Would you like to spend your holiday travel 

　　 1． ________

by balloon? Now thousand of people are 

2． ________

interested in this game． The first balloon

trip took the place in France in 1783． It 

3． ________

lasted only eight minutes． About a year

later, an American and a Frenchman 

4． ________

decided to across the channel (海峡) between 

5． ________

France and England by balloon． On the 

6． ________

channel, they discovered a hole in the

balloon and they became bigger and bigger． 

7． ________

　　　　The gas kept the balloon up was running 

　　8． ________

away． The men threw all their belongings

into the water make the balloon lighter． 

9． ________

At last the balloon started to raise again． 

10． ________

　In United States, the school holidays are

1．______

longer than Britain．Richer American families

2．______

often go out of a town to the country for the

3．______

summer months．Many fathers stay at the work

4．______

in the cities and visit their family at weekends．

5．______

When some people are on holiday, they liked

6．______

just sit in the sun, but others want a bit

7．______

more．“Special interest”holidays are very

8．______

popular, but you can find 100 interesting things

9．______

to do in the United States in a week or two．

10．_____

　Once there lived a boy was very fond of

1．______

reading, but he was so poor to buy any

2．______

books．So he had to borrow from a rich man

3．______

who lived far away．The boy always tried

4．______

hard to finish read the books and returned

5．______

them to the owner within the giving time．

6．______

So the rich man is ready to lend him any

7．______

of the books he wanted them．In this way

8．______

he read a lot and late became a famous

9．______

writer of his time．And the rich man's son

10．_____

who didn't like to study remained a man with little knowledge．

　India is the home of 　　 tiger． Every 

1． ________

year, many people killed by tigers． The 

2． ________

tiger does not always eat men． It likes wild

animals more better． It is only when the 

3． ________

tiger is old or wound that it eats men． But

4． ________

it has tasted the flesh of men, and it goes 

5． ________

on killing man for food． When a man-eater

such like this is discovered, people are 

6． ________

afraid． They have to stop working in the 

7． ________

field． There are many ways to put the end 

8． ________

to such dangerous animals． One way is 

9． ________

some men with long guns ride on elephants

while some men drive the tiger towards 

10． _______

them．

　Which is best way to learn language? 

1． ________

We should remember if we all learnt our 

2． ________

own language well when we are children． 

3． ________

If we could learn a second language in the

same way, we would not seem so difficult．

4． ________

Think of that a child does． It listens to 

5． ________

what people say and it tries to imitate (模

6． ________

仿) what it had heard． When it wants 

7． ________

something, it has to ask it． It is using the

8． ________

language． It is talking in it and thinking

with it all the time． 

9． ________ 

Because people have to use a second 

10． _______

language all the time, they would learn it 　　 quickly．

　　　Mr Smith was a very rich men who always spent 

　　1．______

a great deal of his money on food and never did 

2．______

any heavy work every day． He was eating fatter 

3．______

and fatter and couldn't even move about freely．  

4．______

He was so worrying about his health that he went 

5．______

to see a doctor． Since he had told the doctor his 

6．______

worries, he asked the doctor what he ought to do for．

7．______

“You have no choice to live on six pence（便士）  

8．______

a day and get the six pence by working hardly．”  

9．______

was the doctor's replied．

10．_____

　Mrs． 　　 Brown's old grandfather lived

with her and her husband． Every morning

he went for a walk in the park and came

home on half past twelve for his lunch． 　　　

1． ________

But one morning a police car stopped

outside of Mrs． Brown's house at twelve 　　　

2． ________

o'clock, and two policemen helped an old

man get off the car, one of them says 　　　

3． ________

to Mrs． Brown, "The poor old gentleman

lost his way in the park and telephoned you 　　　

4． ________

for help, so we sent a car to bring him 　　 home．

Mrs． Brown was more surprised, but 　　　

5． ________

she could only thank the policemen and they 　　 left．

“But,grandfather, ”she then saying, 　　 　　　

6． ________

“You have gone to that park nearly every day 

7． ________

for twenty years． How did you lost your way 　　　

8． ________

there?”

The old man smiled, closing his eyes 　　　

9． ________

and said, “I did quite lost my way, I just 　　　

10．________

got tired and I did not want to walk home on foot． ”

　　This book is wrote for advanced learners 　　 　　　

1．______

of English as second language who need practise 　　　

2．______

in improve their reading speed and understanding　　　

3．______

in order to use it free in colleges and universities 　　　

4．______

where lessons are teaching in English and 　　　

5．______

where, perhaps, they must compete（竞争）with students 

6．______

whose nation language is English． It has been 　　　

7．______

our experiment which even “advanced”learners 　　　

8．______

of English are likely to be slowly readers．　　　

9．______

Therefore the spirit at the book is increasing 　　　

10．_____

reading speed, not focusing on vocabulary development．

　Making friends is a skill like most skill.

1．______

It improved with practice．If you want to meet

2．______

people and make friends, you must be will to take

3．______

some action．You must go that there are people.

4．______

You won't make friends staying home alone．

5．______

Join a club or group. Talking with that who

6．______

like the same things as you do are much easier．

7．______

Or Join someone in some activity．

8．______

Many people are nervous when they talking

to new people．After all meeting strangers

means facing unknown．And it's

9．______

the human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable

10．______

about strangers．

　Mary had a nice white lamb and loves it very much．

1．______

She kept it tying to a tree during the day and went

2．______

to bring it every evening．One day, but, the lamb was

3．______

missed．She found his neighbour, Aleka, had suddenly

4．______

got a new lamb, so she immediately went to his house．

5．______

Aleka explained her his lamb was black．While they were

6．______

talking, it began to rain．So Mary stayed in her house

7．______

as the rain stopped．When she went out, she was happy

8．______

to find that the little lamb was almost white．It's

9．______

wool, dyed black, had been washed cleanly by the rain．

10．______