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            • 1.
              Last October,while tending her garden in Mora,Sweden,Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small(61) ______ (carrot)and was about to throw them away.But something made her look closer,and she noticed a(62) ______ (shine)object.Yes,there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.
              Pahlsson screamed(63) ______ loudly that her daughter came running from the house."she thought I had hurt (64) ______ (I),"says Pahlsson
              Sixteen years(65) ______ (early),Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring(66) ______ (cook)a meal.When she wanted to put the ring back on later,it was gone.She suspected that one of her three daughters-then ten.eight,and six-had picked it up,but the girls said they hadn't.Pahlsson and her husband (67) ______ (search)the kitchen,checking every corner,but turned up nothing."I gave up hope of finding my ring again,"she says.She never replaced it.
              Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got (68) ______ (sweep)into a pile of kitc hen rubbish and was spread over the garden,(69) ______ it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted(生长)through it.For Pahlsson its return was(70) ______ wonder.
            • 2.
              Tim Cook,the CEO of Apple,showed off their newest device,the Apple Watch.Mr.Cook said it was the most personal device Apple(31) ______ (create).
              The Apple Watch is a very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist.It can do many of the same things (32) ______ an iPhone.The apps are customized(定制)for the watch.It is different than just seeing(33) ______ is on your phone.
              Like a phone,you will be able to receive(34) ______ (call) on your wrist.Mr.Cook smiled while (35) ______ (describe)this."I've been wanting to do this since I was five years old,"he said."The day is (36) ______ (final) here."
              The watches arrived in stores in late April.They are sold at different prices,beginning at$349.Mr.Cook said the high-end model,(37) ______ one made of 18-karat gold is thousands of dollars.
              One problem with Apple Watch is that you need an iPhone on your body,or nearby,get this watch to function fully.Like a phone,it also needs(38) ______ (charge)each night.(39) ______ remains to be seen whether people really want to carry both a smart phone(40) ______ a smart watch.
            • 3.
              Whether enveloped by the thick smog from factories or unseen poisons from vehicle waste gases,many cities around the world are losing the battle against air pollution.
              Somewhere,many people died from breathing in the smoke and harmful gases (71) ______ (pour) into the air.In China and India,the damage of this poisonous air is particularly alarming,(72) ______ (cause) three million deaths in those two countries.As a result,some out-of-breath citizens are turning to bottled air.
              Many companies are compressing fresh countryside air into bottles and (73) ______ (sell) it online.It sounds like a joke but the idea is to raise (74) ______ (aware) and it provided people (75) ______ fresh air at a price.One such company is Vitality,(76) ______ collects air from the Canadian Rockies and compresses it into container.Vitality started the business to sell the canned air as joke gifts at first.(77) ______ ,the products took off in a (78) ______ ( surprise) way then.So,the manager came up with the business idea (79) ______ they can sell fresh air over the world.The manager of the company has made (80) ______ clear that China,India and South Korea have become its main markets.
            • 4.
              Kiyoto Saito is trying to change people's opinion of agricultural work through his unusual attire(打扮).Whether he's driving a tractor(61) ______ is standing in the fields,Kiyoto is always wearing an elegant suit.
              Kiyoto's family has been planting rice for around 400 years,but as a teenager he(62) ______ (find) the tradition boring and moved to the city.He returned to his native town two years ago,(63) ______ (determine) to get involved in the family business.
              (64) ______ idea of wearing a suit in the fields started as a joke.One day,his brother joked about farming in an elegant suit,but Kyioto took it(65) ______ (serious).He viewed the idea as the perfect way to change public opinion of agricultural work."Most people think of farmers(66) ______ dirty all day'.I want youngsters to think‘farming looks fun'"he said.
              At first no one seemed(67) ______ (understand) him.Even his family was surprised by his(68) ______ (choose) of farming attire.His grandfather worried(69) ______ (do) farm work in a suit would be dangerous.
              Now Kiyoto is famous and has been invited on various television shows.He also has a blog where he regularly(70) ______ (post) his farming experiences and photos of himself all dressed up.
            • 5.
              The British like DIY(do it yourself). A lot of people always spend their holidays(46) ______ (make) their homes more beautiful. If there is anything(47) ______ needs repairing or decorating around their homes, such as painting walls and putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs(48) ______ (they). They share DIY experience(49) ______ their friends. DIY can save money. So, it is not surprising that DIY is very popular.
              DIY can be difficult. People often find it not easy(50) ______ (build) a piece of furniture because they can't understand the directions(说明书)(51) ______ (good). What's more, DIY can also be(52) ______ (danger). For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional (专业的) worker.(53) ______ (unlucky), many people don't care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that thousands of people(54) ______ (hurt) while doing DIY in the UK last year.All in all, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money,(55) ______ it is not always as easy as it is thought to be.
            • 6.
              My first visit to London was one and half years ago.It Was (41) ______ wonderful trip.I stayed in the city for three weeks,and I had many (42) ______ (impress).I visited all the famous places.
              When I dreamed of (43) ______ (see) London in the past,I always wanted to see Tower Bridge and the famous Big Ben clock tower.I visited these(44) ______ (place),and I went on a tourist boat on the River Thames.
              First,I went to the Tower of London,and I want to say that it is a very interesting (45) ______ (history) place.I found out that a long time ago,it was a prison.(46) ______ (late) it became a castle for the royal family.Or maybe it is the reverse,I'm not sure,but they (47) ______ (leave) this place and went to live in Buckingham Palace and Knsington Palace.
              In London,you can also enjoy nature.There are many parks that are wonderful green,quite places(48) ______ you can relax and escape the noise of the city.
              Trafalgar Square is a popular place for students and other young people.You can find lots of pigeons there.If you have time,you can feed (49) ______ (they) and they will be very happy.You can buy special food for them,but be careful!Tons of birds will surround you (50) ______ you feed them.
            • 7.
              If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer,you can hear frogs singing(61) ______ (joy) here and there.It seems as if they were performing a field symphony.
              The frog is agood and useful creature that benefits human beings.They can catch fast-moving insects.Each frog eats a large number of pests that are harmful (62) ______ crops.This little creature is regarded (63) ______ the natural enemy of pests".
              (64) ______ now frogs are getting fewer and fewer.This is because they are killed and put on the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy,human beings.It is (65) ______ shameless and cruel act,isn't it?(66) ______ cause responsible for the rapid reduction of frogs is that farmers use insecticides (杀虫剂) to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water(67) ______ eating poison-killed insects.
              Something must be done without delay(68) ______ (save) frogs.If we don't punish those(69) ______ sell and kill frogs to make money,then one day all of us (70) ______ (punish) by nature for failing to keep the balance of nature.
            • 8.
              Betty Ford was born in 1918 in Chicago.Her family moved to Michigan when she (56) ______ .(be) young.Betty did everything (57) ______ .(careful) and enjoyed music best.After high school,she went to school(58) ______ .
              (learn) more about dancing.Later on,she met a famous(59) ______ .(dance),Martha Graham.She joined Graham's troupe(表演团) in New York.After five years,Betty moved back to Machigan(60) ______ .started a dancing grou there.She taught dancing to children with disabilities.Betty met Gerald Ford in 1947.They got (61) ______ .(marry) the next year.Gerald chose to work for Congress (国会) after (62) ______ .(wed).He was in Congress for 25 years.Betty took care (63) ______ .their children.A short time later,Nixon gave up his position of the president.As a result,
              Gerald Ford (64) ______ .(elect) president and Betty became (65) ______ .First Lady.
            • 9.
              It was September,2003and I was struggling to find work.Nothing went(61) ______ (good)with me.I sat in the house and constantly worried I would(62) ______ (spending) the night in the street as soon as my savings ran out.
              I decided to find some volunteer work to occupy my thoughts when I (63) ______ (tell) not to be employed.The first (64) ______ (choose) of mine was the Arizona Humane Society (AHS).Being with all kinds of(65) ______ (animal) was the only time when I (66) ______ (true) felt I had a place in the world.That was where I found peace at a time when I was (67) ______ (scare) and unsure of everything life was throwing at me.
              I hadn't been around a horse for nearly 15 years so I found it(68) ______ (is) difficult for me to handle it.But (69) ______ the help of other volunteers,I did well very soon.During my stay there,I had a great time working with humans and animals equally.
              I believe the peace which comes from working with our animal brothers is something that can(70) ______ (makes) the world a more harmonious place!
            • 10.
              Six years ago,Xie Lei (41) ______ (board) a plane for London(42) ______ (complete) a business qualification.When she came to England,she lived with a host family,(43) ______ members always helped her.In the beginning she had to face (44) ______ difficulties of daily life as how to use the phone,how to pay on the bus.(45) ______ (study) there was quite different (46) ______ studying in China and she needed to make some (47) ______ (prepare) first.She had to get used to(48) ______ whole new way of life,(49) ______ took up all her concentration.It was(50) ______ (benefit) to fulfill Western academic requirements.
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