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In the United States, there were 222 people __1.______ (report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The __2._______ (wealth) of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money __3.______ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old __4._______ he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire __5.______ the time he was 31.

__6._________, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even __7.__________ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. __8._________ of these child actors made over a million dollars __9.____________ (act) in movies before they were 14. But __10.__________ youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18 !

2

In 1605 some Englishmen planned to kill their king, JamesⅠ, because they thought that he was a bad man. They knew that on November 5th the King 1. go to the House of Lords to talk with his nobles.

The men rented a 2. (build) next to the House of Lords. They dug through a wall and put many barrels of gunpowder in an underground room of the House of Lords. They 3. (choose)a man 4. (call) Guy Fakes to set fire 5. the gunpowder, but something went wrong 6. their plan. 7. of the men had a relative 8. was coming to the House of Lords to meet the King. He warned his relative to stay at home. The relative told 9. nobles and soon the King heard about the danger. Soldiers searched 10. underground rooms and found the gunpowder on November 4th, so Guy Fakes was caught and killed.

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People __1.___________ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred __2.________ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four __3.__________ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need __4.________ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. __5._________ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary __6.____________ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books __7.___________ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you come across __8.___________ new word, look it ___9.____________ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your __10.__________ (much) useful book.

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When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets __1._____ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first __2._____ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from _3.______, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most __4._______ (danger) then.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, __5.______. Always remember that the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. __6._______ (have) a look first, or else you will go __7.___________ wrong way.

In many English cities, there are big buses __8.__________ two floors. You can sit on the __9.________ (two) floor, from __10._______ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

参考答案

1.

1. reported 2. wealthiest 3. by 4 .when 5. by

6. However 7. younger 8. Both 9. acting 10 .the

2

1. would 2. building 3. chose 4. called 5. to

6. with 7. One 8. who 9. other 10. the

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1 living 2 languages 3 or/to 4 all 5 Before 6 bigger 7 written 8 a 9 up 10 most

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1 because 2 and 3 work 4 dangerous 5 too

6 Have 7 the 8 with 9 second 10 where