We went to the swimming pool today. I had my first swimming lesson. At first I was very afraid. I hated it when the water went up my nose and into my ears. I kept my eyes closed all ___ time.
Slowly, however, I became more confident. The teacher made sure _ would always touch the bottom of the pool with my feet and
__ my head was above water. By the end of the lesson I could float on the water for
__ least a minute.
I’m glad I’m learning to swim; it can be lots of fun. Soon I hope to be able to dive into the pool __ swim underwater.
As human populations grow, animal habitats often begin to . The good news is
in many places around the world, areas are now being
just for animal use. These wildlife
allow animals live in their natural or wild habitats.
B
Every living thing in nature to survive. Most plants are threatened by animals and people, as
as by other plants, and may have to live in difficult conditions. Plants survive by adapting
life in different environments, and by
successfully with
living things.
Willmatter if you don’t take your breakfast? Some time ago a test
(give) in the United States. The test included people of different
(age) from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got
breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see
well their bodies worked when they had eaten
certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect
if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be
(especial) true if a person works
his brain. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with
(much) attention in class.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show_______ (happy), as in “a red-letter day”. This is a day __
___ something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs.___
___ almost six hundred years, church calendars have been marked with red to indicate special holidays.
A red-letter day is ______ day that people are feeling quite happy. It’s a day that you’ve long waited for, a wedding day, for example, ____
__ it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell your friend that yesterday was a red-letter day____
_____ you won some money in the state lottery(彩票).
“Rolling a red carpet” is another _________ (common) heard expression, which ____
_____ (represent) a warm welcome. A city may “Roll a red carpet” for ___
____baseball team when the team arrives home after winning the championship.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. Red-handed is one. To be caught red-handed is to be caught ______ (perform) a bad act.
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在下面相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Many people believe fresh water will never be used up. They think fresh water comes from such varieties sources that is always enough for us. Such opinion
(导致)to surprising waste of water. As a matter of fact, the earth is
of fresh water. Furthermore, with the rapid g
of the world ‘s population and the serious pollution of our surroundings, the world is
（面对 ）the danger of running out of fresh water. A
, in some big cities, fresh water cannot meet the d
needs. It is up to us to find new ways tos
water. First, we should make the best
of water. Second, scientists must work even harder to purify (净化)seawater,
(污染) water and try to find solutions to reduce the use of fresh water in industry．
阅读下列短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
For 25 years Terry Comm．was a policeman, but for the last 17 years he has been （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u
to someone．Terry’s a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）．
Nearly everything in his cottage has come the sea – chairs, tables, even tins of food．“I even found a box of beer just before Christmas．That was nice,” he remembers．He finds lots of bottles with messages in them,
（主要地）from children．They all get a r
if there’s an address in the bottle．Shoes? “If you find one, you’ll find the
the next week,” he says．
But does he really ma living? “Half a living,” he smiles．“Anyway I have my police pension．But I don’t actually need money．My life is rich in
（多样性）．” Terry is happy．“You have to find a way to live a simple life．”
“Some people say I’m mad,” says Terry．“there are much more who’d like to do
I do．Look at me．I’ve got everything I could possibly want．”