Modern life is impossible _1__ traveling. The fastest way of traveling is ___2__ plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it __3_ a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is _4__ than by plane, but it has its advantages(优点). You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have pleasant seats and dining cars. They ___5__ even the longest journey pleasant.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not _6_fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to _7__ a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles ___8__ day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish---where there is __9___ interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is _10_ traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business.
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Once my father and I went to see a circus(马戏团). A family was standing in front of us waiting _1_ tickets.
The family had 8 children. Their clothes were not expensive _2__ they were clean. They were _3_ about the clowns(小丑)and elephants excitedly.
“I want __4_ tickets, 8 for children and 2 for adults.” Said the father to the ticket lady.
The ticket lady told him the _5_. When he heard that, the man couldn’t believe his ears. He asked _6_, “How much?”
The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have _7_money.
My dad took a ＄20 bill and _8_ it on the ground. Then he _9_ up the bill, and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the _10_. “Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.
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Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”
When I was 14, I was __1__ nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often __2_ at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later something happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest(演讲赛).My mother asked me to __3_ part in it. What a _4_ idea!
It meant I had to speak in __5_ of all the teachers and students of my school! “Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are __6__ to win”. Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the Topic “Believe in Yourself’. I tried my __7__ to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. _8_ my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could _9_ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first prize. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those students who once looked down on(瞧不起)me now all said “Congratulations!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried __10_.
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell myself to be be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
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6._____________7.______________ 8.______________ 9._____________ 10.__________ One day a farmer and his son decided to sell their horse at the village market, seven miles away __1__ their home. When they left the farm, a neighbor called to them: “__2__ are you both walking when you have a horse?” When they heard this, the son rode and the farmer __3__ by the side. When they went on for two miles, two women came up and one of them said: “Look at that boy. He’s __4__ than his father, but the old man has to walk.” Then the father asked his son to get off and he climbed _5_ the horse quickly. They were nearly halfway there when two men came up and asked: “Why does that poor boy have to walk? Isn’t your horse strong enough to carry you both?” So the boy climbed onto the horse too, and they both rode on. They rode on _6_ a mile when some children shouted: “Look at that poor horse. It __7__ to carry two big men. Why don’t you let your horse for a change?” And that was exactly what they did in the __8__. So they tied(栓) the horse to a pole(杆), and they carried the pole over their shoulder(肩). Then they carried it all the way to the __9__. The people at the market had never seen like that before. They laughed about the farmer and his son who tried to please __10_.
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6.___________ 7._____________ 8.______________9._____________10.______________ Many years ago two friends _1_ to a very small town. Their names were John and Tom. It was dark when they came to a little inn（旅馆）. They asked for a room __2__ two beds. The master of the inn showed them a room and gave them a candle _3_ there was no lamp（灯） in the room. When they came to the room, John dropped the candle. It was very dark.
They found the door of the room and went in. They took their clothes _4_ and went to bed. The bed was very big and they went into the same bed by _5_. Tom from one side, and John from the _6_. After some time John said, “You know, Tom, there is a man in my bed. Here are his feet near my neck.” “Yes, John, there is a man in my bed, too. But my man is bigger because his feet are near my face. _7_ shall we do?” “Let’s push them off our beds.”
They began to pushed _8_ other. After some time, two heavy bodies _9_to the floor.
“My man pushed me down to the floor. How about you?” asked John.
“John,” cried Tom, “My man is stronger than I. He pushed me down to the floor, _10_. I think we must go and tell the master of the inn about it,” answered Tom.
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The world is divided into(划分为)two important parts. One half of the world is rich and the__1__ half is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people _2_ get enough to eat. In the rich part, a lot of people eat too much. In the poor part, children are hungry and in the rich part a lot of people are fatter and fatter and have to go on diets(节食)or _3_ some exercise to lose weight. For _4_, a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poor countries.
The poor coun6tries have some different _5_. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow _6_. The land can be made better, _7_ a lot of things must be done first. The people must be taught and water must be found.
But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always pleasant places _8_ live in. Sometimes the air is too dirty to breathe(呼吸)and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to take water from. The roads and streets are _9_of people and buses. Cars usually move slowly. Noise is terrible. A lot of people do not have houses to live in. Some things will have to be done about the 2
problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned, __10__ more houses will have to be built. But these can’t be done easily.
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One day Mrs. Black went to buy a fish ______1______ her daughter. She didn’t know how to cook it. So she asked the shopkeeper to write down the way of _2_ it on a note. She put the note in her daughter’s pocket(口袋) and then they left the shop _3_ with the fish.
_4_ their way home, a black cat saw them and __5_ them. Suddenly the cat jumped at her, took the fish __6_ from her quickly and ran off at once. Mrs. Black ran after the cat, but she couldn’t run _7_ than it. At last she stopped, not knowing __8_ to do. But suddenly she remembered something. She laughed and shouted at the cat, “You don’t know _9_ to cook it. The note is _10_ in my daughter’s pocket!”
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6. ___________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________ 9. ______________ 10. ________ Traffic rules are made to keep order on the road. They also help to keep _1_.
The pedestrian(行人) has as many rules to _2_ as the driver of a car. You should walk at the sidewalk or at the side of the road. Always look carefully before you walk _3_ the street.
If you like _4_ a bike, don’t ride in the middle of the road or run across red traffic_5_. When you ride a bike with a friend, don’t look around to talk.
If you drive, you should _6_ down at the traffic lights. You must always tie（系） a seat belt(安全带). Without belts both the driver and the passengers may be _7__ hurt in a sudden accident. Someone may be thrown(扔) out _8_ the window.
You may not need to drive a bus, but be careful __9__ you have to travel in one. Get on or get _10_ a bus only when it has come to a stop. When it is full, don’t try to get inside or you may fall off.
Traffic rules are also called Road Safety Rules. The maxim(格言) for all road users is “thinking about others”.
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One day a woman got into her car and started driving home ___1___ work. Suddenly, she saw a yellow car behind her. The driver was a man. When she turned left, the yellow car turned left. When she turned right, the yellow car turned right, ___2___. When she stopped at the __3___ lights, the yellow car stopped behind her.
The woman was afraid, so she __4__ quickly to the police station. She was very __5___ when she found the car stopped behind her. At that time, a young man was standing outside the police station. The woman was very happy to __6__ him. She knew that he was a policeman because he was ___7__ a police uniform（制服）. She jumped out of her car and ran __8__ the policeman. She asked him to arrest（逮捕） the man in the yellow car, so the policeman walked to the man.
The man __9__ try to run away when he saw the policeman. He just smiled and said to the woman, “I want to give this purse ___10___ to you, madam. I think you dropped it on the street.”
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Some people have problems falling asleep; others have trouble ___1___ up in the morning. The following suggestions may help.
▼Don’t spend longer than thirty minutes trying to fall asleep. If you can’t get to sleep after half an hour, get up and do ___2___ quiet, like reading. Only go back to bed when you feel tired. 3
▼Drink a glass of warm milk fifteen minutes __3__ you go to bed— it helps you to relax. But don’t drink coffee __4__ tea: they have chemicals which will make it __5__ for you to sleep.
▼Have a warm bath— it’s a great way to relax. But _6_ stay there too long. More than twenty minutes and you will lose all your energy. And the bathroom isn’t the best place to fall asleep. ▼Listen to some music. However, if you have to get up and turn off the recorder when the music finishes, it won’t work.
▼Set all the clocks in the house ten minutes __7__ before you go to bed( and try to forget that you did this when you wake up the ___8__ morning.)
▼Get a friend to phone you in the morning. And hope that your friend is better at waking up than you are… and is able to have an interesting talk __9_ you on the phone to help you wake up. ▼Go to bed __10___ than usual. It may not be easy at first, but they say that an hour of sleep before midnight has the same effect（效果） as two hours after midnight.
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When I was lost in London, it had one of the thickest fog in years. You could hardly see your hand in __1__ of your face. Cars and buses ran very slowly with their __2__ on, and their horns（喇叭） made a terrible noise. When evening fell, it got even worse. All traffic came to a stop. Because I had an important meeting on the other ___3__ of the town, I decided to ___4___.
Minutes later I was lost. Then I heard a young woman’s voice coming out ___5__ the fog. “I think you are lost. Can I help you?” I couldn’t see her clearly, but I was very glad to find another person __6_ in the fog. I told her where I wanted to go and she said she knew very well _7_ to get there.
As I followed __8_ through the dark streets, I wondered how she found her __9___ without difficulty. “I know this part quite well. With the fog or __10____ the fog, it makes no difference to me. You see, I’m blind(瞎的),” she answered
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