1、 练习一The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981.At that time，they decided to stop s_1_ Spanish at home and only communicate in English.This was b_2_ they were now living in an Englishspeaking country.Now the Vieira children are adults，and they sometimes travel to Spain to v _3_ their family
2、 and friends.But they cant communicate with them.Unfortunately this is common.When people move to new countries，they often leave their o_4_ customs and mother language behind.This is a mistake because there are many benefits to knowing more than one language.One advantage of speaking more than one l
3、anguage is that you can communicate with more people a_5_ the world.You dont have to depend on others to talk to you，so you are more independent.People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.Furthermore，speaking the second language a_6_ allows people to experience other
4、cultures and customs more effectively.Local expressions，vocabulary，and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a persons understanding of o_7_ cultures.So knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.Finally，having more multilanguage_speakers improves relationships b_8_
5、 countries.If people from different countries can communicate well，the world can become closers.Countries will then have more respect for each other and better u_9_ each others problems.The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear.In fact，there are no disadvantages.It is very sad that ma
6、ny people dont try to learn another language.Its e_10_ worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silenced.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习二Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift.It was a smile.It was the e_1_ autumn of my first year at a middle scho
7、ol，and my old school was far away.As a result，no one knew who I was.I was very l_2_，and afraid to speak to anyone.Every time I h_3_ the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break.I couldnt talk with anyone about my problems.Then one day，w_4_ my classmates were talking happily with the
8、ir friends，I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual.At that moment，a boy entered the classroom.I didnt know who he was.He passed by me and then turned back.He looked at me，with a smile.Suddenly，I felt the touch of something bright and friendly.It made me f_5_ happy and warm.That smile changed my
9、l_6_.I started to talk with other students and made friends.Day by day， I became c_7_ to everyone in my class.The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.One day I asked him w_8_ he had smiled，but he couldnt remember doing so!It doesnt matter because all the dark days have g_9_.I beli
10、eve that the world is what you think it is.If you think it is lonely，you might always be alone.So smile at the world a_1_ it will smile back.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习三Sometimes I really doubt w_1_ hether there is love between my parents.Every day they are very b _2_ trying to make mo
11、ney for my schooling.One day，my mother was sewing a quilt(缝被子) I silently sat b_3_ her.“Mom，is there love b_4_ you and Dad？” I asked in a very low voice.With s_5_ in her eyes，she stopped her work for a while.Then she said， “Susan，look at this thread(线)It can h_6_ be seen，but its really there.It make
12、s the quilt strong.If life is a quilt，love should be a thread.Love is inside.”I couldnt u_7_nderstand her until the next spring.At that time，my father suddenly got sick seriously.My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.After they were back，my mother h_8_ my father walk slowly on t
13、he country road every day.They were so k_9_ to each other and it seemed they were the happiest couple.After two months my father still couldnt walk by himself.“Dad，how are you feeling now ？” I asked him one day.“Susan，dont w_10_ about me.” he said.“I just like walking with your mom.I like this kind
14、of life.” Reading his eyes，I knew he loves my mother deeply.Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.Love is inside，making life strong and warm.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习四Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.He needed to
15、 get up early b_1_ sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm.During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆) along the side of the farm.He could see a house with golden windows.“If they could afford golden windows，then there must be other nice things inside the house.”
16、He imagined how great it would be to l_2_ there.Then he promised himself， “Some day I will go there and see this wonderful p_3_.”One morning， his father would go to the town and told him to s_4_ at home for a rest.Knowing that this was his chance，he took a sandwich and headed a_5_ the field towards
17、the house with the golden windows.As the afternoon went on，he began to realize how wrong he was.The house was much f_6_ than he had expected.As he went near the house，he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of painting.A small girl very close to his age came out of the p_7_ house an
18、d stood by the broken fence.He asked her i _8_she had seen the house with the golden windows.The girl said， “Sure，I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch(门廊)A _9_he sat there，he looked back from where he just came.There he saw the sunset(夕阳) turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he under
19、stood that everyone had his o_10_ house with golden windows.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习五Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often u_1_. The American couch-photo becomes maybe even a p_2_ of the American tradition! You see, in American, many people oft
20、en s_3_ their free time sitting on a couch watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV can be quite i_4_nteresting and very addictive.(上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hour and hour w_5_ stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.In A
21、merican, w_6_ one watches TV, he is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV, most of these people are so frozen that they a_7_ look dead! Everyone is sitting still with eyes looking right into the black box. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they dont take e_8_ and usually get
22、very fat. So in many ways, these people look like r_9_ potatoes! Well, because they look so still and fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV t_10_ long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”1._ 2
23、._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习六If there is one person who has left a deep impression on me，Its my teacher.Mrs.Pathak，who was my class teacher for three years.In my childhood，how I wished I had a mother or a sister l_1_ her.One moment she could be hardworking and strict，another moment kind and
24、patient.She always encouraged us to t_2_ the truth.For example，if one had not done the homework，he need not lie.She a_3_ us to make mistakes，saying we couldnt be perfect all the time，but we should try.Another thing she taught me was punctualityShe set a good e_4_ with her own actions.She was always
25、on time，so we students tried our b_5_ to be on time.She surprised us with her sense of humor.Her classroom teaching was a_6_. humorous.After class，she talked to us and told us jokes.We really felt f_7_. to ask questions and Mrs.Pathak would give the answers.If she did not knowthere had been some occ
26、asionsshe would say so.We all then tried to find out the answers.Whoever came up w_8_ the answer was praised and given the prize.Now I sometimes wonder w_9_ Mrs.Pathak just wanted to e_10_. us to explore and find answer by ourselves.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习七There was once a king who
27、 had a great palace with a wonderful garden. In the garden，there l_1_ all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there.There was only o_2_ thing in the garden that the king hated：an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king s_3_ angry that he finally asked
28、 some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool. H_4_，after the tree was cut down，the animals left the garden. Without the animals，the garden was not so beautiful a _5_before. The king was sad，but he didnt know what had happened.A young man went to the king，and said he could e_
29、6_ what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down，”said the young man.“There were thousands of moths(飞蛾) w_7_ lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths to eat and then they produced wastes for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden
30、 became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down，the animals h_8_ to leave.”“Great！”said the king，“Ill make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again.”“Im afraid it will take many years to f_1_. It will take many years for the natural balance(生态平衡) to get back a_1_，”said the yo
31、ung man.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习八Life is not easy，so Id like to say，“When anything happens，believe in yourself(相信自己)”When I was a young boy，I was too shy to talk to a_1_. My classmates often laughed at me. I was s_2_ and I could do nothing. Later，something happened and it changed my
32、 life. It was a speech contest(竞赛). My mother asked me to t_3_ part in it. What a terrible idea！I had to speak b_4_ all the teachers and students of my school.“Come on，boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to w_5_ the contest.”said my mother. Then my mother and I talked about many d_6_topics(话题 ).
33、At last I chose the topic“Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. With my mothers great love，I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears w_7_ I heard I won the first place. I h_8_ the cheers from the teachers and the students.My
34、 classmates didnt look down on(轻视 瞧不起) me any m_9_，now all said“congratulations”to me.Since then，e_1_ has changed for me. When I do anything，I try to tell myself to be confident(自信 ). I can succeed.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习九Teenagers believe anything is possible if they study hard. B
35、ut they often forget to think about healthy diets(饮食)，enough sleep time and exercise. In fact，these things are really i_1_ for them to keep fit.It is necessary for teenagers to get enough energy. Teenage girls need about 2 200 calories(卡路里 ) a day w_2_boys need a bit moredoctors suggest 2 800 for te
36、enage boys. 50% of their calories should come from healthy foodrice，vegetables and fruit. People often say an apple a day keeps the doctor a_3_. Teenagers also need to drink a lot of water，6 to 8 glasses a day. Drinking e_4_ water will improve their skin.Teenagers usually need eight to ten hours sle
37、ep at night，b_5_ many Chinese teenagers do not get enough sleep. A report shows that without a good nights sleep，teenagers seem to be weaker t_6_ they should be. Too much homework is not the only reason w_7_ teenagers stay up late. Some watch TV or play computer games late into the night. Teenagers
38、should d_8_ good study habits. So some clever students n_1_ study late，but they are able to work well in class.Exercise is something that can help them. Experts suggest that teenagers should spend at least 30 minutes exercising a day，five times a week. They will feel r_1_ when they exercise. It can
39、even help them sleep better at night.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习十Researchers(研究者) have announced the result of two studies on the health effects of the drug aspirin(阿司匹林). One study shows aspirin can sharply reduce the chance that a healthy, older man will suffer f_1_ a heart attack(心脏
40、病).The study offered two new results from earlier findings. It said taking one aspirin pill every o_2_ day helped only healthy men over the age of 50. It a_3_ said aspirin gave the greatest protection against heart attacks to men with low blood cholesterol(胆固醇) levels.Earlier in the United States be
41、gan a major aspirin study in the early 1980s. It included 22,000 healthy men doctors. All were b_4_ the ages of 40 and 84. More than 11,000 of the doctors took a harmless pill(药丸) that contained no drug. The men did not know which k_5_ of pill they were taking.The doctors who took aspirin suffered 4
42、4% fewer heart attacks than t_6_ taking the harmless pill. 139 men who took aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Ten of them died. 239 men who did not take aspirin suffered from heart attacks. 26 of them died. The researchers said the doctors study provides c_7_ proof that taking aspirin can prevent
43、 a first heart attack in healthy, older men. They said, however, the result does not mean every man over the a_8_ of 50 should take aspirin. They said aspirin couldnt help men who do not eat healthy foods, who smoke cigarettes a_9_who are fat .The researchers said men who think they would be helped
44、by taking aspirin should talk w_10_their doctors first.1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8._ 9._ 10._练习十一It is reported that some developed counties have shipped broken parts of computers to China.Such a thing can be founded every day a_1_ it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers fou
45、nd 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones send from Japan. Things like these are c_2_ electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with is not an easy job because dangerous poison like mercury(汞)and lead (铅)can be found in them. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be dealed with safely. But at present, broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years b_3_ they are really goes in the earth. Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong province is o_4_ of them. This town is named as”the e-wa
