一
Snake dishes have become popular 1________ recent years. Snake meat in various flavors （风味） can 2_________ （see） in restaurant ads very often. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue（盛行）, and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you are considered “out of date”. But I wonder 3__________ all the trends are worth following.
Some people may defend themselves 4__________ saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don’t realize that many parasites（寄生虫），5_________ do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.
According 6________ a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as 7__________ as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
These figures warns us that if no action is taken, 8_________ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which will 9_________ in a decrease（减产） of crop output. Who will see such tragedy happen?
So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect 10__________.”
二
Johnny Carson began his career in television 1 ____________ his twenties. First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years 2___________, he moved to Los Angeles, California. It was “The Tonight Show” 3____________ made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became 4 ____________ most popular star of American television. He 5_____________ （call） “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him.
He did not take his fame 6_____________ （serious）. For example, when asked 7____________ he became a “star”, he answered: “I started in a gaseous （气体的） state and I cooled.” Carson’s special skill was his sense of 8____________. Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed 9____________ harder at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on television. Many 10_______ （comedy） and singers became
successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”.
三
When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1_________ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first 2__________ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from 3__________, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most 4________ （danger） then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5_________. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. 6_________ （have） a look first, or you will go 7_________ wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses 8_________ two floors. You can sit on the 9_________ （two） floor. From 10_________ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
四
Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it ___1_______（consider） an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very ______2_____ （health） thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,_____3___（be） a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go 4 this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some 5 （surprise） conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It ____6_____ improves 7 （concentrate）,attention span, and the ability to get along with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured 8 as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears 9 their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of
yourself… in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself 10 as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
五
Many people keep small fish 1_________ pets. They keep them in a tank of water. The tank is made of glass. People can 2_________ through it. They can see inside the tank and watch the fish.
The fish need room. They mustn’t be crowded. They need 3_________ to breathe. 4__________ must be enough water for all fish. So the size of the tank is very important.
In the tank people put small plants 5__________ are good for fish. They give oxygen to the water. Plants help in other ways, too. They can hide 6_________ the plants and sleep, lay eggs there.
The fish 7_________ be kept in water all the time. Some can jump high. So the tank should be covered. This keeps the fish from 8__________ （jump） out.
The fish need food and should be fed every day. But 9__________ you give them too much food, it is very bad, for the extra food will fall to the bottom and make the water dirty. So the fish should get just enough food and finish 10______ in ten minutes. Nothing should be left.
六
Recently, a website has carried 1__________ a survey about the common view on graduates 2__________ Beijing University.
28% of the interviewed companies think that they 3__________ （satisfy） with the graduates from Beijing University. The graduates in their companies have a wide range of 4__________ （know） and they learn things very quickly and easily.
5___________, most of the companies don’t think much of graduates from Beijing University. In their eyes, the graduates always stick 6___________ their own opinions and lack the teamwork spirit 7__________ they are working. Besides, they may not be satisfied with their jobs even with big companies, and they usually ask too 8___________. As a result, 34% of the companies insist that 9__________ will not employ graduates from Beijing University.
In brief, society and even the students themselves expect too much from
graduates from Beijing University. That’s 10__________ a graduate claims that he is rubbish.
七
Some day,1_________you are lucky, you may see a bongo（大羚羊）. But the only way most people will see it is in a 2__________. They are found in Africa, 3__________ they live deep in forests. Even in Africa, very few people ever get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very often. It is an animal that keeps to 4__________.
The bongo has beautiful coloring. Its hair is bright brown 5_________ （mix） with orange and red. Down its back and across its sides the bongo has yellow-white strips（条纹）. Animals that look 6__________ food at night usually have big eyes. This helps them see 7________ （good） at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble 8_________ （live） in the darkness.
Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside on 9_________days. They only go outside on those days 10_________ it is dark or very cloudy.
八
There once were a goat and a donkey 1___________ lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most 2___________. Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3 __________ it could eat. This made the goat so jealous 4__________ it began plotting against（谋划对付） the donkey. \"Hey, donkey,\" the goat said one day. \"I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don't you pretend 5__________（get） sick so you can take a day 6___________?'' The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏） on its side with its eyes 7__________ （close）. Right away, the farmer called the doctor. 8____________ looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made 9___________ the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10__________ goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart. 九
We often think of future. We often wonder 1__________the world will be like in a hundred years’ time.
Think of 2__________ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the 3__________will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as 4__________. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 5_________ （permit） long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting 6_________ planets. Great progress will have been made 7__________ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
All the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used 8__________ most of the earth’s land to build our cities, 9___________ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities 10__________ the sea.
十
Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great 1_________ are located on rivers, and almost 2__________ country has at least one river flowing through it that plays 3__________ important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people 4_________ （use） rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile.5 __________ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people 6_________ live along their banks.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow 7__________ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes 8__________ （pollute） with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the 9__________ （important） of doing more to keep their rivers clean 10__________ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.
十一
Did you know that in the mountains it can start to snow in August? It snows through the fall and winter. 1__________, in spring, when all that snow melts, water falls down the mountain sides. Streams（溪流） form and come together to form 2__________ . Let’s follow one of the rivers in Utah.
The Bear River begins nearly 13,000 feet 3__________ in the mountains. It ends only 90 miles away, 4__________ it will have dropped about 9,000 feet first! The most surprising thing about this river is where 5_____ ____ends.
If you look at a map, you will see that nearly all rivers 6_________（empty） into the sea. But 7___________ the water of the Bear River. This river flows into the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the West. The rivers and streams 8__________ flow into the lake bring with them about two million tons of salt each year. And no fresh water flows away from the lake. 9___________, the summer sun evaporates （蒸发） the fresh water, 10___________ （leave） the salt behind. The lake water is so salty that you can’t sink in it, no matter how hard you try.
十二
Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1 ________ had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2__________ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 ___________ （pride） of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is 4 ___________very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant’s close friend. 5___________ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2ndwife and 6____________ would always help him out and tide（帮助渡过） him 7__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant’s 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 8___________ （contribute） in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 9___________ （take） care of the household. 10___________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.
十三
With the 1____________ （develop） of industry, air pollution is getting more
and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 2___________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the following 3_________: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 4__________ （poison） gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 5__________ to others. 6_________ these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight 7____________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take 8___________ place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 9___________ （important） of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 10____________ （solve）.
十四
A few years ago, SARS 1_________ out in the mainland of China, causing some people 2_________ （kill）. And some nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was3_________ time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the 4__________ of this deadly disease. They invited all the most 5___________ （experience） experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see 6_________ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope 7_________ picking up and had the new medicine tested on him. 8__________ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, 9_________ （tell） him this exciting news. For convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the 10_________ hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.
十五
Dawn graduated several years ago. She 1 __________ （be） a successful model, and finding a job had not been a 2__________ ---until recently.
When Dawn did start trying to find another type of 3__________, she found in interview after interview that computer literacy（能力）was a must to 4___________ （employ）.
Since Dawn had always been afraid 5_________ learning computer while in college—our school didn't require to learn computer at that time—she managed to get a degree 6_________ ever confronting（面对） a computer.
Finally, after months of searching for a job, Dawn failed. She had to admit that sidestepping （回避） computer literacy（读写能力） hadn't been a good idea. 7___________, She enrolled in a computer course at 8 ____adult vocational school.
9____________（surprise）, although she had been afraid of learning computer, she took to computers10__________much that after about a year she opened her own computer-based business.
十六
Liu Xiang was the first Asian 1___________ （win） the men’s 110m hurdles at the Olympics in Athens. 2__________ that he became an idol（偶像） to the young people.
“I never thought I would run under 13 seconds and break the Olympic 3__________.”said Liu Xiang in tears, “I am very very excited. I’m proud not just for myself and for Chinese 4_________ for Asia. My race went 5___________ （wonderful） from start to finish.” Liu added. “It is 6__________ amazing experience being the Olympic champion. I want to thank my coach and my friends for 7_________their help. I think today we Chinese have showed the world we 8_________ run as fast as anybody else.”
Since his return from Athens, Liu Xiang 9__________ （be） at the center of a media circus and he has been to many press appearances and meetings. But Liu thinks 2004 is just the beginning, and he expects to be at his peak in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Liu said, “For some players, it’s just a job. For me, it’s 10_________ I love.”
十七
I asked my uncle, who plays 1_________ piano well, 2_________ he would assess the tone of a second hand piano I was hoping to buy. We arrived 3__________ the house and Uncle Frank looked the piano over, then 4__________ （sit） down and played a mixture of honky-tonk numbers and classical pieces. When he finished, we told the family that we would call 5__________ in 15 minutes.
Outside, Uncle Frank said that 6___________ the wood was battered （坏掉的），the sound was good and we should buy it.
When I phoned the woman back, she sounded as if she was crying. Concerned, I asked, “What’s the 7__________?”
“We didn’t know the piano 8___________ play like that,” she replied. The piano wasn’t 9__________ sale, and her daughter had to resume（重新开始） taking piano 10__________.
十八
Will 1_________ matter if you don’t take your breakfast? Some time ago a test 2__________ （give） in the United Sates. Those tests included people of different 3__________ from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got 4___________ breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see 5___________ well their bodies worked and when they had eaten 6___________ certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect 7___________ if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be 8___________ （especial） true if a person works 9__________ his brains. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with 10__________ （much） attention in class.
十九
In North America people are always in 1__________ hurry. Children have special
lessons or sports activities 2__________ school. Parents often work late and 3___________ get home until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. Most North American families don’t have time to prepare a meal. That is 4___________ fast food is so popular in North America. People 5__________ about 40% of their dollars on fast food.
People usually buy fast food from restaurant chains such as Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, or KFC, 6_________ they can enjoy pizza, sandwiches, fried chicken, and so on. Fast food saves work and time, but it is not 7___________ （nutrition）.
Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast-food companies now have restaurants all over the world. But not 8__________ is happy about the spread（扩展） of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to fight 9__________ the spread of American fast food. They don’t like the idea of more fast food chains 10___________（open） restaurants in their country.
二十
1 ___________ neither she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 2__________ in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house at once. She called a taxi and went 3 __________（straight） to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain 4___________ had happened and added that the man 5__________ have got into the house 6___________ an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 7___________ a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared. 8___________ （hurry） upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled 9__________ relief when she saw the only thing that man had taken was an imitation（仿制品） diamond necklace that was almost 10 ___________!
二十一
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City
1___________ a woman and a young boy sat down 2___________ the next table. I couldn’t help 3__________ （overhear） parts of their conversation. At one point 4___________ woman asked: “ So, how have you been?” And the boy, 5__________couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident 6___________ （stick） in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As 7___________ as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children 8__________ （increase） steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults 9___________ they used to. 10___________ this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Children as it once was no longer exists, why?
二十二
Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, 1___________some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with
2__________when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to 3_________ _for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was 4___________to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat 5____________ it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed 6__________four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired 7_________ happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor’s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What 8__________ happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor liked each guest 9___________ （meet） him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. 10__________ was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden….”
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