Question

   Here’s story about Ming’s life on the waters . Ming has lived all his life on a wide r    (1) in China . His home is a large house-boat with a roof , one of hundreds that move up and down . In about six years he has not once been on l    (2) , but he is never lonely . He is a strong swimmer . In fact （实际上） , he could swim before he could walk . When he wants to play with his f    (3) , he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v    (4) him .

    Ming’s father is a fisherman but he never u    (5) a line or a net （网） . Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him . Rings （圈） have been put around the birds’ n    (6) so that they cannot eat the fish they catch . They have been taught to b    (7) the fish to people . And then people reward （奖励） them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f    (8) . Ming loves watching the cormorants , but better still he likes going s    (9) with his mother . The shops , of course , are boats very like his o    (10) .

Answer 1

  1. river                      2. land                 3. friends             4. visit                          5. uses

  6. necks           7. bring                8. finished  9. shopping                  10. own