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　　In 1980 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then. The report was the result of a three-year study.

　　According to the report, the 1 of the earth in the year 2000 is not a 2 one. The world will be more crowded because the 3 will continue to grow. The population 4 be as large as 6,300 million, almost 2,500 million more than that in 1975. 5 people would move into cities, especially cities in 6 countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakanta 7 would each have 15 million by then. Food production will increase, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1975, but most of the increase would be in countries that 8 produce enough food for their people. 9 increase is grown in South Asia, Africa and European countries. Poor farming ways are 10 large areas of cropland, changing farms into 11 . More farmland is lost 12 cities become larger and houses are built. Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries 13 more coal and oil. Much of the world's 14 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a 15 problem. The experts hope their picture of the earth for the year 2000 may be 16 . Measures must be taken to change the situation that 17 today. By changing the situation, by settling the problems, the picture can be changed. There is 18 time for the nations of the world to work together on a plan of action. But they 19 that waiting too long to make decisions would greatly 20 the chances of success.

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　　An old man 1 without injury when a stolen car crashed into his flat just as he was getting ready to go to bed.

　　George Richards, 76, said yesterday that he felt 2 to be 3 after the car shunted（转避）his bed 4 the room and left it 5 a pile of bricks and debris（瓦砾）. The driver 6 when the car became wedged（楔形）in the flat.

　　Richards, 7 was getting ready for bed and watching television in his lounge at the time of the 8 , said, “If it had been 30 minutes 9 , I would have been in the bed. I was only a couple of feet away 10 the window and had been pushed to 11 the room by the impact（撞击）of the car. If I had been in it, I would have been 12 --there is no doubt 13 it. I just heard the crash and couldn't 14 it when I went into the bedroom and saw the 15 .”

　　Firemen attended the 16 and engineers were called out to 17 the safety of the 18 , but Mr. Richards said that he expected to 19 in his flat.

　　Police are appealing（呼吁）for help in tracing（追寻）the 20 .

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　Can you remember the day 1 you spoke your first word?

　　Try to imagine 2 the first few months of your life were like. I am

3  you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. __4__ you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It 5  your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You tried your best to watch and listen. You began to know that people made certain sounds to 6  certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sound you 7 . And little by little you were able to make the 8  sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the 9  of language. A certain sound 10  a certain thing. One sound might be as good as 11 . But it is no good as a word 12 everybody agrees 13 its meaning. When a 14 of people use the same sounds for things, they can understand each other. Only then do they have a language.

　　After you found the secret of language, you 15 words. Some of the words meant 16 ,such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. 17 words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words described things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to 18 words together to express an idea, such as “I want to go out and lay with my friends.” This is language. People can communicate 19 it. So we say languages are 20 to communicate.

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　　A rich American went into a shop in London. He wanted very much to

1 a nice-looking watch. He saw a watch and liked it so much __2__ he decided to buy it. But the owner of the shop 3 five hundred dollars for it. 4 the American was 5 whether to buy it or not, a young man suddenly came into the shop, took the 6 out of the owner's hand and ran out. It all 7 in a few seconds. When the owner ran out 8 the street, the young man was already 9 among the people. The American went 10 . At the next comer, he saw the young man 11 the stolen watch in his hand. “Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?” he said in a low voice. “It's 12 a hundred dollars.”

　　“The young man doesn't know 13 I saw him stealing the watch just now. ”he 14 The American paid at once and went __15__ back to his room with the watch. His friend took a 16 at the watch and started 17 immediately. He said, “You are 18 This watch isn't worth 19 ten dollars. I'm 20 the shop owner and the young man planned all this together.”

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　　In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally 1 them and the job they do-- although there are certain people who do not believe that the police 2 have the power that they do.

　　What does a policeman actually do? It is not 3 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in 4 . A policeman often has to control traffic, either 5 foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 6 up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop 7 motorists and help when there is an accident.

　　A policeman has to help keep the 8 , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we 9 the police to come and restore order. And they often have to 10 situation at great risk to their own 11 .

　　We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, 12 he is not a detective（侦探）, will often have to help 13 and arrest criminals.

　　And 14 do we call when there is an emergency-- an air crash, a 15 , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. 16 a policeman has to be 17 to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 18 world.

　　The police do all absolutely necessary job, they do it 19 well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 20 do the job of a policeman.

Cloze

　　The United states is full of cars. There are 1 many families without cars. But some families have two or 2 more. However, cars are used for 3 than pleasure. They are 4 part of life.

　　Cars are 5 for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get their jobs. When salesmen are sent to 6 parts of the city, they have to drive in order to 7 their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get 8 ．

　　Sometimes small children must be driven to 9 In some cities school buses are used 10 when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are 11 young to walk that far, their mothers take 12 driving them to school. One 13 drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbours' 14 well. Another mother drives on Tuesday, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools,15 three or four men taking turns 16 to the place where they all work.

　　More car pools should be formed in order to put 17 automobiles on the road and to use less 18 Parking is a great problem. And 19 is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done 20 the use of cars.

Cloze

　　As the plane circled over the airport, everyone guessed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air and the passengers were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air hostess appeared. She looked very pale, but was quite 1 _.Speaking quickly but almost 2 , she told everyone that the pilot was badly ill and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about 3 or at least how to drive a car. After a moment' s 4 , a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot' s room.

　　 5 the pilot aside, the man 6 his seat and listened carefully to the 7 that were being sent 8 radio from the airport 9 The plane was now dangerously 10 to the ground, but it soon began to 11 . The man had to circle the airport several times in order to become 12 with the controls. But the danger had not 13 passed. The terrible moment came when he had to 14 . Following orders, the man 15 the plane towards the airport. It shook greatly 16 it touched the ground and then moved rapidly 17 the field, but after a long 18 it stopped safely. Outside, a lot of people, who had been 19 anxiously, ran forward to 20 the“pilot”on an excellent landing.

Cloze

　　In the United States 84 colleges now accept just only women. Most of them were __1__ in the 19th century. They were set up to __2__ women the education they could not __3__ anywhere else. At that time __4__ of the universities and colleges accepted only men. But in the past 20 years many young women have __5__ to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result __6__ women's colleges decided to __7__ men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are __8__ again.

　　The president of Trinity College in Washington D.C.said that by the end of the 1980s women __9__ to realize that study at the __10__ school with men did not mean women were having the same chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women's college __11__ women to choose classes and activities __12__. For example, the percentage of students who study mathematics in a women's college is higher than that in a college with both men and women.

　　Experts say men students in the United States, __13__ have enough courage to speak __14__ class more than women students do. In women's colleges, women feel free to say what they __15__ According to a report women schools also bring about leadership ability in __16__ Women. For example, at a women's college every governing office is __17__ by a woman. Recent studies __18__ that this leadership continues after __19__ The studies also show that it is __20 for the American women who went to women's colleges to hold successful jobs later in life.

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　　The government wanted to put __1__ a big office building in the capital and had to choose an engineering company to do __2__ work. Several big companies wanted the job, because it would bring __3__ a lot of money __4__ they could get it, but, of course, they could not all have it, so the government had to decide __5__ of them should be the lucky __6__. So they appointed（任命，委派）, a government official to __7__ the various companies' offers, decide which was the most suitable, and then advise the Minister of Works which of them to choose.

　　After some months, the choice was __8__ and work was about to begin __9__ one of the companies which had not been successful complained（抱怨）to the Minister They said, the official who had been responsible for __10__ him on the choice of a company to do the work had accepted bribes（贿赂）.

　　The Minister at once ordered an inquiry（调查）into the whole matter, and after a month had __11__ that the official had __12__ taken bribes. He therefore sent for him and asked for __13__.

　　The official admitted that he had taken big bribes. “But,” “ he said, I did not just take one from the __14__ to which I recommended that you __15__ the work. I took a bribe from each company and promised to give them the work.”

　　“Well, then,” said the Minister, “ __16__ did you finally make your choice? Did you choose the one .that gave you the biggest bribe.”

　　“Certainly, __17__ , sir.” answered the official, deeply __18__ that the Minister should scold him __19__ such dishonesty. “I was very careful to take __20__ the same bribe,from each of the companies that were trying to get the job, and then choose the one that I thought would do the work best and most cheaply, of course.”

　　“How are you?” is a nice question. It's a ___1___ way that people in the United States ___2__ each other. But “How are you?” is also a very _ ___3___ question. It's a question that often ___4___ have an answer. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer“___5___”,even though the person's friend isn't fine, ___6___ “How are you?” isn't really a question, and “Fine” isn't really an answer. They are ___7__ other way of saying “Hello” and“___8___”.

　　Sometimes, people also don't say just what they ___9___ For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?” the other person ___10____ be thinking, “No, I don't agree. I think you're wrong. ” But it isn't very ___11___ to say so, so the other person might say, “I'm not so ___12___” It's a nice way to say that you don't agree with someone.

　　People ___13___ don't say just what they are thinking when they ___14___ talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone ___15___ when one person says,“I've got to go now.” Often, the person who wants to ___16__ gives an excuse：“Someone is at the door.” “I've got to put the things ___17__.” “Something is burning on the fire.” The excuse might be real, or it might not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk ____18___, but it isn't very polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn't ___19___ the other person's feelings.

　　When they meet each other, talk about an idea, or end a talk, people often don't ___20___ just what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's all part of the game of language!