The village is ______what it looked like when they settled their homes there 20 years ago. 

I am tired _____ the partner I have been working with; he is too hard a person______.

They became good friends during the war, and since then their lifelong friendship has______ tests of life and death.

Remember never to leave your dog ______. It might bite people around.

It was the first time ______ I ______ here.

 People in ancient times ______ series of important events so that we now have what is called history.

The hostess left the money on the table _____purpose to test the honesty of her maid.

The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.

Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.

Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.

More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.

1. The United States is filled with cars, but             .

2.What's the main idea of the second paragraph?

3.Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?

4. Mothers form car pools in order that             .

5. The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because              .

It was 1504,and Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went on shore. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food to them. Columbus’ men were afraid of the Indians, but he had a clever plan. He used sign language to tell the Indians about his mysterious (神秘的) power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse (月蚀) the next night because the information was in his almanac (天文历书). Columbus told the Indians, “ Tomorrow night I’ll turn off the light in the sky.” But they didn’t believe him . When the eclipse began the next night ,the Indians became very frightened . They begged Columbus to turn on the light again , and they quickly gave him all the food and water he wanted. Immediately Columbus and his men hurried back to the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.

1.Columbus and his men stopped at the island because_______________.

2.The Indians ___________ Columbus and his men.

3.Columbus ________ to tell the Indians that he had mysterious power.

4.“The light in the sky ” here means __________.

5.The Indians gave Columbus food and water because they _________.

Jimmy lives in London and began swimming a few months ago.

He likes swimming, and often goes to the swimming pool near by his1._____

house with his mother and swims there for a hour or so.          2.______

He was six year old last week, and his mother said, “You         3.______

swim quite good now, but you have never seen the sea, my        4._____

child, haven’t you? Your father and I are going to take you        5._____

there on Saturday, and you are going to swimming in the sea.      6._______

It isn’t cold now, and it’s much nice than a swimming pool.”       7._____

Jimmy’s father and mother brought him to the sea in their         8._______

car on Saturday, but they stopped at the side of a small           9.________

harbor(港口). Jimmy got out and looked at the sea for long       10.______

time, but wasn’t happy. Then he said to his mother,

“Which is the shallow end, mother?”.