Cyndi,23 years old, has a new CD ―Cyndi with you ―. It mixes styles. The song ―Woosa Woosa‖, for example,has an African jungle(丛林)flavor.
Cyndi‘s life has not b_________(3)easy. G ________(4)up in a single—parent family,Cyndi lived with her mum and younger b________(5)in a small house. Once ,the three had to eat from one meal-box.
Cyndi and her mum often borrowed clothes each other.T________(6)sizes are alike.
Young Cyndi worked to support the family w________(7)she was very young. ―But I didn‘t find it hard. It made me strong and independent,‖ says Cyndi, ―I always rely on m_________(8).‖
Passage 92
Long ago, here lived the daughter of a farmer named Emily. She had been in love with a young man, James, w_________(1) her father didn‘t approve of (喜欢). So, Emily‘s father sent her to live w_________(2) her uncle.
But things went ill for James, he d_________(3) just days after Emily‘s leaving. Emily lived with her uncle , but she was not happy.
O_________(4) day, James came to take her away. He told her that her father wished to see her. So Emily rode with him. Quickly they a_________(5) at her father‘s farm. ―Father, you called f_________(6) me?‖ she asked. ―No.‖
―But James told me l_________(7) this.‖
Her father was horrified. ―But James is dead.‖
Emily looked b_________(8) to search for James, but nothing .Her father quickly called James‘ p_________(9) to open his grave. They found h__________(10) just as they had left him, except that Emily‘s handkerchief was wrapped around his forehead.
Passage 93
Some Little Heroes during the Big Earthquake in Sichuan
Look at the photo of a boy. Do you know w_______(1)he is? Many Chinese people know him very well now. His name is LinHao. He is only nine years old now. his name is Lin Hao. He is only nine years old now,but he can s_________(2)his two partners(伙伴)during the earthquake in Sichuan on May 12,2008. He carried his two partners with his weak back at that d_______(3)time. And they didn‘t get any news about his parents then. His fourteen-year-old sister took them away and walked sevec hours diffcultly. At last,they got to picture of the reporter‘s camera. We are all moved by his b_____(4)behavior. And he was named ― Ten little Heroes during the Earthquake‖by CCTV.
At the same time,a_________(5)nine children were named ―Ten Little Heroes during the Earthquake‖ by CCTV. Lei Chunian,a 15-year-old child,is a middle school student. He did not run o_______(6)when the earthquake happened,instead he ran into the classroom and found his seven classmates sitting at the c_______(7)of the classroom. He took them away at once;on the half way, he found there were only six. At that very dangerous time,he ran back to the classroom. He found a girl crying there frightened. He asked her to run away quickly. But she was too a________(8)to move. So he carried her and ran out of the classroom. A few s_______(9)later,the building fell down and they were all safe.
Let‘s remember all these little heroes f_________(10).
Passage 94
Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It‘s the capital city of Austria and c_________(1)of European classical music.From1750 a lot of composers and m________(2)came to study and work in Vienna. The m_______(3)famous family of musicians was the Strauss family.
T ________(4)were two composers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder,w_______(5)and played music for a classical dance-a waltz. His waltzes made him famous all over Europe.
The son,Johann Strauss the younger,was even more s_______(6)and popular than his father. He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue Danube. He wrote it in 1867 Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important c_______(7).
Mozart was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six he played not only the piano,but a_______(8)the violin and the organ. His family t______(9)him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote his first opera a_______(10)the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra. But he died in 1791 when he was only 35. Some people say he was the greatest European composer.
Passage95
Yoga(瑜伽 )is a kind of sport. It is very p________(1)around the world now. Everyone,young and old can do yoga. It‘s good for b_________(2)men and women.
W ______(3)do people like yoga? The answer is that yoga makes you feel better. Practicing,breathing exercises and thinking make you healthier in body, m_______(4)and spirit. For many people,that‘s enough of an answer,but there‘s more if you are interested.
Yoga b_____(5) in India about 5000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, healthy and live a long life,so this kind of e_________(6)was born. The early yoga was part of a religion. It was usually taught one to one –one teacher w_______(7)one student. Yoga is a Sankrit(梵语)word that means ―to join or yoke(连接)together‖. There are three parts of yoga a_______(8):exercise,breathing,and meditations(沉思，冥想). In idea behind the exercise was to join the mind, body and spirit as one. Yoga can give you peace, help you feel l_______(10)stress,and have fewer worries and illnesses.
Passage96
Attitude Is Everything
Michael is a bright man. He is always in a good mood and always has something helpful to say. If an employee was having a bad day,Michael would tell him how to look on the right side of the s________(1). It really made me s_______(2),so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, ―I can‘t believe that you are optimistic all the time. How do you do it?‖
Michael replied,‖Each morning I wake u______(3)and say to myself, ―mike,you have two choices today.you can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‖ I choose to be in a good mood.Each time something bad happeds, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it . Every time someone comes to me complaining , I can choose to a_______(4)their complaining or I can point out the right side of life.‖ ―Yes,that‘s right,but it isn‘t so easy,‖I protested (抗议)。
―Yes, it is,‖ Michael said. ―Life is all about choices, e_________(5) situation is a choice. You should choose how you face the situations. You choose how paople will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is : It‘s your choice how you live life. I was ever involved (卷入) in a s_________(6) accident, falling off 60 feet from a tower. When the doctors and nurses gave up t__________(7) me, I told them, ‘I‘m choosing to live. Operate on me as if an alive, not dead.’‖ I reflected(反省) on what Michael said.
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his a___________(8) attitude. I learned from him that we should have a choice to live fully every day, attitude is everything.
Passage 97
The General’s Twwth
Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American a__________(1) during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of h___________(2) in their homes.
Soon after the war the genetal r___________(3) to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six t__________(4) pulled out. A week later the general h___________(5) that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops (珍品店) at $5 each. On e___________(6) of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: ―Buy these teeth and show them your friends at home.‖ The general got angry. He rushed to his office and o___________(7) six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.
The officers went o__________(8) and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the e_________(9) they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had c_________(10) 175 teeth.
Passage 98
There is an old saying, ―A woman‘s place is in the h__________(1).‖ That isn‘t ture any more in the United States. In 1970 only thirty-six percent of women worked o_________(2) home, but in 1989 more than sixty-five percent of women d_________(3). The number increases every year. Why are so many women working outside home? F__________(4) single women, it‘s necessary. And because the cost of living has increased so q__________(5) that many housewives have had to start w__________(6), too. Finally , as more and more women get more and more e__________(7) , they are no longer happy to stay at home.
What kinds of jobs do women c__________(8)? Most women work at t_________(9) women‘s jobs as secretaries, librarians and teachers. But they are also taking traditional m___________(10) jobs, too. They are becoming scientists, businesswomen, and pilots.
Passage 99
How the Rainhow(彩虹) Came About(形成)
Mother Nature had many children. Each child had a g________(1). Her daughter, Rain filled the land with water and helped e_________(2) in the world grow and live. Rain wanted the gift from her brother, Sun, who can make c___________(3). She loved colors and decided to have a try.
One day Rain rained red. Everything t_________(4) red. She tried yellow, and everything
turned yellow. She tried blue. Do you know what happened n_________(5)? Everything turned blue. Her dream of b__________(6) a beautiful color can‘t realize(实现)。 Rain bagan to cry. ―W_________(7) the matter?‖ asked Sun.
“I love all the colors, but I can‘t be one without messing(弄乱) everything up.‖
―But when you rain on the earth, the trees, the land, and everything e__________(8) sparkles(闪光). That‘s just as beautiful as the colors,‖ said Sun. ―Well, whenever you f_________(9) raining, I‘ll come out and leave a band of all your favorite colors around.‖
From this day, s__________(10) after Rain has finished raining, you can see that band of colors. And that is how the Rainbow came about.
Passage 100
An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle
Tom saw an advertisement(广告) in a newspaper for a beautiful modern bicycle which c_________(1) $ 50, so he went to the shop which had put the advertisement in and asked to see one of their wonderful b__________(2).
The shopkeeper was very happy to show one to Tom, who examined it c__________(3) and then turned to the shopkeeper, saying, ―There isn‘t a lamp(灯) on this bicycle, but there was one on the bicycle in y__________(4) advertisement.‖
―Yes, sir,‖ a___________(5) the shopkeeper, ―but the lamp isn‘t included in the p_________(6) of the bicycle. It‘s an extra.‖
―N__________(7) included in the price of bicycle?‖ Tom said angrily, ―But that‘s not honest. If the lamp‘s in the advertisement, it s__________(8) have been included in the price you gave there.‖
―Well, sir,‖ answered the shopkeeper calmly, ―There is a_________(9) a girl on the bicycle in our advertisement, but we don‘t supply(提供) one of t__________(10) with the bicycle either.‖
Passage 101
The Same Coat
When Mr. Jones went to a rastaurant one day, he left his coat near the door. There was n__________(1) in the pockets of the coat when he lefe it, so he was very surprised when he took his coat after his meal and found the pockets f__________(2) of jewellery!
There was a waiter near the door, so Mr. Jones said to him, ―Somebody has made a m________(3). He has put some jewellery in my coat. Take it, and when he comes back, give it to him.‖ The waiter took it and w_________(4) away. Suddenly a_________(5) man came in with a coat just like Mr. Jones‘. ―I am sorry ,‖ said this man. ―I made a mistake. I took your coat and you have got m_________(6). Please give me my coat and jewellery.‖ Mr. Jones answered, ―I gave the jewllery to the water. He will give it to you.‖
Mr. Jones called the m___________(7) of the restaurant, but the manager said, ―We have no w_________(8) here. We only have waitresses.‖
―You gave the jewellery to a thief!‖ s________(9) the ather man. ―I shall call the police!‖ Mr. Jones was frightened and p_________(10) the man a lot of money for the jewellery.
Passage 102
14-Year-Old Leads Escappe from Burning Plane
Last Wednesday, in Goma, Congo, when a plane tried to take off, it smashed(猛冲) through a fence, and into a busy market a_________(1) just outside of the airport. Moments later, the plane was on fire, and people in the plane had no way to l__________(2) it.
L_________(3),April Mosier was in the plane. As soon sa the fire began to spread(传播)，April ran to the front of the plane,where she found a crack(裂缝)too small to go through. ―Let‘s open this crack;otherwise we‘re going to d_________(4),‖ she told a man standing next to her. Together ,they worked to break open the crack to go through-a hard job for a 96-pound girl,but with the men‘s help, the 14-year-old tried to open a big hole(洞)from the plane,saving the l________(5)of many people.
April‘s parents ran out throuh the hole she made,not knowing what she did-or even w_____(6)their daughter was still alive. ―The plane landed on top of the market, the people you are seeing are smashed or b_________(7),‖ said her father. ―I didn‘t want to leave without my daughter,but we needed to go .‖
But half an hour later,they were in the hospital, where they were happy to find April, and she is very well.
―when we saw each other,she just cried out,‖said Barry,‖My daughter t________(8)we were dead…we couldn‘t believe that the four of us from one family were walking away alive.‖
Passage 103
It‘s pretty cool being the eldest of eight kids. As the eldest,you can get them to do things. When you argue with them,you always win. My younger brothers and sisters look up to me. They f______(1)my example. Sometimes ,however, I look up to them more than they look up to me. I have learned a lot from them,e_______(2)from my sister Claire.
Claire is 11 years old and the t__________(3)oldest. She was once a good dancer. But now, she can‘t walk w_________(4)a walker(供病残者用的助步车). She is skinny,doesn‘t eat much and is in a lot of p________(5). Claire has had tumors(肿瘤，癌)for the past two years. She has had 12 operations and two years of chemotherapy(化学疗法). I can hardly imagine h______(6)defficult it must be for her. But Claire has always been b_______(7)and calm during operations. Claire‘s attitude inspires(鼓 舞)me. It reminds me that my own difficulties are really small. When ,for example,I feel I have too much schoolwork,I remember Claire and what she is going through. She also r________(8)me of my need to think about and help other people. Only a few days before a serious back o________(9),I saw Claire trying to cheer up her hospital roommate . I‘ll never forget that.
Claire is a quiet girl,but her short life speaks loudly. We all fall on hard times. Claire is someone who is going through hard times. She inspires others as w________(10). And that‘s why I look up to her.
Passage 104
The tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. The big cat w______(1)about 363 kilograms and is about two metres long.
Tigers wait u_____(2)it is dark,then they go out to find their food. When a tiger sees an animal, it moves very quietly,then jumps on the a__________(3)to kill it. Sometimes it can take several days for a tiger to finish e________(4)its kill. The tiger eats until it‘s h________(5)enough,then