trained to do a number of simple jobs ____1_____.of people. They say that at a circus , for example, we may see elephants , monkeys ,dogs ,bears ,or other animals doing_____2_______skillfull things .perhaps you have seen them on tv or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that trainers ___3_____the animals some sugar_____4____a piece of fruit as reward. The scientists say that many _______5______ animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward ____6____doing that.Of course, as we know , dogs can be trained to guard a house ,and soldiers in both old and modern______7____have_____8_____geese to give warning by___9_____a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or______10_____.
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With the ____1________ of the material prosperity, advertisement have become more and more ____2_____in our daily life. Advertisements give the ________3______information about products. If there were no advertising, consumers could not____4______about goods in there nearby shops. Advertisements help sell at a bigger market. Therefore, as more goods are sold, they are cheaper. Advertisement also provides ________5____for newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations, etc. but there are also some opinions _____6____advertising. Some people think that advertisements do not give much information but only try to ____7_____you to buy. They create a demand for goods that are not ______8_____needed. Besides, advertising adds to the price of goods. Actually, every coin______9____two sides. Advertising is with out exception. But in today’s world, advertising is not only necessary, but also_______10_____.
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Western country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Western country music is a mixture of music from all of these __________1_____. In the American west, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle______2_____nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was______3____and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he ____4______strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the_____5______and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to ________6___. They did not run away if he sang beautiful music. The cowboys also sang music they ________7________to town. Sometimes they played either guitars or harmonicas(口琴)。Later, they used violins and other instruments(乐器)。In the American south, many people came from Ireland, Scotland; other people came from France, Canada. They___8______their own kind of music. They also added(添加) instruments from their homes. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music. Western country music describes(描述)life. It ___9___________about love, jobs and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas. Also, many western country music fans wear western____10_____and dance together to western country music.
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I can’t remember when I _____1_____in love with music. Maybe it happened when I was feeling
blue sometime long ago. I can’t tell you exactly how music_____2_____me feel better. But when I listen to music, especially light music, it makes me feel calm and peaceful. Now I am listening to a song _____3_____moon river. It really is a fantastic song. It inspired(激励)me to write this article. I didn’t like this song at the ______4______, but_____5___found its slow melody(旋律)and ______6_______lyrics（曲调）deeply touching(感人的).“Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker. Wherever you’re going I’m going your way. Two drifters(流浪者) off to see the world. There’s such a lot of world to see.” Yes.____7______there is a long way to go for drifter and maybe there are many troubles ahead, he seems_____8____ of nothing. I like music. Music reminds me that human beings have a lot in common_____9________if come from different countries or backgrounds, because we all have the same feeling or ________10_______of melodies and words.
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23 While traveling in Russia. Ed Jackson ran short of (缺少) money. So he wrote ______(1) his brother, asking for $ 500. \电报) to the bank (银行) here.\wrote. After a week Ed began ________ (3) the bank. He ________(4) his passport (护照)to the bank clerk (职员). \
This went ________(5) for three weeks, and Mr Jackson got very ___ (6), he phoned his brother, asking __________(7) the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks________(8). That evening Ed Jackson was arrested (被捕) for failing to _________(9) his hotel bill (帐单). He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was ________(10) to the police station for fifteen.
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he programs Sun Xiaomei hosts(主持)might be among the shortest on CCTV. “on Screen_____1_____week”is once a week for 15 minutes. And “TV You, He and I” comes for 5 minutes each time too.“___2______these programs are short, I have many___3_______to make them lively for the audience,” she said. Sun was___4_______in music in her childhood(童年). She played the violin since the age of 5until she finished middle school. At first her father wanted her to ______5______a music school, however,16-year-old Sun Xiaomei became a _____6______in Beijing Broadcasting College(北京广播学院). Sun loves her job as a hostess(女主持人)very much. She plays______7________attention to(注意) learning from her comrades, especially Zhao Zhongxiang. When Zhao hosted” The Animal World”, Sun would _______8_____beside him to learn.” I am sure when I am seen by hundreds of _____9_____of audiences on the weekend, I can make friends with them________10____my warm and easy talk,” she said.
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Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we do know and ______1_______each other? ____2______at four o’clock, what time should you ___3__your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will ___4______on time. If they are American, they’ll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are British, they’ll be 15 minutes late. The British seemed to think that since the English______5____was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very _____6____they were completely wrong. For
___7______, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss matters with a drink during the meal. But the Japanese_____8_____ not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know____9_____other, and they don’t drink at lunch. The German like to talkbusiness___10_____dinner. They French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.
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A young man was going to spend his holiday in a mountain village. That night he ___1______ at a small hotel near the railway station._______2_______going to bed, he went to the owner of the hotel and said, “Excuse me, sir. Will you please_____3______me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning?”“I’ ll take five o’clock___4_____.”“Oh,sorry,”the owner said ____5_____a hurry.“ I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up _____6____early.” The man was about to return to his____7_____when he stopped and asked,” Have you got an alarm clock?____8____it can help me.” yes, here you are , young man.” The young man thanked the owner happily. But when he looked at the alarm clock closely, it seemed there was something___9____with it.” will it ring____10___time?”he asked.“ sure! You just give it a good shake(摇晃)at a quarter to five. And it will ring.”
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No man can change the weather. Nobody can control(控制)the weather. But if we study carefully the signs around us, we can tell the important_____1_____in weather. This way of______2____what the weather will be like on the_____3_____day or two is called weather forecasting. For many centuries and in all countries people have_______4___the weather and tried to make weather forecasting. Sometimes the objects far away such as hills and tall trees seem to be very_____5_____and near. This is a sign of much water vapor(蒸汽)in the air, and so______6_____may come. Rings(光环)round the sun are the sign of the _____7_____rain. Many people fell pain in their bones(骨头). This is a sign of the coming of wet weather. Some birds fly____8_____if fine weather is coming. They fly near the ____9_____if rain and storm is on the _____10______. If you see a rainbow(彩虹)rainy weather, this sign shows that the weather will become clear and fine. If a fog comes out in the morning just about sunrise, then the day will be warm.
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In the long summer holiday, Jack and Peter spent a lot of time in the forest. They built a house with the wood from a dead ____1______. They cooked and ate their_____2_____in the house. When it rained, they stayed_____3______. One day , Jack said,” Shall we bring some bed clothes from home and ____4____here tonight?” So they brought the bed clothes, made beds and____5____to bed in the forest. It was all______6____for a time. Then it grew dark. The____7_____of night birds and animals were loud and near. The two boys were ____8____. At eleven o’clock____9_____got up and went____10______to their families.
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The Hope Project is a national charity(慈善组织)that_____1_____young dropouts in _____2______areas go back to school. The Hope Project was ___3_______in 1990 by the China
Youth Development Fund. It has____4______over 1.78 billion yuan in donations(捐助) ____5____2.29 million children back to school over the past ten years. Many people inside our country and____6______have given their______7________to help poor children go back to school._____8_______you like to help poor children? If you would,____9________action(行动) right now. you cab give your old books or your____10____money to them.
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(此题配图)The picture_____1_______a school girl and a _____2_____woman. The girl is wearing a pair of_____3_____and carrying a large and _______4______schoolbag. The woman is doing some_____5____. The girl is saying to the woman, “if you ____6______schoolbag for me, I’m sure you’ll lose some weight(重量)”now we students are overburdened(过重负担)with lessons and_____7____. Every day we have to listen to the teachers, take notes and do our homework. We hope our teacher will help us get more knowledge with______8_____lectures(讲课)and _______9______homework. We want to do more physical exercise and take part in some social activities to make us stronger and____10______.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:, thank you for coming to this concert. I hope you have_____1_____the music. We had this concert to_____2_____money for children in Africa die because they have illness or don’t have enough_____3_____to eat. There are two____4____. First, the children, parents have no jobs, so they have no money to buy medicine or food. Second, the governments in many African countries do not have the money to ____5______care of poor people. Most African countries are____6____. The land is not good for______7_____food and the weather isn’t good for farming, either. The organization” The Feed African Fund”_____8_____a lot of money every year on food for poor people in African. The money comes from generous(慷慨的)people, for they do not want to see children_____9_______from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to feed family of four for three days. How____10______do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend less on your own food so that you have a few dollars for” The Feed African Fund ”. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now taking a collection. Please be generous. Thank you.
1_________ 2_____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5_____________ 6_________ 7_____________ 8_____________ 9____________ 10_____________ Dear Ann,
Thank you for your letter, I’m fine.
I just come back from Canada. Canada is a very______1____country. There are many____2______there. I like Banff National Park best. There are trees, flowers, lakes, animals, and mountains in that park. These make the park very beautiful. I went to Banff National Park with my____3______. It was a fine day. We rode horses in the park. It was great! I liked_____4___horses. Then we went ____5__in one of the lakes. The water was____6_____. There were some fish in the lake. It was good to sit in the boat and____7____the beautiful scenery(风景). After that, we went to the mountains. In the mountains, there were many animals. We walked and watched the animals. I thought they were___8_______. I loved them very much. Finally, I ate some food, I t was____9____! And I ________ some souvenirs for my friends. How about you? Is everything ok? Looking forward to your letter.
Best wishes to you!
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There was an old pear tree in a man’s garden. In the past, the tree fruited every year, so the man would get many pears. But now, the tree got old. There were no______1____pears for the man. So the ungrateful(忘恩负义的)man____2_____to cut the tree down. When he walked toward the tree with an axe(斧子)in his hand, the tree said to him,“ please don’t cut me down. I have borne(结)so many pears for you in the past years. Now I will die soon. I only have a short time to ______3____. Please don’t kill a ____4______tree that has done so much for you.” I’m sorry, I have to do so,” the man said,“ because I need wood to make a chair.” then he began to wave(挥动)his axe. At that moment, a bird in the old tree shouted at him,“ Don’t cut it down! Every time you go out and your wife feels_____5__, she will come out to the garden and sit under the tree to enjoy its cool shade(树阴)，and I sing songs to make her_____6____. We give pleasure to your wife when you are _____7______from home.” The man didn’t listen to the bird and drove it away. Just when he was about to cut the tree, some trees flew out of it and said,” listen, if you agree not to kill this tree, we will give you delicious honey(蜂蜜) every day. Would you please___8______the tree with us?” the man got moved(感动). He said,“ You are so kind to the tree,______9____it has become old. Now I see that I shouldn’t cut it down. It has done so much for me and my wife. Let the tree stay here, and let the bird continue its songs here. ”With the words, the man left, and the old tree lived there to its___10_____day.
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Do you_____1____robots? There are a _______of robots in the world now. some of the robots can walk, sing and dance. Some can talk____3__people. Most of them can do heavy work. In a few_______4_____years, a robot will be able to____5_____a car, a train, a ship or a _______6_____. In a hospital, a restaurant or a shop,we___7_______see a robot at work. By then, we need____8____do the cooking or go shopping ourselves. We just give orders(命令)to a robot and it will do____9______the housework. A robot will be our good______10__.
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For several years, Americans have enjoyed tele-shopping----watching TV and buying things by phone. Now tele-shopping is becoming___1______in Europe. In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and_______2____for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and many other things. Tele-shopping is becoming popular in Sweden. For___3______, the biggest Swedish company sells_____4_____kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made$100 million. In France there are two tele-shopping channels, and the_____5___spend about $20 million a year buying things___6______ those channels. In Germany, until last year, tele-shopping was only____7_____on one channel for an hour every day. Now the government_______8____tele-business. And many companies, including(包括)the largest American tele-shopping company and a 24-hour tele-shopping will help them___10_____more things.
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