先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思完整。

　　Have you ever tried the “Magic Cube”(魔方)? Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won't be able to p　　1　　 it down．How hard can it be to rearrange the nine little s　　1　　 on each side of the cube? In fact, there are millions of possibilities! It has been over 30 years since the cube first h　　3　　 the market．However, not many people know that it was used just as a simple classroom m　　4　　 at the beginning．

　　In 1974, Mr．Erno Rubik i　　5　　 the “Magic Cube” as he called it．He did this to help his students u　　6　　 difficult 3D concepts(概念)．This classroom example was quickly t　　7　　 into a popular toy．In 1979, Ideal Toys started to sell it as “Rubik's Cube” ．The invention quickly became a 1980s c　　8　　 icon．

　　As time went by, the cube once l　　9　　 its attractive qualities．However, it made a comeback with the internet．Now anyone can go online and find many videos that show ways to s　　10　　 the cube．Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the world record now．He finished in just 7.08 seconds!

先阅读短文，然后在短文空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。

　　"What are you busy with yourself, Mom?" the girl of six years old asked her mother．

　　"Making dinner for the neighbor aunt．"

　　"Why?"

　　"Because the other day the aunt l　　(1)　　 her dear daughter in the earthquake and is so sad now．We must take g　　(2)　　 care of her these days．"

　　"Why n　　(3)　　 our care?"

　　"Because from then on the aunt can't do what she liked to along with her daughter．Making dinner and doing housework are also becoming so d　　(4)　　．I don't know what to do．My dear, can you come up with an i　　(5)　　 to make the aunt feel better?"

　　All of a sudden, the girl went to the neighbor's house and k　　(6)　　 at the door．

　　"What can I do for you? "asked the neighbor．

　　"I h　　(7)　　 my mother say you're very sad without your daughter…" The girl handed the band-aid(创可贴) tightly h　　(8)　　 in her hand to the neighbor．

　　Tears ran down from the neighbor's eyes．She took the girl in her a　　(9)　　 and said, "Thank you．Your band-aid will h　　(10)　　．"

1．l________．2．g________．3．n________．4．d________．

5．i________．6．k________．7．h________．8．h________．

9．a________．10．h________．

阅读理解：根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

　　Newtown has one main(主要的)street with shops in it．This street goes from the north to the south．There are other streets off Main Street to the east and the west．

　　Starting from the bottom(末端)of Main Street, the first street on the left is West Street：Across from(在……对面)West Street is East Street．Just before the end of Main Street on the left, there is a street called Temple Street．There is a street between Temple Street and West Street．This Street is called Junction Street．Half way along Main Street there is a street on the right．This is School Lane．

　　At the northern end, Main Street meets Northern Highway．At the southern end, Main Street meets Southern Highway．Main Street ends at these two highways．

1．Write the names of the other two streets on the map in the correct places．

2．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese, please．

_______________________________________

3．There are ________ streets meeting Main Street between the two highways．

4．You can probably find a clothes shop in ________．

根据中文意思完成句子。

在车站排队等候上车是有礼貌的行为。

Waiting ________　________ at the bus stop is good behavior．