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A ten-year-old boy in a small town w__1__ to be a train-driver. But he was born w___2___ arms. He was taught by his parents to use his feet as “hands”. He could’t go to school so he s__3___ the days watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station. How he wished he could be a driver! One day, he saw an e__4__ train and he climbed in. He started it with his f__5__ easily. Soon the train ran at 50 kilometres an hour. Nobody could see the boy and stop the train. It r__6______ a small station a little away from the town and then the boy drove it back. When he was near the town, a worker caught up with the train and s__7__ it. At first he was very a__8__, but when he saw the boy, he was so s__9___ that he hardly(几乎不) thought it was true. “I like trains very much,” said the boy quietly and h__10__.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. _________
6. 7. 8. 9. __________ 10.
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One day Benjy went to see his doctor because he was not feeling w_____.After the doctor looked him over c______, he said to him happily,“Well, there is nothing w______ with you.Your only trouble is that you w_____ too much.
I had a man with the same t______ as you a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice (建议) as I'm going to give you. He was worried because he didn't pay the tailor's bill (裁缝的帐). I t______ him not to worry about the bill any more. Forget it. He f______ my advice, and when he came to see me two days ago, he told me he f_____ quite well again.”
“Yes, I know all about that,”answered Benjy sadly.“You see, he hasn’t paid me.”
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________
5. __________ 6. 7. 8.
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Students in many countries are learning English.Some of these students are small children.Others are teenagers (少年).Many are a__1___.Some learn at school, others by t__2__.A few learn English by listening to the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is d__3__to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their s__4__ for study.They study their own language, maths and English.Some people
learn it because it is u__5__ for their work.Many people learn English for their h__6___ studies, because in the college or university(大学), some of their books are in English. There are about one t__7__ and five hundred languages in the world. English is one of the most important l__8__ because so many people use it, not only in England and America, but also in other countries of the world.It is difficult to say how many people are learning it. Millions of boys and girls are trying to do so.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________
5. _________ 6. 7. 8.
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Many English children study French. French is also a very i__1__ language.Some children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
Which is the b__2___ way to learn a foreign language? We know that we all learned our own language well when we were c__3___.If we learn a s___3____language in the same way, it won't seem so d___4___. How does a small child learn his mother language? He listens to w__4__ people say, and he t__5__ to guess what he hears.When he wants s___6___, he has to ask for it,and he is u__7__ the language, thinking in it and talking in it all the time.If people use a second language all the time, they will learn it q__8__.
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________
5. __________ 6. 7. 8.
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At the Barber's Shop(理发店)
Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair c___1___ , but when he came out,
he was u____2____ with the result. When his friend Bob saw him, he l___3___
and said, "What h___4_____to your hair,Jack?"
Jack said, "I t___5___ a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite pleased
with my old one, but this one seems even w____6___."
Bob agreed. "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do
when you go i___7___ a barber's shop next time, look at all the barber's hair,
find out whose hair looks worst, and then go s____8___ to him."
"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"
"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it.
He couldn't cut it himself, c__9____ he? Another of the barbers cut it. So
you know he can't be the worst b__10____."
1. _________ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. __________ 10.