1... You can find out the reason for this f__________ (失败).

2... No one can a__________ (取得成就) anything without effort.

3... That rich man has a large staff of s__________ (仆人).

4... He made a v__________ (航海) to Australia last year.

5... O__________ (氧) is a gas without color, taste or smell, present in the air and necessary for us all.

6... The d__________ (密度) of the fog made it difficult to see where we were going.

 7... People of different r__________ (种族) may have different colors of skin, hair and eyes.

8..  The r__________ (逃跑的) slave was caught by his owner and was almost beaten to death.

9... “You never ask my opinion about anything,” Rod c__________ (抱怨).

10... S__________ (有经验的) teachers have the experience needed to make their lessons interesting.

　　Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 1 job which gets him 2 every morning at five o'clock. He is a 3 .

　　Each morning, Billy 4 the house at 5:15 to go to the corner 5 the newspapers are. The newspapers were delivered to the 6 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to carry them.

　　In the 7 it is still dark when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is 8 . Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route 9 all kinds of weather. He tries to put each 10 on the porch (门廊) where “will be protected from 11 and rain or snow. His 12 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him 13 .

　　Billy 14 about $70 per month, and he is 15 some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest 16 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 17 money from his customers. Since many of them 18 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 19 . Sometimes, when Billy is 20 his elder brother has to 21 the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help.

　　Billy has seventy customers now, 22 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets 23 more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an out standing newspaper boy. He wants to win a 24 to Europe, but he will also be happy 25 he wins a new bicycle.

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根据划线部分给出的首字母补全对话。

Li Hua: David, I came across the phrase “the gap year” when I read a newspaper article about

education in the UK. What is “the gap year”?

David: Well, I’m (1 ) a         in the gap year now. After getting away from all of those (2 )t        , papers and presentations, many students find they need to take a little break, for an (3 )e        year.  When I (4 )g         from middle school three months ago, I decided to take a year (5)o         before going to university. There are about 200,000 “gapers” every year, 130,000 of (6)w        have just finished with middle school.                          

Li Hua:  So you are one (7)a         them. But what do you usually do in the gap year?

David:     Often students use the gap year to travel around the world, learning foreign languages,

meeting different peoples and (8)e        different cultures. And that’s why I have

been here.

Li Hua:  But, do you miss your parents?

David:     “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” (9)T         away from home, I feel (10)

c       to them.

Li Hua: David, I came across the phrase “the gap year” when I read a newspaper article about

education in the UK. What is “the gap year”?

David: Well, I’m (1 ) a         in the gap year now. After getting away from all of those

(2 )t        , papers and presentations, many students find they need to take a little

break, for an (3 )e        year.  When I (4 )g         from middle school three

months ago,I decided to take a year (5)o         before going to university. There

are about 200,000 “gappers” every year, 130,000 of (6)w        have just finished

with middle school.                           

Li Hua:  So you are one (7)a         them. But what do you usually do in the gap year?

David:     Often students use the gap year to travel around the world, learning foreign languages,

meeting different peoples and (8)e        different cultures. And that’s why I have

been here.

Li Hua:  But, do you miss your parents?

David:     “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” (9)T         away from home, I feel (10)

c       to them.