假定你是一名高中生，一次一位外国朋友问你，除了在学校学习英语之外还有什么其它途径...

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1.由于天气不好,他开会迟到了.

2.汉语的发音与英语的发音有相当大的区别.

3.应该充分利用这本书.

4.不管你信不信,中国足球队战胜了伊朗队.

5.他在英语学习中取得了如此大的进步,以至于老师表扬了他

The city of Venice，in  Italy，is one of a kind．It is built on more than 120 islands，just off arrival．After explaining where my new house was，I told him that I had left the key under the doormat．Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back，I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator（冰箱）．

　　Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house．At the moment，he said，he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal．He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator．Now，he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon．When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house，he answered that the only problem  was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat，but luckily，the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and  he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great surprise．There is no apple tree outside my window，but there is one by the living room window of my next-door  neighbor’s house！

　1.When my friend arrived，I could not go to meet him because________．

　2.A doormat is a mat______．

3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____．

　4.At last my friend______．

　5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______．

Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

1.Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

2.Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

3.The young man became a mechanic，_______．

4.The “Model T” was very famous_____．

5.　Ford built his own car factory

People need to relax and enjoy themse1ves．One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event．Even thousands of years ago，groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes（运动员）．

　　Over 2000 years ago in Greece，certain days in the year were festival days．These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves．They liked to watch athletes take part in  races and other games of skill．

　　The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia．It was held in honor of the Greek  god Zeus（Zus）．For five days，athletes from all parts of the  Greek  world took part in the Olympic Games．At the Olympic Games，people could watch them box，run，jump and so on．There was a relay race between two teams of men in which a lighted torch（火矩）was passed from runner to runner．The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting．People were allowed to travel to the games safely．Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies（殖民地）in Africa，Asia and Italy．They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves．

　1.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago？

　2.What were those countries in Africa？

　3.What did people do at the games？

　4.Greek cities then were fighting so they_____．

　5.The best title for the story is“_____”．

Water costs money．In some places water is hard  16 ．What 17 when a town

has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 18 ．

　　Very 19 rain ever fell there．The town had no water 20 ．The water it used was 21 from a river 300 miles away．As more people  22  live in the town  23   water was needed．Now water 24  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 25  money．

　　The town 26 a plan．It found 27  to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused  28  many ways．Five 29  lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 30  ．They 31  have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water  32  their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 33 ．

　　In most places，water is used and thrown 34 ．The town that saved 35 water has saved the town！