基础训练篇（10）
Nowadays, almost everyone has realized (1)_________ smoking is harmful to people’s health. Sometimes it (2)__________ causes fire.
In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of cigarettes. It’s bad news (3)_________ the health of the nation.
It’s known (4)______________ smoking can cause different kinds of diseases. Every year, many people die (5)_______________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money (6)_______________ look after these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those (7)________________ don’t smoke, (8)____________ (special) to children and women.
In (9)__________ word, smoking is no good. If you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases (10)_____________ the fires that destroy people’s lives and property!
基础训练篇（9）
Walt Disney, a great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901 (1)_________ died in 1966. (2)__________ a young man, he wanted very much to be an artist. He went to a newspaper office in the hope (3)__________ getting a job there, (4)_________ he had no luck.
He didn’t lose heart. He kept on (5)______________ (draw) lots of pictures. Being poor, he had to sit in the family garage（车库）,drawing pictures. Day (6)_________ day, he worked hard. Several years (7)____________, he succeeded in (8)______________ (make) his first cartoon character — Mickey Mouse. From then (9)______________ , he became a successful cartoon maker. Many characters in his cartoons are very popular, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, (10)_____________ are loved by everyone, especially by children.
基础训练篇（8）
(1)________ is known to all, China is a large country (2)_________ agriculture. Science of farming was first (3)____________ (study) here.
Jia Si-xie, living (4)____________ the 6th century AD, was one of the farming pioneers（先驱者）. After he finished his work for the government, he spent his time (5)__________ his research into agriculture. He studied (6)_________ to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on.
During the years 533~544, he wrote a book (7)__________ (call) Qi Min Yao Shu ,(8)_________ is about both farming and gardening, (9)__________ (include) advice on how to grow green vegetables, how to keep fish in lakes, and so on. It was considered to be (10)___________ important summary of farming knowledge.
基础训练篇（7）
One day, Pierre, (1)_________ worked in a government office, received an (2)____________ (invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money (3)____________ jewellery, so she borrowed a beautiful necklace (4)__________ her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful (5)___________ they had a wonderful time that evening. But after the ball, she found the necklace (6)_________________. They had to borrow a lot of money to buy a new (7)___________ for Jeanne. In order to pay (8)_________ the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her (9)___________ they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t be affected (10)____________ vanity(虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.
基础训练篇（6）
I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old. (1)__________ her fellow teacher said that we (2)_____________(celebrate) her 39th birthday! We were all (3)____________ (surprise) and puzzled.
After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about (4)___________ (birth). If a woman is (5)________ 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 39th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29th. And in her (6)____________, it’s the 19th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are (7)__________ 20.
This shows that American women, (8)_________________ (special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be (9) ______________. ” so about the age of Western women, my advice is (10)_____________ if you don’t know it, don’t ask about it; if you really know it, don’t mention it.
基础训练篇（5）
It is known to all (1)___________ the Chinese diet is considered to be the (2)__________(healthy) in the world because it (3)__________ (contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich (4)___________ fiber and low in sugar and fat.
How (5)_____________ the Western food? It has too much fat in the form (6)______________ potato chips, chocolate and so on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As (7)______ _ result, the (8)________________(west) usually become very fat and have bad (9)____________ (tooth), and many of them even die at an early age from heart (10)______________ (ill).
