用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺.每个词限用一次.

　　Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to school to learn languages, geography(地理) , history, science and many other subjects. That is 1 true. But 2 do they learn these things for? And are these things all that they learn at school?

　　We send our children to school to get ready for their future(未来的) work and life. Many of the things they study at school are useful 3 their life, but is that the 4 reason(理由) why they go to school?

　　There is more in education than just learning facts(事实). We go to school above all to learn how to learn or teach ourselves, so that when we finish our schooling, we can go on 5 . If a man really 6 how to learn, he will 7 be more successful(成功的), because when he has to do 8 new, he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the 9 way. The uneducated (没受过教育的 ) person, on the other hand, is 10 unable to do it, or does it badly. So the purpose(目的) of modern education is not only to learn languages, geography, history, science and many other subjects, but also to teach students the way to learn.

短文填空.

　　根据上下文和汉语提示，在下面短文空白处写出正确的单词或词组.

　　Most of us 1 (忙于) talking about and using the Internet every day，but how many of us know the 2 (历史) of the Internet? Many people are 3 (惊讶) when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s 4 (那时)，computers were large and 5 (贵的).Computer networks didn't work 6 (好).If there was 7 (出故障) with one computer in the network the whole network stopped，so a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many 8 (不同的) kinds of computers. If 9 (任何部分) of the network was not working，information conld be sent through another part. 10 (用这种方法)，computer network system would keep on working all the time...

阅读下面的一封e-mail，根据意思从方框中选择正确的词填入下面空白处。

Dear Kari,

Thanks for sending me the stamp while you were on vacation in Australia. I love it! The animals on the stamp are so interesting. I don't have any other stamps with pictures of animals. I've been collecting stamps for three years. Now I have 115 stamps from different countries. Where are you going on vacation next year? Will you send me a stamp from that country? I want to collect a stamp from every country in the world. Thanks! Do you have any hobbies? Could I send you something?

Your friend,

Alison

Example: Kari found a stamp for Alison in Australia.

(1) Alison doesn't have any other stamps with pictures of ________.

(2) She hopes to collect stamps from every country in the ________.

(3) She has 115 stamps from different ________.

(4) Alison has been ________ stamps for three years.

(5) If Kari has any ________, Alison will send her something.

　　Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on other people. But once a joke was played on him.

　　One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man, one of his friends. The young man said he had an uncle with him.

　　He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled, and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

　　“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,” said Mark Twain. “I'm sure I can make him laugh.”

　　That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front row. Mark Twain began to talk. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the room laugh. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories, but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funniest stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

　　Some days later, Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.

　　“Oh,” said his friend. “I know that old man. He's been deaf for years.”

根据短文内容回答问题，每空限填一词。

(1) What did Mark Twain like to do?

He ________ ________ play jokes on other people.

(2) What did he do one day?

He ________ a ________ in a small town.

(3) What did the young man say about his uncle?

He said that ________ and ________ could make his uncle laugh or smile.

(4) Why did Mark Twain tell so many funny stories?

Because he wanted to ________ the old man ________.

(5) Why didn't the old man laugh or smile?

Because he could ________ ________.

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空

　　Many young people want 1 (be) a professional athete. They think it's interesting and wonderful. If they 2 (become) a champion, they can make a living by 3 (do) something they really love, and they 4 (be) famous. Lots of people will look up to them all the time and they can do lots of work 5 (help) people.

　　But 6 (be) a professional athete 7 (be) very dangerous and they can 8 (hurt) very often. People 9 (watch) them all the time. This can make life difficult.

　　So you must 10 (think) about it before you want to be a professional athete.

(1) ________ (2) ________ (3) ________ (4) ________ (5) ________

(6) ________ (7) ________ (8) ________ (9) ________ (10) ________

短文填空

　　The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When one part of the earth 1 to the sun, it is day. When one part of the earth turns always from the sun, it is 2 . The sun is much 3 than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger 4 the sun 5 it is much nearer to the earth.

　　The sun is very 6 . It 7 us a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too, but it 8 give any light at all. It only reflects the light of the sun.

　　The moon looks much bigger than the 9 , but in fact the starts are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon 10 they are much farther away from us.

(1) ________ (2) ________ (3) ________ (4) ________ (5) ________

(6) ________ (7) ________ (8) ________ (9) ________ (10) ________

用所给词的适当形式填空

　　Last year I 1 to Austral to study and travel. I stayed there for 16 days. I lived in Sydney for two weeks. I went to a place of 2 in the morning and had English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed with a family from Sydney. The home stay parents and brothers were very 3 to us. We talked 4 a lot of things with each other 5 English. My 6 English became much better in Australia. I didn't have to speak English that often in China. But in Australia, I had to. I was soon able to talk with my teachers and home stay family 7 . To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House. On my 8 day in Sydney, we went there. The Opera House is great. You can see it from different sides. It is beautiful to see. I can't sing very 9 , but when I was inside, I really wanted 10 .

(1) ________ (2) ________ (3) ________ (4) ________ (5) ________

　　根据图示，用适当的单词完成下列短文.

　　It was a 1 afternoon. Xiao Ming was on his way home from 2 .Suddenly he saw an old man 3 in the rain. The old man hadn't got an umbrella(伞) 4 him and he was wet all over. Xiao Ming went up to him and tried to 5 the umbrella for the old man but he failed．He Was too 6 and it was difficult for him to hold it 7 enough. Then he saw the old man's stick (手杖) and he tried hard to tie it to the handle (柄) of the umbrella．This time the umbrella was made to be long enough and it stopped the old man 8 getting wet. The old man was very pleased and 9 the boy again and again. Then they went on their way 10 .

根据短文内容，在短文的空白处填写一个正确的单词 (首字母已给出)

　　There is a girl of 15, who has set up a company of her own. Her name is Wendy Wong. She s 1 her business two years ago. She has already w 2 out several successful programs. They are s 3 popular that over half a million games are sold every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is s 4 a schoolgirl. She gets up early in the morning, and then has a t 5 with her family about the business at breakfast. Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a d 6 , for she is not old enough.

　　She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too e 7 for her to feel interesting. She usually gets “A” grades in all her subjects, so the other students often ask her for h 8 . She finishes her homework in half an hour a 9 her driver takes her home.

　　After dinner, she goes to her office and goes on with the work on her computer, working out programs until 2 a. m. She does not usually need so much s 10 as other children.

综合填空.

A→Amy　　　　B→Mrs Brown

A：Mum，what are we going to do for Thanksgiving? Are we going to Aunt Emma's，or we stay at home?

B：It's our turn this year. Your Aunt Emma and your Uncle Fred and their children are coming for dinner.

A：That's a lot of people. We must have a big turkey.

B：That's right. Let's make a shopping list. Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away.

A：I think we must get the turkey first. How big must it be?

B：Four kilos.

A：What about some pumpkins? We can buy some.

B：Oh，yes. Can we buy some sweet potatoes?

A：Yes. My Aunt Emma likes sweet potatoes.

B：OK! Write them down on the paper.

A：That'll be a great Thanksgiving dinner!

　　Thanksgiving Day is coming in two w 1 ，Amy and her m 2 are t 3 about w 4 they are going to b 5 .There will be a l 6 of people to come，so they m 7 a shopping l 8 for the dinner. They want to make a big d 9 .And they decide (决定) to buy a big t 10 first，then have some sweet potatoes.