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Did you know that in the mountains it can start to snow in August? It snows through the fall and winter. 1__________, in spring, when all that snow melts, water falls down the mountain sides. Streams（溪流） form and come together to form 2__________ . Let’s follow one of the rivers in Utah.
The Bear River begins nearly 13,000 feet 3__________ in the mountains. It ends only 90 miles away, 4__________ it will have dropped about 9,000 feet first! The most surprising thing about this river is where 5_____ ____ends.
If you look at a map, you will see that nearly all rivers 6_________（empty） into the sea. But 7___________ the water of the Bear River. This river flows into the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the West. The rivers and streams 8__________ flow into the lake bring with them about two million tons of salt each year. And no fresh water flows away from the lake. 9___________, the summer sun evaporates （蒸发） the fresh water, 10___________ （leave） the salt behind. The lake water is so salty that you can’t sink in it, no matter how hard you try.
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1 ___________ neither she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 2__________ in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house at once. She called a taxi and went 3 __________（straight） to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain 4___________ had happened and added that the man 5__________ have got into the house 6___________ an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 7___________ a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared. 8___________ （hurry） upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled 9__________ relief when she saw the only thing that man had taken was an imitation（仿制品） diamond necklace that was almost 10 ___________!
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About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City 1___________ a woman and a yougn boy sat down 2___________ the next table. I couldn’t help 3__________ （overhear） parts of their conversation. At one point 4___________ woman asked: “ So, how have you been?” And the boy, 5__________
couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
   This incident 6___________ （stick） in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are cahnging. As 7___________ as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children 8__________ （increase） steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults 9___________ they used to. 10___________ this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Children as it once was no longer exists, why?
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   Johnny Carson began his career in television 1 ____________ his twenties. First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years 2___________, he moved to Los Angeles, California. It was “The Tonight Show” 3____________ made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became 4 ____________ most popular star of American television. He 5_____________ （call） “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him.
   He did not take his fame 6_____________ （serious）. For example, when asked 7____________ he became a “star”, he answered: “I started in a gaseous （气体的） state and I cooled.” Carson’s special skill was his sense of 8____________. Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed 9____________ harder at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on televison. Many 10____________ （comedy） and singers became successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”.
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Although many Chinese students say that 1____________ knowledge of English grammar is good, 2 ____________most would admit that their oral English is poor.
3 ____________ I speak to a Chinese student they always say, “My oral English is poor.” 4 ____________, their oral English does not have to remain “poor!” I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons 5_____________ their problems with oral English.
First, they fail to find suitable words to express 6_____________ due to （由于） a limited vocabulary. 7_____________, they are afraid of making mistakes. The third reason is that not enough attention 8 ______________ （pay） to listening.
   9_____________ you use your English beyond the classroom you will forget what English you know. Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better 10____________ speaking English more.
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Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it ___1_______（consider） an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very ______2_____ （health） thing to do. Some reseachers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,_____3___（be） a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go    4       this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some      5   （surprise） conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has conclued that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It ____6_____ improves      7      （concentrate）,attention span, and the ability to get along with others. Idustrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured        8      as an inventor. For these notable achieveers, it appears    9     their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself   10    as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
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We ofter think of future. We often wonder ____1____ the world will be like a hundred years’  time.
Think of    2    space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon    3       （set up）. Perhapes people will be able to visit the moon as    4       . Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed,     5      （permit） long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting    6       planets. Great propress will have been made     7    medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
    8     the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities,      9     floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities   10         the sea.
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In the United States, there were 222 people    1        （report） to be billionaires in 2003. The   2      of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $41 billion, who made his money  3  starting the company Microsoft. Mr Gates was only 21 years old    4     he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire   5     the time he was 31.
     6     , there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even
     7   （young） ages. Other young people who have struch it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple.     8      of these child actors made over a million dollars     9     （act） in movies before they were 14. But      10     youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn and Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited a billion dollars when he turned 18.
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Most Americans don’t like to get advice     1      members of their family. They get advice from  “       2    （strong）.” When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people thtey know.   3    many of them write letters to newspaers and magazines    4       give advice on amny different subjects    5      （include） family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes,    6      even on how to buy a house or a car.
  Most newspapers    7       （regular） print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are     8    written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors,    9  are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special     10   （train） for this kind of work.
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When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets    1      the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you msut look to the right first     2    then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from    3    , the streets are very busy. Traffic is most    4      （danger） then.
   When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful,    5     . always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful.    6        Have a look first, or you will go   7   wrong way.In many English cities, there are big buses   8   two floors. Your can sit on the
    9    （tow） floor, from  10    you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

（31） 1 Then  2 rivers  3.up  4.but  5.it  6.empty  7. not  8. that/which
9. Instead 10.leaving
（32） 1 Because/As  2 asleep  3 straight  4 what  5 must  6 through  7 in 
8 Hurrying  9 with  10 worthless/ valueless
（33） 1 when  2 at  3 overhearing  4 the  5 who  6 stuck  7 far  8 has increased
9 than  10 Whether
（34） 1 in  2 later  3 that  4 the  5 was called  6 seriously  7 how  8 humor  9 even  10 comedians
（35） 1 their  2 yet  3 Whenever  4 However  5 for  6 themselves  7 Second  8 is paid  9 Unless  10 by
（36）1. was considered    2. healthy      3. is      4. beyond      5. surprising  6. also         7. concentration      8. himself      9. that   10. vividly
（37）1. what      2. /        3. will have been set up    4. tourists/ visitors/ travelers  5. permitting    6. other    7. in     8.All     9. so/ thus/ therefore     10. under
（38）1. reported     2. richest/ wealthiest    3. by       4. when       5. by  
   6. However       7. younger        8. Both      9. acting       10 the
（39） 1. from     2. strangers     3. Instead     4. that/ which   5. including  
  6. and      7. rugularly     8. answers    9. others       10. training.
（40）1. because      2. and    3. work     4. dangerous      5. too   
6. Have     7. the      8 with      9 second    10. which

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