完形填空：

　Most people in the United States speak English. There are over 2,000 languages（语言）spoken throughout the world. You know that every language has 　1　 own words. 　2 　you want to learn a foreign language（外国语）, you must learn its words. You must know 　3 　the words mean（意思）, and you must say them in the 　4 　. Words are 　5 　up of（由…组成）sounds（语音）, and different language have different sounds. There are thousands of language sounds. When you 　6 　English, you are using only about fifty of them.

　Some languages are spoken faster than 　7 　. English is spoken 　8 　slowly than French. Women speak 　9 　than men. In America, women speak about 175 words every minute, 　10 　men speak about only 150. How many words every minute do you speak?

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Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a short and wet room last year. Now their daughter was born, the room was too narrow for them to live in. Last Friday, after the factory paid out wages（工资）, Mr. Brown had to borrow some money from his friends and bought an old house. It’s a little bigger and drier than the old one. But the walls were very dirty. Mrs. Brown told her husband to paint them.
It was Saturday. Mr. Brown didn’t go to work. He came in a paint shop and bought two cans（罐） of paint. It was made in(由┅生产) Japan. He looked at the directions(说明书) for a long time, but he couldn’t understand it at all. Before leaving the shop, he had to ask the shopkeeper, “Can I put this paint on myself, sir?”
It seemed the shopkeeper didn’t understand him. He looked at Mr. Brown up and down and then he said,” You’d better put it on the wall, sir. It would look better, I think.”
【小题1】Mr. Brown works in a _______________.
【小题2】There are _____________ people in Mr. Brown’s family now.
【小题3】The house they bought was a little bigger and drier, but the walls were very _______.
【小题4】Mr. Brown bought two cans of paint, but he didn’t _______________ the directions.
【小题5】The two cans of paint are made in _______________.
【小题6】The shopkeeper thought Mr. Brown would paint not on the walls, but on his _______.

完型填空

It’s never easy to admit（承认）you are in the wrong. We all 1 to know the art of apology（道歉）. Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many 2 you’ve expressed clearly you were 3 . You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do 4 about it.

A doctor friend, Mr Lieb, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart trouble and insomnia（失眠症）. 5 some careful exams, Mr Lieb found nothing wrong with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s 6 you, I can’t help you”.

The man admitted he was cheating（骗取） his brother of his inheritance（遗产）. Then and there the clever doctor 7 the man write to his brother and 8 his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried.“Thank you ,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got well.”

An apology can not only save a broken relationship（关系）, but also make it 9 . If you can think of someone who should be 10 an apology from you, do something about in right now.

1.                A．decide 　　 　  B．have　　       C．need 　　　  D．try

2.                A．mistakes 　　   B．people         C．ways D．times

3.                A．sorry 　　　    B．weak           C．sad 　　　    D．wrong

4.                A．something 　    B．anything        C．nothing　　   D．everything

5.                A．Before 　　　   B．After           C．Till 　　　    D．Since

6.                A．hurting 　　    B．changing        C．touching　    D．worrying

7.                A．made 　　　    B．helped         C．let　　　　   D．saw

8.                A．gave 　　　    B．kept           C．returned 　   D．paid

9.                A．newer 　　　   B．worse          C．harder　　    D．stronger

10.               A．received 　　   B．given          C．known 　　    D．forgotten