1.inventor　 2. asking 3.how　 4.so 5. more　 6.to be 7.interested　 8.playing 9. safety 10.thankful

( 12 )

"Dreams (梦 ) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter of our 1 .________ time. People have several

1.France 2.hot 3. beard 4. photo 5. office 6. passport 7. second 8. Suddenly 9. teach 10. in surprise

( 11 )

Thomas Edison was a great American 1.________　 . When he was a child, he was always　 2.________　 questions and trying out new ideas. No matter　 3.________　 hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had　 4.________　 many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him　 6.________　 a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very　 7.________ in science.

One day , he saw a little boy　 8.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to　 9 .________. The boy’s father was so　 10.________　 that　 he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.

9. ________ at the No.2. High School?" When Mr Hill answers, 10. ________, that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."

8.________ it comes to the first officer who Mr Hill is. He returns to him, and asks: "Did you

1.　　　 they 2. how 3. spent 4. carefully 5. winter 6. dancing 7. show 8. best 9. open 10. only

( 10 )

Mr Hill arrives at London Airport, at the end of a three-week holiday in 1. ________. Usually he wears a beard(蓄着胡须). Since it has been 2.________ there, he has taken it off (剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his 3. ________.

An officer looks at the 4. ________for a moment, and says，"Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I shan't keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second 5.________, and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the 　6. ________ and asks where Mr Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr Hill has arrived back from Paris, the 7.________ officer smiles and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, And that man looks just the kind of man..."

1.find 2.desert 3.enough 4.useful 5.make　 6. carrying 7. moving　 8. another 9.friendly 10.trouble

( 9 )

The world of the out-of doors is full of secrets. And 1. ________ are so interesting　 that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about 2.________ they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the United States 3 ________ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds 4. ________ kept in the glass boxes.

Come then with me, and I will help you find some of Nature’s secrets. Let us go quietly through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for 5. ________ sleep. We shall watch bees 6. ________ in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will 7.________ you many other interesting things, but the 8. ________ thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9.________ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets 10.________ to people who look and listen carefully.

1．　 problem 2.never 3. interested 4.get away 5.eyes 6. running 7.tired　 8.have　 9.think　 10.miss

( 8 )

You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can 1._______ stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2.________, but it is not 3. ______ for most plants.

The animals are　 4. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. ________ shoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. _______ things.

The people of the desert have to keep 7. _______ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 8. _______ place. The desert people are very 9.　 _______. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in　 10._______ and give them food and water.

9．　 上文已告诉我们：有的星球离我们太远，它们的光线到达我们地球需要几年的时间。因而从科学的角度讲，我们不能说“今夜星光灿烂”。选 cannot 。

10根据上文可知，我们现在看到的光是几年前的发出的，应选shining。

　( 7 )

A man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his 1 . ________ .

“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 2. ________ been a good one since I became 3. ________ in football and　 it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even 4.________ from it in my sleep. When I close my 5.________, I’m out there in the football field and 6. ________　 after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 7. ________than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do?　 ”

The doctor sat back and said,　 “ First of all, you 8. ________ to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to 9.　 ________about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”

“ Are you crazy (疯了) ?”　 the man shouted,　 “ I’ll 10. ________ the ball !”

8．　 “开始… … 的旅程 on one’s journey ” 是固定搭配，选 its 。

7．　 由上下文判断这里应选 ago。