What did he see? Why, the“blackboard”was not a blackboard. It was the back of a carriage（四轮马车）.

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time __1__ did not like their students to __2__ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is __3__ to spill（溢出）the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the __11__ It was the __12__ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）__13__ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in __14__ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

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Li Ming is a farmer. One of his feet is 1 than the other. It is difficult 2 right shoes 3 his feet. His friend, Tom, said to him, “Why don't you go to a shoemaker? A good 4 can make you the 5 shoes.” So Li Ming went to the shoemaker near his house. Very soon the shoemaker made him 6 Li Ming looked at the shoes and he was not 7 . He 8 the shoemaker, “You aren't a good shoemaker! I want you 9 me one shoe bigger than the other, 10 you make me one shoe smaller than the other.”

（1）A．big　　B．bigger　　C．biger

（2）A．to find　　B．find　　C．finding

（3）A．to　　B．for　　C．with

（4）A shoemaker　　B．shoemakers　　C．bag maker

（5）A．right　　B．good　　C．wrong

（6）A．a pair of shoe　　B．a pair of shoes　　C．shoes

（7）A．sorry　　B．bad　　C．happy

（8）A．said to　　B．says　　C．speaks to

（9）A．makes　　B．making　　C．to make

（10）A．and　　B．but　　C．or

　　Michael walked into a shop. It had a sign outside, “ Second-hand （旧的） clothes bought and 1 .” He was carrying 2 old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, “ 3 will you give me 4 these?” The man looked at them and then said, “Two dollars.”

　　“What!” said Michael, “ I guess they are worth at least five.”

　　“No,”said the man,“they aren't worth a cent （美分） more than two dollars.”

　　“Well,”said Michael, taking two dollars out of his pocket, “here's your money. These trousers 5 outside your shop. The list price （价格） of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was 6 money, so I wanted to 7 how much they were really worth.”

　　Then he walked out of shop 8　the pair of trousers and disappeared （消失） 9　 the shop owner could 10 anything to say.

（1）A．selling　　B．sold　　C．sell　　D．to sell

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（2）A．a　　B．the　　C．an　　D．/

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（3）A．How much　　B．How many　　C．How far　　D．How

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（4）A．of　　B．with　　C．to　　D．for

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（5）A．were hanging　　B．was hung　　C．is hanging　　D．is hung

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（6）A．too　　B．very　　C．too much　　D．much too

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（7）A．look　　B．look for　　C．find　　D．find out

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（8）A．for　　B．with　　C．by　　D．of

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（9）A．before　　B．after　　C．when　　D．until

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（10）A．think out　　B．think　　C．think of　　D．look for

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Food is very important. Everyone needs to 1 well if he or she wants to be healthy. Our minds need a kind of food, too. This kind of food is 2 . We begin to get knowledge even 3 we are very young. A lot of children are 4 in everything around them. They, learn 5 while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they start to 6 story-books, science books... anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and 7 to find out answers.

What is the best 8 to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get 9 knowledge. If we are 10 getting answers from others and don't ask why, we can learn very little. When the children study in the right way, they will learn more and understand better.

（1）A．sheep　　B．read　　C．eat　　D．drink

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（2）A．sport　　B．exercise　　C．meet　　D．knowledge

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（3）A．until　　B．when　　C．after　　D．so

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（4）A．interested　　B．interesting　　C．weak　　D．better

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（5）A．everything　　B．something　　C．anything　　D．nothing

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（6）A．lend　　B．learn　　C．read　　D．write

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（7）A．wait　　B．refuse　　C．have　　D．try

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（8）A．place　　B．school　　C．way　　D．road

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（9）A．the most　　B．few　　C．many　　D．the more

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（10）A．often　　B．usually　　C．sometimes　　D．always

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　　When the Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Frenchman __1__ them on the television in a restaurant. There was an Englishman, __2__, and he said to the French, “The Americans are very clever, aren't they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It's a long way __3__our world.” “Oh, that's __4__,” the Frenchman answered quickly. “The __5__are going to send some men to the sun in a few __6__time. That's __7__farther away than the moon, you know.” The Englishman was very __8__ when he heard this. “Oh, yes, it is,” he said, “but the sun is too hot for people __9__.” The Frenchman laughed and answered, “Well, we aren't __10__, you know. We won't go to the sun during the day, of course. We'll go there during the night.”

　　We live in the“computer age.”Just 42 years __(1)__ computers couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. They used a lot of energy（能量）. Only __(2)__ people were interested __(3)__ them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. They can do __(4)__ difficult work.

　　Computers become important __(5)__ many reasons. They work faster than man and make fewer mistakes. They can“remember”much information. A computer can do millions of problems __(6)__ a few seconds. A person might __(7)__ years to work out so many problems.　　People now use computers in nearly every kind of work. Computers are very useful and the use of computers __(8)__ growing. More computers mean more job for people, because people __(9)__ to run（操作）and mend them.

　　Mike was an American boy. He didn't like __1__ hands. When his mother asked him to wash his hands, he never（从不）washed them __2__. He only put his__3__ in the water for a__4__ seconds（秒）and took them__5__again.

　　Mike's uncle's family is in another city. __6__ day they came to __7__with Mike's parents and they brought their son, Tom, __8__them. Tom was __9__than Mike and didn't like washing, either. They went out to play. After an hour Mike looked at Tom's hands and said proudly（骄傲地）, “Your hands are __10__than mine!” Tom answered angrily（生气地）, “Yes, you are older than me.”

　　Have you ever been at sea?（你曾经到过大海吗?）The sea is very deep. In some places the sea is __(4)__ deeper. The __(5)__ mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. While the deepest place of sea is __(6)__ 11 kilometres deep.

　　You know the sea water is salty（咸的）. The water of the Dead Sea is very salty. It is so salty that fish can't live __(10)__ it. What a strange sea!