阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Steven Paul Jobs (乔布斯) (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an A 71______ businessman and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He b　 72　 a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006.

In the e　 73　 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse. Jobs was c　 74　 as Apple advisor (顾问) in 1996, interim CEO in 1997, and CEO from 2000 u　 75　 his resignation.

In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic c 76　 . In August 2011, during his third medical leave, Jobs resigned a 77　 CEO, but continued to w　 78　 for Apple as Chairman of the Board until his d 79　 .

On October 5, 2011, he d 80　 in his Palo Alto home, aged 56.

March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world's major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted.

The Yellow River, the world's fifth longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem. 　 68　 In most of the past 35 years, it didn't reach the sea.

The Nile in Egypt, running 6, 650 km, is the longest river in the world. 69 Now it is down to 2 billion m' or so. Australia's Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One fifth of America's Rio Grande has no water, either.

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Mostly it's damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry.

_____71　 Now about 45, 000 of them lie across the world's rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world's fresh water from running to the sea.

Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away. The glacier (冰川) are becoming smaller. 　 72　 Global warming has had certain effects on water sources (源头). Droughts (干旱) happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact.

A. Dams hold water to irrigate (灌溉) fields and make power. B. The source of the Yellow River is drying up because of it. C. It used to carry 32 billion m' of water a year. D. How does it happen? E. Factories pour waste water into rivers directly. F. Its source on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is drying up.

从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文，其中有一项为多余选项。（10分）

68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________ 71. __________ 72. __________

　　 根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tang Jun is chatting with his e-pal David (和网友大卫聊天) on QQ.

(D: David; T: Tang Jun)

D: Hi, how is it going these days?

T: Pretty good! We celebrated our Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) last week.

D: Dragon Boat Festival? 　　　　71　　　

T: To remember an ancient Chinese poet (诗人).

D: How do you usually celebrate it?

T: 　　　72　　　 . But this year, we did something more interesting.

D: What did you do?

T: Our school had a Dragon Boat race.

D: 　　 73　　 . Who won the race?

T: Our class.

D: 　　 74　　

T: Thanks a lot. I hope you can come to China sometime.

D: 　　 75　　 . I’m interested in Chinese traditions. Tell me more about them next time.

T: OK, I will. See you.

A: We usually eat rice dumplings on that day. B: I’m sorry to hear that. C: What do you celebrate it for? D: Sounds interesting! E: I hope so. F: Congratulations! G: We usually eat moon cakes on that day.

D: See you!

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺完整。

right, much, differently, take, watch, hundred, late, do, silly, by, worry, before

When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends 　66　 very little work．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent 　67　 time playing games than studying in the library．

Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had one 68　 questions. Beside each question, we had to write “true” or “false”. When I was studying in my room the night 　69　 the test，Fred was 　70　 TV．Fred usually 　71　 a lot the night before a test. On that night he looked perfectly calm. But then he told me of his plan. “I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months, so I’ll answer the question 　72　 tossing（抛） the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions 　73　 . ”

The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．

Two days 　74　 , he saw the chemistry professor in the office. “Oh, good morning,” he said, “Have you got the result of the test?” professor looked at him and smiled, “Ah，you，it’s Baines．Just a minute．Then he 　75　 out a coin, threw it into the air,” He caught it in his hand and looked at it. “I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said, “You failed ”.

句型转换。

1.This is a bus.(改为复数形式)

These 　71　 　 72　　 .

2.Her face is round.(同义句转换)

She 　73　 　74 round face.

3.He has a big nose.(改为一般疑问句)

75　 he 76　 a big nose?

4、That is 　your 　ruler.(对划线部分提问)

77 ruler 78　 that?

5、Do you have a car?(作否定回答)

79　 ，I 80　 .