根据下列短文内容，在短文上的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整通顺。

There is a family of ants   1   under the tree in front of my house. One day when I went home, I found that they were busy carrying earth. It was going to rain. They did it to protect（保护）the gate of   2   home. Just then the rain came down. I ran into the house. As I watched out of the window, I thought, “What a pity! The ants will all die in   3   a heavy rain.”

4   the rain stopped, I went out to see them. To my   5  , they were still alive and as happy as usual. The earth at the gate of their home kept the rain   6   and they were   7   again moving the earth away. It was very late, but they were   8  working hard. There was no one beside to watch the ants and tell them   9   to do. But they knew what they should do and they did it.

I think people should learn from the ants. When we see something that needs to be done, we should do it.   10   my neighbors, the ants, I learnt a lot.

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
During the day we work and play. At night we sleep.  Our body rests and grows most while we ? 78? asleep. ? 79? the morning we are ready to work and play again. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can study better after we have ? 80 ? rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old 　 81 ? ten hours of sleep every night.
Our body needs fresh air when we sleep.　 82 ? we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. We should    83 ? our windows at night, and we can have a lot of fresh air. Cool air is better ? 84 ? warm air. Boys and girls who want to be 　 85 ? must get pleny of sleep.

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Dear Bob,
My name is Rich .I’m fourteen    【小题1】   old. I’m studying in a middle school. My school is nice and clean. There are 30 students in my class. It’s    【小题2】  today. My classmates and I are    【小题3】 a good time on the beach. It’s a nice place .The water is blue and clear. Many birds   【小题4】   flying over the sea. Many people are    【小题5】  in the sea. Some boys are   【小题6】   football. Some people are lying   【小题7】  the beach. A girl is    【小题8】  a book on a chair .Another girl is    【小题9】  photos. I   【小题10】 writing to you! What are you doing?
I hope you can write to me soon.
Best wishes!
Rich

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
We usually use _ 76__ kinds of money. One kind is money made of paper and the other kind is money made of metal.  But in the past people used many things   77  of money. Some countries used salt, tea or stones. Other countries even used some animals. Today people in some places in the world   78  do not use paper money all the time.
On the island of Yap, people use the   79  money in the world —Yap stones . These are round, white stones   80  a hole in the middle. The Yap stones do not   81  from this island. The Yap men have to go to the islands over 600 kilometres away to get   82    
Rich people do not carry the heavy Yap stones. Servants    83  the rich. Today people on the island of Yap use paper money for everyday shopping. But for other things they still   84 Yap stones to   85  money.

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Mr. Jones liked to be comfortable, so every time he took a train, he used to put a bag on the seat ?? 1.? to him and pretend that it belonged to a?? 2.??? who had gone to buy some cigarettes at the station.

??? One day, Mr. Jones did this again when the train was very crowded. When nearly all the seats were taken, an old man??? 3.?? on the train. Looking at the bag, he asked, "Is this seat taken?"

??? "Yes." said Mr. Jones, "it belongs to a friend of mine who has gone to buy some cigarettes. He will??? 4.?? back soon." Pretending to worry about his friend, he looked out of the window.

??? "All right," said the old man, "I'll just sit here until your friend?? 5.?? , if you don't mind." Mr. Jones couldn't say anything. Just then the train?? 6.? to move out of the station.

??? "Well," said the old man, "what a pity! Your friend?? 7.?? the train, but his bag is still here."?? 8.? Mr. Jones could say anything, the old man took the bag and threw it out of the window.

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整，通顺。

Are short people less happy with their lives than tall people? A recent study ____1.“Yes”. Short people feel that they don’t get ___2. respect(尊敬). It’s true that tall people make more money, get more respect, and have more important jobs ___3.? short people. In the US, the taller presidential candidate(候选人)usually wins.

It’s also hard to be a short famous person. Last week, French President Sarkozy (168cm) __4. a factory. People said that he made the shortest workers stand near him so that he would look taller in the photos. And when Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise (173cm)married Katie Holmes(179cm), he __5.? to make himself look the ___6. height as Katie in the wedding photos.

But life isn’t so bad for short people. Short people can move more quickly than tall people. Short people may live longer than tall people. It’s not easy for them to get some kinds of disease, _7.??? cancer.

In the end, it doesn’t matter ___8. a person is tall or not. There are good and bad sides to each.

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

One day, Mr. Smith went   1 a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at   2 . They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said   3 .

Mr. Smith went   4 quickly and put   5  his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good   6  to eat.

Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”

The other   7 were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to  8 down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Life is a learning process(过程). Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day, we learn to   1 with different   problems.

◆ Happiness and sadness

True happiness comes   2   hard work. Whatever we do, do it well. Putting on a happy face and thinking interesting things are helpful to have happy feelings. Helping others is   3   a good way. When happiness comes, sadness goes away.

◆ Failure and Success

Failure shows   4   the right way, makes us grow up and teaches us how to be successful. As the old saying goes, ”Failure is the mother of success”. Don’t be   5  of failure.

◆ Hope and Despair(绝望)

Hope is what keeps life going. Hope makes us dream. Life teaches us not to

give up hope even in the darkest hours, because    6   every night there is a new day. Whatever   7  , just keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

Life teaches us not to feel sorry for    8   , for it has passed and can not be called back. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.