Mozart was born on January 27 th, 1756 and died on December 5 th, 1791. When he was young,he often had l_________(1)with his elder sisters. His father took him to many different countries w___________(2)he played music for lots of people. But some people didn‘t b________(3)that a little boy could write such beautiful music. They asked him to stay in a room h_______(4)for a week. And somebody watched the room all the time. In that week, he finished a new p_________(5)of music. After that,people believed he could write beautiful music. Mozart died when he was still young. D ______(6)his short life,he studied,played and wrote music.Even w______(7)so hard, he couldn‘t support himself. Often he had to borrow money f______(8)his friends,but his music made him happy. For more than 200 years his music had made other people happy,too.
Passage77
The Best Way of School Education
School education is very important and useful. The students both learn knowledge and get education. Yet ,n________(1)one can learn everything from school. The s_______(2),such as Edison,Newton,Galileo and Einstein,didn‘t learn everything from school. They learnt a lot of knowledge o______(3)school or in practice by themselves. A teacher who k________(4)a lot can‘t teach his students everything. The t________(5)job is to show his students how to learn,how to read and how to think. A good teacher with r_________(6)experience in teaching can teach his students are able to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.
Ususlly it‘s very easy for the students to remember some knowledge ,b_______(8)it‘s very difficult to use it. If a teacher really shows the students the ability(能力)of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has l________(9)lots of knowledge by himself or herself. The s______(10)in learning shows he or she knows how to study.
Passage 78
The reviews for The Lord of the Rings are very differernt! In the newspaper they said that ita was excellent,and that the special e________(1) were terrific. They said it was exciting, and the hattles were very frightening(吓人的 ).H_______(2),on the radio they said it was very disappointing(令人失望的). They agreed that the special effects were fantastic,but they said the battles weren‘t frightening at a_________(3)because they were badly done. The radio reviewer said the film was too long,and it became boring.
But my friends went to see it,and they said it was an e_______(4)film,though it was long. They said the b______(5)was boring,but it got better later on. They said that they liked the battles,and they a________(6)that the special effects were fantastic.
Elijah Wood is a good actor,but the newspaper review didn‘t like him. It said that his scenes w______(7) interesting. It said that Ian McKellen was much better,and that his scenes were great. On the o________(8)hand,the radio reviewer said Elijah Wood was excellent,and that his scenes were the best in the film.my friends thought that all the a_________(9)were very good. It‘s very confusing(令人困惑的)，so there‘s only one thingto do . I‘m going to see the film,and t________(10)I‘ll know what it‘s really like.
Passage 79
DearDiana,
Last week,my friend Da Wei brought a new computer game and asked to play it on my father‘s computer. But my father has w_______(1)me not to use his computer for playing games bacause he uses it for his job. I can only use it for my h_________(2). He thinks that if I play games on it, it‘ll go w_________(3).
Well ,my dad was o__________(4),so we decided to try Da Wei‘s game. We copied it onto the computer and when we finished, we t_________(5)it off the computer. We made q_____(6)sure my father didn‘t notice angthing.
But when my dad used the computer l____________(7)night,he was really angry. The computer wasn‘t working because it had a v_____(8)! But I didn‘t tell him about the computer game.
Now I feel t___________(9). It‘s going to be expensive to m________(10)it. Should I tell him about the computer game? Should I offer to pay? Yours, Steve
Passage 80
One day,Mrs.Wilson visited her sister. When her sister o________(1)the door,Mrs,Wilson saw tears in her eyes. ―what‘s the m_____(2)?‖she asked. Mrs. Smith said, ― My cat Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury h_________(3).‖
She began to cry again. Mrs. Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs. Wilson said, ―I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him s_______(4).‖ Mrs. Smith stopped c________(5)and the two sisters had tea together and enjoyed a nice visit.
It was now five o‘clock and Mrs. Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs. Smith put the d______(6)Sammy into a shoppong bag.Mrs. Wilson took the shopping bag and w_______(7)to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus,so she bought a n________(8). When the bus arrived,she got on the bus,sat down and put the shopping bag on the f_______(9)beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper.
When the bus arrived at her bus shop,she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she l______(10)the shopping bag on the bus.
Passage81
There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn‘t know exactly how much he had,so he took on a little girl to count all his m_____(1)for him.
It t_______(2)the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two m____(3)dollars,he was wild with joy and asked, ―How much pay do you want?‖He thought that b_______(4)she was only a child,he could cheat her into taking a very small amount of money.
The girl said, ―Well,I worked for six days,so I think you s_______(5)pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that,just give me the day before,multiplied by itself.‖
The millionaire thought that in this way he would only have to give her a few dollars. What a f_______(6)little girl! So immediately,he had his lawyer sign up the contract,fearing that she would change her m_______(7).
On the first day the millionaire p_________(8)her two pennies, and on the second day,two pennies times two pennies,or four pennies.
Each day after that,he g______(9)her the number of pennies he had given her the day before,multiplied by itself.And by the s_______(10)day,the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.
Passage 82
We have been in Austualia for three days. We‘re having a g_____(1) time here. Australia is the sixth l________(2)country in the world. There is so much to see that it is impossible f_______(3)me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. We‘re seen many big trees and beautiful flowers around the house. We have found so many s_________(4)on the farm. And there are also some s________(5)animals in Australia,such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely .
During the past three days, we‘re v________(6)many places of interest around Sydney. I‘d like to s__________(7)more time here,but we will fly to a_______(8)city,Cairns,to see coral beds(珊瑚礁)tomorrow.
Passage83
How Americans Value(重视)Time
Americans think a lot about time.F_______(1)childhood they learn to value time. As c________(2),they are tauhgt to be on time to go to school,to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time,they say that time f__________(3). When a person is d_________(4),they say he is living on borrowed time.
Time is m_________(5). Time is knowledge. Time is e___(6)in America. A working American has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his s_______(7)time,he also works hard for money .E________(8)Saturday and Sunday are filled with other things. In the street you can h________(9)see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact,they are r____________(10).
When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry all the time,they will probably say, ―Time is money.‖
Passage 84
Small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends.If you travel to other countries,do you know what to say to s_______(1)small talk with local opeople?
In Britain ,the best topic is the w________(2).You can start small talk simply by s_______(3) ― It‘s a lovely day today,isn‘t it?‖
In A______(4),people like to talk about sports,such as American football. They a_________(5)talk about clothes. Weather is a safe topic there,too.
O _________(6)course,there are also a lot of topics to avoid d_________(7)small talk in Western countries.
Age,e_________(8)for women,is usually a secret. Never ask: ―How much money do you make?‖ It m______(9)people uncomfortable.
Politics or religion is not a good topic for s_________(10).
Passage85
Joe Bradley is an American journalist,tall,handsome. One night,he m_______(1)a beautiful girl in the street of Rome. She is neatly dressed, but seems to be drunk. Joe takes h_______(2)to his home. The next day,the morning p________(3)establishes her identity: She is Princess Anne, a princess of an European country p_________(4)a visit to Rome. Joe is aware that this is a great opportunity. He takes Princess Anne around Rome. The h________(5)experience lasts for the whole day. Princess Anne p________(6)to leave. She must go back to the palace and carry o________(7)her duties. Those boring and routine political things oppose her character. Knowing the necessary departure,Princess Anne is very sad,for her heart is also d________(8)touched by Joe.
Passage86
The House of 1000 Mirrors(镜子)
There was a wonderful(奇妙的)house in a small place. In the house there were 1000 m______(1). One day, a dag called Tommy went to visit the place. When he arrived,he went into the house h________(2). He lifted(竖起) his ears high and wagged(摇摆) his tails as fast as he could . He s_________(3)a big smile and looked around. To his surprise,he found many f_______(4)dogs. They all smiled at him. It really made him warm. As he left,he t________(5), ―It‘s a good place. I will come back to visit it again.‖
A few days later,another dog called Kitty visited the house,t________(6). He went into the house slowly and lowed(底下)his h_______(7). When he looked at the mirrors,he s_______(8)1000 unfriendly dogs. He was angry and began to bark(狗叫)at t________(9).At the same time,the 1000 dogs were barking at him.When he left,he thought, ―It‘s a terrible place. I‘ll never come back.‖
All the f_______(10)in the world are mirrors. What would you do when you meet other people?
Passage87
The watermelon(西瓜)is grown in over 90 countries in the world. This h________(1)fruit has been enjoyed by people for thousands of years. As we see,it‘s usually r_______(2)in shape. But do you know there are square watermelons? Sounds interesting,d_______(3)it?
Farmers in a southern Japanese town have thought of a w________(4)to grow square watermelons. They do so because there is less space in fridges.
A round watermelon can take up a lot of r________(5)in a fridge,and the round fruit usually can‘t sit well o_______(6)fridge shelves. So the smart Japanese farmers began to grow square watermeolns. They t________(7)to make watermelon ―fridge friendly‖.
But these square watermelons are very e________(8). Round watermelons in Japan are from $15 to $25 each,while each square watermelon c________(9)$82. Being quite expensive,these watermelons would certainly not be bought by most people. That‘s for sure. Maybe we can give them as g_______(10).
Passage88
People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of h_______(1),who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first u_________(2)electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only b________(3)someone said
he was a genius. ―There is no such thing as genius,‖Edison said. He t________(4)what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as w_______(5)as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wordered about the s________(6)of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison e________(7)thinking. He knew that most people would do almost angthing instead of the difficult work of thinking,especially if they do not think very o _________(8). But he knew,too,that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old,someone asked him what idea he had about life. ―Work,‖ he answered, ―Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men h_______(9).‖ He said he had e_________(10)inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
Passage89
One day a little mouse was thirsty. He went out and looked around for w________(1). He c_______(2)up onto a table and saw a jor on it. This mouth of the jar was small. The little mouse looked i_______(3)the jar. ―Ah, there is a little milk in it. That‘s great.‖ So he squeezed(挤) into it. He d__________(4)and drank. After he had his fill, he discovered that his stomach had become too big to come out of the jar. Then he shouted, ―Hurry up and help me, my friend.‖ J ________(5)then a cat was coming up to the table. When she heard this ,the cat jumped onto the table and caught h________(6)of the jar. ―Aha, are you going to run away? It‘s not so easy. You will be my nice lunch.‖ The little mouse was very c________(7). He thought for a monment and said, ― Sister at,you mustn‘t roll(滚动)the jar.‖ ―W___________(8)?‖asked the cat. ―I will be dizzy(头晕)，”said just wanted to do. So she began to roll the jar hard. Suddenly the jar came down onto the ground and broke into p________(10). The little mouse ran away into the hole.
Passage90
Mr.Smith‘s umbrella was stolen when he left it at the gate of the City Church. As his aunt gave him the umbrella as a b_______(1)present, he wanted very much to get it back. So he decided to advertise (登广告)in the n_______(2). He hoped he would get it back in this way. Three days p______(3)but no one returned it.
When his friend learned this,he asked Mr.Smith to advertise again l________(4)this. Ifthe man who was s_________(5) to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday morning does not wish to get into trouble,he must return the umbrella to No. 108,Broad Street.
This came o_______(6)in the newspaper ,and on the next morning Mr. Smith was very much s____(7)when he opened the front door. By the doorway were twelve umbrellas of all colors, and a___________(8)them was his umbrella. Many of the umbrellas had n__________(9)with them asying that he took umbrella by mistake and a____________(10)the owner not to say anything about the matter.
Passage 91
Do you know the Cinderella story? It comes t_______(1)for Cynde Wang. But she has no pumpkin coach or crystal shoes. Her story shows hard w__________(2)!