7. 常理，鸽子应是“飞” 回来的，所以此题选flew。

6. “更何况，更不用说 much more ”是固定搭配，所以选 more。

5. 通过鼓来传递信号，drums。

4. “其他”国家的不特指，other。

3. 符合上下文要求，应该是放哨的人guard。

2. 他跑去 “告诉”他的人民，故选tell。

1. 他“听到”马朝这边跑来的声音，故选 heard。

10.　 联系上下文，Mrs. Andrews在打电话，所以警察让她放下电话telephone。

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　 Here are some old ways to sending messages.

　 An Egyptian(埃及人) put his ear to the ground. He 1 . ________ the horses coming this way. He ran to　 2. ________ his people . He was a　 3. ________ . That was one way for Egyptians to send messages.

People in　 4.________ countries sent message, too. When enemies came, one man beat his drum. In the next village people heard the drum and beat their drums, too. The messages went from village to village by　 5.________ .

Much 6. ________ , some armies (军队) kept many pigeons(鸽子) . These pigeons always 7. ________ back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own 8. ________ , he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird’s leg. It would fly back 9.　 ________　 the soldier’s message.

These are shown ways to send messages. Can you think of more 10. ________?

1 heard 2. tell 3. guard　 4. other　 5. drum　 6. more　 7 . flew　 8.　 army　 9. with　 10.ways

[剖析]

9.　　　 从后面一句的 “She almost talks”可推断出她的猫clever 。

8.　　　 从上下文可以知道， Mrs. Andrews　 听了警察安慰她的话后，感觉好些了，所以选happier 。