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Millions of years ago dinosaurs (恐龙) lived on the earth. In the days of dinosaurs the whole earth was warm and wet. There were green forests and they could find enough to eat. Later, parts of the earth became cold and dry. and the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough to eat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.

We can guess another reason. New kinds of animals came on the earth. Some had big brains and were fast and strong. They could kill dinosaurs. There may be other reasons that we don’t know about yet. Scientists are trying to make more discoveries about dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes (形状).  Some were as small as chickens, while some were about 90 feet long.

There were also terrible fights between dinosaurs. They might have happened more than 100 million years ago. Though there was no man to see any of the fights, we can be told by the animal’s footprints (足迹) that fight did take place.

1.According to the passage, dinosaurs did exist only ______on the earth.

2.One reason why dinosaurs died out is that______.

3.One more reason may be that ______.

4.We can see from this passage ______.

Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast.

As your eyes move along the line of print, they make fixations (固定) or pauses. It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move on to another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation is called your eye span. Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method that is necessary. Here are four ways of reading:

(1) Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You can skim to get the main points.

(2) Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

(3) You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive (精深的) study of your school subjects, solving Maths problems or reading directions.

(4) Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. you may also do rapid reading when reviewing material that you already know well.

1.The main reason for reading fast is that you can _______what you are fast reading.

2.The way of reading always depends on _______.

3.The underlined word "skimming" in the fourth paragraph means _______.

4.Careful reading is an important kind of reading _________.

 friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the  36  was he found himself unable to ask for help — his mobile phone went out of   37  as a result of exhausted (用尽的)battery. Nothing could be done but  to   38  in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the   39 of the rescue.

It is almost   40  that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his   41  : "First of all I checked up my   42   conditions and found myself not in mortal （致命的）danger. As there was no   43  to call for help ,I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  44  .In this way I dozed （打盹）off ."

His story put an end to my regret for the   45  of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men  46   to explore a mountain cave and got lost .   47  to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of  48  .Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion（筋疲力尽）.According to the   49   people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the   50  of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to   51  themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering （闪烁）not far away .

Don’t you think that you can compare it with   52  itself? When you meet with obstacles （障碍）in life and work ,you are lost in darkness.   53  you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle   54  . It seems to be a negative （消极的）attitude,   55  a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as a great courage in the first place

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1. He is so popular with us because he has a good sense of ________（幽默）.

2. This book _________ (包含) all the knowledge you want to get.

3. We made a careful            (分析) of the sales figures.

4.It is to be ________ (遗憾) that so many young people leave school without qualifications. 

5. Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard _________（证据）supporting the existence of the Yeti.

6. He said he _________（不同意）to our plan at the meeting, didn’t he?

7.They spend $5 million a year on _________（广告）

8. Would you rather be famous or make great _________ （贡献）to the world but be unknown?

9. Television news brings us __________（视觉）images form around the world.

10. Do you remember him ___________（假装）to be his father on the phone?

Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, the Five Friendlies will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace and blessings from China to children all over the world.

Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, the Five Friendlies also embody the natural characteristics of four of China’s most popular animals—the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow—and the Olympic Flame.

Each of the Friendlies has a rhyming two-syllable name—a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.

When you put their names together—Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni—they say “Welcome to Beijing,” offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of the Five Friendlies as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.

The Five Friendlies also embody both the landscape and the dreams and aspirations of people from every part of the vast country of China. In their origins and their headpieces, you can see the five elements of nature—the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky—all stylistic rendered in ways that represent the deep traditional influences of Chinese folk art and ornamentation.

1.The Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games carry the following messages EXCEPT         .

2.The Five Friendlies embody       .

3.What does the Five Friendlies mean when put together?