Passage 11

Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important 1. of the day.

TV brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is 2. than before because of TV.

Whafs going on in 3. countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's living in the deepest part 4. the sea?

If you want 5. these and other kinds of questions,just turn 6. the TV. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course,people can also learn through reading or 7. to the radio.

But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can 8. and watch,too.

TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps us to open our minds. TV often gives 9. new ideas. Newer and better ways of doing something can 10. on TV.

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Passage 10 

call  change  start  picture  young  woman 

that  they  different  but  have  be 

The life of American women changed a lot during 1920s. More women 1. working out side the home. The US Government gave women the right to vote in election (投票选举) Women's look also 2. . In the past,they had long hair. Now many women in the big cities 3. very short hair. Instead of long,heavy dresses,women now wore short dress. They showed 4. arms and legs. They started wearing a hat from France which 5. the “cloche”.Today we may think these hats look strange,6. they were cool in the 1920s.

During the 1960s,young people started wearing clothing 7. was completely different from their parents’ clothes. They didn't want to look dressy or be in style. They wanted to be 8. . Jeans were popular. T-shirts often had words or 9. on the front. And a very old style of glasses became popular with 10.

people. They were called “granny glasses”，because they looked like glasses a grandmother would wear.

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Passage 9 

depend  live  train  earn  enjoy  fond  

good  much  they  difficulty  where  which 

Some people enjoy living together with their parents after they have grown up. They hold the opinion because,living with parents,they can take 1. care of their parents and their par ents can do the same to them. And they can turn to their parents for help if they get into trouble or have some 2. . To them,life in a big family seems to be 3. than that in a small family.

Others,however,prefer 4. separate ly. They cherish the idea to be independent of their parents,look for 5. freedom and wish to have a place of their own,in 6. they can do what they like. Besides,they don't want to be overprotected by their parents but desire to have chance to face the society by 7. .

As to me,I like an 8. life style in spite of the fact I love my parents. Different generations have different life styles and values. What one generation likes may not be another generation's 9. . Living separately,each genera tion can enjoy different values. In addition,by leading an independent life,I can 10. my character and develop my own ability to deal with things in my life.

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Passage 8 

usually  leave  happy  work  wonder  educate  

fly  late  violin  guilt  word  can

On a Friday night,a poor young man was playing the violin at the entrance of the subway station. He was a 1. . The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

The next day,the young man came to the entrance again. As 2. . He put down his hat. But this time,beside the hat was a piece of paper with some 3. on it. It said, “A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to get it back.Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it 4. be. After a while,a man rushed through the crowd,took the young man's shoulders and said,^uI knew you would certainly come here.The young man asked,^"What did you lose?” “Lottery (彩票) .” The young man took out a lottery ticket with Sang's name on it. Sang took it and danced 5. .

Sang was an office 6. . He bought the lottery and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the young man for his 7.

music,the lottery ticket was thrown in,too. The young man was a college student. That morning,he was going to fly to Vienna for further study. However,when he found the ticket,he put off 8. here and returned to the entrance.

9. ，someone asked the young man,“We all know you need money for your study,thafs why you play the violin in the public place.

But why you didn't take the lottery ticket to pay for your study?”He said ,“Although I don't have much money,! live happily. If I take the money,I will feel 10. I won’t be happy forever. ”

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Passage 7

I still remember I fell in love with English from a very young age,because I thought it was such a wonderful language. Full of strong wishes of learning English,I began to 1. it. But soon I found it 2. than expected. There were too many words,expressions and many other 3. to remember. And even if you know 4. to write them,you can't use them correctly and exactly. And I did rather

5. in my first English text. I was worried about it. This made me upset and dropped my interest in English little by little.

While I was in trouble,my English teacher 6. me much help. I knew that interest didn't mean everything and I should have some learning methods. I did as he said and tried many different 7. of learning English. As the days went by,I could do 8. and became more and more interested in it.

During summer vacation,an old lady from Australia 9. my school. She had a talk with us. It was the first time to meet a 10. . I got a little nervous at first,but soon I found it exciting to talk with her,and I learned a lot form her. How I wish to practice speaking English with foreigners every day!

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Passage 6

Peter who was always taking,never 1. didn't have many friends.

One day he wanted to give a party 2. Saturday. He invited Bill and Martha to come.

“Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing 3. together. Vm sure eve ryone will want you to sing for us.Said Peter.

That was 4. Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend,Betty,to bring a cake. “You make the 5. cake in the world,Betty,and I like to eat your cake better than 6. from the bakery. "Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn't forget to ask something from each one of them.

He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson 7. him have the party at their house!They agreed.

The party was a big 8. . However,as the guests were leaving,they said “Thank you!” to Bill and Martha for the music,Betty for the cake,the Jacksons for the use of the house and to 9. for their hard work. To Peter they just said ,“Thanks for the 10. ."

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Passage4 

can  leave  importance  fail  open  empty  

be  find  surprised  angry  must  take 

Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There 1. a big box in the old man's living room. The old man pointed to the box and said, “There's only one thing you mustn't do. Don't open the box." After saying this,he 2. his home.

The woman said to her husband, “There 3. be something expensive in the box.Let's open it'shall we?” Her husband said no to her. But the woman didn't give up her idea. One day,she decided 4. out what was in it.Her husband didn't stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her great 5. ，it was empty. She tried hard to close it,but she 6. .

That evening the old man came home and found the box was 7. . He asked the couple to leave his home. “But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We haven’t 8. anything at all. ” The old man shouted at them

9. ，“The box is not 10. ，but I can't believe you. That's important. ”

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Passage3 

hope  eat  hard  act  back  tell  

wish  Tom  he  cheer  one  terrible

Eric is a boy who likes playing with his friends. One day,he was 1. ill and couldn’t I move and had to spend all day in bed. Because his friends were not allowed to go near him. For the 2. time,he felt quite sad. Every day he just looked out of the window,doing nothing at all. As time passed,Eric became more and more 3. .

One day,however,he saw something very strange in the window. A panda 4. sandwi ches there. Eric was very surprised. Before he could find out what had happened,he saw a monkey playing the violin. After a while,he saw more and more funny characters outside the window. This time he began to laugh a lot and could 5. stop.

No one would stop laughing when they saw a pig playing a drum,or a dog wearing a pair of glasses and 6. like a teacher. Eric didn't tell anyone about this because he thought nobody would believe this. Anyway,those strange cha- racters brought happiness 7. into his heart. Soon he got well and was able to go back to school again.

When class was over,his classmates 8. by Eric about all the strange things he had seen. While he was talking,he saw something coming out of 9. schoolbag. He wan- ted very much to know what it was,so he asked Tom again and again. Finally Tom had to show him what was in the bag. There,inside,were all the fancy-dress (假面) toys that Tom had used 10. him up!

And from that day on,Eric always did his best to make sure that no one was sad or lonely.

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Passage 1 

in  you  cry  real  until  because  I  

try  good  hurt  enough  important 

May you have 1. happiness to make you sweet,enough tries to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself 2. Dream what you want to dream;go where you want to go be what you want to be,because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

others^' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you,it probably 3. the other person,too.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the 4. of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Happiness belongs to those who cry,those who hurt,those who have searched,and those who have 5. ，for only they can understand the 6. of people who have touched their lives. Loves with a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,you can't go on well in life 7. you let go of your past fai lures and heartaches.

When you were born,you were 8. and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched 9. life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are 10. down,to those who you want to know that you appreciate their friendship.

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Passage2

I  you  happy  tell  good  that  

who  travel  month  other  one  wonder

Three travelers,Pierre,Fred and Paul were waiting for a train. To pass the time,they began talking to each other.

At first,they talked about the weather and their work 1. . Then Paul said, “Tell me—Three travelers,Pierre,Fred and Paul were waiting for a train. To pass the time,they began talking to each other.

what would you most like to do if your doctor told you that you have only four 2. to live?”

Fred said, "HI take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend. I'd like 3. to the places in the world as many as possible. And HI stay at the 4. hotels and then eat my favorite food. I think I'll have a 5. time. ”

“That's very interesting. ” Paul said.

With these words,he turned to the

6. ，saying, “And what about you?”

“I'll tell you a secret ,” Pierre said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So the 7. thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I'll buy the car 8. was the fastest in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races. ”

Then he laughed ,“I might even end up world champion."

“Now it's 9. turn ,” Pierre went on,

“if you 10. the bad news,what would you most like to do?”

“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I'll go and see another doctor. ”

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