The cars of the future will be fine for going 6 the city, but they will not be useful for going far away. The little car needs only two batteries(电池)－one battery for the motor, and 7 for the horn and the lights.

Cloze test

　　A Frenchman went to visit New York, he didn't know 1 . When he got to New York, he 2 a bus to a hotel.

　　It was Sunday. The Frenchman went out for a walk. When he went along the street, he suddenly thought of his way back. On the 3 near the corner of the street, he saw some English words. He wrote them down in his 4 . “Now I know the name of this street,” he said to 5 . “It'll be easy for me to come back to the hotel.” He walked for a long time in the city. Then he felt tired and wanted to, go back. He took out the notebook out of his pocket and 6 the name of the street to a young man. But he didn't know what the Frenchman wanted. He stopped an old man, but the old man didn't 7 him, either.

　　Then the Frenchman saw a young woman. The young woman knew some 8 When she 9 the words in his .notebook, she 10 , for in the Frenchman's notebook, there were only three words: “One Way Street.”

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　　Jenny lived in a small village near the sea. One day she decided to go for a swim in the sea. She knew that the sea near the 1 had a strong tide（浪）,but she was a good swimmer, so she wasn't 2 . Jenny left her friends lying on the sands and ran into the sea. She swam quite far out from the beach and waved（招手）to her friends in the distance. After a short while she decided to swim 3 . She did her best, but she couldn't get any closer to the beach. The tide kept 4 her back. She waved her arms in the air to let her friends know that she was 5 , but they just waved back, for they didn't know what she 6 After a long time, Jenny became very 7 , and she couldn't swim any more. Her legs 8 and she lost hope. Suddenly, her feet touched 9 ! All the time she had been swimming in a place where water wasn't deep! When at last she went back to the beach, one of her friends asked, “Did you 10 your swim?” “Yes, it was lovely,” she answered. She never told them what had really happened.

　　Dinosaurs once lived happily on the earth. But 65 __1__ years ago, they suddenly all died out. What happened __2__ them? Scientists think that a change in temperature may tell us why. They have come up with __3__ ideas to explain the end of the dinosaurs. The most famous one is the minor planet（小行星）idea. Let's go back to that day to see what happened. Everything was OK before a minor planet suddenly hit the earth. __4__ terrible hit! It __5__ big fires, storms, acid rain（酸雨）and even earthquakes（地震）and volcanic eruptions（火山爆发）. The hit made a lot of dust. It flew up into the air and kept the sun away for months. The earth became very cold __6__ sunlight. The __7__ died first. Then the grass-eating animals died because they had __8__ food. Then the meat-eating animals couldn't find food, __9__. They began to eat each other, but after a while they died out, __10__.

　　Children in the U．S．will 　　2　　 their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live 　　3　　 their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often 　　4　　 to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on 　　5　　.

　　The mountain road was narrow（窄的）and the old woman was walking 2　　, because she did not want to have 　　3　　 and lose her cabbages.

　　Suddenly she 　　4　　 a loud bell, and then a bicycle came round the corner. It passed her and went very fast 　　5　　 the hill. The old woman had to jump to one side of the 　　6　　 so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley（山谷）.

　　She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 　7　on without even looking round to see 　　8　　 the old woman was all right.

　　The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something!”

　　When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he 9 fell off. Then he turned and began to 　　10　　 the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it?” he asked. “What did I drop?” “ Little boy,” the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners（礼貌）.”