Everyone has their own way of learning a foreign language. When I was ten years old, I _______(开始)to chat with foreigners. But I was very shy. G________, I became more and more confident with their help. The f______ year, I went to Yangzhou with two foreigners. I became their g____. First, we came into the Shouxi River, which they wanted to look around ______ boat. After that, they wanted to buy some souvenirs. The sellers couldn’t speak English, _____I tried my best to put_______ they said into English. Next, we went to a small zoo, where we took some _______.This was an unforgettable _____(挑战). I hope I can catch many opportunities in the in the future, then I can speak English, because I think practice makes ______.

I like taking risks, too. I suppose it ______ in the family.

A．jumps

B．walks

C．runs

D．keeps

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Obtaining Fresh Water from Icebergs
The idea of getting fresh water from icebergs that are moved to populated areas or places was once treated as a joke. Recently, scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food.___ 小题1:___
Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently. __小题2:__It contains fresh water so much that it could sustain(维持) all the rivers of the world for 1,000 years. Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year.__ 小题3:__ However, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind. Because they melt more slowly than smaller pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator(赤道) in the Atlantic Ocean. __小题4:__ The difficulty exists such as its rapid melting in warmer climates. __小题5:__

A．Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes.

B．Now it is being considered quite serious by many nations.

C．7,659 trillion metric tons of ice are floating on the sea every year.

D．But the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced.

E. To move them to dry parts of the world would not be too difficult.
F. It is not a dream to get water from icebergs.
G. Three-quarters of the Earth’s fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice.

Since I won the big prize, my telephone _______ ringing. People are phoning to ask how I am going to spend the money.                              

A．didn’t stop

B．won’t stop

C．hasn’t stopped

D．doesn’t stop

We should take some measures to______ wild animals______.

A．protect ; from being killed	B．prevent; from killing
C．keep; being killed	D．stop; from killing

_______, I don’t like him at all, but it’s strange that he should be so popular among the kids.

A．Fortunately

B．Personally

C．Lonely

D．Totally

As time went by, I eventually found Mary and I had ________.

A．in common a lot	B．a lot in common
C．in a lot common	D．a lot common in

-- Hey! Do you know Bulls’ Derrick Rose becomes the youngest NBA MVP?
-- Er… but what does MVP________?

A．call for

B．ask for

C．prepare for

D．stand for

When I was at school, I _____ up very late, reading storybooks. 

A．used to stay	B．was used to stay
C．used to staying	D．is used to staying

What made her angry was not what he said but_____ he said it.

A．the way

B．by the way

C．in the way

D．the way which