阅读下面短文，在空白的地方填入适当的内容（不多于三个单词）或括号内单词的正形式
It was the ambition of an eleven year old boy in Kansas City to be an engine-driver. Born without arms, he had been sent to special schools he learned to use his
(foot) as “ hands”. He spent all his spare time
(watch) trains and one day his dream came
(true). Seeing a deserted engine , the boy climbed in, he had no
(difficult) in starting it up with his feet . Soon he was traveling along
forty miles an hour. Signalmen could not see the young driver, so they set out
(stop) the train. Meanwhile the boy reached Missouri, stopped the engine himself, and then made it
(go) backwards. When he was near home, a railway-man caught up with the engine and stopped it. At first, he was very angry, but he smiled
the boy said simply, “I like trains.” “Well, I’m glad you don’t like planes!” answered
railway-man.
Larry Belmont worked for a company that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a household robot, ______ was going to be tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire. Claire didn’t want ____
____ robot in her house, especially as her husband would be ___
____(absence) for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her ____
___(harm). However when she first saw the robot, named Tony, she felt alarmed because he seemed more like a human than a machine. He was tall and handsome ____
_____ smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.
On the second morning Tony, _______(wear) an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked ___
_____ she needed help dressing. She felt embarrassed and quickly told hem to go. ____
___ was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human. One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t think she was clever. Tony said that ____
__ must feel very unhappy to say that. It was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. But she __
____(begin) to trust him.
Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated b nobody came to his restaurant that morning. He thought that the menu he prepared was
（完美）. Then he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by w
coming into his restaurant to eat as he always did. Driven by
, Wang Peng followed his friend to a newly opened restaurant
offered to make people thin in two weeks. The new restaurant was
of people. Wang Peng came in and was shown a menu. He was a
at what he saw. After leaving the restaurant, he went to the library and did some r
. Arriving home Wang Peng rewrote his own sign, trying to win his customers
. The two restaurants began to
(竞争)!
阅读下面短文，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下方相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
Working at the whaling station, I had wcatching huge whales many times with the help of the killer whale. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my
(住所), I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. It was Old Tom, the killer
was telling us that there was about to be a whale hunt.
Having become (意识到) of what was happening, we jumped into the boat without
(一刻不停的) and headed
into the bay. As we d
nearer, I could see a whale
attacked by a pack of about six killers. Because of being badly wounded, the whale soon died and its body was
by the killers down into the d
of the sea very soon.
How can we students keep ourselves safe? Here are some tips.
On your way home or to school: Wait for the g_______traffic light, and look left and right before you cross the road. If you see a car coming, don’t cross until it really s_________
.Dress in b________
colors, so the drivers can see you clearly.
At school: When students around you begin to push, try to hold onto something, or stay in a safer corner. If you _________ down in a crowded place, cover your head w_________
both hands.
When there is a fire: Stay calm and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in s__________. If your clothes catch fire, drop to the ground and roll from side to side to _________
out the fire.
For eating: Wash fruit like apples or pears carefully before e_________them. Check the expiration dates and if your food looks or ___________ (闻)
bad, don’t eat it..
For riding on the escalator (自动扶梯)：Hold onto the handrails (扶手) and stand on the right side of the escalator because right arms are stronger. It is dangerous to run up and down on them. You may fall down because escalator steps are not _____________(设计) for running.
I had a disease，made my life difficult and demanding. This disease was called “and then I’ll be happy.”
I first (catch) it in middle school. During my younger years, I seemed to always enjoy each day of my life. During those middle school years, however, I started to look to the future more and more and enjoy today less and less. At first, I thought
_______(get) into high school and being a teenager would make me happy. Then the dream changed to being on my own in college. Next came having
______ great job. After that was the dream of raising a family. Then there was retiring and enjoying my life. Each dream postponed my
_____ (happy) a little further.
_______ (final), I realized that
______I kept going this way, I would never be happy. And I came
______(see)that it would be much better to be happy now than to live with this disease. So I began to keep a happy heart and loving soul rather
______ to wait for life to become perfect. These days I still occasionally suffer
_______ the disease, but I heal it by knowing that I can choose love and joy every second of my life.