Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：

　　Do you have bright ideas?Ideas for inventions that change the world or, at least, make life easier for somebody?P　　1　　 we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a real thing．Recently, there was a competition in a country, which encouraged young people to make their bright ideas come true．There were t　　2　　 groups in the contest：Group A was for school children under 16; Group B was for those o　　3　　16．And there were eleven prize-winners altogether．

　　Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c　　4　　“Sunshine Superman”by one newspaper writing about his design．When people study the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately．We need to know how many h　　5　　 of sunshine we have and how strong it is．Most sunshine recorders o　　6　　 record direct(直接的)sunshine．Neil’s is more accurate and this is very important for research into ways of using solar power．Neil plans to keep inventing．

　　The ideas in the competition were so g　　7　　 that we are surprised that the industry(工业界)doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions．

补全对话

E：Excuse me, could you tell me the 　　1　　 to the railway station?

P：Certainly．Just go 　　2　　 this street and 　　3　　 left at the first crossing．

E：How 　　4　　 will it take me to get there?

P：It's about twenty 　　5　　 walk．Not far from here．

E：I see．Can I 　　6　　 a bus?

P：Yes, the No．8 bus will take you right there．Get 　　7　　 at the second stop and there you are．

E：　　8　　 the way, what time is it now?

P：It's a quarter to eleven．

E：Oh, my train will leave at ten past eleven．There are only twenty-five minutes 　　9　　．I must hurry up．Thank you very much．

P：You're 　　10　　．