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A shopkeeper once found that a bag money 56._______
had been stolen from his shop. He went to the judge(法官) and tell him about his loss(损失). The judge ordered all people of the shop to come before him. He took a number of the sticks of equal length(长度) or gave one stick to each person. Then he said, “Come after me again tomorrow. I’ll then know which of you are the thief because the stick given to a thief will be one inch longer than the other.” 2
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63._______ 64._______
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58
Miss Evans taught physics in school in London.Last month 56._____
she was explaining to one of her class about sound ,and 57._____
she decide to test them to see how successful she had __
been in her work. She said to them, “Now I has a sister ___
in Washington. If I was calling her by the phone, and __
you were on the other side of the street. Who would __
hear me first, my sister and you? And why?” ___
A clever boy at once answered, “You sister, Miss ___
Evans, because the electricity travels much faster than sound ____
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.___ 59.__60.___61.___ 62.__ 63.__ 64._ 58 waves.” “Very well,” Miss Evans praised. 65._____
3
It is interested to visit another country, but sometimes 56. ___
there are some questions when we don’t know the language very 57. ___
well. It may be difficult to talk about the people there.We may 58. ___
not know how to use the telephone in the country which are 59. ___
visiting. We may not know what to buy the things we need. 60. ___
In a strange country we may not know where to eat and what 61. ___
to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide how many 62. ___
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money to tip(付小费) waiters or taxi drivers. When we are 63. ___
helpless, we may not know how to ask help. 64. ___
After a short time later, however, we learn what to do 65. ___
and what to say. We learn to enjoy life in another country, and then we may be
sorry to leave both the place and the people.
4
Long long ago, people had gather leaves and 56._____
fruit of plants to eat with. They didn’t know how 57. _____
to plant crops or how to keep animals for their 58. _____
food. We call them Stone Age people. Thing for 59. _____
them were terrible and hard. Now there have still 60. _____
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some people living liked those Stone Age people. 61. _____
They live in places that are hard reach. They do 62. _____
not know of our invention, for they keep themselves 63. _____
away our civilized world. For many years a group of people call Aruntas have lived alone in the center of Australia.
5
The Internet is playing a important part in our daily life. On the net,we can learn about news both home and abroad and some other
informations as well. We can also make phone calls, send messages by e-mails,go to net schools,and - 5 -
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58. ___ 59. _____
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learn foreign languages by ourselves. Beside,we 61. _____
can enjoy music,watch sports matches,and play the 62. _____
chess or cards. The net even help us do shopping, 63. _____
make a chat with others and make friends with them. 64. _____
In a word,the Internet has made our life more easier. 65. _____
6
People have different tastes in food. Some
feel they haven't a meal unless they have had 56. ______
pork or other meat;some prefer chickens 57. ______
or fish,and eats one or the other at every meal. 58. ______
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Others prefer vegetables and fruits or
grains but would enjoy a meal of potatoes, 59. ______
noodles and carrots and some another fruits. 60. ______
Others could live on the foods are called 61. ______
fast foods,for example,a hamburger or 62. ______
hot dog,French fries and a soft drinks. 63. ______
Food can be prepared by so many ways. 64. ______
Every is satisfactory to different person. 65. ______
7
In the morning of November 18th,1755,an earthquake 56.____
shook Boston.John,a professor at Harvard College felt a quake 57. ____
and woke up.“I rose and found to be fifteen minutes past 58. ____
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four.” He hurried to downstairs to the clock. It had stopped 59. ____
three minutes ago. Except for stopping the clock,the quake 60.____
had only thrown a key from the mantel(壁炉架) to the floor. 61. ____
The clock had stopped because John put some long 62. ____
glass tube he was using for an experiment into the case 63. ____
for safekeeping.The quake had been knocked the tubes over and 64. ____
blocked the pendulum(钟摆). So John had the exactly
time of the earthquake. 65. ____
8
Life in the twenty-one century will be very 56.___
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different with life today. There will be many 57. ___
changes.What can the changes be? The population 58. ___
is growing fast. That will be many more people in 59. ___
the world and most of them will live in longer 60. ___
than people live now. Computers will be much 61. ___
more smaller and more useful, and there will 62. ___
be one in every home. People will work few 63. ___
hours than they now and they will have more 64.___
free time for reading books, watch TV and traveling. 65.___
9
Once one year a race is held. A lot 56._____
of cars took part this race last year and there 57. _____
had a lot of experiments just before it began. One 58. _____
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of the most beautiful car was a Rolls-Royce 59. _____
Silver Ghost. The most usual car was a Benz 60. _____
which had only three wheels. Built in 1885,it is the 61. _____
oldest car taking part. After a great many loud noises,the race began. Many of cars broke down on the way and some drivers spent much time under their cars than in them. The win car reached at a speed of forty miles an hour.
10
In recently years,dust storms take place more and more often in the north of Chinese. They have brought a great deal of trouble to people’s lives. The strong wind blows up the dust,made the air - 10 -
62. _____
63. _____
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65. _____
76. _____
77. _____ 78. _____
79. _____
very dirty. It also stops many of people from going 80. _____
out. In past,people raised a large number of sheep. 81. _____
The sheep eat up a great deal of grass and the land 82. _____
became sandy. Now the government have begun to
pay attention to the problem. Each year,a lot of money spent on the improvement of the environment.
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Sleep,as we know, is important to us. And how many sleep do we actually need?For most of us, eight hours seem to be about the right amount. Yet we know that there are a great many people who get along well less - 11 -
83. ___84. _____
85. ____ 56. ____
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__ _ sleep ,and some whom may even need more. A 61. ____
great deal depends by the way we live. But 62. ____
a good common rule to follow to is to 63. ____
sleep long as we have to. So we’ll feel happy and be able
to work with our best when we wake. 12
.My friend Henry has a most unusually hobby (爱好). He likes plant flowers in strange places. When the spring comes round, you can always tell _
Henry had been busy working because the dirty sides of canals(沟渠) and railway banks suddenly _
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65. ____ 56. _____
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58. ____ 59. _____ 60. ____
57
became filled of flowers. In his spare time, with 61. _____
pockets full of seeds, Henry goes round by his bike. 62. _____
He has a long pipe with him blow seeds into places 63. _____
that is hard to reach. When his flowers fade(凋谢), 64. _____
he goes round again to collect its seeds. In this way 65. _____
he always has a big supply.
参考答案:
一
56.bag后加of 57.√ 58.tell→told 59.all后加the
60.去掉the 61.or→and 62.after→before 63.are→is
64.a→the 65.other→others
二
56.第一个in后加a 57.class→classes 58.decide→decided
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59.has→have 60.by→on 61. √ 62.and→or
63.You→Your 64.去掉the 65.well→good
三
56. interested→interesting 57. questions→problems
58. about→with/to 59. which后加we 60. what→how
61. and→or 62. many→much 63.√
64. ask后加for 65. 去掉later
四
56. had→had to 57.去掉with 58.√ 59. Thing→Things
60. have→are 61. liked→like 62. reach→to reach
63. invention→inventions 64. away后加from 65. call→called
56.How后加do 57.soon→long 58.longest→longer
59.√ 60.a→the 61.few前加a 62.field→fields
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63.Late→Later 64.so→as 65.去掉to
五
56.a→an 57.√ 58.home前加at
59.informations→information 60.e-mails→e-mail
61.Beside→Besides 62.去掉the 63.help→helps
64.第一个make→have 65.more→much
六
56.haven’t后加had 57.chickens→chicken 58.eats→eat
59.but→and 60.another→other 61.foods后加that或去掉are
62.√ 63.去掉a 64.by→in 65.Every→Each
七
56.In→On 57.第二个a→the 58.found后加it
59.去掉第一个to 60.ago→before 61.√ 62.put前加had
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63.tube→tubes 64.去掉been 65.exactly→exact
八
56.twenty-one→twenty-first 57.with→from 58.can→will
59.That→There 60.去掉in 61.√ 62.去掉第一个more
63.few→fewer 64.now前加do 65.watch→watching
九
56.one→every 57.part后加in 58.had→were 59.car→cars
60.usual→unusual 61.is→was 62.√ 63.cars前加the
64.much→more或much后加more 65.win→winning
十
76.recently→recent 77.Chinese→China 78.lives→life
79.made→making 80.去掉of 81.past前加the 82.eat→ate
83.have→has 84.√ 85.spent前加is
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十一
56.And→But 57.many→much 58.seem→seems 59.√
60.well后加with 61.whom→who 62.by→on 63.去掉第二个to
64.long前加as 65.with→at
十二
56. unusually→unusual 57. plant→planting或 to plant
58.去掉the 59. had→has 60.√
61. filled→full或 of→with 62. by→on 或去掉his
63. 在him
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