Mr and Mrs Smith and her children were going to

1． ________

spend their holidays. They had to be at railway

2． ________

station at 11:40 in the morning. They had to be

3． ________

ready by 11 o'clock, so they would be late. At 11:10 they

4． ________

hadn't got ready yet, but Mrs Smith was still sitting

5． ________

quiet in a chair in the garden. Her husband and

6． ________

children were surprised that she was not in hurry

7． ________

until the car arrived. Then Mrs Smith smiled and says

8． ________

to them, “Well, after I went to bed last night, I

9． ________

moved all our clocks and watches 20 minutes ahead.”

10． ________

　The dog has man's good friend for

1．______

thousand of years. They are very friendly

2．______

but faithful. King Edward Ⅶ had a dog called

3．______

Caesar. When the king had died in 1910, Casear

4．______

led the procession to which the dead body

5．______

was to be buried, walking behind kings, queens

6．______

and princess. When the famous musican Mozart

7．______

had died, only one living creature followed 

8．______

the dead body, and was his faithful dog.

9．______

There is even a village named by such a dog 

10．______

in North Wales.

　Mrs Henry had two sons. One morning during the 　　 holi-

day, when she was going washing for the family,

1．______

her younger son came and asked from some money 

2．______

for sweets (糖果). “Sweets is bad for your teeth,” 

3．______

Mrs Henry said, “Take these two oranges, give

4．______

one to your elder brother.” One of the oranges was a lot big

than the other, 

5．______

and as the small boy liked to eat orange, he kept that

6．______

one for him, and gave his brother the smaller one. 

7．______

When the elder boy saw that his brother had a

very bigger orange than his own, he

8．______

said to him, “It's bad to take the bigger one to

9．______

yourself. If Mother had given me the oranges, I'd have given

you the bigger one.” “I know you would,” answered his brother,

“That's what I took it.”

10．______

　I want to say you something about Paris

1．______

before you arrive. It is by the River Seine.

2．______

　It is a large city with the population of

3．______

about 8 million. The people are very nicely

4．______

and friendly. Paris is a very busiest place.

5．______

　But shops are close on Mondays. You will see

6．______

buses are smaller and noisier than the one

7．______

in London. You can travel with underground

8．______

railway, too. When you are here you must to

9．______

see the Louvre. You can also pay visits some

10．______

other interesting places.

　　　Look your watch for just one minute. During 

　　1． ________

at that time, the population of the world increased 

2． ________

to eighty-five people. Within the next forty years, 

3． ________

the world population may double. While the present rate 

4． ________

of population increase continues for the next 600 or 

5． ________

700 years, there'll have standing room only each person 

6． ________

will have between 3 to 10 square feet of space in which 

7． ________

to live. This includes the mountains, deserts, and the ice 

8． ________

and snow areas of the Poles (极点). There must be any control 

9． ________

of the number of the people that are borned, and the 

10． _______

short term solution lies in improving the supplies of food,

water and power, and perhaps having some of the population

of the world go to live in the less crowded areas.

　It is New Year's Eve. As the hand of

 1．______

the clock moves towards midnight, the old year 

　　2．______

is slowly dead and in a few minutes the New 

　　 3．______

Year will be born. It is time for looking back, 

　　 4．______

or look forward.We look back over all that 

　　　　5．______

happened during the past year, to ourselves, to

　　 6．______

our country, to the world. We look forward 

　　　　7．______

with hope to the New Year that it is just beginning, 

8．______

and hope which it will bring health and happiness 

9．______

to those we love and peace to all mankind. 

　　　　 10．______

　　　High school students in America 　　 hear of about twentybells

　　1． _____

every day. The first bell is the tardy bell （上课铃）.If students

2． _____

are not in their seats where the tardy bell rings, they know

3． _____

they are late. Another bell rings by the end of each class, and

4． _____

everyone leaves class quickly and go to the next one. When

5． _____

students are in difficulty class,they are often happy to hear

6． _____

the bell ring, but if the class is interested,they do not want

7． _____

the bell ring. Most students like the lunch bell best.They know

8． _____

that time to join their friends for lunch.They buy a hot

9． _____

meal in the school dining-room and they bring their lunch

10． _____

from home in a big paper bag.

　　　I was having dinner at a restaurant while Harry Steele 

1． ________

came in. Harry worked in a lawyer's office years before, 

2． ________

but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, 

3． ________

and he always borrows money from his friends and 

4． ________

never pays back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the 

5． ________

same table. He have never borrowed money from me. While 

6． ________

he was eating, I asked him to borrow me ￡2.To my surprise, 

7． ________

he gave me the money imediately. “I have never borrowed 

8． ________

any more money from you,” Harry said,“so now you can 

9． ________

pay my dinner with it!” 

10． _______

　　　In the eighteenth century, cities became

larger and larger. People have moved from 

1． ________

the country and small towns in cities, 

2． ________

because there were more work for them to do 

3． ________

in cities. In Sundays and holidays, people 

4． ________

liked to go to the country to have a good

time there. But no every family had a horse and carriage. 

5.________

　Inventors tried to meet the need.

　The first bicycle, that was very simple,

6． ________

appeared in 1790. People called it as “the 

7． ________

horse on wheels”. Then in 1861 with many 

8． ________

improvements, bicycle became a practical form 

9． ________

of transportation (运输).

　　　People liked bikes because of they were less 

　　10． _______

expensive than horses.