Tom is a thirteen-year-old boy. He is tall and strong. And he runs faster than 1 in his class. So ——青夏教育精英家教网—

　　Tom is a thirteen-year-old boy. He is tall and strong. And he runs faster than 1 in his class. So he is often proud of(以…自豪) it. Two weeks 2 a new student came. His name is Dick. He's thin and short. But his classmates found he ran very fast when they were playing football. Henry, one of Tom's friends, told him about 3 . Of course, he didn't believe(相信) it.

　　“Why 4 a race with him?” said Henry.

　　“It's a good idea!” said Tom. “Go to tell the boy. I'll have a race with him tomorrow.”

　　The next afternoon, when the classes were over, Tom got ready 5 the race. He was sure he could win he first place(位置). Henry didn't 6 his homework and couldn't go with him. That evening Henry went to see his friend. They began to 7 about the race. Tom's grandma heard them in the next room. She came and asked, “Which place did you 8 , Tom?”

　　“The second place, Grandma,” answered Tom.

　　“Congratulations to you!” the old woman said 9 . “And which place did Dick win?”

　　“The last 10 one.”

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　　In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed (允许) to drink in a public bar (公共酒吧). Mr. Brown usually went to a bar near his house, but he 1 took his son, Tom, because he was too 2 Then, 3 Tom's 18th birthday, Mr. Brown took him to his usual bar 4 the first time. They drank for half an hour, and then Mr. Brown 5 , “Now, Tom, I will tell you a 6 . You must always be careful not to drink too much. And how do you know when you've had 7 ? Well, I'll tell you. Can you see those two lights 8 the end of the bar? When they seem to have become 9 , you've had enough and 10 go home.”

　　“But Dad,” said Tom, “I can see only one light there!”

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It is March 10th. It's a beautiful spring morning. Miss Green and her students are 1 their way to a hill. They are going 2 a camping trip(野营旅行).

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There were so many people on the bus that there were 1 empty seats. When a young man got on, an old man near him wanted to 2 but the young man pushed (推) him back to his seat.

“Thank you,” he said, “but please don't do that. I can stand.”

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Cloze Test

　　The Delta is the land built up by a river at its mouth, the end of a river as it 1 into the sea. The word itself comes from the Greek letter, Delta △, 2 is triangular as the river delta is.

　　When rivers 3 the sea, they are old. Their 4 slackens and they drop the load of silt and fine sand they 5 from the land 6 which they come.

　　New 7 of sand and silt continue to form, and the river slowly meanders over the land it has itself 8 down. Floods create new channels, and each channel carries more silt to extend the delta out into the sea.

　　The soil is unusually rich on river deltas, and dykes are often necessary to 9 delta farms from seasonal flooding. Constant dredging is also necessary to keep the continually shifting channels 10 enough for large ships to pass safely in and out of the river's mouth.

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　　Dogs have been man's good friends for thousands of years. Many stories tell about 1 dogs helped people in 2 . With the help of dogs, many 3 found their way home when they 4 their way in the snow.

　　Dogs have also helped in many scientific researches (科学研究). The first space-traveller was a 5 . Russian scientists (科学家) 6 it up in a man- made earth satellite in 1957.

　　Dogs have become film stars, too. A dog 7 the name Lassie was the star in quite 8 American films.

　　Dogs can hear and smell better than man, 9 they can not see so well. A dog may 10 for about 12 or 13 years. A 13-year-old child has not grown up yet, but a 13-year-old dog is a very old one.

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　　Almost everyone knows the 1 of Mr, Mrs and Miss. Mr is used before the names of men. Mrs is for married (已婚) women and Miss is for unmarried women. But 2 is Ms?

　　For some time, businessmen in the United States have used Ms before a woman's name when they don't know whether the woman is married or not. Today, however, many women prefer to use Ms 3 Mrs or Miss. The word 4 does not tell us 5 a man is married. They want to be equal to (和……平等) 6 in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether they are married or not.

　　There are some problems with Ms, however. Not all women 7 it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find it 8 to read. Ms sounds like “miz”. Young women like it better than older women 9 . It is difficult to know whether or not Ms 10 more American women in the future (将来). What do you think of it？

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　　A woman lives in a small village. Her husband is a 1 , but he has only a small piece of farm. He can't get enough crops for his family. When spring comes, they have 2 to eat.

　　One winter, the man found a job in a town far away from his village. Before he 3 , he said to his wife, “Please take good care of the children when I am away. The work is heavy, but I can get some 4 . Then I'll bring something for you and our children. Don't worry about me. I shall often 5 you.”

　　After that, the woman got a 6 from her husband every month. But as soon as she got it, she 7 to hide it in the box. She was 8 someone could see them.“You can't read,” one of her friends said,“ 9 ask someone to read them for you？” “ 10 !” said the woman, “My husband will read them all for me when he comes back.”

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　　Peter spent his last summer holiday on his uncle's 1 . His uncle was very kind 2 him and did all he could to 3 Peter happy. So Peter could be 4 to do anything.

　　His uncle had some goats (山羊). The number of the goats added up to (加起来) not more 5 twenty. Peter liked them very much. He was interested in 6 after them. He would spend all day 7 the goats here and there. One day his uncle was going to town, so he let Peter 8 with the goats. Suddenly Peter thought of making the goats 9 each other. He played it 10 a funny game. The fighting 11 ten minutes and one of the goats died. Seeing this, Peter was very sorry and 12 that it was not 13 for him to do so. When his uncle came back, Peter cried sadly. But his uncle said, “The goat died while fighting, so we must hold a memorial (纪念的) meeting and you should make a speech (演讲) at the memorial to the hero (英雄).”

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