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It is well-known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest a_______（1） the animals？ Some scientists t_______（2） it should be Alex， an African grey parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really t_______（3） with people！
When he says “come here”， he really w_______（4） someone to come up to him.“ “Alex is as clever as a c_______（5） of 2 or 3 years old，” says Dr. Pepperberg. “He does not just repeat the s_______（6） he has been taught. He u_______（7） the words！” Alex can tell about 50 d_______（8） things， name 7 colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the w_______ （9） how man does？ Nobody can say. But the q_______ （10） is very interesting.
Every day we go to _s______（1） and listen to the teacher， and the teacher will ask you some _q______（2）。 Sometimes the classmates will ask you about the work of the class. When you are telling _o______（3） in the class what you have found out about these subjects， remember that they will be __a_____（4） to hear what you are saying. You are not _t______（5） part in a family conversation or having a _t______（6） with friends. You are in class. There a large group of people will keep __q_____（7）， waiting to hear what you have to _s______（8）。 You must speak loudly and clearly _e______（9） but without trying to shout so that they can h_______ （10） you.
Passage 1
Here’s a story about Ming’s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r 1 in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In
about six years he has not once been on l 2 but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f 3 he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v 4 him.
Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never u 5 a line or a net（网）. Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings（圈）have been put around the birds’ n 6 so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been t 7 to bring the fish to people. And then people reward（奖励）them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f 8 Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s 9 with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o 10 .
Passage 2
Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be
trained（训练）to do a number of simple jobs i 1 of people. They say that at a circus（杂技场）,for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing q 2 skillful（熟练的）things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that the trainer（驯兽员）always g 3 the animal some sugar o 4 a piece of fruit as a reward（报酬）. The scientists say that many d 5 animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward f 6 doing that.
Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look after a house, and soldiers in both old and modern t 7 have u 8 geese to give warning（警报）by m 9 a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or f 10 .
Passage 3
In recent years, playing kite-board seems to become more and more popular in Alaska in America. It is a new and old game. The game has w 1 the interest of many young people. The game is interesting but a little d 2 One needs to play it very c 3
A kite-board is in fact a skateboard（滑雪板）drawn（拉）by a few big flying kites. The old game was p 4 by some young people in Holland and Spain as e 5 as the last century. Since the board was hard to control（控制）,f 6 people dared（敢）to play it. With the development of the design（设计）of kite and skateboard, many people can l 7 how to play it. A kite board may go as f 8 as about 50 kilometres an hour. If you haven’t had any practice, you’d better not play it. It is not s 9
It is said that the game can exercise not only your b 10 but also the sensitivity of your brain（大脑的敏捷）.
Passage 4
British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats with milk and won a National Bravery Award（国家勇敢奖）.
Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u 1 along Pine Street, he s 2 heard a loud, strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Cornwall, southern England. “That must be a fire, I t 3 ” Leech said. “Then I quickly d 4 to do something. So I p 5 the door in and then I s 6 for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e 7 ” He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire. When firefighters r 8 the shop, the fire was under control（得到控制）.
Leech helped save the l 9 of eight people in the flats above the shops.
“It was hard work o 10 all those bottles. But it was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone,” Leech said jokingly.
Passage 5
While t 1 in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of（缺少）money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the m 2 by telegram（电报）to the bank（银行）here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport（护照）to the bank clerk（职员）. “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told. This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 That evening Ed Jackson was arrested（被捕）for failing to p 9 his hotel bill（账单）. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.
Passage 6
April Fools’ Day is on April 1st. People can play j 1 on others on this special d 2 If you succeed, you usually laugh and say “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you l 3 too, and he will never be angry with you.
Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. It’s a day to t 4 mothers. On that day mothers usually receive flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework so that mothers can have a r 5
Easter Day falls on the first Sunday after the full moon which is on or after March 21st. It’s also called Easter Sunday. It is said that on that day Jesus Christ comes back to l 6 Many people go to church and children often get p 7 such as toy rabbits.
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day when people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get t 8 and have a big dinner.
Christmas Day comes on D 9 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things can be s 10 everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit friends.
Passage 7
Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b 1 all the time and couldn’t do some r 2 So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c 3 of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c 4 he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned（有学问的）person were glad to make f 5 with him.
It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the
buyers left e____6 a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s 7 there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a 8 It made them in a fearful mess（凌乱不堪）. Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “Your books are all dull（乏味的）,” said the girl, “I want a d 9 one.” “That’s easy,” Mr King smiled. He t 10 out a cookbook（烹调书）and said, “Here you are, madam.”
Passage 8
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister（首相）. He said the Minister w 1 die the next day. The next day, the Minister really f 2 off the horse and died. When the king h 3 of this, he got angry and sent his men to c 4 Effendi at once.
W 5 Effendi came, the king shouted a 6 “Effendi, since you knew when my minister would die, you must also know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”
Effendi l 7 at the king and answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days e 8 than you.”
The king was a 9 that he would die if he killed Effendi. He thought he must keep Effendi alive（活着）as long as he could. So he l 10 him go.
Passage 9
Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b 1 a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He was finding his new work far more i 2 When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r 3 out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f 4 of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight to the thieves. The one w 5 the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a 6 in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b 7 of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t 8 the police. The thieves’ car was badly
damaged（损坏）and e 9 to recognize（辨认）. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c 10
Passage 10
Now, let’s begin our sports report. Here’s a really good game, the b 1 one I have seen this year. It’s the last five minutes of the g 2 Henry plays football f 3 France. He has the ball now. He p 4 the ball to David. David k 5 it over the heads of the Englishmen towards the goal. But he’s too far a 6 France and England still have one goal each and there are only two m 7 left of the game. Just then an English p
8 gets the ball. He gives it to Bill, “King of the match”. Bill puts the ball into the goal. In the e_____9 the English team w 10
Passage 11
Today people can u 1 the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are t 2 with. That may c 3 in the future.
Today some people are using a kind of telephone c 4 “Picture phone” or “Vision phone”. W 5 it, two people who are talking can see each other.
Picture phones can be useful when you have s 6 to show the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a l 7 and ask to borrow a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping t 8 your picture phone. If you see something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you’ll go to your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will s 9 you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and n 10 leave your room.
Passage 12
Henry was worried. This was his first time to go traveling by air. He did not know h 1 to find his seat, so he went to the air hostess and asked, “Could you help me? I can’t find my seat.” The air hostess s 2 him the seat and told him to sit d 3 and fasten the seat belt. She told Henry not to m 4 about when the plane was going up. And she also said that Henry’s ears might feel a little s 5 , but he didn’t need to worry about it b 6 many people felt like
that. When the plane was f 7 very high, Henry could stand up and walk round. He could e 8 read books, newspapers or see films. The air hostess would b 9 food and drinks. Henry could e 10 the flight and arrived home soon.
Passage 13
Some of Robert’s old friends were t 1 about young people in their town. They all a 2 that old people were cleverer than young people. Then one of them said, “But young people are s 3 than old people.”
All of them agreed that this is true e 4 Robert. He thought he was as strong as b 5 “That is not possible,” said his friends.
“Well,” said Robert, “In one c 6 of my garden there’s a big stone. When I was young, I couldn’t m 7 it. I wasn’t strong e 8 Now I’m old and when I try to move it, I s 9 can’t. That’s w 10 I’m as strong as before.”
Passage 14
In the home a dad is very important. He is the person who provides us w 1 money and
clothes. He can make your bedroom more beautiful, mend your radio, make c 2 for your birds, r 3 your bicycle and help you with your maths homework. A dad can be very u 4 for taking you in the car to and from parties, music lessons, and dancing lessons. He is the one who complains about the time you s 5 talking on the t 6 as he has to p 7 the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in an argument, if he b 8 you to be right. He is someone who reads your school r 9 and treats（奖励）you if it is good. A dad likes to come into a nice happy home in the evening, and sit in his chair with a n 10
Passage 15
Can vegetables be p 1 in winter? Yes, but a greenhouse（温室）must be b 2 first. The greenhouse should be m 3 of glass. A large greenhouse may be ten metres l 4 three metres w 5 and two meters high. The sunshine can r 6 the vegetables t 7 the glass. The wind and cold air can be s 8 from getting in. The air inside the greenhouse is always w 9 More and more greenhouses are b 10 built all over the world. All kinds of vegetables can be brought onto our dinner tables in winter.
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t (66)u___________ them. They often think their parents are too strict (67)w them.
Parents often find it difficult to win their (68)c trust, and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much (69)t . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can solve any difficult (70)p . But older people always think (71)m than young people. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be (72)c , so when you want your parents to let you do something, you will succeed easily if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the (73)c they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just want to be cut off(摆脱) from the old people’s world and they are (74)t to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home (75)a and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d (76)b win your parents over and get them to understand you, if so, your parents will certainly let you do (77)w you want to do.
In many countries, people t__________ (1) by car or by bike. They also get from place to place using p__________ (2) transport such as buses and trains. However, some people live in parts of the world where it is i__________ (3) to build roads. In these places, animals or other f__________ (4) of transport have to be used. It is difficult to w__________ (5) in snow but easy to ski over it. So in places like Alaska, people use skis. If they want to go faster, they get dogs to p__________ (6) them on sleds(雪橇). Riding a snowmobile(雪地摩托) is a more m__________ (7), but expensive way of getting around on snow. In desert(沙漠) like the Sahara in North Africa, people s__________ (8) get around on camels. Camels survive w__________ (9) in the desert, not because they can s__________ (10) water in their bodies though! They can survive without water for two weeks and without f__________ (11) for up to a month. H__________ (12) can only go without water for about three to five days.
She is Liu Hui ,a middle school student in Anhui, one of the “ stay-at-home children” in her town. Liu Hui is 12 years old and lives (66) w _________ her sister. Her parents left home to make money in big cities when she was (67) o ________ four. Liu Hui has to take (68) c _________ of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone (69) h ________ they have to go to school. “I used to feel (70) s ________ without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know (71) w _________ they do so. They have to go away to make money for (72) u _________ so that we can live a better life.” Every day, Liu Hui gets up at 6:30 a.m. and cooks (73) b ______________. Then the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 p.m. Then Liu Hui does housework and (74) h _____________ her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30 p.m. Though busy, Liu Hui is still the (75) h ________ student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with us.”
Hi everyone, I’ve been in Xuzhou for over a week now. I’m having a g 56 time. During the first f 57 days I visited some tourist attractions — Yunlong Lake, Yunlong Hill, Guishan Han Tomb(汉墓), etc. Most p 58 were crowded with tourists, so yesterday I went shopping and I b 59 some souvenirs. Today I went to an interesting art gallery. I got lost on my w 60 back to the hotel, but it didn’t matter— I found a really good market w 61 lots of small shops. I ate in the hotel the first night, but usually I go out and have dinner in a restaurant b 62 the food is fantastic. I’ve s 63 a lot of money, but it’s certainly worth it. I like people in Xuzhou. They are s 64 nice people! I’ve taken many photos so you’ll be able to see f 65 yourself when I come back home next Wednesday. See you then!