阅读短文，用所给的词或词的适当形式填空。

　　Maps are very useful and important to us today, but they re not a new 　　1　　．In fact, people have made and used maps for 　　2　　．It is 　　3　　 that the first map of the world 　　4　　 be a 2600-year-old clay(黏土)map from Babylonia．People in the past did not know what the world really looked like, but they had many ideas about 　　5　　．

　　Mapmakers could not draw accurate(精确)maps of the earth until people started traveling around the world in the 　　6　　 century, mapping small areas each time．In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people 　　7　　 making correct maps of countries, but the accurate maps of the world were not made until 1890s．

　　Maps today are 　　8　　 , cheap and easy to understand．People depend on maps 　　9　　 day．What would our lives be like 　　10　　 them?

短文填空，根据短文内容，用所给词的正确形式填空(每词只能用一次)

　　One night a hotel caught a fire, and people in it ran out in their night clothes．

　　　　1　　 , nobody was hurt．

　　Two men stood 　　2　　 and looked at the fire．

　　“ 　　3　　 I came out, ” said one, “I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money．People don't think of money when they’re 　　4　　．When anybody leaves paper money in a fire, the fire 　　5　　 it．So I took all the bills that I 　　6　　 find．No one will be poor because I took 　　7　　．”

　　“You don't know my 　　8　　 , ” said the other．

　　“What is your work? ”

　　“I'm a policeman．”

　　“Oh! ” Cried the first man．He 　　9　　 quickly and said, “And do you know my work? ”

　　“No, ” said the policeman．

　　“I'm a writer．I'm always telling stories about things that 　　10　　 happened．”

完成句子，阅读短文，根据汉语及首字母提示在文中的空格处填入适当单词，使短文完整、通顺。

　　February 21 is International Mother Language Day．The United Nations(联合国)n　　1　　(命名)it in 1999．The day aims to protect all languages around the world．In China, most people speak Chinese as their mother language．

　　More people speak Chinese than any other language in the world．About one fifth of the world's population(人口)speaks a form of Chinese, the BBC r　　2　　．?

　　The e　　3　　 known written record of Chinese is the oracle bone script(甲骨文)of the Shang Dynasty(17th century BC-11th century BC)．These are animal bones, especially tortoise shells(龟壳)with writing on them．Most Chinese characters are ideograms(表意文字)w　　4　　 combine(组合)two or more words together to make a new one, for example, jia(家)means “a pig under the roof”．This shows that people in ancient(古代的)times t　　5　　(认为)of home as a place to hold treasures(财富)．

　　As time went on, hundreds of thousands of words developed．However, people only use a few thousand of them in everyday life．Today, new words are still being a　　6　　(补充)to the Chinese dictionary, such as dishi(的士)for taxis, xiu(秀)for TV shows and fangnu(房奴)meaning “slave to one's home”．

　　With the fast d　　7　　(发展)of China's economy(经济), more people from other countries are taking i　　8　　(感兴趣)in Chinese．In a survey in the US last December, 2, 007 people were asked：“Which new foreign language would you learn? ” Chinese placed second, a　　9　　 Spanish, with 15 percent of the vote．

　　Confucius Institutes(孔子学院)around the world are more p　　10　　 than ever．More than 300 colleges in over 90 countries have Confucius Institutes, USA Today reported．

任务型阅读，请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容给文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的词，并将答案填写在横线上。每空只写一词。

　　Sometimes you have to begin a different life in a new school．Maybe it's not easy to start a new school life, but there is some advice(建议)that may help you．

　　Always be yourself

　　In a new school you may want to make new friends by changing yourself．This is not a good idea．Changing who you are for other people will only make you feel even worse．Be yourself, and' soon you will find friends who like you,

　　Accept(接受)invitations

　　In a new school you may want to keep in touch with your old friends after school．But that never means you should stay away from your new friends．If some new friends invite you to a party, please accept them happily．This can make you learn about them well．

　　Talk to your teachers

　　Remember your new teachers are always there to help you．If you have any trouble, it's best to have a talk with them．He or she will be glad to listen to you．

　　Don't worry about too much about moving to a new school．Just be yourself, be cheerful and be friendly．Very soon you'll have lots of friends and you'll have an interesting life again．

阅读下面短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

　　The mobile phone is a useful thing, but maybe I don't know 　　1　　 to use it．Sometimes it makes things difficult for me．

　　One day I wanted to see my friend nearby．I could 　　2　　 at his house in five minutes, but I thought it would be better to 　　3　　 him up．I rang him for the first time, 　　4　　 the line was busy．Five minutes later, there was an answer, but it was the wrong number．Then I tried 　　5　　 and this time I got an answer from him．

　　I 　　6　　 him if he was at home in the afternoon．And he said he would be at home all afternoon．So I went to his house, but then I found 　　7　　 in．I called him for the fourth time．This time I got 　　8　　 angry that I said, “You are not at home? But you just told me over the telephone that you would be at home all afternoon! ”

　　Here was his 　　9　　 , “No, I said： I will NOT be at home all afternoon．”

　　I went back to my room．What 　　10　　 could I do? Nothing!

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的动词，并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。(每词限用一次)

　　Do you like Justin Bieber's song? Now, Justin is eighteen years old．The Canadian pop stars celebrated(庆祝)his 18^th birthday on March 1^st．His manager 　　1　　 him a car as a gift on his birthday．

　　Justin, however, has a gift for his fans, too．His new album(专辑)Believe

　　　　2　　 out on June 1^st．Since last year, Justin 　　3　　 some songs for the album himself．“ Everything must 　　4　　 well if I put my heart into it, ” he said．

　　The young man also feels excited about being 18．“Eighteen means a lot of responsibilities(责任)．”Justin said．“I can 　　5　　 my own decisions…Eighteen is going to be a great year．”

选词填空，阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。

　　Ben likes sports very much．He often plays tennis and ping-pang 　　1　　 school．

　　One afternoon, Ben was on his 　　2　　 home with his father．He saw some boys 　　3　　 in the park．He wants to skate with them．But his father says, “You have no time．You must do your homework．　　4　　 I'll buy you an ice cream．” After Ben finishes his homework, he starts to eat the ice cream．Just then, a fly(苍蝇)lands on it．“Drive it away! ” his father shouted．But Ben said, “The fly doesn't have 　　5　　．Can't you let him skate for a while? ”

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　　A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards(胡须)．They were sitting in her front garden．

　　She didn't know them．She said, “I don't t　　1　　 I know you．But you must be hungry．Please come in and have s　　2　　 to eat．”

　　One of the old m　　3　　said, “His name is Wealth, this is Success and I am Love．Which of us do you want to i　　4　　?”

　　The woman thought it over for a few m　　5．She hoped her house would be full of love, so she said, “Love, please come in．”

　　Love g　　6　　up and walked to the house．The other two also got up and followed him．

　　The woman was s　　7　　 and asked, “I o　　8　　 invited Love．Why are you coming in?”

　　The old men answered together, “I　　9　　you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would stay out, but if you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go w　　10　　him．Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!

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　　Sally was a student in a small town．It was going to be her mother's birthday．She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not e________．

　　She went s________ after a quick and simple lunch．After she looked for about forty minutes, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas(雨伞), and she d________ to take a black one．She thought, “Mom can carry it when she is w________ clothes of any color．” So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished．On her way home on the train she felt h________ So she went to the buffet car(餐车)．She left the umbrella on her s________．But when she returned, it had gone．Sally began to cry．The o________ passengers(乘客)felt very sorry for her and asked what was the matter．She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station．After the three passengers h________ this , they asked her for her mother's address(地址)so that(为了)they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake(弄错)and brought it b________

　　And now a week passed．Sally g________ a letter from her mother．It said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”