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Can animals be made to work for us ? Some scientists think that one day animals may be t____ to do a number of simple jobs .They s____ that in a film or on TV we may see elephants , monkeys ,dogs ,bears ,or other animals doing a lot of things .If you w_____ carefully , you may find that those animals are given something to eat in return for d____ them . The scientists say that many d_____ animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they will get something to eat .
Of course, as we know , dogs can be used to guard a house ,and elephants can be used to do some heavy j___ . And we can also teach animals to work in f____ .Apes ,for example have b____ used in America to help make cars and scientists b_____ that these monkeys may one day get in crops and e____ drive trains .
KEYS:1
taught , say , watch , doing , different , jobs , factories , been , believe , even .
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Do you have a pet? Are you i_____ in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors.They are often c_____“vets ”. Many of them work in animal h_____. Others may work on farms or at a z_____. Some study animal diseases and try to find w_____ to keep the animals from getting i______. They do studies in m_____ for animals.Vets listen to an animals’s h______. They check its ears, eyes, mouth and blood. They o______ on animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射) and tell the pets’ o_____ what food is best.
1.______interested____2.___called______3._hospital_s______ 4.______zoo_____ 5.____what______
6._____ill____7._______museum___8.___hearts_____9. ___operate________ 10._____owners____
KEYS:2
interested ,called , hospitals , zoo , ways ,
ill , medicine , heart , operate , owners .
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When I was walking down the street one day , I s______ a small bag on the ground . I picked it up and opened it to see w_______ I could find out the owner’s name . There was n_______ inside it except some dollars and a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old . I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station . Before I left , the policeman wrote down my name and my a_______ . He thought the owner might want to thank me .
That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle . They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us . Her face was familiar , but I couldn’t r_______ where I had seen her . D________ our talk , the young woman happened to say that she had l_______ her bag that afternoon . All at once I remembered w_______ I had seen her . She was the young girl in the photo . though she looked now much o______ than the girl in the picture . She was very s_______ , of course , when I told her about the bag . After dinner we went to the police station and got back her bag . The policeman said to me , “It’s a wonderful thing . You found not only the bag , but also the owner of the bag .”
1___saw______ 2________whether__ 3___________nothing__ 4___address_________ 5____remember_________
6______During___ 7________lost_____ 8____where_________ 9____older________ 10_____surprised________
KEYS:3
saw , whether , nothing , address , remember ,
During , lost , where , older , surprised .
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Only mother love is true love. It gives e_________ everything all his life.
When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n__________ and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.
When you are old e__________ to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t_______ . On cold winter days, she always tells you to p_______ on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b_________ . She always feels worried about you at home. She u________ knows about you study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school , you will see the brightest s__________ on her face. Mother can do everything for you day after day.
Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w________ ! We will r____________ Mother Love for ever!
1___everybody______ 2_______night___ 3________enough___ 4________time__ 5 ___put_______
6___busy______ 7_____usually_____ 8________smile___ 9_________world_ 10 __remember________
KEYS:4
1. everyone / everybody 2. night 3. enough 4. time 5. put
6. breakfast 7. usually 8. smile 9. world 10.remember
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Seumas Mcsporran is a very b____ man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman , a policeman ,a fireman , a taxi driver , a school-bus driver , a boatman ,an ambulance man , an accountant , a petrol attendant , a barman , and an undertaker .Also , he and his wife , Margaret , have a shop and a small hotel.Seumas l_____ and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live on Gigha but in s_____ 150 tourists come by b_____ every day.Every weekday Seumas gets up at six and makes b_____ for the hotel guests. At eight he drives the island’s children to s_____ . At nine he collects the post from the boat and delivers it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island’s only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the s_____ .He says：“Margaret likes being busy,too.We n_____ have holidays and we don’t like w_____ television. In the evening Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At ten we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. P_____ our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.”
1.______busy____ 2 _lives__________ 3 _______search_____ 4 __________bus__ 5 ______breakfast_____
6.____school______ 7 _____sea______ 8 ______never______ 9 _________watch___ 10 ___Perhaps________
KEYS:5
1. busy 2. lives 3. summer 4. boat 5. breakfast
6. school 7. shop 8. never 9. watching 10. Perhaps