bethune
Norman Bethune is one of China‘s most famous heroes,but he wasn‘t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to h______(1)the Chinese people.
Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1961,and he went to the front to look after i________(2)soldiers in the first World War. He saw many soldiers die in the w_______(3). Later he invented new treatments to help s_________(4),and medical tools to use outside hospitals.
In 1938 he came to China to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan‘an. There were f________(5)doctors,so he had to work very hard. He o_______(6)hospitals to give
treatment to local people and soldiers,and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.
Dr Bethune worked very hard w_________(7)stopping to rest. Once,he performed operations for 69 hours without stopping,and saved 112 people. He contined working in sptie of cutting his hand during an o__________(8). In the end, he died because he did not stop to take care of his hand.
Dr Bethune‘s work with the Chinese soldiers made him a h_________(9)in China. There are books and films about him,and he is still remembered in b________(10)Canada and China.
Passage 74
Westlife
Westlife had their f_______(1)perform in the Hawk Swell Theater when Shane, Mark and Kian were a________(2) 12 years old. When they were in the college,they set up Westside with a__________(3)two young men, Bryan and Nicky. More and more people began to love their m__________(4). In 1999,they found there was another Westside in the USA. So they decided to call their band a_________(5)Westlife. Years later, Westlife became more and more p________(6).
On April 9th,1999,Weslife released(发行)their first song,Swear It Again. It was on the top in the UK Single song Billboard (排行榜).Soon,their s_____(7)song If I Let You Go and third song Flying without Wings got the first chair of it again. At the same time,Flying without Wings was the most popular song during the 10,000,000people survey. On November 4 th,2002, Unbreakable w______(8)the championship(冠军)of the Uk Single Song Billboard. That was their eleventh one. Maybe the 2005 year is the most i_____(9)year for Westlife. Bryan left the band. The others were sad but they didn‘t stop their singing. You Raise Me UP made all the audience excited again. In June,2008,their b________(10)Westlife: Our Story became the fifth popular book of Sunday Time Billboard. Maybe their stories just start from now on.
Passage 75
Almost everyone knows the meanings of Mr.Mrs. and Miss. Mr. is used before the names of m_______(1). Mrs. Is for married women and Miss is for u________(2)women. But w________(3)is Ms.?
For some time,businessmen in the United States have used Ms. before a woman name when they do not know whether the woman is married o_______(4)not. Today ,however,many women like Ms.better than Mrs.or Miss.
The word ―M______(5)‖does not tell us whether or not a man is married. So they want to b_________(6)equal to (和….平等)men in this way. These women feel that it is important for people to know whether they are married or not.
There are some problems with Ms., h______(7). Not all the women like it. Some like the older ways of d______(8)things. Some find it difficult to read. Ms.s_______(9)like(miz). Young women like it better than older women do. It is difficult to know whether Ms. will be used by more American women in the future. What do you think o____(10)it?
Passage76
The Great Musician—Mozart