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-11-Jerry is an astronaut. He talks about his life in space:” When you f_1_ go up into space you may get sick for a few days, but then you g_2_ used to it. There is no gravity(重力) in space and you are w_3_. Its fun to float around inside the s_4_. But your body starts to change: your bones and muscles get weaker. You have to do a lot of exercise every day to keep your bones and muscles s_5_. That can be very b_6_. The food is not very interesting, e_7_. On my last flight, we ran out of chocolate, and I really wanted some!”1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-12-Japanese students work very hard, but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressure(压力) from their parents. M_1_ students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so t_2_ they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may a good idea for those very b_3_ students, it can have terrible(严重的，糟糕的) results for many students who are not gifted e_4_. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the e_5_ and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are h_6_ by everyone else they meet and they dont want to go to school any l_7_. They become dropouts(退学).1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-13-Years ago people began building and using factory ships. Such ships can c_1_ hundreds of workers who clean and package(包装) the fish as s_2_ as they are caught. With the rapid d_3_ of science, people are catching more and more fish. But sometimes they catch too many of them, so that some types of fish have almost d_4_. To make sure that there will always be p_5_ of fish for human in the years to come, s_6_ all over the world are trying to keep checking on the population of fish in different parts of the world, and many government have taken or are taking measures to p_7_ the fishing resources.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-14-As one of the worlds oldest industries, fishing has a h_1_ of one thousand years. Today there are o_2_ five million people in the world who make their l_3_ by working in this field. In the United States alone, about one hundred and forty thousand people c_4_ fish, sell fish or do some other work in the fishing industry.The fishermen all over the world can have seventeen kilograms of fish a year. Yet people in some places s_5_ use small boats and old fishing methods to catch fish as they did in the p_6_; however, some countries search for and catch fish by making full use of advanced fishing m_7_.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-15-One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of Londons big m_1_ schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer t_2_ and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. HE had put a f_3_ clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase(箱子). At the airport desk, he s_4_ thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop. When he got back he d_5_ that someone had taken his suitcase by m_6_. He often w_7_ what they said when they got home and found Rupert.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-16-Many people said our earth is completely polluted. Things are not as bad as they say. Well have a bright f_1_. We dont need to give up cars but we need to i_2_ better, cleaner engines.This wont stop the problem of traffic j_3_. So we need better public transport. We should also recycle more.But some things are getting b_4_. My sister returned last month after living a_5_ for five years. She said, “Our old neighborhood doesnt look the same as before-it is cleaner and greener now”S_6_has brought many improvements. A hundred years ago, most people died in their 40s. We cant go back to a l_7_ like that.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-17-Our future on Earth looks very bad. We are dumping waste on our l_1_. We cant breathe the air. The sea is p_2_ too.I visited some relatives r_3_ in a small village. They grow their o_4_ food and cycle everywhere. They are not w_5_, but they are happy and h_6_.We must close the factories producing useless products. That would reduce r_7_ and air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars, and improve public transport.A big problem is overpopulation in big cities. We must give up big cities and factories, and get back to a s_8_ way of life.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-18-The world has a big headache and its caused by money. It began in America last year and its traveled around the world helped by the speed of the Internet. In just a few short months billions and billions of dollars have d_1_. They just vanished(消失) into thin air. How can this be? Well, to understand the idea of “value”, The value of something is what someone is what someone is willing to pay for it. Thats easy when it comes to buying a bottle of green tea. You wouldnt pay more than a few Yuan. But what about something like a h_2_?In America, houses are e_3_. People have to get loans(贷款) in order to buy them. To get a loan you have to have a good j_4_ so the lender knows youre going to pay the money back. But America started making it easier for people to get loans. That meant more people could buy houses. The demand(需求) for houses increased their “value” so their prices went up and people had to get bigger loans to buy them. Of c_5_, many of these people couldnt afford to pay back the bigger loans. S_6_ the banks couldnt get their money back, the price of houses went down and all that “value” disappeared.Now the banks are o_7_ of money and governments around the world have had to step in and help them.What does this all mean? Well, with the banks in trouble there is les money to invest(投资) and less money for people to buy things. That means less business, fewer jobs and more unemployment(失业)。 Its a big headache for everyone around the world and aspirin cant cure it.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-19-Stella McCartney was born on September 13, 1971 in London, England. She was the daughter of Paul McCartney, a member of the world-famous band “the Beatles(甲壳虫乐队)”. Though Stella was born famous, her parents wanted her to live a n_1_ and independent life. Little Stella went to state school and e_2_ her pocket money. She didnt get the kind of allowance(零用钱) other kids of her age might have. When she wanted spending money, she had to clean dishes at a r_3_ near her home.Though Stella had the looks to become a model, she was most i_4_ in becoming a fashion designer(服装设计师). At the age of twelve, she made her first jacket. Three years later, she started working on her first fashion design collection. When she a_5_ college, some students called her “Daddys Girl”, B_6_ when her graduation fashion show came out, she made them shut up.Later, Stella worked for some famous brands(品牌) and achieved great s_7_. In 2001, she started her own label(标签;品牌). She opened her first fashion house the same year, and began to have famous customers, such as Cameron Diaz and Liv Tyler. She also designed Madonnas wedding dress.Now, Stella is a famous fashion designer. She amazed the world not only by her great success at such a young age, but also by the f_8_ that she made it on her own.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _-20-Hong Kong is a big city with a big problem-a problem with monkeys. About 700 monkeys live in the f_1_ near Hong Kong and they usually come to the city to eat their m_2_The monkeys take bags of groceries from old women, take bread from babies, go into flats t_3_ open windows and take fruits from kitchen tables. In some flats the monkeys find cans of beer. They open the pop-top cans and drink the beer. The people of Hong Kong dont want the monkeys in their city. They say, “Hong Kong is not a good place for monkeys. The forest is a good place for monkeys.” But the monkeys dont want to eat in the forest b_5_ there is no bread in the forest, and there is no beer e_6_.So, every day the monkeys come into the city. How can people s_7_ them? Nobody knows!1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _
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