1. Fall in Love with English 爱上英语
Hiding behind the loo 1._______(dust) curtain, a teenager packed up his overcoat into the suitca. He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors. He had got to do this becau he was tired 2.________his parents’ nagging about his English study and did not want to go 3. ________it any longer. He couldn’t get 4. ________ well with English and disliked 5. ______(join) in English class becau he thought his teacher ignored him6. _______ purpo. As a result, his score in each exam never 7. ________(add) up to over 60.
His partner was 8.________(concern) about him very much. She understood 9._______ (exact) what he was10.________ (suffer) from, but 11._______(entire) ___(agree) 12.______ his idea. In order to calm him 13. _______and ttle his problem, she talked with him face to face and 14. ________(swap ) a 15.______ of learning tips with him. The items she t down helped him find the highway to16.________( study) English well.
The teenager was17. _______（grate） and got great power from his friend’s words. Now,
he has recovered 18. ______ being upt and has fallen in love with English.
有个少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大衣装入手提箱。尽管外面正打雷闪电， 他仍计划在黄昏时分离家出走。他不得不这样做是因为厌倦了父母对他英语学习的唠叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英语学习总是无法取得进展，而且不喜欢参加英语课的学习，因为他以为老师有意忽视他。结果，他每次考试的分数合计从未超过60。
他的搭档很关心他，也确切地理解他遭受的折磨，但却完全不同意他的想法。为了使他冷静下来好好解决问题，她和他面对面地交谈，并交换了一系列的学习心得技巧。她写下来的条款帮助他找到了学好英语的最佳捷径。
这个少年非常很感激，并从朋友的话里获得极大的动力。现在，他已经从沮丧中恢复过来，真正爱上了英语。
2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes不同的国家有不同的英语
Voyages of people from England play 1._____important part in spreading the English language. 2.______ prent, English is 3 ______(frequent) spoken as an 4. _____(office)
or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries. All 5. _____(ba) on British English, the English spoken in the countries can be well understood by native English speakers. But 6. ______( actual), the Englishes have been 7._______(gradual) changing in accents, spellings,8._______( express) and the 9.______(u) of vocabulary.
Becau 10. ______this fact, you can make u of the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss11.______( fluent) commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of 12. ______(request) “Plea come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”, you can recognize his American13.________( identify) while the latter suggests that he is British.
英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来西亚和一些非洲的国家。这些国家的英语都以英式英语为基础，能很好地为以英语为本族语的人所理解。但是实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。
因为这一情况的存在，你就可以利用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家来的了。例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司机：“Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs（直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和工伤认定咨询>14英文出租车的汽油）”，而不是要求说，“Plea come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis（请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人。（请注意：听力录音里第二段两个“电梯”的单词跟原文不一致，原文是对的，录音弄错了，elevator才是美式说法而lift是英式说法。)
3. A Hard Trip一次辛苦的旅行
My sister was fond of traveling. Ever since 1.______(graduat), she had been 2. _____(determine) to organize a trip to an old temple. Since transporting fare was expensive, she decided to u a bicycle to cycle there not 3.____(care) about the 4.__________(advantage). Her stubborn attitude was always her shortcoming. Once she made up her mind to do something, no one could persuade her 5. _______(change) her
鸡腿的功效与作用mind. Finally, we gave in as usual though we 6._______(prefer) to take 7.________train. After we prepared everything, 8.________(include) the schedule, 9.________(rely) weather forecast and the insurance, we began our trip.
Our journey was along a river 10.______(flow) from a high altitude. Our pace 11.______slow becau the river frequently had many sharp bends through deep valleys, where the water emed 12. ______ (boil). Just as I recorded in my journal, it was really 13. ______hard journey. But we also enjoyed great 14._______(view). One night, I put my head on my pillow--a parcel of wool coats, and lay 15._______the stars. When the flame in front of our cave went out 16._______ midnight, I found the sky so beautiful!
我的妹妹很喜欢旅行。自从毕业光阴好以来，她就下定决心要组织一次往一座古庙的旅行。因为交通费用昂贵，她决定骑自行车去，毫不担心其中的不利情况。顽固的态度一直都是她的缺点，一旦她下定决心要做的事，就没有人能说服什么东西补血快她改变主意。最后凯撒里兹，我们像往常一样让步，尽管我们更喜欢乘火车去。我们准备好了所有东西，包括时间表、可靠的天气预报，还有保险，就开始了旅程。
我们的旅程沿着一条从高海拔处流下来的河流前行。但我们的步伐很慢，因为当流经深深的峡谷时，这条河流急转弯很多，急湍的河水都似乎沸腾起来。正如我在旅行日志里记录的那样，这真是一次艰苦的旅行。但是我们也欣赏到了美丽的景色。一天晚上，我把头枕在一包羊毛三国演义张飞衣服做的枕头上，躺在星空下，当岩洞前的火焰在午夜熄灭时，我发现夜空是如此的美丽！
4. A Horrible Earthquake可拍的地震
Dirty water ro in wells and canals before the earthquake. But no one 1.______(judge) that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It emed 2._____ the world was at an end. Millions of brick hous and a number of dams3. ______(destroy) Railway tracks became 4.______ (u)bars. Pipes in mines 5.______(burst) and let out 6._______(smell) steam. Huge cracks 7. _____( trap) cyclists everywhere.
The next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters 8_____(give) an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was 9.____( shock) by the damage and the victim’s extreme 10.________(suffer). People were moved when the
y read that the11._______(survive) comforted each other by saying “12._________(Congratulate)! You survived!”. So they not only expresd their 13._______(sympathize) 14.________(sincere), but also organized together to help the victims right away. The 15._______(injure) were rescued and the dead were 16.______(bury) The 17._________(frighten) survivors were18____( dig) out from under the 19.________(ruin) and were offered shelter, fresh water and electricity. 20. _______to people’s help, the电玩ez 21. ________(lose) was minimized.
