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阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式．每空限填一词．

Have you ever heard of "National Smile Month"？ It started on the 14^th of（1）　　（五月） in the UK．During this month， people are made to think about the importance of brushing their teeth，（2）　　（吃） less sweet foods and going to see the（3）　　（医生） from time to time．

The British are （4）　　（出名的）for their bad teeth． Even a dictionary has the expression " British Smile"， meaning "Any smile with bad teeth"．（5）　　（然而）， in America， the " Hollywood Smile" gets its name because American movie（6）　　（明星） are so proud to show off their beautiful teeth．

But what about smiling in the UK？Do the British smile a lot，or do they look（7）　　（悲伤的） all the time？ It's said that the British don't often show their feelings． But actually it all（8）　　（取决于） on the situation． For example， Britain doesn't（9）　　（允许）smiling in passport photos.But if you are at a party,you'll find everyone smiling（10）　　（开心地） and loudly．

So， the British smile as much as anyone else．

用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空．每词限用一次．

Canada influence our season throw away

（1）Which do you like better， spring or autumn？

（2）Our new English teacher comes from a smalltown．

（3）To everyone's surprise， their plan sounded similar to．

（4）Before we rubbish， we usually divide it into different groups．

（5）Parents should know that very often they their children in many ways．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项．

One morning， when I was leaving for my business， a middle﹣aged man came up and asked me for help．He said he had no（1）　　to get food for his large family．

"You look（2）　　．Why don't you work？" I asked． "Simply because I cannot get work， sir．""If I give you work， what pay do you want？" "（3）　　I can get bread for my family， sir．" he answered．

I decided to find out if he（4）　　meant what he said． "OK，I'll give you one pound an hour，if you will （5）　　a brick （砖） under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping．" "Thank you，sir． I will．"

I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my（6）　　． I never thought he would do what he had（7）　　．

When I came back five hours later， I saw him（8）　　walking， with the brick under his arm．

I stopped him and gave him（9）　　pounds． He thanked me and told me that some people had（10）　　to help him when they knew why he was doing all this． He would go and ask（11）　　for work． Before leaving ，he asked if I would give him the（12）　　． I did．

Several years later， a well﹣ dressed man greeted me on a train． Seeing I was not sure who he was ，he（13）　　that he was the brick man and had his own business now． You know， l still keep that brick and always value it as the most（14）　　thing I have as it has brought me luck and success． "

（15）　　，it was not the brick that made the man successful，but his faithfulness（坚定）in doing even a very little thing．

（1）A． courage	B．money	C．plan	D． time
（2）A． funny	B．sick	C． serious	D． strong
（3）A． As long as	B． As soon as	C． Even if	D． Ever since
（4）A． certainly	B． simply	C． really	D． usually
（5）A． break	B． carry	C． fix	D． hide
（6）A． business	B． lesson	C． programme	D． research
（7）A． planned	B． prepared	C． promised	D． suggested
（8）A． also	B． already	C． even	D． still
（9）A． four	B． five	C．six	D． seven
（10）A． continued	B．forgotten	C． offered	D． refused
（11）A． him	B． them	C．me	D．her
（12）A． brick	B． chance	C． job	D． bread
（13）A．explained	B． imagined	C． realised	D． supposed
（14）A． beautiful	B． expensive	C． important	D．interesting
（15）A． As a result	B．At last	C．In a word	D． In fact

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Republic of Kenya is a country in Africa， with a population of about 48，000，000．Nairobi is the capital of Kenya． Kiswahili and English are its official languages， and it also has many local languages． Kenya covers 582，646 square kilometers． It has a warm and humid tropical climate on its Indian Ocean coastline． On Kenya's land， fruit， vegetables， coffee， tea， corns and wheat are the main agricultural produce． The people in Kenya like cross country running， road running， soccer， boxing and so on． Kenya won several medals during the Beijing Olympics， six gold， four silver and four bronze， making it Africa's most successful nation in the 2008 Olympics．

Republic of Kenya

Capital：（1）　　

Size：（2）　　km²

Official languages：Kiswahili．（3）　　

Population：（4）　　 million

Sports： cross country running，（5）　　， soccer， boxing

Have you ever heard of friendships among animals？ At a zoo in Germany， an unusual friendship developed （1）　　 a cat and a bear．

No one is quite sure how the friendship first began．One day，some（2）　　（worker）in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear's cage（笼子），and the two animals were playing together peacefully．They were surprised （3）　　well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear． The bear keeper allowed the cat to stay with the bear． And later the pair and their unusual friendship（4）　　（become）a hot topic at the zoo．

After several years， a new cage （5）　　（build） for the bear． However， the cat was still in the same cage， so it walked around （6）　　（angry） and cried to be with the bear． The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat（7）　　 let it stay with the bear． The cat and the bear got（8）　　（close） than before． They often sat together and shared meals in （9）　　 sun．

Sometimes it may be natural for animals （10）　　（have） their own ideas about who would make a good friend． These may surprise humans， who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species．

（1）A．proud	B．excited	C．nervous	D．disappointed
（2）A．stay	B．feel	C．rest	D．study
（3）A．cook	B．serve	C．fetch	D．taste
（4）A．clever	B．shy	C．kind	D．honest
（5）A．discover	B．hear	C．agree	D．believe
（6）A．If	B．Although	C．Because	D．Since
（7）A．problem	B．hobby	C．dream	D．suggestion
（8）A．In fact	B．By the way	C．So far	D．At first
（9）A．fork	B．fingers	C．knife	D．chopsticks
（10）A．food	B．time	C．money	D．help
（11）A．create	B．answer	C．remember	D．repeat
（12）A．simple	B．strict	C．different	D．strange