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12 The men came to London for holidays. They came to a very large hotel and ___1_____in a room on the forty-fifth floor. One day they__2______ to a theatre and came____3____to the hotel very late. “I’m sorry,” said the waiter of the hotel,“ but our lift doesn’t work tonight.” One of _____4______said to his two friends, “we have to _____5__up to our room. It’s very difficult. I think I know how to make it easier. On our way to the room, I shall tell you _____6____jokes, john will sing us some songs. Then you Peter will tell us some____7_______stories.” So they began to walk toward their room. Tom told them many jokes. John sang some songs. At last they came to the fortieth floor. They were tired and _____8___to have a rest. “well,” said Tom, “Peter, will you tell us a ____9______story with a sad end?” “ I shall tell you a sad story,” said Peter. “it’s short, but it is sad enough. We left key in the __10_____room just now. what shall we do?”
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13 Many people like to play_____1_______. Here is one. It make your classmates______2____. And it is ____3_____, too. For this trick you need a five-fen coin and a piece of paper. On the paper draw a ____4_____smaller than the coin. Then cut out the little circle you drew just now. now give the paper and coin to one of your friends. Ask him or her to ___5_______through the hole but do not get the paper _______6_______. Of course he or she can’t do it. Then ask your friend to give you back the paper and the coin, and tell him that you will show him _____7______to do the trick. Put your finger through the hole and push the coin_____8_____your finger. It will be ___9_______to you have pushed the coin____10___the hole in the paper! 1_________ 2_____________3_____________ 4____________ 5__________
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14 A bee went to a river to drink. As it was _____1_____, the bee was carried away by the running water. A kind bird saw that the bee was in danger.
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It picked a leaf off the tree and threw it into the ____2_____in front of the bee. The bee climbed onto the leaf, and it was _____3____safely to the land. The bee___4_____the bird a lot and then flew away. Not long_______5___that,a bird was sitting on the branch of the tree. It did not_____6___a man was shooting(射击) at it. But bee saw_____7___the man was doing. So it flew __8_____ the man’s eye and stung(刺)him. The pain(疼痛) in the man’s eye was so ____9_____that he was not able to shoot the bird, and the bird flew away. In this_________, the bee, whose life had been saved by the bird, was able to save life of the bird.
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15 Once a ____1______German writer visited Japan, he was ______2_____to give a lecture ____3_____of students. Most of them couldn’t _______4___spoken German, so he had to have an interpreter(口译)。 _____5______his lecture he told an amusing story. The story went to _____6________ for quite a long time. At last he stopped to let the interpreter to translate the long story into Japanese. He was ____7______ when the man did this in few seconds. When the man ______8_____translating it, all students laughed______9_____. The writer wondered what a simple language Japanese was. After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him,“ now please tell me how you translated that long story of_____10____into such a short Japanese one? ”“ I didn’t tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile,“ the well_-known writer has just told a funny story, you will all laugh, please. ”
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16 A famous rich old man once gave a _____1______at an American university.” I’m going to tell you how to live a long, _____2______life and how to get very rich,” he said.“ you can’t ______3____or smoke. But you have to get up early every morning, work at____4______10 hours a day and
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save every______5___sa well,” he said. A young man____6______ stood up. “ my father did all those things and yet he ______7____a very poor man at the age of only 39. how do you _____8_____that? ”he asked. The rich old man thought for a ___9____. “It’s very simple. He didn’t do them for long____10______,”he answered.
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17 A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said,” I don’t think I know you, but you must be ___1____.please come in and have something to eat. ”
“we do not go into a house together,” they answered at the ____2______time.“____3_______is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained,“ his___4_____ is wealth, this is success, and I am love.” Then he added(补充) ,“now go in and discuss with your husband____5______one of us you want in your home.” Then the women went in and told her husband_______6___the old man said. her husband said,” let’s invite wealth, let him come and ________7________our home with wealth!” his wife agreed. Then the daughter said,” wouldn’t it be _8_______ to invite love? Our home will then be _____9___with love! ”“all right,” said the father. So the woman went out and asked, “which one of you is love ? please come in and be our guest.” love got up and started walking towards the house. The other two also got up and ____10______him. The woman was ____11_________and asked wealth and success,” I _____12_____invited love. Why are you coming in?” the three old men answered together,” if you had invited wealth_____13__success, the other two of us would have stay out. But_____14_____you invited love, where he goes, we go with him, wherever there is love,_______15________is also wealth and success!”
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18 Suppose you are going to Boston and you have_____1_____visited the city before. If someone tells you about the ___2_______places in this city, you
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____3________to get some idea of what you will see. But you don’t have a ________4_______idea of where these places are or of how to find them. However, if someone has a map of the city and ____5_______ you the main roads and buildings, you may say, “oh, now I ___6____i can find my way with no trouble at all. ” working in maths is somewhat like trying to find your way ____7_______a new city. Perhaps in problems the words may tell you some things and you have heard about them, but you can’t see any clear road____8___ the answers. Maybe you need to have a kind of map of the ____9____roads in maths to help you find your way. Explore what goes on in maths, and try your best to find the main roads. They will lead you to answers. If you can find the road map, the maths problems will be___10_______worked out.
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19 Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be 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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20 With the ____1________ of the material prosperity, advertisement have become more and more ____2_____in our daily life. Advertisements give the
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________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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21 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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