Xiao Mao is a primary school student and he enjoys (1)_____ (draw) very much. One day, he went to the small woods not far (2)________ town to draw from nature, carrying a drawing board. He was glad to find a tree living though the rest had been cut down. “Let me start work at (3)________” he thought and 4_____(begin) to set 5______his board.Just then a strong young man came (6)_________a big axe and got down to (7)_________ (cut) the tree. Soon he cut it down and pulled it away.When Xiao Mao got ready and 8_____(turn) back to draw, he found the tree had (9)__________ (disappear).“Dear me ! Where on earth is the tree ? ” Xiao Mao wondered and felt very (10) _______(disappoint).基础训练篇（16）We must have water to live. 16________ the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals 17________ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now18________. They are filled 19________ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.Lake Erie was 20______ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into 21________. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “22________ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds(肥皂泡沫), from detergents（洗涤剂；洗衣粉） used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.Water cannot 23_______(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is 24________(difficulty) to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water 25________we now have.基础训练篇（18）There were once a goat and a donkey 1. lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most 2. . Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3. it could eat. This made the goat so jealous 4. it began plotting against（谋划对付）the donkey. “Hey, donkey,” the goat said one day. ”I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don‟t you pretend 5. (get) sick so you can take a day 6. ?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏） on its side with its eyes 7. (close). Right away, the farmer called in a doctor. 8. looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made 9. the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10. goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.We are all busy talking about and 1. (use) the Internet, but how many of us know 2. history of the Internet?Many people are 3. (surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large 4. expensive. Computer networks didn‟t work well.If one computer in the network broke 5. , then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent 6. another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on 7. (work) all the time.The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. 8. the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more 9. (convenience).Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. 10. (send) emails is more and more popular among students.The Internet has now becom e one of the most important parts of people‟s life.基础训练篇（20）Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1 _______ had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2__________ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 __ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is 4 ___________very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant‟s close friend. 5___________ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and 6____________ would always help him out and tide(帮助渡过) him 7__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant‟s 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 8___________ (contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 9__________ (take) care of the household. 10 ________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.基础训练篇（21）Bassanio fell in love (1) Portia, but he couldn‟t ask her to marry him (2) he was poor. He had to borrow some money (3) ______ his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and (4) ______ (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh (5) ______ he couldn‟t repay him within three months.Unfortunately Antonio‟s ships were lost (6) sea. (7) ______ (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (8) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cutjust one pound of flesh (9) ______ Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he (10) ______ lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.基础训练篇（22）Dear Lifeline,I shall be getting married (1)_______ August. My mother wants me to have a white wedding in (2)_________, because I am the only daughter, and she wants me to have the kind of wedding that she had. I, on the other (3)____________, should like to have a simple wedding (4)____________ a small party (5)______________ for immediate family and close friends. I d on‟t want my parents (6)___________ go to a lot of expense just for one day; I‟d rather they spent the money (7)__________ things that my husband and I will need, that will last us for many years.Do you agree (8) _______ me that this is a (9)_______ (reason) point of view ? Can you think of a way in which I might persuade my parents (10) ________ think as I do?基础训练篇（24）Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 1. she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 2. a driving mistake.Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 3. (stop).When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 4. she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak 5 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.When the judge had finished 6. he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 7. (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time. When she had 8. (success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn.I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts 9. your eyesight.”The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary 10. (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.基础训练篇（25）On keeping a Diary in EnglishKeeping a diary in English is one of the 1.________ (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.2._______ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes3._______ time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English.4.____________ wepersist in this practice, gradually we‟ll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many 5.__________. In the first place, 6.____________ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.As far as I 7.__________ (concern), my 8._ _________(suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is 9.______ great use to keep a diary in English for 10.___ ________ development of our writing skills.巩固强化二十三篇1In the United States, there were 222 people1.______ (report) to be billionaires in 2003. The 2._______ (wealth) of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 3.______ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old 4._______ he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire 5.______ the time he was 31.6._________, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even7.__________ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple.8._________ of these child actors made over a million dollars9._________(act) in movies before they were 14. But10.__________ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18 !2In 1605 some Englishmen planned to kill their king, JamesⅠ, because they thought that he was a bad man. They knew that on November 5th the King 1. go to the House of Lords to talk with his nobles.The men rented a 2. (build) next to the House of Lords. They dug through a wall and put many barrels of gunpowder in an underground room of the House of Lords. They 3. （choose）a man 4. (call) Guy Fakes to set fire 5. the gunpowder, but something went wrong 6. their plan. 7. of the men had a relative 8. was coming to the House of Lords to meet the King. He warned his relative to stay at home. The relative told 9. nobles and soon the King heard about the danger. Soldiers searched 10. underground rooms and found the gunpowder on November 4th, so Guy Fakes was caught and killed.3People 1.________ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 2.____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four3.________five hundred thousand words. But we do not need4.________ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words.5._________ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6.______ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books7.________(write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you come across 8._______ new word, look it 9.____________ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 10.______(much) useful book.4When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1._____ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first 2._____ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from 3.______, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most 4._______ (danger) then.When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5.______. Always remember that the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. 6._______ (have) a look first, or else you will go 7._________ wrong way.In many English cities, there are big buses 8.__________ two floors. You can sit on the 9.________ (two) floor, from 10._______ you can see the city very well. It‟s very interesting.6Most Americans don‟t like to get advice 1_____ members of their family. They get advice from “2_____ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don‟t usually go to people they know. 3______ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines 4______ give advice on many different subjects，5_______ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, _6______ even on how to buy a house or a car.Most newspapers 7_______ (regular) print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are __8_______ written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and9___________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special 10_________ (train) for this kind of work.7Without proper 1________(plan), tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places 2_________ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism creates too much traffic, the inhabitants will become 3________ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists 4_______ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country‟s economy. 5_________ is important to think about the people of a destination country and 6________ tourism affects them. Tourism should help 7________ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and 8_______ (happy) of local inhabitants.Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism 9_________ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work 10________ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country‟s economy can suffer.8London was awarded 1_______ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, 2_________ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital 3________ the first time since 1948.4_______ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54 : 50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.In London crowds cheered and waved flags as 5_______ watched the announcement from Singapore 6_______ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area 7______ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore __8______ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is that we will be your very 9_______ (good) partners,” Blair said.It‟s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after 10__________ (fail) attempts(尝试；企图) by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.9Why is setting goals so important? 1._________ goals can help you do, be, and experience everything 2._______ you want in life. Instead of just 3._______(let) life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.4.________ (success) and happy people have set lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It‟s5._______ having a map to show you6.__________ you want to go.Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and 7.________ (set) goals.8.________ (success) people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren‟t difficult to set, and 9._________aren‟t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10.__________one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.10We often think of future. We often wonder 1________ the world will be like in a hundred years‟ time.Think 2_____ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon 3_______ (set up). Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as 4______. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 5______ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting 6_______ planets. Great progress will have been made 7________ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years‟ time.8________ the world will have been developed — even Antarctica. We will have used up most of t he earth‟s land to build our cities; 9_______ floating cities will havebeen built. The Japanese have already had plans of this kind. And there will be cities 10______ the sea.12Experiments have proved that children can 1 (instruct) in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at 2 (hold) their breath under water even before they can walk. 3 (baby) of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long 4 they are so accustomed to swimming 5 they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young 6 (swim) is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, 7 most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children 8 cover the whole length of the pool 9 coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage 10 among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.13Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, 1 was rich and had no children of his own died and 2 (leave) Dave a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency(地产公司).He found a nice office, 3 (buy) some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming 4 the door of his office.“It‟s my first customer!” he thought. He quickly picked up5telephone and pretended to be very busy 6 （answer）an important call from someone in New York 7 wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.The man knocked at the door 8 this was going on, came in and waited 9 (polite) for the agent to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, “I‟m from the telephone company, and I10 (send) here to connect your telephone.”14The Internet has become part of young people‟s life. 1. _______ report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet. Most of them get 2.________ (use) information on the Internet _3._______ use the Internet to help with their studies. But many students don‟t use it _4.________ a good way. Some play games too much, and some visit websites __5.__________ shouldn‟t look at. So bad things may happen6._________ students spend too much time on the Internet.7._______ is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, 8._______ uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful 9._______(advise).Some students also make friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face _10.__ ______ (meet) with your online friends, please let your parents know and meet in a proper place.15Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world‟s great cities are located on rivers, and almost 1_______ country has at least one river 2_______(flow) through it that plays 3________ important part in the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history, people 4______________ (use) rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. 5_____________ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation （消遣，娱乐活动）for the people 6________________ live along their banks.However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow 7____________ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes 8_____________ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials. People come to kwon the 9_____________ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean 10_____________ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.16Liu Xiang was the first Asian 1_________ (win) the men‟s 110m hurdles at the Olympics in Athens. 2_____ that, he became an idol(偶像) to the young people.“I never thought I would run under 13 seconds and break the Olympic record.” said Liu Xiang in tears, “I am very, very excited. I‟m 3_________(pride) not just for myself and for Chinese 4______ for Asia. My race went 5_________ (wonderful) from start to finish.” Liu added. “It is 6________ amazing experience being the Olympic champion. I want to thank my coach and my friends for 7________their help.I think today we Chinese have showed the world that we 8________ run as fast as anybody else.”Since his return from Athens, Liu Xiang has been at the center of a media circus and he has been to many press appearances and meetings. 9_______ Liu thinks 2004 is just the beginning, and he expects to be at his peak in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Liu said, “For some players, it‟s just a job. For me, it‟s 10_________ I love.”17We are what we eat. What we are 1. （accustom）to eating every day has a great effect on our health. Consequently (As a result), we should make 2. effort to change our bad eating habits. As we all know , baked or fried foods may be 3. （taste）, but eating too much of them will probably 4. （短语）some illnesses. In addition, some food which costs us a great deal of money is not healthy, 5. junk food.6. people like to eat is various from culture to culture. Compared with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain, more vegetables and less meat,7. is a good eating habit.8. , things are quite different now. With the rapid economic9. (grow) of our country, we also eat a lot of food high in sugar and fat. If you take a casual look at people in the street, what impresses you will probably be the fact that there are a lot more fat people than ever before. We are at risk when 10. (eat)out without considering the balance of our food . To be healthy, we must keep it in our mind that the food we choose to eat should give us the nutrients(营养) we need.18Once upon a time, a poor boy together with his mother lived in a mountainous village. In his childhood the boy often cheated 1 boys out of money and things, but his mother quickly saw through his deception and criticized him. With his 2 (mother) education, he also felt a sense of injustice about his deeds and made an 3 (apologize) to others. His mother did everything in her power to change his faulty. She sent him to a school, 4_ _ he worked very hard. Five years later, he stood out among his classmates and was always thought highly of by all his teachers. He became 5 (interest) in literature and enjoyed 6 （read）many famous literature works, such as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, 7 which he was able to improve his writing skills. 8 he graduated from school, he became a journalist in a newspaper of the city. He hailed (呼吁) the 9 （equal）of man in his articles. In the end, many people would like to read his articles as soon as they 10 (publish).19It is not polite to arrive at a dinner party more than 15 to 20 minutes 1 . The host or hostess usually waits for all the guests to arrive before serving the meal. If someone is late, the food may be spoiled, and so might the host or hostess‟s spir its. If you have to be late, call and tell them to start 2 you.It‟s even 3(bad) to be early! The host or hostess will probably not be ready. If you are early, drive or walk around the block a few times, or just sit in your car 4 the right time.Though it is often important to arrive on time, yet on the other hand, for open houses, the host or hostess invites guests to arrive and leave 5 a certain time. You can arrive at any time within the time he or she gives you.It‟s polite to bring an empty stomach, but it‟s even nicer to bring a small present. The present should not cost a lot, or you might embarrass the host or hostess. 6 (flower), wine, or a box of candy will do fine. Never bring money as a present.In an 7 (introduce), the order of a name is: (1) 、the given name；(2) 、the family name. In other words the given name comes first. It‟s important not 8 to learn and remember names, but to respect them oftenin 9 (converse). After the introduction，we usually call friends 10 their given names. Older people may want you call them their titles and family names, such as “Mr. Jones”、“Mrs. Johnson” or “Dr. Brown”.20In the small towns of the United States in the 1 (nineteen) century, the general store was 2 everyone bought the things he couldn‟t make 3 grow at home. What the stores sold 4 (tell) a great deal about 5 life at that time. People bought tools that they needed for farm work; salt, sugar and 6 foods that the farm didn‟t produce; articles of clothing that they couldn‟t make 7 ; shirts for the men; or clothes for the children. Life was simple then. One feels that people were 8 (thank) for what they had and that they looked 9 with courage to whatever the future brought. It would be interesting to know how they would feel about the life today. Would it seem to them that life is too complex? Would they enjoy 10 (live) a life as we do now?21When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas time I went to a post office to send a letter. (1) my surprise. I found people queuing some paces away (2)___ the person at the savings deposit (存款)window. Why so? Each did his business in turn (3) the line never moved a step nearer. I was very curious, so I walked to the window to find out the (4)_____. There was a notice on (5) ____ was written “Thank you for your respect for others‟ privacy”, a polite warning to keep people away from nosing into(干涉)others‟ affairs. Money matters are (6)___as privacy in Western countries. I was deeply impressed by the sight and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so calmly at a distance that they seemed quite used to the practice .The same thing happened at a public telephone box. Those waiting for their turns always kept their distance enough to be out of hearing. It‟s another typical example!From then on, I took care to watch their ways of doing things, manners, and treatment shown towards others. I found the Germans always (7) ___________ (mind) of others‟ privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing situation. For instance, they never asked about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, nor (8)______ ______ they comment on the clothes or jewelry others wore. Their laws forbid reading diaries (9)___ __________opening letters without (10)______ (permit). That shows personal matters are not allowed to be disturbed.22Do you feel 1 difficult to be happy all the time? Now I‟ll give you some tips(秘诀) 2 how to make yourself happy. One way is being 3 (self) because unselfishness is the key factor 4 (require) if you want to get along well with others. By 5 (say) being unselfish we mean we 6 not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. Another way is to look for goodpoints in 7 people. You‟ll find most people pleasant to get along with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you cannot expect to be too perfect, 8 don‟t be too unhappy when you make a mistake. Everything will be OK if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while you are not 9 (bad) than others, chances you have may not be much better. In this case, 10 surest way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.冲刺突破三十六篇1Many people like to read the (31) ___________________（late）newspapers. But (32) _______________ is it produced so quickly?The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (33) ______________ to do. Every morning the (34)________________ (journal) are sent to cover the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (35) ________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends (36) __________ (photograph) to take the pictures they need.Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (37)_________________ (develop) photos to the editor. Then the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (38)_________________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. (39)__________________ the newspaper is printed and (40)_________________（deliver）to different places.2Gandhi, an Indian national hero, (31) ______(honor) as the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got (32) _____ (marry) at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, (33) he studied law for three years and then became a (34) (law). On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.In South Africa he (35) _____ (surprise) found that the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an (36) ______(organize) and started a magazine to fight for equal rights.Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and (37) ______ (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians, ____________ (38) (include) Gandhi, were put in prison. (39) ______, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give in and India won its independence in 1947. (40) ______ (fortunate)，Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.3。
