用所给词的适当形式填空完成短文使意思完整。

When Mr. Smith retired (退休), he bought a house71   a village near the sea. He 72   it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house. But to his great surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer vacations, because it was the most 73   building in the village. From morning to night, there were many 74   outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows; some of   75   even went into Mr. Smith’s garden. This was too bad for Mr. Smith. He decided 76   the visitors to leave.  He put a notice（告示） on the window. The notice said, “If you want to know what my house is like，come in and look. Price（价格）: 77   dollars.” Mr. Smith was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he 78   wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. Smith had to spend much time showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said 79  . At last, he 80  the house and moved away(搬走).

71              72             73              74              75           

76              77             78              79              80           

阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。将完整的单词写在短文后面的横线上。

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might write them in his diary. Now a teenager w__________(71) the same problem might get online and write them in his blogs(博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog d__________ (72) from a diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public t__________ (73) a diary. Usually, a teenager likes hiding(隐藏) his diary book and treats it as one of full s__________ (74).

A blog has both good and bad p__________ (75 ). The biggest problem is that anyone can read what you write in your blog. If you are not satisfied(满意的) with a friend during school and write something bad about him in your diary, he will never know it. H__________ (76), if you do this on the Internet, that friend may read your blog and get a__________ (77 ). So we have to be careful of what we write.

A blog has good points, of course. People choose to write in blogs, they know that their friends will read what they write. If you are f__________ (78 )sad one day and write in your diary, no one will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly w__________ (79) back to comfort you or offer their help.

T__________ (80) it's a good way to write blogs about everyday life, I still prefer my old diary.

71. _______   72. _______  73. _______  74. _______  75. _______

76. _______   77. _______  78. _______  79. _______  80. _______

阅读下面短文，根据汉语或首字母提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写完整、正确。

Why are we always tired, do you know? F__71___, if we can’t sleep well, we will be tired. But we are often too busy. If we can’t    72    (完成) our work in the day, we must do it at night. We go to bed l   73    and get up early. So we can’t sleep well. Most people need at least eight h   74    and some even more to sleep. If we sleep for    75   (仅仅) five or six hours at night, we will be tired.

Second, when we are ill, we will be tired. But we don’t know we are ill. So if you are always tired, maybe you are not so    76   (健康的). You should go to see a doctor.

Third, p   77  （也许）you can’t eat some kinds of food like eggs, nuts, meat, or chocolate. If you are ill and tired after eating some food, please stop e   78   them to see if you are well.

At last, if the air around you isn’t clean, you will feel tired. So please open the    79   (窗户) or go out for a walk and you will feel    80   (更好的).

71. __________ 72. __________ 73. __________ 74. __________ 75. __________

76. __________ 77. __________ 78. __________ 79. __________ 80. __________

house, smile, keep, happy, listen, money, all, look, ill, friend, travel, be

How can you get happiness? You may say that happiness requires nice comforts like a   71   , a car, big bank balance, a high paying job.

Here in India where I live, I have    72    through villages where people seemed to earn just enough to make ends meet. I have seen happiness there. I have seen     73     faces and smiling eyes that readily gave me directions. They were very     74   and made my journey easier.

I have also worked for 3 years on Wall Street, in a big Investment Bank. I have seen some people with a lot of     75   but still unhappy. I am not saying that all rich are unhappy (or the poor, happy). But the fact that there    76   some rich people who look angry or listless (无精打采的) and there are some poor people who     77    happy, points out that there must be something else to     78   , than just money, luxury (奢侈品) and comfort.

Happiness, it seems, is not a factor of how much you have. You can feel happy  79     to a good song, you can feel happy watching a beautiful sunrise, you can feel happy in any number of ways that don’t require any possessions at     80  . .

71.___ 72. ____ 73. ____ 74. ____ 75. _____ 76. ____77. _____78. ____79. _____80.______ 

IX.补全对话（5个小题，每小题1分，共5分）

根据对话内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出最佳选项，将其答案的序号写在方框下面的横线上,选项中有两项为多余项。

A: You must be really excited about leaving for America tomorrow, Li Ping!

B: Yeah. （81）______

A: Nervous about what?

B: I don’t know many of the customs and manners in the USA. （82）______

A: Sure.

B: （83）______

A: Well, it’s important to be on time when you’re invited for dinner. （84）______ Americans expect their guests to be on time.

B: Then how long may I stay there?

A: （85）______ Or you seem to have come only for the meal. When your friends seem to be getting tired and running out of things, it’s time to leave. The next day, call or write a thank-you note to say how much you enjoyed the evening.

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

School education is very i__71__ and useful. The students both learn k__72__ and get an education. Yet, no one can learn e__73__ from school. The scientists, such as Edison, Newton, Galileo and Einstein, didn’t learn everything from school. They learned a lot of knowledge outside school or in practice b__74__ themselves. A teacher, even he knows a l_75__, can’t teach his students everything.

The teacher’s job is to show his students how to l__76__, how to read and how to think. A good teacher with r__77__ experience in teaching can teach his students the methods(=ways) of study. Through these methods the students are a __78__ to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.

Usually it is very e_79__ for the students to remember some knowledge, but it is very difficult to u__80__ it for problems. If a teacher really shows the students the ability of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself . The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study.

71 ._________ 72 . _________73 . _________ 74 . _________ 75 . _________

76 . _________77. _________ 78 . _________ 79 . _________ 80 . _________