For thousands of years, the Nile River has made

the land around it richer． But the ancient people of 

(1) ______

Egypt could not control river． Often the river over- 

(2) ______

flowed（泛滥）． Then there were floods． Other times

there was too little water from the Nile． Then the crops

(3) ______

died, and the people went hunger． The people said these

(4) ______

things were happened because the river god was angry．  

(5) ______

They threw beautiful girls in the river． They hoped 

(6) ______

these gifts would make the river happy． Today, we know

(7) ______

that dry seasons can make a river run dry and wet

seasons make a river overflow．

Dams（提坝） 　　 stop the flow of river． 　　 Dams store water 

(8) ______

in wet seasons for useful in dry seasons． Egypt began to 

(9) ______

build its Awan High Dam in 1960． This dam is 3 miles long

and 350 feet height． It can coutrol floods on the river．  

(10)______

The Egyptians of today don't need to try to keep a river god happy．

　We drink tea every day．But 　　 more

than three hundreds years ago most of the

(1) ______

people in Europe did not know something

(2) ______

about tea．Some people had heard about it,

but very a few of them knew that to do with

(3) ______

it．

　There is a story about an 　　 English sailor

went to countries in the east, the west and

(4) ______

the south．He had gone to India and China．

(5) ______

One day he came home and brought some

tea as a present to his mother．She told

(6) ______

her friends about the present and asked

(7) ______

them to a “tea party”．When her friends

came to the “tea party”, the old woman

offered to them brown tea leaves．The old

(8) ______

woman's friends began to eat them．Of course,

nobody liked the tea leaves．

At this time the sailor came 　　 in．He

(9) ______

looked at the table and said, “Mother, how

(10)______

have you done with the tea?”

“I boiled it, as you said．”

“And what did you do with the water?”

“I threw it away, of course,”answered the old woman．

“Now you may throw away the leaves, too,”said her son．

　Would you like to spend your holiday travel by balloon?

(1) ______

Now thousands of people are interested in the game． The first

balloon trip took place in France in 1783． It lasted only

(2) ______

eight minutes． About a year later, an American and a Frenchman

decided to across the Channel between France and England by

(3) ______

balloon． On the Channel, they discovered a hole in the 

(4) ______

balloon and they became bigger and bigger． The gas

(5) ______

kept the balloon up was running away． The men threw all their

(6) ______

belongings into the water make the balloon lighter． It

(7) ______

started to raise higher again, but it was still too close to 

(8) ______

the water． Finally, the men threw away most of their clothes to

save themselves． The crowd when waiting for them in England

(9) ______

was very surprising to see this when the balloon landed．

(10)______

　Can you imagine that life would be like

(1)  ______

if there is no telephone? You could not

(2)  ______

call up your friends and talk to him if fire

(3)  ______

broke in your house, you couldn't call the fire

(4)  ______

department．If someone were sick, you couldn's call a doctor．

(5)  ______

In you daily life, we need not to communicate

(6)  ______

with one others, When we are near

(7)  ______

other people, we can do this easy．However,

(8)  ______

our noise will not travel very far even when

(9)  ______

we shout, and it is thanks to the invention

of the telephone which we can hear each other

(10) ______

as clearly as if we were in the same room,

though, in fact, we are far apart．

　Japan is a beautiful country, covering with many

(1)  ______

tiny rivers and high mountains．Japan is also a pleased

(2)  ______

country．It is known for“the land of the cherry blossom 

(3)  ______

(樱花)” because of the spring of the year the cherry

(4)  ______

trees are so beautiful．Everywhere there are hundred of

(5)  ______

different kinds of wild flowers．

Where there were not natural gardens, the Japanese

(6)  ______

has made their own．Because the islands are so hilly

(7)  ______

there is a great shortage of the soil, so every little bit 

(8)  ______

is used．No matter how tiny may be, every home has its 

(9)  ______

own little garden．Japan is a country worthy of a visit．

(10)______

　　I went to the Summer Palace last week．At the gate

I happened to meet some American tourists．I greeted to

them in English and then we began to chat．I got know

that they were college students travel in China．Most of

them were fond of Chinese medicine．They are busy taking

pictures and were much impressed with the changes that

had been taken place in the past few years as well．After

that, we went boating on a lake and having a good time．

We exchanged our email address so that we could write to

each other in future．They thanked us again and again．I

was very glad to have a chance to practising my oral English．