In Switzerland, the Kingdom of clocks and watches, people discovered a new type

1.________

of clock recently. It is the air clock.

2.________

The dock needn’t to be wound up. Under

  3．________.

normally condition, it can keep on going for 600

4．________.

years. Kept in a box made of a plastic film, which expands( 膨胀) and contracts(收缩) according to

5．________.

the changed temperature, the clock goes on and on

6．________.

itself. One degree up or down in temperature can

7．________.

keep them running for 48 hours. Now

8．________.

Swiss government makes it a gift

9．________.

to honored guests from other country.

10．________.

　　 A large spider(蜘蛛) in an old house built a beautiful web

in which to catch flies. Every time a fly landed in the

1.________

web and caught in it, the spider ate him at once.

2.________

So when other fly came along he would think the web

3.________

was a safe and quiet place in which to rest. One day the

4.________

fairly clever fly buzzed around above the web so long with

5.________

lighting (停落) the spider appeared and said, “Come down. ”

6.________

And the fly was too clever for him and said, “I never light

7.________

where I didn’t see other flies.“ So he flew away until

8.________

he came to a place where there were a great many other

9.________

flies. He settled down and became sticking

10.________

to the flypaper with all the other flies.

   Very few people were coming to eat at a restaurant,

 and its owner didn’t know how to do. The food in his restaurant

1.________

was cheap and good, and nobody seemed to want to eat there.

2.________

Then he did something changed all that, and in a few

3.________

weeks his restaurant were always full of men with their

4.________

lady friends. When a man came in with a lady, smiling waiter

5.________

gave each of them a nice menu. The menus looked like

6.________

the same on the outside, but there was the important

7.________

difference inside. The menu the waiter gave to the man

8.________

said the correct price for dish and each bottle of wine,

9.________

as the menu he gave to the lady gave a much higher price!

10.________

So the lady thought her boy friend was much more generous(大方)than he really was!

    My favorite sport is football. I was a member of

1.________

our school football team. We practice for three times

2.________

every week and often watch football match on TV

3.________

together. Play footbal not only makes us grow up

4.________

tall and strong but also give us a sense of fair play and

5.________

team spirit. We must keep in mind that we play

6.________

for the team instead ourselves. Also, the sport

7.________

teaches us the important of obedience (服从). Each

8.________

player must obey captain, who is the leader of

9.________

the team. And they must not break the rules too

10.________

often if we want to win the game.

    The boss found a boy in the stock room (库房)

just standing around do nothing. “How much do you

1.________

get paying a week?” he asked the boy. The boy

2.________

replied, “Twenty dollars.” Taking twenty-dollar

3.________

bill out of his wallet, the boss gave to the boy and

4.________

said, “Here, take this. Now get out of there and

5.________

not come back.” When the boy walked away,

6.________

the boss said to the manager, “How soon

7.________

has that lazy boy been working for us?”

8.________

“He didn’t work for us,” replied the manager.

9.________

“He just delivered with a package.”

10.________

    I used to travel in air a great deal when I was

1.________

a boy. My parents used to live in the South America

2.________

and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays

3.________

An airhostess would take care me and I never had

4.________

an unpleasant experience. I am used to travel by air.

5.________

Only on one occasion was I ever felt frightened.

6. ________

After taking off, we were flying lower over the city

7.________

and slowly gaining height, when a plane suddenly

8.________

turned round and fly back to the airport. While we

9.________

were waited to land, an airhostess told us to keep

10.________

calm and to get off the plane quickly as soon as it had touched down.

Most people who work in the office have boss. So do I.

1.________

And my Boss is a little unusual. What’s unusual about

2.________

him? It’s his dog. Many men have dogs but a few men bring

3.________

their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog called

4.________

Robinson, he is big and brown, and my boss bring him to

5.________

work every day. He takes the dog to the lunch. When there

6.________

is a telephone call to my boss, I always know if he is in

7.________

the office. I simple look under his desk. If I see something

8.________

brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is where

9.________

in the office. If there is no dog, I know my boss is not.

10.________

　　A beautiful and very successful actress was the star

of a new musical show. It was very difficulty to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1．________

get tickets for her show that because everybody wanted　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  2．________

to see it, but she decided to give the painter two of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 3．________

the best seats. She hoped that this will make him work　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    4．________

better and more willingly for herself. He took the tickets　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  5．________

without saying anything, and she heard no more about　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    6．________

them until the end of the month, while she got the painter’s　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 7．________

bill. At bottom of it were the words: “Four hours watching　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8．________

Miss Hall sing or dance, ￡3. ”with the note: “after 5pm　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9．________

I get fifteen shillings an hour instead ten shillings. ”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10．________

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