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　　Vegetarians (素食者) choose not to eat meat for a number of reasons. Sometimes they just don't like meat, so they don't eat it. Some vegetarians believe that it is unhealthy to eat meat. Others believe that it is wrong to kill animals; they feel that animals are living things as people are, and that we shouldn't hurt them. Still other vegetarians feel that if people ate more grains (谷类粮食) such as corn, rice and wheat and less meat, food would be less expensive, and fewer people in the world would go hungry.

A． True or False?

1．A vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat meat.

2．There are four reasons for vegetarians not to eat meat according to the passage.

3．The underlined word “unhealthy” means in good health.

4．Corn, rice and wheat are grains.

5．There were more hungry people in the world if people ate more grains.

B． Fill in the blanks.

6．Vegetarians ________ eat ________ and ________ . They ________ not to eat meat.

7．They don't like to ________ animals be killed ________ hurt.

8．They think that animals are living things ________ us ________ ________ .

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　　Visitors to Coober Pedy, a mining (产矿的) town in South Australia, find that they are staying in unusual places. It is well decorated (装饰), with wall-to-wall carpets, good furniture (家具), paintings on the walls and modern electrical appliances (家用电器). 1 visitors are often surprised to find that there are no 2 . All of the hotels are underground. Coober Pedy is famous for opals (猫眼石). Ever since these gemstones (宝石) were 3 there in 1915, many of the miners (矿工) have lived in holes dug under the surface of the desert (沙漠). Lack (缺少) of wood 4 building may be one reason that the miners decided to build down 5 of up (the last tree in Coober Pedy died in 1971), but the main reason is to keep away from the heat. Summer temperatures can 6 to 50℃, but the underground homes stay at a very nice 25℃. About 7 third of Coober Pedy's 4, 000 people live underground.

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　　What do you know about the sea? Most of us have seen it. We know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. We also know that it can be very rough (汹涌的) when there is strong wind. What other things do we know about it?

　　The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. When you look at the map of the world, you'll find there is more sea than land. The sea covers three-quarters of the world!

　　The sea is also very deep in some places. It is not deep everywhere. Some parts of the sea are very shallow (浅的). But in some places the depth of the sea is very great. There is one spot, near Japan, where the sea is nearly 11 kilometres deep! The highest mountain (山) in the world is about 9 kilometres high. If that mountain were put into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometres of water above it! What a deep place!

　　If you have swum in the sea, you know that it is salty (咸的). You can taste the salt. Rivers, which flow into the sea, carry salt from the land into the sea. Some parts of the sea are more salty than other parts. There is one sea, called the Dead Sea, which is very salty. It is so salty that swimmer cannot sink (下沉)! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea. What a strange sea!

　　In most of the sea, there are plenty of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also millions of tiny living things (微生物) afloat (漂浮) in the sea. These floating things are so small that it is hard to see them. Many fish live by eating these.

A． True or False?

1．There is more sea than land in the world.

2．The sea looks very pretty when there is strong wind.

3．Every part of the sea is very deep.

4．The sea carries salt into rivers.

5．Many fish live by eating tiny living things.

B． Fill in the blanks.

6．The sea looks very beautiful when it is ________.

7．The ________ covers one fourth of the world.

8．We can't ________ tiny living things because they are too ________.

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　　One year Miss Wyatt decided to have a holiday in Italy. She didn't speak much Italian, but wherever she went, she was fortunate (幸运的) enough to find people who knew enough English to understand what she wanted, until one day she decided to have lunch in a charming (迷人的) little restaurant in a village in the south of Italy.

　　She had seen some nice mushrooms (蘑菇) in the market of another village near there and thought they would taste very good, so when the waiter came to take her order for lunch, she inquired (询问) whether she could have some mushrooms for her meal, but she had great difficulty in explaining to him, because she did not know the Italian word for mushrooms.

　　At last she took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom. The waiter's face brightened at once, and he hastened to (急忙奔向) the kitchen. A minute later he returned, carrying an umbrella.

A．True or False?

1．Miss Wyatt was an Italian woman.

2．She could speak Italian well.

3．The restaurant was in a town in the south of Italy.

4．She thought mushrooms would taste good, so she wanted to have some mushrooms for lunch.

5．The waiter brought her an umbrella instead of mushrooms.

B．Fill in the blanks.

6．Miss Wyatt was ________ ________in Italy.

7．Miss Wyatt ________ the waiter for some mushrooms.

8．At last, the waiter offered Miss Wyatt an ________ instead of a ________ .

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　　Harry didn't stop his car at some traffic-lights when they were red, and he hit another car. Harry jumped out and went to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very frightened and said to Harry, “What are you doing? You nearly killed me.”

　　“Yes,” Harry answered, “I am very sorry. ” He took a bottle out of his car and said, “Drink some of this. Then you'll feel better. ” He gave the old man some whisky (威士忌) . And the old man drank it, but then he shouted again, “You nearly killed me. ”

　　Harry gave him the bottle again, and the old man drank a lot of whisky. Then he smiled and said to Harry, “Thank you, I fell much better now. But why aren't you drinking?” “Oh, well,” Harry answered, “I don't want any whisky now. I'm going to sit here and wait for the police. ”

A．True or False?

1．Harry hit an old man's car.

2．The old man was very frightened.

3．Harry gave the old man some water to drink.

4．The old man drank a lot of whisky.

5．Harry was not able to drink any whisky.

B．Fill in the blanks.

6．The old man was so ________ that he began to ________ out to Harry.

7．The story ________ ________ at the traffic lights.

8．Harry ________ drink any whisky at that time.