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新人教版九年级全册英语课文填空Last year, I did not like my English class. Every class1 (like) a bad dream. The teacher spoke too 2 (quick). But I was afraid to ask questions because of my poor pronunciation. I just 3 (hide) behind my textbook and never said 4 (something). Then one day I watched an English movie 5 (call) Toy Story. I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie! So I began to watch other English6 (movie), too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that 7 (listen) to something 8 (interest) is the secret to language learning. I also learned 9 (use) sentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked them up in a dictionary. Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and 10 （much）grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and 1 (enjoy) mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry 2 (people) wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many3 (tradition) folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most 4 (touch). Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautifu l wife. After Hou Yi 5 (shoot) down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned 6 (drink) it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine w hen Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused 7 (give) it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so 8 (sadly) that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, hefound that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly 9 (lay) out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e 10 (can) come back!After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old 1 (Asia) pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to 2 (be) really shy and took up singing to deal with her 3 (shy). As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.2 I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like4 (be) able to travel and meet new people all the time. I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go. However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. ―I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. 5 (hang) out with friends is almost 6 (possible) for me now because there are always guards around me.‖”3 What does Candy have to say to all 7 (that) young people who want to become famous? ―Well, she begins slowly, ―you have to be 8 (prepare) to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many 9 (time) I thought about giving up, but I 10 (fight)on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you_______(1.buy) a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in ________（2.French）, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter what you may buy, you might ________（3.probable）think those products were made in those ________（4.country）.However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he went to visit ________(5.he) aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it ________(6.interest) that so many products in the local shops were ________（7.make）in China. “I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys had American brands, they were made in China.”Toys ________（8.be）the only things made in China. “I wanted to buy a pair of basketball ________（9.shoe）,” he explains. “But I had to visit five or six stores before finding a pair made in America!” He realizes that Americans can hardly avoid buying products made in China. “In fact,” he continues, “there are so many things made in China---footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones. Even American flags are made in China!” Kang Jian thinks it’s great that China is so good at making these everyday things. However, he wishes that in the future China will also get ________（10.good）at making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk ________ (1.near) 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler ________ (2.call) Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.Some ________ (3.leaf)from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water anyway. It was________(4.quitely) delicious. In this way, one of the ________(5.world) favorite drinks was invented.More than 4,000 years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and7th centuries. In England, tea ________(6appear) until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the ________ (7.nation) drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries ________ (8.take) place in the 19th century. This helped_______(9.spread) the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who________ (10.good) understand the nature of tea.We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very1_______ (quietly) and nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something _2______ (usual) is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is_3______ (real)nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find 4_______ (something)strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”5_______ (Victor) next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too.“ At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something _6______ (run) away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”Everyone in our town is feeling 7_______ (easy), and everyone has his or her own 8_______ (idea). There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I 9______ (do)think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun 10_______ (create) fear in the neighborhood.While some people only stick to one kind of movie, I like to watch 1_______ (differnce) kinds depending on how I feel that day.When I’m down or tired, I prefer movies that can cheer _2______ (I) up. Comedies like Men in Black or cartoons like Kungfu Panda have funnydialogues and usually have a happy _3______ (end). The characters may not be perfect, but they try their best to solve their problems. After watching them, I’m filled with hope again and the problems I have _4______ (sudden) seem less serious. Laughing for two __5_____ (hour)is a good way to relax!I _6______ (do) watch dramas or documentaries when I’m sad or tired. Dramas like Titanic make me feel even sadder. Documentaries like March of the Penguins which provide plenty of information about a certain subject can be interesting, but when I’m tired I don’t want 7________(think) too much. I don’t mind action movies like Spider-Man when I’m too tired to think. I can just shut off my brain, sit back and enjoy 8_______ (watch) an exciting superhero who always saves the world just in time.Once in a while, I like to watch movies that are _9______ (scare), like horror movies or thrillers. Movies like The Ring or The Shining can be fun, but I’m too scared to watch them alone. I always bring a friend who 10 (be) afraid of these kinds of movies.Where I’m from, we’re pretty 1___(relax) about time. We don’t like to rush around, so we don’t mind if people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner, it’s OK if you arrive a bit late. We like to enjoy our time 2_______ (slow). We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives.We often just drop by our 3_______ (friend) homes if we have time. We don’t 4_______ (usual) have to make plans to meet our friends. When we see each other, it’s polite fo r boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other on the side of the face. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time. We’re the capital of clocks and 5_______ (watch), after all! If someone_6______ (invite) you to meet him or her at noon, then you are expected to be there at noon.If you’re even fifteen 7_______ ( minute) late, your friend may get mad. So I make an effort to be on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic. I don’t mind because I think it’s 8_______ (polite) to keepothers_9______ (wait). Also, we never visit a friend’s house without -_10__(call)first. We almost always make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, or go somewhere together.A long time ago, in a rich and _1______(beautifully) country, there lived an _2______(happy) king, He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating . His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and 3_______(he)people worried.One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. “ It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That’ll make him happy.”The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the _4______(king) situation to him, he said, “ Although I have a lot of power, it 5________(do) make me happy. I’m always worried about _6______(lose) my power. Many people are trying to take my position.”Then, the king’s banker came to the palace. “ Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either,” he said. “ I have a lot of wealth, but I’m always worried ab out losing my money. Someone tries__7_____(steal) my money every day.”Next, the palace 8 (sing) came to the king’s room. But this was what he said : “ It’s true that I’m famous and everyone loves my 9________(song). But I’m not happy because I’m alwa ys worried about being followed by others. I can not be free!” Finally, the king’s top general 10 (tell) to go out and find a happy man in three days’ time.In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11,2001, I _1______(arrive) at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided 2_______( get) a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from _3______(I) office. As I was waiting in line with other office _4______(work), I heard a __5_____(loudly) sound. Before I could join the others outside to see what wasgoing on, the first plane had already hit my office building. We stared in_6______(belief) at the black smoke 7_______(rise) above the burning building. I felt _8______(luck) to be alive.Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21,2011 and realized that my alarm never went off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.“ This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and now I’ve missed my plane. What bad 9 (lucky)!” I thought to 10_______(I). The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thingMany have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is 1______(expecial) popular in 2_______(south) China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?When people catch sharks, they cut off 3_______(they) fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also _4______(harm) to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and 5______(slow) dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the 6_______(ocean)ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that 7_______(shark) can never be endangered because they are the 8_______(strong) in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years. Environmental protection groups around the world, such as Wild Aid and the WWF, areteaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments 9_______(develop) laws to stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for _10______(healthy), so why eat them ? Help save the sharks!。
人教版初中英语九年级全册3a填空Unit 1This week we asked student at Star High Schoolabout the __________ (good) ways to learn__________(much) English. Many said they learnt by __________(use) English. Some students had morespecific__________ (suggest). Lillian Li, forexample, said the best way to learn new words wasby reading English magazines. She said thatmemorizing the new words of pop songsalso__________ (help) a little. When we asked aboutstudying grammar, she said, “I never study grammar.It’s too boring.”Wei Ming feels __________ (different).He__________ (learn) English for six years andreally loves it. He thinks studying grammar is agreat way to learn a language. He also thinksthat__________ (watch) English movies aren’t a badway because he can watch the actors say the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies __________( frustrate) because the people speak tooquickly.Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. “We get excited about something and then end up__________ (speak)in Chinese,” she said.Last year my English class was difficult. First of all, it __________ (be) easy for me to understand the teacher when she talked. To begin with, she spoke too__________ (quick), and I couldn’t understand every words. Later on, I realized that it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand every word. I was also afraid __________ (speak) in class, because I thought myclassmates__________ (may) laugh at me. I couldn’t always make complete sentences, either. Then I started to watch English-language TV. It helped a lot. I think that__________ (do) lots of listening practice is one of the __________ (secret) of__________ (become) a good language __________ (learn). Another thing that I found very difficultwas English grammar. So I decided __________ (take) lots of grammar notes in every class. Then Istarted to write my own original sentences__________ (use) the grammar I was learning. It’s amazing how much this helped. Now I am enjoying learning English and I got an A this term. Myteacher is very impressed.Unit 2My __________ (big) problem is that I am too busy. When I __________ (be) young, I used to have so__________ (many) time, but these __________ (day)I get up early and stay in school all day. Then Igo right home and eat dinner. Before I __________ (start) high school, I used to spend a lot of time__________ (play) games with my friends, but I just __________ (have) the time anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV and chat with my grandmother,but now I have__________ (study). I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts. These days,I __________ (hard) ever have time for concerts. Ido my homework and go to bed. I__________ (real)miss the old days.Unit 3The other day, my friends and I __________ (talk) about the rules that we have in school. At our school, we have to wear uniforms every day. The problem is that all my classmates think theuniforms are ugly. We think young people shouldlook smart and so we would like __________ (wear)our own clothes. Our teachers believe that if wedid that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our __________ (study). We __________ (agree). We would feel more comfortable and that is good for studying. If we can’t do that, we __________ (allow) to design our own uniforms. That would be a good way __________ (keep) both teachers andstudents happy.It’s also probably a good idea for parents to allow teenagers to study in groups during the evening. I know we get __________ (noise) sometimes, but we learn a lot from each other. We also thinkthat vacations should be __________ (long). At present they’re too short. Longer vacations wouldgive us time to do things like__________(volunteer). Last summer I had an opportunity to volunteer at the local hospital, but I __________ (can) because I had to go back to school. It would be a good experience for me because I want to be a doctor when I’m older.Unit 5Our neighborhood used to very quiet. However, these days, strange things are __________ (happen) in our neighborhood and everyone is unhappy. Zhou Gu , the local school teacher, is extremely__________ (worry). When he interviewed by thelocal newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange __________(noise) outside our window. My wife thanks that it________ (can) an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers __________ (have) fun. My parents called the police, but they can’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”Zhou Gu’s next door neighbor Qi Hui is__________ (happy) too. “At first, I thought it__________ (may) a dog, but I __________ (can) see a dog and I still hear the noise outside.”Everyone in our neighborhood __________ (be) worried, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something __________ (visit) the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it?Unit 6This is Hong Tao’s __________ (last) movie. I like Hong Tao. He made some great movies over the years. __________ (fortunate), this is his__________ (bad) movie. If you’re looking for entertainment, stay at home and watch TV. Yellow River Fisherman is t oo long, and it’s really boring. It does have a few good features, though. I thought the __________ (fisherman) wife was really funny.Be sure to see this exhibition at the Lido Gallery. Amy Kim is one of __________ (know) Chinese photographers in the world today, and some of her most famous photos are on display in thisexhibition. She really has something for everyone. There are many great photos of people and of the countryside. The few city photographs are _________ (succeed). I see the same things every day and they don't interest me as much. But this is a great show from a world-class photographer. Whatever you do, _________ (miss) this exhibition.Over the years, we’ve seen _________ (music) groups with pretty strange names come and go. Few have stranger names than this band. As the name_________ (suggest), the band has lots of _________ (energetic). And they play the kind of music that I love to hear. Every song is really loud and you often can’t understand the words, but this is okay because the lyrics aren't good. However, these are musicians who make happy – even on a Monday morning!Unit 7For your next vacation, why not consider_________ (visit) Paris? Paris is the capital of France and is one of _________ (live) cities in Europe. It doesn’t have any beaches or mountains,but there are still many things to do there. For example, it has some fantastic sights, _________ (include) the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famous _________ (church) in the world._________ (travel) around Paris by taxi can costa lot of money, but it’s usually convenient_________ (take) the underground train to most places. In _________ (general), though, France is quite an expensive place. One thing that is not expensive in France, however, is the wine!Most people in France _________ (learn) English. Buy many people don’t like to speak English,_________ (special) in Paris. So unless you speak French _________ (you), it’s best to travel with someone who can translate things for you.Subject: Vacation From: S.T. ZhangDear Ace Travel,My family and I want to take a trip this summer somewhere in _________ (east) China. I hope you can provide me some _________ (information) about thekinds of vacations that your firm can offer. We would like to travel to an exciting place and we_________ (mind) how far we have to go. It has to be a place where we can do lots of outdoor_________ (active); we especially love hiking and _________ (swim), but any kind of outdoor activity is fine. We also needed to stay in an _________ (expensive) hotel or apartment. It would be nice if we get a room with a kitchen so we could save money by _________ (cook) our own meals. The room needs to be big enough for three people. Also, we’d like to stay at a place with a big pool or somewhere near the ocean. Could you please give me some_________ (suggest) for vacation spots? Also, please let us _________ (know) if it's best_________ (travel) by plane, train or bus. We’d like to be away for about three weeks.Thank you very much!S.T. ZhangUnit 8Number 77 High School is home to three very special young people: Li Huiping, Lin Pei and Zhu Ming. These three students all volunteer their time _________ (help) other people. This volunteer work takes each of their several hours a week, so it is a major _________ (commit). Huiping loves to read and she puts this love to good use by working in the after-school care centre at her local elementary school. Here, she helps young children to read. Lin Pei loves animals and plans _________ (study) when he leaves school. He spends every Saturday morning _________ (work) in an animal hospital. Zhu Ming wants to be a _________ (professor) singer. He sings for groups of people at the city hospital to cheer them up. ‘_________ (vo lunteer) is great!’ says Huiping. ‘Not only do I feel good about helping other people, but I get _______ (spend) time doing what I love to do.’ Lin Pei says he has learned more about animals. Zhu Ming says he has met some _________ (wonder) people at the hospital. The three students plan to set up a student volunteer project at their school.‘_________ (put) it off,’ says Huiping.‘_________ (become) a volunteer today!’Last week everyone was trying _________ (cheer up) Jimmy, the Bike Boy. But this week, Jimmy is happy again. On Monday, he told a radio _________ (interview) that he _________ (run) out of money_________ (buy) old bikes. He also put up somesigns _________ (ask) for old bikes and _________ (call) all his friends and told them about the problem. He even handed out _________ (advertise)at a local supermarket. Then he told the teachersat school about his problem and they set up a call-in centre for parents. The _________ (strategy)that he came up with worked out _________ (fine).He now has sixteen bikes _________ (fix) and give away to children who don't have bikes.Unit 9Did you know that tea, the _________ (popular) drink in the world (after water), _________ (invent) by accident? Although tea _________ (bring) to the_________ (west) world until 1610, this beveragewas discovered over three _________ (thousand)years before that. According to an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Dong discovered tea whenhe was boiling drinking water oven an open fire. Some _________ (leaf) from a nearby bush _________ (fall) into the water and remained there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a _________ (please) smell. Later he decided to taste the hot _________ (mix). It was quite delicious. And in this way, one of theworld’s favourite _________ (drink) was invented.Unit 10I_________ (never be) late for school, but yesterday I came very _________ (close). My alarm clock _________ (go) off, and by the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and I had to wait for him _________ (come) out. I had to_________ (real) rush. I took a quick shower, had some breakfast, and then ran off to the bus stop._________ (fortunate), by the time I got there, thebus had already left. I started walking, but I knew I _________ (can) get to school on time. Luckily, my friend Tony and his dad _________ (come) by in his dad’s car and they gave me a ride. When I got to school, the _________ (finally) bell _________ (ring). I only just made it to my class.In 1938, a radio program by _________ (act) Orson Welles announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the Earth. He described where they had landed and told how they _________ (move) across the United States. Welles was so _________ (convince) that hundreds of people believed the story, and panic _________ (set) off across the whole country. By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had fled from their homes.On April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped _________ (grow) spaghetti. Many people ran totheir local supermarket _________ (buy) as much spaghetti as they could. By the time peoplerealized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country _________ (sell) out. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. She was _________ (thrill), because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said ‘yes’, he _________ (reply), ‘April Fool!’ That little joke didn’t have e very happy_________ (end). The TV star lost both hisgirlfriend and his show.Unit 11Watertown is a great place for the family_________ (take) a vacation. Teenagers will want to visit the world’s _________ (large) water slides and eat at Uncle Bob’s. A different rock band_________ (play) at Uncle Bob’s every night. Kids will enjoy the Clown City Cafe. They have _________ (organize) games and the staff dress up as_________ (clown).There _________ (be) also a lot for parents in Watertown. If they love good food, they can find it at the _________ (farmer) Market where the food isboth delicious and cheap. While the _________ (child) have fun, parents can take dance _________ (lesson)on the beach. And everyone can learn something in Watertown. There are three museums and kids enjoy the Science Museum. Parents will spend many happy hours _________ (walk) through the History Museum.Unit 12Where I’ m from, we’re pretty _________ (relax) about time. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house for dinner, it’s okay if you arrive a bit late. _________ (spend) time with family and friends is very important to us. We often just drop by our _________ (friend) home. We don’t usually have to make plans _________ (meet) our friends. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can.In _________ (Swiss), it’s very important to be on time. We‘re the land of _________ (watch),after all! If someone _________ (invite) you to meet them at 4:00, you have to be there at 4:00. Ifyou are even fifteen minutes _________ (late), your friends may get angry. Also, we never visit afriend’s house _________ (with) calling first. We usually make plans to see friends. We usually planto do something _________ (interest), or go somewhere together.Dear Laura,Thank you for your message. Yes, I’m having a great time on my exchange program in France. It’s even _________ (good) than I thought it would be. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host family is really nice. They go out of their way to make me _________ (feel) at home. And you _________ (believe) how_________(quick) my French has improved! I’m very comfortable _________ (speak) French now. AlthoughI still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t botherme like it used to. My _________(big) challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, things are really different from the way they are at home. For example, you are_________ (suppose) to eat anything with your handsexcept bread, not even fruit! You have to cut it up and eat it with a fork.) Another thing is that itis very rude to say you are full. If you _________ (want) any more food, you should always keep your hands, but not your elbows, on the table. I have to say, I find it difficult _________ (remember) everything, but I’m gradually _________ (get) used to things and don’t find them so strange any more.I will write soon and tell you more about life in France. Hope you are having a good school year.Wang KunUnit 13Restaurant _________ (own) have to know how to make food. They also have to know to make money. Here are some things they’ve learned from_________ (science) studies. The color red makes people_________ (hunger). Red also makes customers eat_________ (fast). Many fast food restaurants, therefore, have red _________ (furniture) or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue _________ (make) people _________ (relax), so they spend moretime _________ (eat) their meals. Soft lighting makes people look good, but it makes food look bad. Loud music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people wan to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat _________ (quick) and leave. Many restaurants, especially fast food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat faster. Customers only sit for about 20 minutes before they leave. Because customers _________ (stay) very long, small restaurants can serve many people every day.In the modern world , advertising is everywhere! Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads, _________ (say) that they make our_________(city) and countryside look ugly. Many ads are _________ (aim) _________ (specific) at teenagers, and some young people see more than 100 advertisements a day. It’s true that some ads canbe very __________ (use). For instance, they canhelp you to compare two different _________ (produce) so that you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you save money. Whenprices are_________ (list), you can go to the storewith the _________ (low) price. Ads also tell you when stores are having sales. However, some advertising can be _________ (confuse) or misleading. Sometimes the words sound good butdon’t really tell you anything about the qualityof the product. At other times, the picture in anad looks a lot better than the real thing. So you have to be careful. At times an ad can lead you_________ (buy) something you don’t need at all.Unit 14Hi Jake,Sorry I couldn’t get back to you _________ (soon). I have so many _________ (chore) to do today. I have _________ (do) my homework, of course.I started about an hour ago, but I haven’tfinished. Then I have to take the dog for a walk, water my mom’s plants and do some ________ (shop).I haven’t _________ (do) any of those things yet because my grandfather came to chat with me. Heloves talking and I love _________ (listen) to him. He started _________ (tell) me about all of the chores he had to do when he _________ (be) a kid.He had get up at 5 am to chop wood and ________(light) the fire for breakfast. Then he had tocollect water from the village well. Then he had tofeed the animals- he and his family _________ (live)on the farm.C rystalDo you like pop music? Most people do. One of thebest _________ (band) on the music scene is the New Ocean Waves. In the last twelve months, they havehad three major concerts and _________ (make) a hitCD. They are going _________ (appear) on CCTV next month. And then they are going to go on a worldtour in which they will perform in ten different_________ (city). Be sure not _________ (miss) themif they come to a city near you—if you can get_________ (ticket), that is.“For years, we _________ (play) other people’s songs, ” says lead singer Zhu Wen. “But now weplay mostly our own songs. We have had a few songsin the top ten, but we really hope_________ (have)a number one hit some _________ (day).” Good luckto the New Ocean Waves! They are off to a great start. And they are really nice people. Did youknow that they gave half of the money they made toa charity for _________ (home) children?Unit 15Dear Editor,I am writing _________ (say) that I am against_________ (build) a new zoo in our town. Zoos are terrible _________ (place) for animals to live. I have visited a lot of _________ (zoo) in my life,and I have never seen one I _________ (like) or one that was _________ (suit) for animals to live in. Just last week, I visited a zoo and _________ (can) believe what I saw. The animals are _________ (keep) in tiny cages and can _________ (hard) move at all. And they are only _________ (give) food once a day. Is this a good way for animals to live? I don’tthink so.Sincerely,DisgustedYou have _________ (probable) never heard of Amy Winterbourne, but she is a _________ (usual) woman. She lives in a house that she built _________ (she) out of trash. Well, the stuff used to be _________ (call) trash, but now it’s called “recycled”material. The windows and doors came from old buildings around the town that were being_________ (pull) down. The walls are made from old _________ (glass) bottles that are glued together. The roofis made from _________ (discard) tiles. And the fence is built out of _________ (use) soda cans. Amy recently won an award from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president Jackson Smiths said, “Amy is an _________ (inspire) to us all.”And what does Amy do in her spare time? She makes model toys out of old TVs and ________ (sell) them to raise money for the Children’s Hospital.。
