一

There are more than 3 000 languages in world today， 1 __________

but only about 6 of them are major languages.

More than 300 million peoples speak English as their 2 __________

first or native language. Another 300 million speak it as

a second language. No one know how 3 __________

many people speak it as foreign language.4__________

Chinese is only language with more speakers than English.5__________

This is because the huge population of Chinese. 6__________

English is the world' s the most important language and 7__________

it is the most wide used language. It is the language 8 __________

of international business， research and 9__________

science. More than three-fourths of the

world's mail(郵件) is written by English. More than 10__________

three-fifths of the world's radio stations use English.

二

Mr Grey was a biology professor， and he had a big collection

of rare bones which he was very roud. One year he managed 1__________

to get a new and better job at an university. As Mr Grey was 2__________

very busy， his wife made the arrangements(安排) for all her 3__________

possessions to be taken in a moving van (貨車) to their new home 4__________

while he was away from work. The following week three men started 5__________

out take the things out of Mrs Grey' s house and loading(裝運) 6__________

them into the van as one of them brought out a large wooden box.7__________

He is just about to throw it into the van with all the other 8__________

things when Mrs Grey ran out from her house and said， \"Please 9__________

treat that box very gentle! That one has all my husband' s bones 10__________

in it.\" The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.

三

Many parents let their children to watch TV only during certain 1__________

hours. Television shows like books or movies. A child 2__________

can learn bad things from one of them and good things from 3__________

others. Some shows help children to understand the news of 4__________

Washington and other parts of the world. Some program show us 5__________

people and place from other countries or other times in history. 6_________

With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals. 7______

They can enjoy a wonderful baseball game at home. 8__________

Some programs even teach children how to cook or how to use 9__________

tools. Television brings about many places and events to us. 10__________

四

As the young woman ran by， the old man sat on the park bench 1__________

asked，\" What are you running for？\" The woman smiles. 2__________

\"I' m not running. I' m jogging，\" she said，she continued 3__________

her slowly run through the park. Every day， in all kinds of 4__________

the weather，thousands of men and women jog. Why has 5__________

jogging——running slowly for long distances become so

popular? Most joggers begin because they hear it is a very 6__________

good exercise. Jogging make the heart stronger and helps 7__________

people loss weight. It can also help them feel better about themselves. 8______

Many joggers feel that if they can succeed in 9__________

jogging， they can succeed in other thing， also.10__________

五

A boy who were cleaning shoes in the street said 1__________

to a man pass by，\" Let me clean your boots， sir!\" 2__________

The man didn' t want to have it cleaned， so he went 3_________

away. But the boy said，\"You needn' t to pay for it 4_________

if you like.\" The man agreed this. Soon one of his 5_________

boots was cleaned. Then the man put out the another 6_________

boot， but the boy said， \"You' Il have pay for this one.7_________

I won' t clean it if you pay me first.\" The man did 8_________

not want to pay， so he went along with one 9_________

clean boot and one dirty boot on.

People laughed him，\"Look! What a mad man!\" 10_________