31、根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的词，并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整，正确（每个词只能用一次）

At a certain age, children's feet begin 1         very quickly．Their parents have to keep buying new 2         for them．Are your feet still growing? How good 2         our shoes could grow, too．But maybe they can!

 A British company 4         up With shoes that grow with your feet．The INCH worm trainers use a technology called iFit．The shoes can stretch（拉长）by one 5      size．Each pair of shoes has three sizes．Press a button in the 6        of the shoe and pull the toe out to the length you need．

 According to the makers, the shoes don't stretch 7．         accident and they can stand the 8．         playground workouts（测试）．

 But at 47.99（662 yuan）, the~ are not 9         ． Peter Craig from INCHworms said they have already sold five hundred 10．        

He added: "They are also great for kids who have one foot bigger than the other．"

29、

LEBRON James has recognition （赞誉）from the whole world as the greatest player of today．People call him "King James"，the "Chosen One" and compare him to his idol Michael Jordan

Now the 24-year-old has amazed everyone again，He led the Cleveland Cavaliers（克里夫兰骑士队）to a 99-78 victory over the Detroit Pistons （底特律活塞队）on April 26．He had 36 points, 13 rebounds（篮板球）and eight assists（助攻）．

Since he joined the league，James has broken many records．He has led his team to the NBA finals．He has celebrated two NBA All-Star game Most Valuable Players（MVP） titles．He has been named to the all NBA team twice．

The 2．03-meter player has both a perfect build and a great basketball brain．He is famous for his speed and power．

"He’s not scared by anyone He has the confidence （信心）that only the great have，"said his coach．Paul Silas about LeBron．

But LeBron’s most precious quality（珍贵品质）is that he is a team player．

"My game just won’t let me be selfish（自私的），"LeBron said "I love sharing the hall with my teammates"

Even his rivals agree that he is a court general．

"They got a really good leader in LeBron," Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey said after the April 26 game．"When he is going and he has his other teammates going as well, it is really hard to heat them．They are a really good team．"

Fact file

Birthday:

December 30, 1984

Birihplace: Ohio, USA

Height: 203 cm

Weight: 113 kg

1．Who is LeBron James?

2．What do people compare him to ?

3．What is he famous for ?

4．What is his most precious quality ?

5．How old is he now?

28、

American kids count money

They made from a lemonades sell

We see motley almost every day Parents give us pocket money．We pay for our favorite CDs with money．We can hardly imagine a world without money．

Money helps people trade（交易）．If you want a kilo of chicken you don’t have to give the seller a box of apples．You can use money．Traders can give each other change to make the trade fair because of money．

With money the world becomes a big moving system．People work to get money．Then they use their money to buy things they want．Money travels from person to person and from place to place．

Money is usually coins and banknotes．Each country has its own currency（货币）．Some have their leaders’ faces on the coins and banknotes；others have plants or animals．Still others have beautiful or historical places on the fronts or backs of currency．So you see, money also says something about the culture of a country．

1．Who usually give you pocket money?

2．Why can traders make the trade fair?

3．Why do people work according to the passage?

27、Early rising is helpful in more（A）_____ one way．First，it helps us to have（B）_____ health．We all need flesh air．It makes our health better（C）做早操．

The air is never so flesh as early in the morning．（D）Early rising helps us in our studies．

In the morning we learn more （E）quickly and find it easy to learn something by heart．

Early rising（F） makes people able to plan the work for the day．We can’t work well without a good plan．Just as the plan for the year should be made in the spring，the plan for a day should be made in the morning．Early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and eat our breakfast．So the popular saying says，"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy，wealthy and wise．"

1．在文中A和B的空白处填入一个适当的单同：______；______

2．将文中划线部分C译成英语：____________________________________

3．将划线部分D改写为：______ ______early helps us in our studies

4．写出文中划线词E和F的同义词或近义词：______；______

5．找出最能表达文章大意的语句：________________________

26、In England, people often talk about the（A）______ because they can experience four seasons in one（B）______ In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring．An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard．The weather gets a little cold．In the late afternoon （C）the sky will be sunny，the sun will begin to shine，and it will be summer（D）在一天当中的这个时间．

In England，people can also have summer in winter，or have winter in summer．So in winter（E）they can swim sometimes，and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes．

When you go to England，you will（F）see that sortie English people（G）usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny mooring，but you should not laugh at them．

If you don’t take art umbrella or a raincoat，you will regret（后悔）later in the day．

1．在文中A和B的空白处各填入一个适当的单词：________；________

2．将划线部分C改写为：________will be________ in the sky，

3．将文中划线部分D译成英语：________________________________

4．划线部分E在文中指代的是：________________________________

5．写出文中划线部分F和G的同义词或近义词：________；________