Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also b______ suffering（苦难）to people. Fire can heat water, warm your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn（燃烧）things, too.　　Today people k______ how to make a fire with matches（火柴）.Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and then it might burn a house. A small fire can b______ a big fire very fast. Fires kill many people every year. So we must be careful with matches. We should also learn how to put out fires. Cover a fire w______ water, sand or a w______ quilt. This keeps the air away from a fire and kills it.

　　Confucius（孔子）was a clever teacher. One day someone asked him,"What does a country n______ ?" Confucius answered, "E______ food, a good army, and a good leader （领袖）." The person then asked, "Which one is the m______ important?" Confucius answered, "An army is not very important because man must die. N______ is food. But if the leader of the country is not good, then everything will be b______ ."

　　One day Mozart（莫扎特）saw an old blind（瞎的）street performer （卖艺人）playing the violin in the street corner w______ a hat in front of him. He found out the old man was playing one of his compositions（作品）.The old man played for some time but s______ nobody put any money into the hat. Mozart asked the old man, " Do you often play compositions by Mozart? " " Yes, sir, " answered the old man, " Now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music. " " Do you m______ a living by playing the violin? " The old man said he did. Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play .

　　He played so well t______ all the passers-by（过路人）stopped to listen to the wonderful music. Soon the old man felt very s______ that the man could play so well. Later he knew it was Mozart who helped him.

完成对话，每空格限填一词。

1.A: Could she carry the box?

　B: No, she ______. The box is ______ heavy ______ her ______ carry.

2.A: Can I help you?

　B: ______, ______.

3.A: Excuse me, where's the maths teacher's office?

　B: I'm sorry. I'm ______ ______, too.

4.A: Would you like to work at the South Pole in the future?

　B: Yes, I'd ______ ______.

　　Last week I went out to have lunch with my friend George. George is very f______. He likes good food and eats a lot of it. We sat at a big r______ table in the restaurant. After a big meal we had some cakes and drank a few c______ of coffee. " We must go now, George, " I said. " We have been here for m______ than three hours. It's four thirty. "

　　" What do you mean? " asked George in surprise. " We can't l______ now. It's nearly time for dinner.（正餐）"

在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使短文通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给出。

　　Wall Street is a famous street in New York City. It h______ itsname from the wooden wall.

　　The wall was built 300 years ago. New York was then a Dutch city set up by people m_______ from Holland in Europe; it was called New Amsterdam.

　　The American Indians were not always f______ of the Dutch, neither were the English. So the Dutch built the wooden wall to p______ themselves.

　　The wall is g______ now. But Wall Street reminds（提醒）the people of New York of the Dutch.

　　阅读短文，根据短文内容写出单项，词首字母已给出.

　　Most people like to eat sweets and ice-cream b (1) than meat and rice. If we eat them a (2) a meal, they are not bad for us. But if we eat them b (3)a meal, they may take away our appetite (食欲). It is i (4) for us to eat our meal regularly (有规律地) each day. When we f (5) worried or excited, we may not want to eat.

　　When a man is worrying about something, it is d (6) for him to swallow (吞) anything dry because he has l (7) appetite. Many Years a (8) , some judges in England often g (9) a man some dry bread to judge whether he was telling the truth. If the man could not swallow the bread, they t (10) he was telling lies.

　　There is one language used in e　　 country in the world. It's everybody's s　　 language. It's very e　　 to understand, and you can "hear" it. It's sign language （手势语）.

　　When you wave to a friend in the street, you are using sign language. When you p　　 up your hand in class, you are saying, "Please ask me, I think I know the r　　 answer." When a policeman wants t　　 stop cars or buses, he raises his hand. He's using sign language. Sign language is useful in quiet places or places full of noise. Even when you are swimming w　　 your friends, you can have a talk u　　 the water.