第十二篇Obesity Causes Global Warming肥胖导致全球变暖
The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing: Last week, obese people were accused ofcausing global warming. 归咎于肥胖者的错误清单变得越来越长：上周，肥胖者们被指责导致了全球变暖。This conclusion comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois, US, and a doctoralstudent, Laura McLay. Their study calculates how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fatAmericans around. 这项结论来自于美国伊利诺伊大学的Sheldon Jacobson以及博士生Laura McLay。他们的研究计算了运送美国胖子需要多消耗多少汽油。The answer, they say, is a billion gallons of gas per year.
(1 B It means an extra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide'.) 据他们称，答案是，每年需要多消耗10亿加仑。这意味着多放出1100万吨二氧化碳。
1．B 第二段讲到Sheldon Jacobson和Laura McLay在一项研究中计算了运送美国胖子一年需要多消耗10亿加仑的汽油。从所给的这些句子来看，只有B是连贯的。B句为：It means anextra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.这意味着多放出1100万吨二氧化碳。There has been calls for taxes on junk food2 in recent years.________(2 D US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food delivered to people's cars.)____ 近些年，不断有人提出要给垃圾食品征税。而美国经济学家Martin Schmidt建议对送到车上的快餐要征税。……We taxcigarettes partly because of their health
cost" ,Schmidt said.“Similarly,leading a lazy lifestyle willend up costing taxpayers more.”“我们对香烟征税一部分是因为人们所需要付出的健康代价太高，”Schmidt说，“同样，一种懒散的生活方式应该让纳税人掏出更多的钱。”
2．D第三段的第一个句子，即空格前的句子，讲的是：近些年，不断有人提出要给垃圾食品征税。这是个主题句，那么后面的句子讲得应该更具体一点。D说得更具体，是这么说的：USeconomist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food delivered to people's cars.美国经济学家Martin Schmidt建议对送到车上的快餐要征税。另外，从主题的发展来看，也只有这个句子最合适。
US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast foodarguments. But such claims are getting attention.
美国政治学家Eric Oliver说他本能的第一反应是嘲笑这些有关汽油和食物的言论。但是这些言论却正在获得更多的关注。
At the US Obesity Society's annual meeting, one person correlated obesity with car accidentdeaths, and another correlated obesity with suicides.____(3 F No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship)一“The funny thing wasthat everyone took it seriously.”Oliver said.
在美国肥胖协会的年会上，有人把车祸造成的死亡跟肥胖联系了起来，另有人则将肥胖和自杀联系在了一起。却没有人问一问它们之间
是否真正存在因果关系。“而更为可笑的是，每个人都把这样的言论当真。”O liver说道。
3．F第五段开始时说到，在美国肥胖协会的年会上，有人把车祸造成的死亡跟肥胖联系了起来，也有人把自杀跟肥胖联系了起来。从剩下的句子来看，只有填入F是连贯的。F说的是：No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship．没有人问一问它们之间是否真正存在因果关系。一
In a 1960s study, children were shown drawings of children with disabilities and without them,and a drawing of an obese child. They were asked which they would want for a friend?____(4C The obese child was picked last.)-
在20世纪60年代，儿童按要求看一组画，一幅画里有正常的和残疾的儿童，另一幅画里没有残疾孩子却有一个小胖子，他们被问知愿意和哪个小孩做朋友。小胖子是最后被挑出来做朋友的人选。4．C第六段主要是讲一个试验，先让儿童看一组画，画里有正常的儿童和残疾的儿童，还有一个小胖子，而后问他们愿意和哪个小孩做朋友。C是对这个问题合适的回答。C句为：Theobese child was picked last.最后挑的是小胖子。
Three researchers recently repeated the study using college students. Once again, almost noone, not even obese people, liked the obese per son. "Obesity was stigmatized.”the researcherssaid.最近，这些研究者以大学生为研究对象重复了他们的实验。再一次，
没有人，甚至是胖人自己，喜欢肥胖的人。“肥胖受到了鄙视。”研究者这样说道。
But, researchers say, getting thin is not like quitting smoking. People struggle to stopsmoking, and, in the end, many succeed. Obesity is different. But, not because obese peopledon't care.____(5 E Science has shown that they have limited personal control over their weight.)_ Genes also play a part.但是，研究者称，变苗条不像戒烟。许多力图戒烟的人最终都成功了。可肥胖却不同。这不是肥胖者们不够在意，科学已经表明，胖子自己几乎是无法控制体重的。因为基因在起作用。
5．E最后一段讲的是减肥跟戒烟不一样，在一定程度上受到基因的控制（最后一个句子），因此很难。所以只有E是合适的。E是这么说的：Science has shown that they havelimited personal control over their weight.科学已经表明，胖子自己几乎是无法控制体重
注释：
1．carbon dioxide:二氧化碳2．junk food:垃圾食品3．cause-and-effect relationship:因果关系
练习：
A A meager diet may keep you thin.
B It means an extra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide'.
C The obese child was picked last.
D US economist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food delivered to people's cars.
E Science has shown that they have limited personal control over their weight.
F No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship3. 答案与题解：
1．B 第二段讲到Sheldon Jacobson和Laura McLay在一项研究中计算了运送美国胖子一年需要多消耗10亿加仑的汽油。从所给的这些句子来看，只有B是连贯的。B句为：It means anextra 11 million tons of carbon dioxide.这意味着多放出1100万吨二氧化碳。
2．D第三段的第一个句子，即空格前的句子，讲的是：近些年，不断有人提出要给垃圾食品征税。这是个主题句，那么后面的句子讲得应该更具体一点。D说得更具体，是这么说的：USeconomist Martin Schmidt suggests a tax on fast food delivered to people's cars.美国经济学家Martin Schmidt建议对送到车上的快餐要征税。另外，从主题的发展来看，也只有这个句子最合适。
3．F第五段开始时说到，在美国肥胖协会的年会上，有人把车祸造成的死亡跟肥胖联系了起来，也有人把自杀跟肥胖联系了起来。从剩下的句子来看，只有填入F是连贯的。F说的是：No one asked whether there was really a cause-and-effect relationship．没有人问一问它们之间是否真正存在因果关系。一
4．C第六段主要是讲一个试验，先让儿童看一组画，画里有正常的儿童和残疾的儿童，还有一个小胖子，而后问他们愿意和哪个小孩做朋友。C是对这个问题合适的回答。C句为：Theobese child was picked last.最后挑的是小胖子。
5．E最后一段讲的是减肥跟戒烟不一样，在一定程度上受到基因的控制（最后一个句子），因此很难。所以只有E是合适的。E是这么说的：Science has shown that they havelimited personal control over their weight.科学已经表明，胖子自己几乎是无法控制体重
初中英语十二选十专练 范文 集团标准化工作小组 [Q8QX9QT-X8QQB8Q8-NQ8QJ8-M8QMN]
一、读前浏览选项，注意词形变化: 1、冠词 a 与an 的互换。定冠词the 没有变化。 冠词只需要在 a或an之间判别，a用在辅音开头的词前；an用在元音开头的词 前。 如a girl， an old man， a useful book，an “M”等 2、介词 介词一般没有变化。 但也有特例，如介词with和without，like与unlike My brother often borrows my clothes ____ my permission, so I am often angry with him. 3、名词 考虑单、复数和所有格。 man----men woman----women a woman doctor women teachers women’s shoes 名词、动词、形容词、副词互相转化。如： success----succeed----successful----successfully die----dead----death 4、形容词、副词 有比较级和最高级；并且形容词的最高级前要加the。 一般地，形容词修饰名词和作表语；副词修饰动词 5、数词 要注意基数词和序数词之间的变化以及表达次数时的用法。 例如： one—first—once，2—second —twice， three—third 2/3 two thirds 6、代词， 要注意区别使用代词相对应的主格、宾格、形容词性物主代词、名词性物主代词、反
中考复习改错专项训练 1． Old Sarah was a strange rich woman. He did not 80. ________ hope to see any of her relative. She felt what they 81. ________ were interested in was her money. She was all right 82. ________ After she died, the relatives got together to hear Sarah's 83. ________ lawyer(律师) to read her will (遗嘱). They were sure that 84. ________ Sarah had left many money and they quarreled strongly 85. ________ with each other when they waited the lawyer to arrive. 86. ________ After the lawyer came in the living room, he asked them 87. ________ to sit down. He began to read the will in a seriously 88. ________ voice. Sarah has left all her money to her cats. 89. ________ 2． Mr Green come from England . 81. _________ He teaches English in middle school . 82. _________ He can speak some Chinese. He 83. ________ goes at Chinese classes very week . 84. __________ He likes working in Chinese very much . 85. _________ 3． Have you ever wanted to write a song? Two Sister. 59._________ Mildred and Patty Hill, once write a little song. 60._________ It was a happily song that they loved to sing. It 61._________ was calling "Good Morning to You. "However, most 62._________ other people didn't know the song very well. A day, 63._________ Mildred and Patty had a idea. It turned out (证明) to be 64._________ a very bad idea. They changed the words of the song. They 65.__________ called the new song "Happy Birthday to You." Theirs short 66._________ birthday song is now very famous. Almost every body know 67.__________ the words, Did anyone sing it at your test birthday party? 68.__________ 4. Hundred of years ago, news was carded by 6. _____________ people on foot or by a horse. It took a long 7. _____________ time people to receive news. Now it is possible 8. _____________ to send words and pictures in seconds. Billions of 9. _____________ people learn about news either by watching TV and by reading. 10. ____________ 5. Yesterday I went for shopping for shoes. The largest pair 1. I could find was an size 9 and I wear an 11! Everyone 2.
短文填空 A (2018绍兴) 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 This is Tammela School,a primary school in Finland.The students are having a math class with their robot teacher. The “teacher”is 1.a small,blue machine about 25cm high,Reuters reported.Whenever students have problems,it helps them very 2.patiently (patient) and never gets bored. “The robot can make students 3. more active (active) in class than usual.I see Elias as one of the 4. tools (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom,” a teacher told Reuters. So far the school 5. has introduced (introduce) four robot teachers,one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music. “6. It is necessary to encourage kids to come up 7. with new ways to make use of technology in school life,” the head of the school 8. added (add) in the interview. The robot teachers are used 9. to help (help) improve learning.This doesn’t mean that human teachers will lose their jobs.The robots can teach well, 10. but they are not able to keep class in order.The school still needs human teachers. B (2018温州) 根据短文内容和所给中文提示,用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。
2011山西 be who real wash surprise complain I see much month casually important Years ago, I lived in a house in a large city. The hous e next door was only a few meters away from __76__. Through the window, I could often see a woman __77__ I had never met doing some reading in the house every afternoon. Several __78__ went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was not very clear through the dirty window. I wondered why the woman didn’t wash her window. It __79__ looked terrible. One bright morning, I decided to clean my house, including __80__ the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished all the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. How __81__! I found that the woman’s window was actually so clean that she could __82__ clearly sitting by the window. That was quite an __83__ lesson for me. How often had I looked at others through my own shortcomings (缺点). Since then, I __84__ used to asking myself whether I am looking through my own dirty window. Before I want to judge (判断) someone, I always think __85__ than before and try to clean the dirty window so that I may see the world around me more clearly. 76._________77. _________78. _________79. _________80. _________ 81. _________82._________83. _________ 84. _________85. _________ 2012山西 through angry kind take that good make how cry why do kill "Mommy, what are you doing?" asked Susie. "I 76 a dinner for Mrs Smith next door." "Why?" asked Susie, who was .only six years old. "Because Mrs Smith is very sad; her daughter77 in an earthquake and she has a broken heart. We need to look after her. " "Why, Mommy?" "You see, Susie, when someone is sad, they have trouble 78 the little things like cooking dinner or other chores. Because Mrs Smith is our neighbor, we
班级：小组：姓名： 九年级英语中考复习选词填空专项练习 ( 1 ) well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house We can’ t stop an earthquake(地震 ), but we can do things to make sure they don’ t destroy(毁 坏 ) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________ of the earth ’ s plates(板块)join together. Second, if you think there 3. ________ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks （岩石）, not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the houses as 5. ________ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. ________ . Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山 ) . They call it “BigTheOne ” .However, people today are still building more 8. ________ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9. ________ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed. 1. good 2.two 3. may 4.sand 5.strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8.houses 9.now 10.if 【剖析】 这是一篇科普类文章，要求选填的词汇都是浅显易懂的常用词，且都是《大纲》范围内的词汇。因此， 学生要通读全文，了解大意。只要能够理解文章上下的内容，对短文语境中有用 的信息进行分析、推敲、结合整篇，就可以确定所需词汇。值得注意的是，题目提供的词中有两组形容 词、副词的同根词，这就要求我们既要明白文章的意思，还得善用所学的综合知识。 第 1 题选 good。依句型这里需要形容词，看全文应是“好”。 第 2 题选 two。文章一开始就说，我们虽然不能阻止地震，但可以采取措施减少地震对城市的破坏程 度。如果那样的话，那么在地球板块与板块交界的地方建造房屋肯定不是好办法。（这是一个跨学科的 问题，世界上已经发生的地震多数发生在地球板块与板块交界的地方，科学家们称之为地震带。由此可 见，要学好英语，还要学好其他学科。） 第 3 题选 may。在这里表示猜测、假设，意思是“可能”。 第 4 题选 sand 。“沙地”与前面的 rocks 一词对应。这句话是说，如果你认为某个地方可能要发生 地震，最好是将房屋建筑在地质比较坚硬的地带，而不能建在地质松的地带。比如 像沙漠这样的地带就不能建造房屋。 第 5 题选 strong 。除地质条件外，将房屋建得strong 牢“固”些，也是减轻地震灾害的一项重 要措施。 第 6 题选 stay up 。在这里是“站立、矗立”的意思，与前面的fall down 一词相对应。 第7 题选 afraid。因为旧金山这个城市就建在太平洋板块与美洲大陆板块交界的地带（环太平洋地震 带），所以说科学家们感到担心、害怕。 第8 题选 houses。科学家们之所以感到担心和害怕，是因为那里的人还在那里建造房屋，这正好与前 面说的减轻地震灾害的方法相反。 第9 题选 now 。与前面的 1906 年相对比。
高考复习必看短文改错专项训练15篇（附答案） 1 Dear Jack， Next Saturday will my birthday.I’m going to hold a birthday party at home on the evening.It will start at 7：30.Some classmates as good as some foreign friends have been invited.The activities include singing，dancing and sharing interesting experiences.Surely，we’ll have a good time.I would feel honoring if you could come.I live at 656 Minzu Street.You can take Bus No.11 or No.15 and got off at the stop of Guang Ming High School.Justly on the opposite side is my house，what is red with a white door.I’m sure of you can’t miss it.I do hope they will come. Best wish. Yours， Li Hua 2 (2017·昆明市高三复习教学质量检测) I’m one of the students in our class who has ever been to https://www.doczj.com/doc/7318415286.html,st summer I was lucky enough to be sent there to study.As soon as I arrived on England by plane.I was picked up by the Smiths，which I would live with for the next two weeks.We felt like a fish out of water when I got there.The Smiths did what they could make me feel at home.I study at an international school，where I met friend from all over the world.I seized the opportunity to practise my speak English.Soon I made such a rapid progress that I received highly praise from all the people around. 答案 I’m one of the students in our class who has have ever been to https://www.doczj.com/doc/7318415286.html,st summer I was lucky enough to be sent there to study.As soon as I arrived on in England by plane.I was picked up by the Smiths，which whom I would live with for the next two
初三英语选词填空专项训练 一、选词填空。 The 26-year-old Sui Feifei who is known as “beauty”on the sports ground shines in basketball games. 1 her pretty face and her talent(才能) attract many sports fans. Because Sui is one of the top basketball 2 in Asia (亚洲)，she was chosen to play in the WNBA(Women’s NBA) in the US. It’s the 3 time she has worked abroad. She said she was ready for the challenges ahead. She find friendship and help from her teammates and fans. So she always has confidence in 4 . Much of her confidence comes from her good 5 English. “My best point is that I enjoy speaking-I’m never afraid 6 my mouth!”She likes speaking English to 7 . Off the sports ground, she is a good writer. She reads 8 , from foreign novels to Chinese Kungfu stories. That makes her love writing very much, She writes for many newspapers, and she enjoys 9 diaries. She feels free to put her 10 down on paper. This is Sui Feifei, a popular new star. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 二、选词填空。 All the students at school 1 Mr Green. He 2 at the school for a long time. Mr Green cleans the floors and keeps everything 3 . He is very nice too 4 , too. He helps them 5 their work and often finds things 6 have lost in school. One day the students 7 , “Let’s do 8 nice for Mr Green.”They bought him a 9 shirt, The 10 morning when Mr Green came to work, everyone shouted, “Surprise!”Mr Green said it was the surprise he ever had. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 三、选词填空。 Many years ago, there was a family 1 Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five 2 and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1760, another baby boy 3 . The boy’s mother and his father 4 the boy a name-Benjamin. Benjamin was the 5 of all the children. He could read when he was five and he 6 write by the time he was seven. When he was eight he was sent to school. In school Benjamin had been good at 7 and writing but not good at math. He read all of 8 father’s books. And whenever(每当) he had a little money, he bought a book with it. He liked books. They told him how to do 9 . At that time he invented the paddles(脚蹼) for 10 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 四、选词填空。 Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to school to learn languages, geography(地理), history, science and many other subjects. That is 1 true. But 2 do they learn these things for ? And are these things all that they learn at school? We send our children to school to get ready for their future(未来的) work and life. Many of the things they study at school are useful 3 their life, but is that the 4 reason why they go to school? There is more in education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn or teach 5 . If a man really 6 how to learn, he will 7 to do 8 new, he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the 9 way. The uneducated(没受过教育的) person, on the other hand, is 10 unable to do it, or does it badly, So the purpose(目的) of modern education is not only to learn languages, geography, history, science and many other subjects, but to teach students the way to learn. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. . 7. 8. 9. 10. 第 1 页共3 页
选词填空（12选10） 1.命题目的 选词填空：在语篇中考查词语运用能力 2.解题方法 (1)侧重语篇的理解,结合上下文意思去做题。 (2)注意名词单复数变化,注意动词时态变化,注意形容词的比较级和最高级,注意形容词、副词、名词之间的转化。 3.备考建议 (1)注意识记词汇表,特别是词汇表中的名词、动词、形容词、副词。 (2)掌握词性之间转化的规律和方法。 4.【题型分析】 选词填空：让学生结合上下文和语法知识进行填空,此题型侧重考查单词词形的转化。如:基数词变序数词,可数名词单数变复数,形容词变副词,形容词、副词的比较级和最高级、动词的时态和语态等。 5.【解题技巧】 1.牢记中考词语运用题型中词形转化的常见、常考方式。 (1)名词:可数名词单数变复数。 (2)数词:基数词变序数词。 (3)代词:人称代词的主格、宾格;形容词性物主代词和名词性物主代词以及反身代词。 (4)形容词、副词:形容词变副词;形容词、副词的比较级和最高级。 (5)动词:动词的时态和语态。 2.找准标志词,用正确形式填空。 如:one of...就是形容词、副词最高级和名词复数的常见标志。 3.注意单词拼写。根据句意、固定搭配等去答题。填冠词要注意定冠词the和不定冠词a、an的选择。填连词要注意前后两句话的关系。填介词要注意固定搭配。 例子1 根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次，有两项剩余。
My Dear Azhaan， I want you to know that you remind me of myself in so many ways. You are like a better and Improved version(版本) of me. I look at you and I see myself . 1 your eyes. I wish I had that confidence(信心) and even some of your bossiness(霸气) at that age. Yet，I'm also troubled on seeing this confidence 2 disappearing，because you are 3 many different things.I want you to know that your confidence is one of the 4 things about you. All of us admire your confidence. However，you are 5 confident enough these days，because you are beginning to dislike your own body. You are not fat. I agree that you could be a little healthier. You could eat a little less junk food. However，I don't know when you'll begin to enjoy fruits，but I believe that you will. I think one of the moments of 6 for me was when you were born，and the doctor said，“Congratulations，you have another baby boy，” not because you were a boy but because you were healthy. You're too young to understand this 7 no one realizes the importance of a normal life 8 it is away from them. What I 9 for you is happiness: the understanding that you are not perfect and that it is okay because none of us is! Stay confident and keep your head 10 ，my little boy-who is growing up too soon! Love，Ammi 1.【答案】in 【解析】考查介词，根据your eyes，结合选项，可知此处是讲在你眼里，在某人的眼里，介词用in，故填写in 2.【答案】slowly 【解析】考查副词，根据I'm also troubled on seeing this confidence，结合选项，可知此处是讲然而，看到这种自信慢慢消失，我也很不安，slowly慢慢地修饰disappearing，故填写slowly 3.【答案】facing 【解析】考查动词，根据many different things ，结合选项，可知此处是讲因为你正面临许多不同的事情，be doing表示现在正在进行的动作，用动名词形式，故填写facing 4.【答案】best 【解析】考查形容词，根据I want you to know that your confidence ，结合选项，可知此处是讲我想让你知道，你的自信是你最大的优点之一，故填写best 5.【答案】not 【解析】考查副词，根据because you are beginning to dislike your own body因为你开始不喜欢自己的身体，结合选项，可知此处是讲然而，这些天你不够自信，故填写not 6【答案】happiness；考查名词，根据the doctor said，"Congratulations，you have another baby boy，" not because you were a boy but because you were healthy医生说，"祝贺你，你又有了一个男婴"，不是因为你是个男孩，而是因为你很健康，结合选项，可知孩子出生，母亲应该是很幸福的，此处是讲我想对我来说幸福的时刻之一是你出生的时候，故填写happiness
高考短文改错专项练习 1 College students have a little ways to pay their college fees. Many students have their parents to pay the fees. Some students may apply to a bank loan and others will try to find part-time jobs in and out of the campus. Apart from this, many good student can win a scholarship. By this way they can pay at least part of the fees. As to me, I will let my parents pay half of their fees because they are rich enough. Beside my study, I will take up a part-time job by teach some high school students math, physics, chemistry and English, as I’m very good at these important subjects. Of course I will also work very hard at my lessons in order to I can easily win a scholarship. 2 I am angry about the act of dishonesty in the exams. I’m not saying that I’m a good student and that I’ve never cheated. I once write the answer on my hand for a history test but, unluckily, caught by my teacher. Because she was one of my most favorites, there were no words to describe how sorry I felt at once. I thought cheat would help me keep my straight A’s. Little I know that I was hurting not only herself but also my teachers. From this lesson I know teachers want students to succeed by learning with their own and do the best they can, not by cheating.
十二选十训练题 1 Life is not easy, so I’d like to say, “when anything_________, believe in yourself”.When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed_________me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it_________my life. It was an English speech contest.. My mother asked me to take_________in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak_________all the teachers and students of my school! “Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to_________.” Then my mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I_________the topic“Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and_________it over 100 times. At last, I did well in the contest. I could_________believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked_________on me now all said congratulations to me. 2 years old and lives_________her sister. Her parents left home to make money in big cities when she was_________four. Amy has to take_________of her younger sister. They have to stay at home alone_________they have to go to school in town. “I used to feel_________without my parents at home,” she said, “but now I know_________they do so. They have to go away to make money for_________so that we can live a better life.” Every day, Amy gets up at 6:30 am and cooks_________. After breakfast, the two girls go to school. They have supper at 6:00 pm. Then Amy does housework and_________her sister with her homework. She usually goes to bed at 9:30 pm. Though busy, Amy is still the_________student in her class. She said, “My life is OK. But I still hope my parents will come back and live with us.” 3 One day while I was_________in the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing against my handbag. He continued his way, but turned_________and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t_________to say“sorry”. Another day , after I bought some bananas, the shopkeeper was passing me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped onto the ground. “Sorry, madam,” he said_________bending to pick it up. I was_________that he said“sorry”to me. Another time, I stepped on a man’s_________at the entrance to a cinema. At the same time, we_________said “sorry”. Slowly, I got to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don’t_________much about who is wrong. If someone is in trouble, a“sorry”is always_________. Perhaps that is_________I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or in the streets in Britain. 4 story, Swordbird, was on New York Times’ bestseller list for children’s fiction. Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1997. She_________her second grade of primary school in Beijing. She_________to the USA with her parents at the age of 7. She was shown_________interest in birds since she was a little girl. When Fan_________studying American history at school, she read many articles about the September 11 Attacks. She wanted all people to_________in peace together. Around that time, she had a(n) _________one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan got an idea_________the dream