1、語法填空1Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes _1_ （bring） him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They _2_（mend ） there.One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He _3_ （forget ） to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was

2、a man_4_ an umbrella standing beside the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown picked _5_ the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he _6_ （ stop） by the man. He said angrily, Thats _7_ ! Mr. Brown s face turned red and he gave it back to the m

3、an at once.When Mr Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at 8 _ of them, he said, Youve mended them very well.In the afternoon he got into the train again. The 9 _ （ similar）man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr Brown and his six umbrellas,

4、Youve had a 10 _ （luck ）day, he said.語法填空2Light travels at a speed(速度) which is about a million times 1 . _（fast） than that of sound. 2. _ one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 340 meters. You can get some idea of this difference by 3. _ （watch）the start of a run

5、ning match. If you stand far 4 from the starter(發令員), you can see smoke come from his gun 5._ the sound reaches your ears.The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. The nearest star is 6. _ far away that light which you can see from it tonight started to travel to you four years 7. _ at a

6、speed of nearly two million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonights started on 8. _（it） journey towards you even before you were born.So, if we want to be 9 (誠實), we cant say , The stars are shining brightly tonight. We have to say, The stars look nice. They were 10. _ (shine) four

7、years ago but their light has just reached our earth. 語法填空3You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not _1_. In the desert we can find 2 (stone). We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the desert, but it is not _3_ for most plants.The animals are _4_ (u

8、se) to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins _5_ (make) shoes, water bags and even tents(帳篷). They use the camels(駱駝) for _6_ (carry) things.The people of the desert have to keep _7_ (move) from places to place. They mu

9、st always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to _8_ place. The desert people are very _9_(friend). No man in the desert would ever refuse to help

10、the people in _ 10._ and give them food and water.語法填空4The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And _1_ (them) are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about _2_ they live and grow are as interesting

11、 as anything could be.Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States _3_ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆蟲) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds _4_ (careful) ke

12、pt in the glass boxes.Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Natures secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we will find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is 5 (dangerous). We will follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and g

13、et ready for winter sleep. We will watch bees _6_( dance) in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I _7_ (show) you many other interesting things, but _8_ (good) thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears _9_ when you go out of doors. Nature _10_ (tell) her secrets o

14、nly to people who look and listen carefully.語法填空5Thomas Edison was a great American 1._ （invent）. When he was a child, he was always 2._ (ask) questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3._ hard it was, he never gave up.Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didnt understand w

15、hy he had 4._ many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any 5._ . He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him 6 (read) and write, and she found him a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7._ in science.O

16、ne day , he saw a little boy 8._ (play) on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 9 ._(safe) . The boys father was so 10._(thank) that he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.語法填空6Dream

17、s (夢 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream, some scientists say.Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 ._ (sleep) time. People have several2. _(dream) each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and o

18、ver 3. _. That may 4 the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.Some people get new ideas 5. _ their work from dreams. They may have been 6. _(think) about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.Sometimes we wake 7. _ with a good

19、 feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) 8. _ (quick) from memory (記憶).Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The 9. _ (much) we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is 10. _ we may have a long sleep and still wake up

20、 tired.語法填空7 My teachers thought I was the worst student. My family also had the 11 thought as my teachers. When I was going to give up my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young, 12 (beauty) and knowledgeable (知識淵博的). One day, I was sitting alone in my classroom, Miss

21、White came up to me and talked to me happily. Soon her smile took away my 13 (happy). “Do you think I can go to college?” I didnt 14_ why I asked such a question. I thought she must say “no”. 15_ everyone else said so. But she said, “Dear, you can do 16_ (something) you want. Just try, and youll get

22、 closer to success. I believe you are the best!”I was touched 17_ (deep) by her words. I decided to study hard. From then on, we became good 18_(friend) . She often helped me my study in her free time.In the end, I 19_ (do) well in my studies and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel(天使). H

23、er words have kept me going forward. She helped me to see that I am special and can be 20_ (succeed) in life.語法填空8Proving Them Wrong!I m John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the first two years of high school, I found biology very 56 . My report cards always said things like must

24、study harder or John shouldnt choose science classes . It was really terrible for someone had always dreamed of 57 （become）a doctor. I lost 58 （confident）, so I left high school at sixteen and 59 （start） working at a supermarket. One evening I saw a documentary about Albert Einstein. According to th

25、e documentary, Einstein had done really 60 (bad) at school. I began to think that Einstein could 61 (success), then I may have a chance, too. I didnt want to leave my job, 62 I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years 63 , I went to a medical university.Ive often thought I shou

26、ld contact(聯系) the 64 （report） the Einstein documentary and 65 him. As for the biology teacher, I might contact her, too, one day - but not to thank her! 語法填空9Bob lived in a small town. Later, he got a job in a big city so he had to move there with his wife and two _ 71_(child)._72_ the first Saturd

27、ay in their new home. Bob _73 (take) his new red car out of the garage(車庫). He 74 (wash) it when a neighbor came by. 75 he saw Bobs car, the neighbor stopped and _76_ (look) at it for a minute. Then Bob turned and saw him.The neighbor said, “Thats a nice car. Is it _77 ?”Sometimes Bob answered.The n

28、eighbor was puzzled. Sometimes? he said, What do you _78_?” Bob answered _79 (slow),Well, when theres a party in town, it belongs to my daughter. When theres a football game somewhere, it belongs to my son. When Ive washed it, and it looks really nice and _80 , it belongs to my wife. And when it is

29、dirty, its mine.語法填空10Football is the most popular game in England. Rich and 71 , young and old, you can see them all there, shouting and 72 (cheer) for one side or the other.You may be surprised to find that even the smallest boy seems to have the great 73 (knowledgeable) of the game. He can tell y

30、ou the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has 74 (photo) of them and knows the results of many matches. He will tell you who he expects will 75 such a match, and his opinion（意見） is usually as valuable（有價值的） as that of men three or four times his age. In England, it is 76 (believ

31、e) that education means not only filling a boys mind with facts in a classroom but also training character.（性格）. One of 77 (good) ways of training character is by playing games, 78 team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working 79 himself alone. Football is good exercise for our 80 (body) , it is a team game, it needs skill and a quick brain（