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一. Last Monday,a school bus driver made a quick stop to go to the bathroom in a gas station while on the way 1.__________school.But the bus didn’t stop with him:moments after the driver 2__________off,the bus began to run down the mountain,with 27 young students on the bus.
But 3.__________,an 11-year-old student,David,went to the driver’s seat and began to 4.___________the school bus.He couldn’t stop the bus from running down the mountain,but he stopped the bus from 5.___________into a car. In the 6._________he stopped the bus on a bridge and luckily,everyone on the bus was all right.
David’s mother got 7.___________when she learned what her son did.”I saw the bus,and it nearly ran down the bridge,”she told the reporter,”I couldn’t believe that he could stop the bus all by 8._____________.
David kept very quiet about the accident,but he was really a hero. ”9____________he didn’t drive the bus,all the students go down into the river with the bus,”said Brian,a teacher in the school.”He 10.___________all those children’s lives.”
二.When you read this sentence,the 1.________of the earth has grown by 10 people.That may not sound much,but it’s about 14,000 people per hour.Most of these new people are born in 2._________countries.These countries are in Afica,South America and parts of Asia.In the developed countries of Europe and North America,the population is growing very 3.___________.This is because women in these countries have,on average(平均),only one or two 4.__________.But in the developing countries,many 5.____________have five or more children..
In the developing countries, 6.___________than one billion people live 7._________the poverty line(贫困线)。These people don’t have enough food to eat 8.___________they live in poor housing.Children get little or no time at school and suffer from many kinds of diseases.
The UN has said that the world’s population will reach 12.5 billion by the year 2100.If the 9._________makes your head spinning(眩晕),you’re not alone.Many experts are worrying that so fast population growth could have very 10.__________results. It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people.
三.Weather can influence(影响)people’s intelligence(智力).A report in 1983 showed that IQ of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came,but 1._____________the strong wind,their IQ was 10% lower.That wind could help people have 2.______________intelligence.Very hot weather,on the other hand,can make it lower.A recent report showed that students in many schools of the Us often got lower marks in exams 3.__________of hot weather.
Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings.Winter may be a bad time for 4._________people.They might feel unhappy 5.____________cold days.But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer.
Low air pressure(气压) may make people foregetful.People 6.__________more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days.People feel 7.____________at a temperature of about 18℃. Are you 8.___________sad,tired,forgetful, 9.__________unhappy today? It may be the 10.__________problem.
四.Rachel lived in a small town in America.She always wanted to 1._________others when she was young.
At the age of 5,she learned about an organization names Locks of Love.It used hair donations to make wigs(假发)for 2._________who had lost their hair because 3.__________cancer or other illnesses.Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and sent it to the organization.
At first,she learned that some children had no clean water in Africa,and she was shocked.When her school began raising money to build wells there,she asked her parents to 4.___________holding her birthday party.Also,she asked her friends each to donate $9 to the project in Africa 5.___________of giving her birthday presents. One year later,it was her 6._______________birthday on June 12th.She made a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300.However,Rachel 7.___________able to raise only $200.This made her a little sad. 8.___________,Rachel was bdaly hurt in an accident after eight days.That was a terrible shock to her friends.They wanted to find some ways of showing support to her.They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page.Donations passed her $300 goal quickiy and kept rising.
When it was clear that she would never come back to 9._____________,her parents donated her organs to their children.They also donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love.More money was being raised.
The total donations soon reached $100,000,then $300,000.So 10.____________more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world,including donations from the Afircans who are moved by the little American girl.
五.Six people were traveling in a compartment(车厢) on a train. 1.________of them were quiet and well behaved,but the sixth was a 2._________young man who was causing a lot of troubles to the 3._______passengers.
At last this young man got out at a station with his two 4.___________bags.None of the other passengers helped him,but one of them waited 5.__________the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him,”You left something behind in the compartment!”Then he 6.__________the window again.The young man turned around and hurried back with his two heavy bags.He was very 7._________when he arrived,but he shouted 8._________the window,”What did I 9.___________behind?”
As the train began to move again,the passengers who had called him back opened the window and said,”A very 10.______________impression!”
六.I want to tell you something about my best friend,Mary.She is a very nice person,both kind and patient.She teaches me to read and write and helps me to be 1.________________in stories and poems.She is 2.___________and talented.She likes volleyball and 3.__________it every day.She won many 4._____________in different competitions.
In fact,I’m quite 5._______________from her.I’m not as tall as her.I don’t like sports.I’m more 6.____________and hard-working,and I get better grades.
It’s not 7.____________to be same.I like Mary because she helps me 8._________out the best in me.She can make me laugh,and we can share many things. 9.___________I’m not similar to her, she 10._____________cares about me.She is really important in my life and is always there for me in one way or another.I am pround to be with her.
七.Daisy was in the bathroom of her flat.She was brushing her 1.____________and the tap was on.Water was pouring into the sink and vanishing(消失)down the drain(下水道).“2._________that tap off,”a voice said loudly.Daisy froze.She 3.________round,but saw no one.“Turn that tap off.You are 4.___________water,”the voice 5.___________impatient.This time Daisy obeyed.“Who …who are you?”Daisy’s voice was faint(微弱的).“I’m 6.________.It’s not 7.________for me to get here.Do you know 8.____________I’m from? “From the tap,I suppose,”said Daisy. “Yes,yes,but 9.__________that?”the voice said,“24 days ago,I was floating comfortably in a 10.___________in Jiangxi, enjoying the view. Then the cloud dropped me into a stream and I sped down the mountain into the Yangzi River.
八.Susan was overweight.Every time she went 1.______________,she couldn’t buy her favorite clothes.So she decided to lose 2._______________. Susan went to the 3.____________,and she was told to stop 4.___________fast food. It was very 5.__________for her,because she ate them three to four times a week.But she said to herself that she would try her 6.________to stop eating it. Her best friend,Rose,asked her to 7.____________10,000 steps every day. It was very hard for her 8.__________the beginning,because she was used to driving wherever she wanted to go. But she still followed Rose’s 9.___________.Well,she walked to her office in the morning and took a walk after work.Six months later,she made it.
Now Susan feels 10.______________a different person.She feels healthier than before and the most important thing-she can buy her favorite clothes.
九.My hobby is playing chess-a greatest game in the world. My mum taught me how to 1.____________chess when I was seven years old.She 2.___________me every time for the first time. I almost beat her every time now.
It 4.____________about a day to learn the rules.But 5.___________you want to be good,you have to 6.___________for years.You don’t need many to play chess-just a chess set and someone to play 7.___________.Chess can be quite cheap,or incredibly(极端地)expensive.Some people collect chess sets as a 8._____________,but I prefer to play.
This is a chess club in our school.We meet every week to play with each 9.____________.I am the best player in the club,and the captain of the school chess team.This year we 10.______________the All England School’s Championship,and I went up on the stage in front of the whole school to receive the trophy(奖品). I’m saving up my money to buy a chess computer.It is very expensive,but also very good for practice.In that way,I’ll always have someone to play with.One day I want to be the world chess champion.下载本文