The bicycle is one of the ___  (1)  ____ yet most useful inventions in the world. The surprising thing is that it was not ____(  (2)  ____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci(利奥纳多·达·芬奇)had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced ___  (3)  ____ long after he died.

   A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy(能源)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding ,Even so, in developed ____  (4)  ____, most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel ____  (5)  _____ if they ride to work. It's because ___  (6)  ____ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___  (7)  ____ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars and, in this way, the situation(情形) is made worse.  ____  (8)  ____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to build road only for bicycles, and to make ____  (9)  ____ so difficult and expensive ____  (10)  ____ drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bicycles.

There were no classes last Saturday afternoon. Mary went to a clothing shop near her home. The shop   (1)  many skirts. She looked through them and   (2)  last chose a very nice one. She   (3)   it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time her friend Rose came into the shop. They   (4)   so happy to see each other that they   (5)  everything   (6)  . Soon they were busy   (7)    on and on happily.

It was nearly seven, so they decided to go and   (8)   dinner. Mary took the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Mary to pay for the skirt. Mary looked at him in   (9)  at first, but soon she remembered that she didn’t pay for it. She said sorry, gave him the money and then left the shop   (10)  her friend.

The Internet is useful. It is becoming an important   (1)   of our lives. We can use the Internet to get information, make friends, send emails, watch movies and so on. Now,   (2)   children are using the Internet, too. But I think parents or teachers should always   (3)   the children when they use the Internet.

There is   (4)   in charge of（负责）the Internet. It’s easy to get wrong information on the Internet. Someone may cheat people on the Internet. Some information and pictures are  (5)   for children. Also, it’s dangerous to let children   (6)   chat rooms by themselves. Parents should know who their children are talking to. What’s more,   (7)   in front of a computer for a long time isn’t good for children’s eyes. So children shouldn’t spend

  (8)   time on the computer.

In a word, the Internet can change our lives   (9)   the better. But I strongly believe that it is   (10)   for parents to watch their children when they use the Internet.

My friend Jack always had accidents. He did not ____(1)____ attention to what he was doing or where he was going. A few months ago, ____(2)____ car hit him while he was on his way home from school. The driver was tired, ____(3)____ he did not see Jack. And Jack was talking on ____(4)____ mobile phone and was riding in the middle of the road. The car hit him. He ____(5)____ his leg and was in hospital for over a month.

   Last week, he was not looking ___(6)____ he was going as usually. As a result, he fell ____(7)____ a hole in the park. Some ____(8)____ people in the park helped him climb out of the hole and then took him to hospital. ____(9)____, he did not break an arm or a leg this time. At the hospital, the ____(10)____ gave him some medicine and then he went home.

After the two accidents, Jack changed a lot. Now he is very careful.

My cousin Alex is a university student.Last year he went to China and stayed there  (1)   two months. I was  (2)   that Alex could take such a long holiday  (3)  he never had any money.But he told me that he got a job. It was to give  (4)   lessons to an owner of a small shop. In fact, I knewAlex couldn’t teach him well, but the owner  (5)   to practice his English. He had a lot of foreigncustomers,  (6)   it was very important forhim to   (7)  English. Alex   (8)  three hours a day talking to him. In return the owner   (9)   Alex a room, three meals a day and   (10)   pocket money. When I asked if the owner learned much English, Alex said that he learned a lot of Chinese.

Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They  (1)  friendship to last forever. Unluckily, even the best friendship can end.

With time on, many friendships end because of a change in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses its importance and finally  (2)  .

Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over   (3)  I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained, “We started seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”

Sometimes friendships break   (4)   suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to another. From then on we   (5)   made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died.  (6)  of us were always busy with new jobs, so we didn’t keep   (7)   touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him even if I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says,“ Generally it’s true that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met. However, if they change in   (8)  directions, the friendship most probably will be lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always some   (9)   of loss. When   (10)   can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on to build new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

Venice(威尼斯)is a famous city in the world. Every year thousands of people from all over the world   (1)   to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a   (2)  ?

   Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different   (3)   other cities in the world. There aren't any roads   (4)   streets in the city. so there aren't any cars or buses. There are many canals(运河) in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven   (5)   canals. People move up and down the canals in   (6)   to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

   But Venice is going down and the   (7)   is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Venetians(威尼斯人)love their city and want to   (8)   there. So they want to save Venice from the sea. How can they save Venice? They can _  (9)   some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water   (10)  _. In this way Venice will not sink.

As we know, rainforests are the lung of the earth. They   (1)   about 6% of the earth’s surface. Half of the animals on Earth live in rainforests. The sloth(树懒) is one of them.

The sloth is the most interesting animal I know. It looks like a panda or a monkey. It always moves very slowly,   (2)   when it is in danger. But you can’t imagine(想像) it is good at swimming. When it is in the   (3)  , it can swim like a big fish.

Many people think it is a kind of   (4)   animal. Why? The sloth needs to   (5)   15 to 20 hours sleeping in the tree in the daytime. Yes, it does nothing   (6)   sleeping during the daytime. Maybe that’s the   (7)   why people think it’s lazy. When does it eat meals? Of course at night. It  (8)   leaves of the trees. It eats nothing else. So it can’t live without forests.

The sloth is a kind of rare(珍稀) animal. If we can’t protect it well, it will die out one day.

A.读读Mike与Chen Jie的对话，正确打“√”，错误打“×”。

Mike: Chen Jie, what did you do last Sunday?

Chen Jie: I visited Wu Yifan’s grandparents.

Mike: Where do they live?

Chen Jie: They live in a small town near Guangzhou. They have a really nice house. I went there with Alice, Ann, John, Wu Yifan and Ben. They were very glad to see us. Wu Yifan’s grandpa showed us lots of stamps from different countries. His grandma cooked us a nice lunch. We liked the food very much.

Mike: What did you do there?

Chen Jie: In the morning, we cleaned their house. In the afternoon, we worked in the garden. Alice and Ann watered the trees and flowers. Wu Yifan and John picked apples. Ben and I planted some trees. We worked for about two hours (小时) .

Mike: Were you tired?

Chen Jie: No! I like working in the garden. We had a really good time.

Mike: Great ! I’d like to visit them ,too.

(1)①Mike and Chen Jie visited Wu Yifan’s grandparents last Sunday.

(2)②On the farm, Chen Jie planted trees.

(3)③Wu Yifan’s grandma cooked a nice lunch.

(4)④Chen Jie and Alice planted flowers.

(5)⑤They worked on the farm for about two hours.

B.阅读短文，选择正确的答案，把字母编号填在括号里。

Ben is going to visit his grandparents in New York next week. He wants to give some presents to them. Yesterday he went shopping with his parents. In the shop, he bought a blue sweater and black trousers for his grandfather and some good books for his grandmother. Both his parents thought they were very good presents. Ben was very happy.

(1)Where are Ben’s grandparents? —          .

         A. In London        B. In New York.        C. In Nanjing.

(2)What did Ben do yesterday? —          .

         A. He visited his grandparents.

         B. He went shopping with his friends.

         C. He went shopping with his parents.

(3)How many people went shopping yesterday? —          .

         A. One.            B. Two.               C. Three.

(4) He bought________ for his grandmother.

         A. a blue sweater       B. some books         C. black trousers

(5)When is Ben going to visit the grandparents? —          .

         A. Tomorrow         B. Next month         C. Next week

C.阅读短文，将图片用数字排列好。

Hello, I’m Tom. My family had a good time last weekend. I went to the zoo to see animals. The animals were so cute.I took many pictures for them. My mother cooked dinner at home. My father read newspapers in the study. Then he cleaned the room. In the evening, my mother and I read books together. That was fun. What about you? What did you do last weekend?

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