1.In1995, Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the university of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help p__1__students. Her friends and neighbours were s___2___when they heard the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and helpful. Everyone in her town knew that she was not r__3___. In fact she was poor.
   How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so m__4___money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to l___5__school when she was eight years old to help her family . Her job was washing clothes. She got only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by hand. Then she h__6___the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. McCarty never m___7___and she had no children. Her life was very simple. She went to work to church. She had a black-and–white television, but she did not watch it very often.
Oseola McCarty s__8___money all her life and had about $250,000. At the a___9__of 86, she left money to the church , the university and her r___10____. She just wanted to help others. She was a shy woman, but she became famous.
通讀全文后，應(yīng)知這篇文章主要講述一位老人（洗衣工人）平時(shí)省吃?xún)€用，積攢了一筆錢(qián)，在她去世前她把她的生平積蓄都捐給了他人。
1． poor.她把錢(qián)捐給大學(xué)主要來(lái)幫助那些貧困的大學(xué)生。
2．   surprised.朋友和鄰居對(duì)此事應(yīng)感到驚訝（因?yàn)樗皇莻€(gè)洗衣工，不應(yīng)該有那么多的錢(qián)。
3．  rich.從表面來(lái)看她只是個(gè)洗衣工，應(yīng)該沒(méi)多少錢(qián)，至少不富裕。
4．   much.很多的錢(qián)，money不可數(shù)，故只能用much.
5．  leave因?yàn)樨毟F，她只好離開(kāi)學(xué)校（輟學(xué)），這兒不能用過(guò)去式，因?yàn)槭窃诓欢ㄊ胶蟆?br /> 6．   hung.讀后應(yīng)知道她在洗完衣服后，把衣服掛起來(lái)晾干（曬干）這兒要用hang的過(guò)去式hung,不能用hanged（上吊，絞死）
7．married因?yàn)樗龥](méi)有小孩，應(yīng)推測(cè)她終生未婚，這兒要用marry的過(guò)去式。
8． saved她靠平時(shí)的省吃?xún)€用積攢了那么多的錢(qián)。這兒要用save的過(guò)去式。
9． 在多少歲時(shí)用at the age of
10. relatives她把錢(qián)捐給了教堂，大學(xué)，還把一部分給了她的親戚。（她雖沒(méi)有小孩，但是她應(yīng)有一些親戚。）這兒要用復(fù)數(shù)。


2. One morning, it was already a quarter to eight whenI got up. I was a___1__that I would be late , so I put on my clothes hurriedly, and left w___2__breakfast. There were so many people at the bus stop that it was not e__3___to catch a bus. Five minutes had passed, I still couldn’t get on one. The only thing left for me to do was to w___4___. I rushed through the crowd and towards my school. S__5_____I met an old woman , and she fell down.Without an apology（道歉）, I left her and went on my way.That evening, whenI was back from school, I learned that the old woman was b__6___hurt in the leg from the fall. She was sent to a hospital after I left. I felt very s__7___and nearly cried. The only way for me to ask her pardon was to pay her a visit.
The next day, I went to the hospital. At first It____8___that she would giving me a scolding（責(zé)備）, but she didn’t. I began to c____9__ . she stroked my hand and said with warmth,“ Never mind,my girl, I knew you didn’t want to hurt me, did you? Don’t worry, I will get better soon.”
I was too t___10___ to her, and promised not to do such a thing again

答案
1.afraid. 2. without. 3.easy. 4. walk. 5. Suddenly. 6. badly. 7. sorry. 8.thought. 9. cry. 10. thankful.


3.Many people who live in cities say that they dislike city life. They say the city that they l____1____in is noisy, dirty and crowded. They are tired of the traffic, the pollution in the a____2__and the rubbish in the streets.
But not m____3___people living in cities are happy when they have to s___4___in the country for two or three weeks. They e___5___the quiet, clean air and the beautiful healthy surroundings（周?chē)氖挛铮?  but they m____6___the stores and restaurants,  the theaters, the crowds and the excitements of the city.
People who live in the country on the hand enjoy v___7_____the city for a day or an evening,  to do some s____8____or go to the theater or a concert. But they often f____9__the city a rather frightening place and are usually happy to get back to their quiet, unexciting l__10___in the country.
答案：1.live. 2. air. 3. many. 4. stay. 5. enjoy. 6. miss. 7. visiting. 8. shopping. 9.find. 10. life.  

4.If you get s___1____today, you will not have much trouble sending f__2____a doctor or being sent to a hospital. In the early 1900s,this was not the case. Sometimes doctors had to travel many miles to h___3____their patients. There were f__4___telephones or automobiles.（汽車(chē)） This often caused a delay of hours before the doctors even k____5___they needed.
Doctor Morris of Nebraska solved this problem. He used homing pigeons.（鴿子）  A homing pigeon is a bird t__6____always flies home when released（釋放）, Doctor Morris would leave one of his pigeons w___7____he was visiting a patient. If the patient needed f__8____help, instructions were to t___9____a note to the pigeon’s leg and let it go. The pigeon would quickly fly to the d__10___home. Help would soon be on its way.
答案：
1. sick. 2. for. 3. help. 4. few. 5. knew. 6. that. 7. whenever. 8. further. 9. tie.  10. doctor’s

5.Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading books is f__1__. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become l____2___ in a book.
Next, you can read a book a__3__: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed — even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient（方便的） hobby as it is easy to stop and then s___4_____ again.
A__5__ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m___6_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e___7__. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is h__8__ out of date!
Good r____9____ are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W__10__ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable!
答案：1.fun. 2. lost. 3. anywhere. 4. start. 5. Another. 6. means. 7. easier.
   8. hardly. 9. readers. 10. What.

6. 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.

文論述了非洲灰色鸚鵡被一些科學(xué)家認(rèn)為是最聰明的動(dòng)物。
    1. among.表示最高級(jí)的比較范圍，意為“在……中”，一般用of或among， 等介詞，此處已有首字母a，所以是among.
    2. think.根據(jù)前面的提問(wèn)有首字母t可知是think，表示“有的科學(xué)家認(rèn)為最聰明的動(dòng)物應(yīng)當(dāng)是Alex”。
    3. talk.根據(jù)下文對(duì)他會(huì)講會(huì)的描述和空格后的with，可知是talk withsb（同……談話）。
    4. wants.根據(jù)前面的come here及后文的句式搭配可知是want sb to do sth（想要某人做某事）。
    5. child.根據(jù)后面的兩叁歲可知是小孩。
    6. sounds.由前文的talk和后文的words可知是重復(fù)教他講話的聲音。
    7. understands.從后文的描述可知，他不但會(huì)重復(fù)教他的聲音而且還明白其意思。
    8. different.根據(jù)things是復(fù)數(shù)及首字母的提示可知是指不同的（different） 事物。
    9. way.根據(jù)句意“他的思維方式是否與的思維方式一樣呢？”。搭配：in the way用這種方式。
    10. question.上文“Is the parrot…？”提出的是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。

7.  Bedtime stories are one of the delights（喜悅）of early childhood. But a________（1） to Dr.Julie Spreadbury from Queensland, parents s________（2） not speed up reading to their children after they entered primary school. She says listening to， reading and d________（3） the stories help children's relaxation.
    My theory （理論） is that when children can read t________（4）， most parents stop reading to them， Dr. Spreadbury says.
    That may be at the end of the Year 1， which is far too informal.
    Dr. Spreadbury says bedtime reading n________（5） only gives children a good b________（6） at school， but also brings parents and their children closer. This makes it funnier for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them， o________（7） things they are reading in their everyday life.

 1.according. 依上下文和句式結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)用介詞，according to 意指“根據(jù)——”。
    2.should. 所缺單詞后有謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，填入助動(dòng)詞或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞合適，should這里是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，意思是“應(yīng)該”。
    3.discussing. 空白處應(yīng)填與前面reading并列的單詞。
    4.themselves. 本題有一定的難度。Read后必須接以“t”打頭的賓語(yǔ)，能夠想到用反身代詞的恐怕不多。
    5.not. 后面有but also，前面與之相對(duì)的應(yīng)該是“not only”。
    6.beginning. good后需填名詞，依語(yǔ)意用beginning比較恰當(dāng)。
    7.or. 后面的句式結(jié)構(gòu)與前面相同，填or，意思是“或者”。

8、British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓） with milk and won a National Bravery Awaid.
    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 fire-fighters r____（8） the shop， the fire was under control.
    Leech helped save the 1____ （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.
答案1. usual.as usual 意思是“像往常一樣”。
    2. suddenly.空后是“動(dòng)賓”結(jié)構(gòu)，此處應(yīng)用副詞，suddenly指事情的突然。
    3. thought.前面的must be 表示“推測(cè)”，所以用“thought”比較合理。
    4. decided.依據(jù)前面的“thought”和后面的一系列動(dòng)作。decide to do sth. 用于表示“決定做某事”。
   5. pushed.后面是“door”，又要填一個(gè)以“p”打頭的詞，push the door（推門(mén)）搭配合理。
    6. shouted.里面著了火，進(jìn)門(mén)后“shout”更合情理。
    7. everywhere.前面句子主、謂、賓具全，結(jié)合后面的“used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire”，顯然是用奶滅的火。用“everywhere”表明“到處都是奶”。
    8. reached.結(jié)合文意和語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)，動(dòng)詞后是名詞，顯然要用一個(gè)以“r”打頭的及物動(dòng)詞。
    9. lives.the lives of eight people意指“八條人命”。
    10. opening.結(jié)合上下文，倒奶救火、救人。倒奶容易，但“開(kāi)那么多奶瓶”確是不易。注意，這里的opening是動(dòng)名詞，作句子的真正主語(yǔ)。

9. Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on h_________(1). They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat for two weeks.
  During their trip, they saw many whales. Bill and Simon were very e_________(2) because they had wanted to see them very much.Unluckily, w_________(3) they were watching them, the whales began to hit the side of the boat.
  Suddenly, w_________(4) started coming in, and they realized that they were in trouble. They q_________(5) jump into the lifeboat before the boat sank(沉沒(méi))，and watched it disappear under the sea.
  Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d_________(6). They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water i_________(7) drinking water. These two things helped them to survive(存活) during their terrible experience.
  For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and a_________(8) them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing, n_________(9) saw them. They were becoming weaker and weaker.Then, just as they were beginning to l_________(10) hope, a fishing boat saved them.

文章大意：本文是一片記敘文，講了一對(duì)朋友冒險(xiǎn)的故事。兩個(gè)朋友環(huán)海旅行時(shí)，船翻了，在救生艇上靠釣魚(yú)竿和轉(zhuǎn)換淡水的機(jī)器活了下來(lái)，最后被一艘漁船救了。
   1. holiday  解析：他們?nèi)ズＩ下眯?，?yīng)應(yīng)該是在假期中。
   2. excited  解析：看到鯨魚(yú)，他們很興奮。
   3. while/when  解析：當(dāng)他們看鯨魚(yú)時(shí)，鯨魚(yú)開(kāi)始攻擊船的一邊。
   4. water    解析：水開(kāi)始進(jìn)入船里。
   5. quickly  解析：在船沉沒(méi)前，他們很快跳進(jìn)救生艇里。
   6. days    解析： 幸運(yùn)的是，他們有足夠20天的食物和水。
   7. into    解析： change …into… 把……變成……。
   8. ate    解析：再后來(lái)的50天里，他們每天捉10條魚(yú)并吃了他們。
   9. nobody  解析：沒(méi)有人看見(jiàn)他們。
  10. lose   解析：就在他們要失去希望時(shí)，一艘漁船救了他們。

10. Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th c       （1） in China. The earliest book that we have was p      （2） in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p      （3） in a book.By the 11th century printed books could be f      （4）  all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In1340, books could be printed using two c     (5) , black and red.
A       (6) the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he s      (7) printed books. It is possible that Marco Po-lo brought that k       (8) to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe u         (9) 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg i       (10) a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.
答案：本文介紹了木版印刷的歷史和它的發(fā)展過(guò)程。
1. century  木版印刷在公元4世紀(jì)到公元7世紀(jì)在中國(guó)發(fā)明的。
2. published  由后面可知，最早的書(shū)于868年被出版。
3. page  由木版印刷的介紹可知，最先的木版印刷對(duì)每一本書(shū)的每一頁(yè)都需要一個(gè)新木塊。
4. found  隨著木版印刷的發(fā)展，在11世紀(jì)之前，這些印刷的書(shū)在中國(guó)到處都能發(fā)現(xiàn)。
5. colors  由后面可知，表示兩種顏色。
6. Although  句意：盡管中國(guó)人了解印刷如此早，但印刷數(shù)百年來(lái)沒(méi)有傳到世界別的地方去。由句意可知，表示讓步，用although引導(dǎo)。
7. saw 馬可•波羅來(lái)到中國(guó)看到了印刷的書(shū)。
8. knowledge  由上文可知，歐洲的印刷書(shū)可能是馬可•波羅把這種學(xué)問(wèn)帶去的。
9. until  not…until直到……才。
10. invented  由句意可知，在1450年，名叫Johann Gutenberg的德國(guó)人發(fā)明了印刷機(jī)器

1.In1995, Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the university of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help p__1__students. Her friends and neighbours were s___2___when they heard the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and helpful. Everyone in her town knew that she was not r__3___. In fact she was poor.
   How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so m__4___money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to l___5__school when she was eight years old to help her family . Her job was washing clothes. She got only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by hand. Then she h__6___the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. McCarty never m___7___and she had no children. Her life was very simple. She went to work to church. She had a black-and–white television, but she did not watch it very often.
Oseola McCarty s__8___money all her life and had about $250,000. At the a___9__of 86, she left money to the church , the university and her r___10____. She just wanted to help others. She was a shy woman, but she became famous.
通讀全文后，應(yīng)知這篇文章主要講述一位老人（洗衣工人）平時(shí)省吃?xún)€用，積攢了一筆錢(qián)，在她去世前她把她的生平積蓄都捐給了他人。
1． poor.她把錢(qián)捐給大學(xué)主要來(lái)幫助那些貧困的大學(xué)生。
2．   surprised.朋友和鄰居對(duì)此事應(yīng)感到驚訝（因?yàn)樗皇莻€(gè)洗衣工，不應(yīng)該有那么多的錢(qián)。
3．  rich.從表面來(lái)看她只是個(gè)洗衣工，應(yīng)該沒(méi)多少錢(qián)，至少不富裕。
4．   much.很多的錢(qián)，money不可數(shù)，故只能用much.
5．  leave因?yàn)樨毟F，她只好離開(kāi)學(xué)校（輟學(xué)），這兒不能用過(guò)去式，因?yàn)槭窃诓欢ㄊ胶蟆?br /> 6．   hung.讀后應(yīng)知道她在洗完衣服后，把衣服掛起來(lái)晾干（曬干）這兒要用hang的過(guò)去式hung,不能用hanged（上吊，絞死）
7．married因?yàn)樗龥](méi)有小孩，應(yīng)推測(cè)她終生未婚，這兒要用marry的過(guò)去式。
8． saved她靠平時(shí)的省吃?xún)€用積攢了那么多的錢(qián)。這兒要用save的過(guò)去式。
9． 在多少歲時(shí)用at the age of
10. relatives她把錢(qián)捐給了教堂，大學(xué)，還把一部分給了她的親戚。（她雖沒(méi)有小孩，但是她應(yīng)有一些親戚。）這兒要用復(fù)數(shù)。


2. One morning, it was already a quarter to eight whenI got up. I was a___1__that I would be late , so I put on my clothes hurriedly, and left w___2__breakfast. There were so many people at the bus stop that it was not e__3___to catch a bus. Five minutes had passed, I still couldn’t get on one. The only thing left for me to do was to w___4___. I rushed through the crowd and towards my school. S__5_____I met an old woman , and she fell down.Without an apology（道歉）, I left her and went on my way.That evening, whenI was back from school, I learned that the old woman was b__6___hurt in the leg from the fall. She was sent to a hospital after I left. I felt very s__7___and nearly cried. The only way for me to ask her pardon was to pay her a visit.
The next day, I went to the hospital. At first It____8___that she would giving me a scolding（責(zé)備）, but she didn’t. I began to c____9__ . she stroked my hand and said with warmth,“ Never mind,my girl, I knew you didn’t want to hurt me, did you? Don’t worry, I will get better soon.”
I was too t___10___ to her, and promised not to do such a thing again

答案
1.afraid. 2. without. 3.easy. 4. walk. 5. Suddenly. 6. badly. 7. sorry. 8.thought. 9. cry. 10. thankful.


3.Many people who live in cities say that they dislike city life. They say the city that they l____1____in is noisy, dirty and crowded. They are tired of the traffic, the pollution in the a____2__and the rubbish in the streets.
But not m____3___people living in cities are happy when they have to s___4___in the country for two or three weeks. They e___5___the quiet, clean air and the beautiful healthy surroundings（周?chē)氖挛铮?  but they m____6___the stores and restaurants,  the theaters, the crowds and the excitements of the city.
People who live in the country on the hand enjoy v___7_____the city for a day or an evening,  to do some s____8____or go to the theater or a concert. But they often f____9__the city a rather frightening place and are usually happy to get back to their quiet, unexciting l__10___in the country.
答案：1.live. 2. air. 3. many. 4. stay. 5. enjoy. 6. miss. 7. visiting. 8. shopping. 9.find. 10. life.  

4.If you get s___1____today, you will not have much trouble sending f__2____a doctor or being sent to a hospital. In the early 1900s,this was not the case. Sometimes doctors had to travel many miles to h___3____their patients. There were f__4___telephones or automobiles.（汽車(chē)） This often caused a delay of hours before the doctors even k____5___they needed.
Doctor Morris of Nebraska solved this problem. He used homing pigeons.（鴿子）  A homing pigeon is a bird t__6____always flies home when released（釋放）, Doctor Morris would leave one of his pigeons w___7____he was visiting a patient. If the patient needed f__8____help, instructions were to t___9____a note to the pigeon’s leg and let it go. The pigeon would quickly fly to the d__10___home. Help would soon be on its way.
答案：
1. sick. 2. for. 3. help. 4. few. 5. knew. 6. that. 7. whenever. 8. further. 9. tie.  10. doctor’s

5.Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading books is f__1__. You can always keep yourself amused if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become l____2___ in a book.
Next, you can read a book a__3__: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed — even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient（方便的） hobby as it is easy to stop and then s___4_____ again.
A__5__ good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This m___6_ that you will read faster and will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much e___7__. Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is h__8__ out of date!
Good r____9____ are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best.W__10__ other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable!
答案：1.fun. 2. lost. 3. anywhere. 4. start. 5. Another. 6. means. 7. easier.
   8. hardly. 9. readers. 10. What.

6. 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.

文論述了非洲灰色鸚鵡被一些科學(xué)家認(rèn)為是最聰明的動(dòng)物。
    1. among.表示最高級(jí)的比較范圍，意為“在……中”，一般用of或among， 等介詞，此處已有首字母a，所以是among.
    2. think.根據(jù)前面的提問(wèn)有首字母t可知是think，表示“有的科學(xué)家認(rèn)為最聰明的動(dòng)物應(yīng)當(dāng)是Alex”。
    3. talk.根據(jù)下文對(duì)他會(huì)講會(huì)的描述和空格后的with，可知是talk withsb（同……談話）。
    4. wants.根據(jù)前面的come here及后文的句式搭配可知是want sb to do sth（想要某人做某事）。
    5. child.根據(jù)后面的兩叁歲可知是小孩。
    6. sounds.由前文的talk和后文的words可知是重復(fù)教他講話的聲音。
    7. understands.從后文的描述可知，他不但會(huì)重復(fù)教他的聲音而且還明白其意思。
    8. different.根據(jù)things是復(fù)數(shù)及首字母的提示可知是指不同的（different） 事物。
    9. way.根據(jù)句意“他的思維方式是否與的思維方式一樣呢？”。搭配：in the way用這種方式。
    10. question.上文“Is the parrot…？”提出的是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。

7.  Bedtime stories are one of the delights（喜悅）of early childhood. But a________（1） to Dr.Julie Spreadbury from Queensland, parents s________（2） not speed up reading to their children after they entered primary school. She says listening to， reading and d________（3） the stories help children's relaxation.
    My theory （理論） is that when children can read t________（4）， most parents stop reading to them， Dr. Spreadbury says.
    That may be at the end of the Year 1， which is far too informal.
    Dr. Spreadbury says bedtime reading n________（5） only gives children a good b________（6） at school， but also brings parents and their children closer. This makes it funnier for them to open up and talk to parents about things that are worrying them， o________（7） things they are reading in their everyday life.

 1.according. 依上下文和句式結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)用介詞，according to 意指“根據(jù)——”。
    2.should. 所缺單詞后有謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，填入助動(dòng)詞或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞合適，should這里是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，意思是“應(yīng)該”。
    3.discussing. 空白處應(yīng)填與前面reading并列的單詞。
    4.themselves. 本題有一定的難度。Read后必須接以“t”打頭的賓語(yǔ)，能夠想到用反身代詞的恐怕不多。
    5.not. 后面有but also，前面與之相對(duì)的應(yīng)該是“not only”。
    6.beginning. good后需填名詞，依語(yǔ)意用beginning比較恰當(dāng)。
    7.or. 后面的句式結(jié)構(gòu)與前面相同，填or，意思是“或者”。

8、British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats（公寓） with milk and won a National Bravery Awaid.
    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 fire-fighters r____（8） the shop， the fire was under control.
    Leech helped save the 1____ （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.
答案1. usual.as usual 意思是“像往常一樣”。
    2. suddenly.空后是“動(dòng)賓”結(jié)構(gòu)，此處應(yīng)用副詞，suddenly指事情的突然。
    3. thought.前面的must be 表示“推測(cè)”，所以用“thought”比較合理。
    4. decided.依據(jù)前面的“thought”和后面的一系列動(dòng)作。decide to do sth. 用于表示“決定做某事”。
   5. pushed.后面是“door”，又要填一個(gè)以“p”打頭的詞，push the door（推門(mén)）搭配合理。
    6. shouted.里面著了火，進(jìn)門(mén)后“shout”更合情理。
    7. everywhere.前面句子主、謂、賓具全，結(jié)合后面的“used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire”，顯然是用奶滅的火。用“everywhere”表明“到處都是奶”。
    8. reached.結(jié)合文意和語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu)，動(dòng)詞后是名詞，顯然要用一個(gè)以“r”打頭的及物動(dòng)詞。
    9. lives.the lives of eight people意指“八條人命”。
    10. opening.結(jié)合上下文，倒奶救火、救人。倒奶容易，但“開(kāi)那么多奶瓶”確是不易。注意，這里的opening是動(dòng)名詞，作句子的真正主語(yǔ)。

9. Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on h_________(1). They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat for two weeks.
  During their trip, they saw many whales. Bill and Simon were very e_________(2) because they had wanted to see them very much.Unluckily, w_________(3) they were watching them, the whales began to hit the side of the boat.
  Suddenly, w_________(4) started coming in, and they realized that they were in trouble. They q_________(5) jump into the lifeboat before the boat sank(沉沒(méi))，and watched it disappear under the sea.
  Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d_________(6). They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water i_________(7) drinking water. These two things helped them to survive(存活) during their terrible experience.
  For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and a_________(8) them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing, n_________(9) saw them. They were becoming weaker and weaker.Then, just as they were beginning to l_________(10) hope, a fishing boat saved them.

文章大意：本文是一片記敘文，講了一對(duì)朋友冒險(xiǎn)的故事。兩個(gè)朋友環(huán)海旅行時(shí)，船翻了，在救生艇上靠釣魚(yú)竿和轉(zhuǎn)換淡水的機(jī)器活了下來(lái)，最后被一艘漁船救了。
   1. holiday  解析：他們?nèi)ズＩ下眯?，?yīng)應(yīng)該是在假期中。
   2. excited  解析：看到鯨魚(yú)，他們很興奮。
   3. while/when  解析：當(dāng)他們看鯨魚(yú)時(shí)，鯨魚(yú)開(kāi)始攻擊船的一邊。
   4. water    解析：水開(kāi)始進(jìn)入船里。
   5. quickly  解析：在船沉沒(méi)前，他們很快跳進(jìn)救生艇里。
   6. days    解析： 幸運(yùn)的是，他們有足夠20天的食物和水。
   7. into    解析： change …into… 把……變成……。
   8. ate    解析：再后來(lái)的50天里，他們每天捉10條魚(yú)并吃了他們。
   9. nobody  解析：沒(méi)有人看見(jiàn)他們。
  10. lose   解析：就在他們要失去希望時(shí)，一艘漁船救了他們。

10. Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th c       （1） in China. The earliest book that we have was p      （2） in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p      （3） in a book.By the 11th century printed books could be f      （4）  all over China. They included books of Confucius' thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In1340, books could be printed using two c     (5) , black and red.
A       (6) the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he s      (7) printed books. It is possible that Marco Po-lo brought that k       (8) to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe u         (9) 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg i       (10) a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.
答案：本文介紹了木版印刷的歷史和它的發(fā)展過(guò)程。
1. century  木版印刷在公元4世紀(jì)到公元7世紀(jì)在中國(guó)發(fā)明的。
2. published  由后面可知，最早的書(shū)于868年被出版。
3. page  由木版印刷的介紹可知，最先的木版印刷對(duì)每一本書(shū)的每一頁(yè)都需要一個(gè)新木塊。
4. found  隨著木版印刷的發(fā)展，在11世紀(jì)之前，這些印刷的書(shū)在中國(guó)到處都能發(fā)現(xiàn)。
5. colors  由后面可知，表示兩種顏色。
6. Although  句意：盡管中國(guó)人了解印刷如此早，但印刷數(shù)百年來(lái)沒(méi)有傳到世界別的地方去。由句意可知，表示讓步，用although引導(dǎo)。
7. saw 馬可•波羅來(lái)到中國(guó)看到了印刷的書(shū)。
8. knowledge  由上文可知，歐洲的印刷書(shū)可能是馬可•波羅把這種學(xué)問(wèn)帶去的。
9. until  not…until直到……才。
10. invented  由句意可知，在1450年，名叫Johann Gutenberg的德國(guó)人發(fā)明了印刷機(jī)器