短文填空備考模擬Passage11EverySaturdaymorning，HelenMyersopensthedoorofthelittlelibraryinEllisville，theUS.Sheraisestheflagoutside，sitsdownwithabookand(1)

forpeopletocome.Theoldladyhaskeptthelibraryformorethan40yearsinanoldsmallbuilding.Itallbegan(2)

June1966，whenMyersopenedherlibrarywith400booksfromherhomeshelves.Atthattime，she(3)

careofaboys’communityservicegroup.“OneoftheboysnoticedthatIhadalotofbooks，andhesaid，‘Iwishwecouldhavea(4)

hereintown.’，”Myersremembers.That’sallsheneeded.Today，peopledon’treadmuch.They(5)

TVandplayvideogames.Butthatdoesn’tstopMyersfrom(6)

herlibraryeverySaturdaytoshareherloveofbooks.ThelibraryhasalwaysbeenMyers’favoriteproject.In(7)

1970s，whentheoldbuildingwastoodangeroustostayin，shebegansaving(8)

foranewbuilding.ThenshebuiltEllisvilleLibraryIIinOctober2003.Thenewlibraryhas3,500donatedbooks，newandused.Manytimes，Myersopensandclosesthelibraryandseesnoone.“My(9)

said，‘Mom，whydon’tyougive(10)

?’，”Myerssays.“Isaid，‘No，Emma，somebody，someday，mayread.’Whoknows?AfuturepresidentoftheUnitedStatesmaycomeinandgetabook.”waitsintooklibrarywatchopeningthemoneydaughterupwaitfortakecareofwatchTVinthe1970sgiveupPassage12Microsoftisaworld-famoussoftwarecompany.Thecompanyhasaveryspecial(1)

intheUS.GuinnessWorldRecordssaysitistheworld’s(2)

room.Wemeasurethevolumeofasoundindecibels.Thesoundofbreathingis10decibels.That’sveryquiet.(3)

，theMicrosoftroommeasures－20.6decibels！

Thewalls，ceilings(4)

dooroftheroomarespecial.Theycanabsorbsound.Microsoft(5)

theroomtobuildbetterspeakersforcomputers.Youmightthink(6)

wouldbeinterestingtobeinsidethisroom.However，youwouldbe(7)

.Whenit’squietaroundus，ourears(8)

usedtoit.Thequietertheroom，(9)

morethingsyouhear.You’llhearyourheart(10)

.Sometimesyoucanhearyourlungsoryourstomachgurglingloudly.Sobeforeyoufreakout，youmightwanttoleavetheroomquickly！roomquietestHoweverandusesitwrongget/arethebeatingget/beusedtoPassage13Today，communitiesaroundtheUSaregoinggreen.Forsome，thatmeanspayingattentiontotheenvironment(1)

recyclingorcontrollingpollution.(2)

someothersareturningtheirneighborhoodsgreenbybuildingcommunitygardens.NorrisSquareintheUSisaneighborhood(3)

hasbenefitedfromacommunitygarden.Inthe1980s，NorrisSquarewas(4)

foritsrun-downbuildingsandemptyparkinglotsfilledwithrubbish.ThenagroupofPuertoRicanwomen(5)

vegetablesandflowersinoneemptylot.Soontherewasalso(6)

outdoorkitchen.Thecommunitygardenbecameaplaceofbeautyandasourceoffresh(7)

forNorrisSquarepeople.Italsobecameasourceofneighborhoodpride.Soonpeoplewereworking(8)

todohomerepairs，cleanupotheremptylotsandplantmoretreesandflowersintheneighborhood.Today，insteadoffightsinthepark，there(9)

festivals.Insteadofbrokencarsalongthestreets，therearetrees.Peoplecannowenjoyaneighborhoodthatiscleaner，safer，and(10)

beautiful.Ifyouwanttostartacommunitygardeninyourarea，youcangetinformationfromtheCommunityGardeningAssociationat.byButthat/whichtogether/hardknown/famousplanted/grewanfoodaremorebefilledwithgrowvegetablesworkhardtherebePassage14Forthoseofyouwholovewatchingfilms，letmetellyouaboutanewoutdoorsummercinemathatwillopenthisSunday.It’sbeenset(1)

inthehillswithbeautifulviewsinalldirections.Thesizeofthecinemascreenishuge，andthequalityofthesoundsystemis(2)

goodthatyouwillforgetyou’restayingoutdoors.What’ssofunisthatyoucanenjoythesunsetatthesametimeasyou’re(3)

afilm！

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tothiscinemafromthecity?Ifyouhavea(n)(5)

，thenthereareplentyofparkingspacesandtheroundtripisabouteightkilometers.Youmaydependonpublictransport(6)

youhaveenoughenergyforafive-kilometerwalk.WhenIvisitedthereearlierthisweek，Isawthatsomepeoplehadbrought(7)

basketofsnackswiththem.Someotherpeopletriedtolightabarbecue.Butthat’sagainsttherules.I’mafraidit’snot(8)

agoodidea.Andonefinalwordofadvice.It’snotagoodideato(9)

atthisoutdoorcinemawithoutaticketbecausenumbersarelimited.Ticketsareavailable(10)

anysupermarketinthecity，oryoucangetthemonlinefromthewebsite.So，havefun！upsowatching/seeinggetcarunlessasucharrivefrom/in/atsetupso…that…watch/seeafilmgetto/arriveatabasketofsuchaPassage15Thelibraryisagreatplacetovisitforhelpwithschoolwork.Itopensupnewworlds，encouragesyouto(1)

andhelpsyouinschoolandinlife.Butthelibraryisn’tjustaboutreadingandlearning.Youcanhavefuninthelibrary，(2)

.Somelibrariesholdfuneventsforchildren，suchasstory-telling，makingthingsandbookhunting.Andwhenyougotoyourlibrary，thereisalways(3)

theretohelpyoufindwhatyouwant.Thatsomeoneisalibrarian.Youcanaskyourlibrariantohelpyou(4)

booksaboutanysubjectthatinterestsyou.Librarieshavebooksabouteverythingfromplanestozebras.(5)

youliketoreadnovels，yourlibrariancansuggestsci-fibooksandmanymore.Ifyouarehavingahardtimefindingananswer(6)

aquestion，askyourlibrariantohelpyoufindtheanswer.Librariesarealsogreatplacestogoifyouwantaquietandrelaxing(7)

toreadorstudy.Theyhaveareaswithcomfortablechairswhereyoucancurlupandread(8)

book.Theyalsohavetablesandchairswhereyoucan(9)

onschoolreports.Andmostlibrarieshavelotsofbrightreadingareas，soyouwon’thurtyour(10)

bycloselylookingatthattinyprint.Don’tforgettovisityourlibraryandmakesuretothankyourlibrarianforhis/herhelp.readtoosomeone/somebodyfindIftoplaceaworkeyesthe/ananswertoaquestionreadabookworkonPassage16DoyouknowwhatanemperorinancientChinawoulddotorelax?

Well，writingpoemswasoneof(1)

mostcommonpastimes.Togetherwithhisfavoredministersorconcubines，theemperorwould(2)

awalkinthegarden，enjoynature，andwritepoems.EmperorQianlongespeciallylikedpoetry.Itissaidthathe(3)

morethan40,000poemsinhislife.(4)

ahobby！

Manyemperorsalsolovedcalligraphyandpainting.Theynotonlywroteandpaintedthemselves，but(5)

hadahugecollectionofartworks.InQianlong’sstudyroom，forexample，therewerepricelesscalligraphyworks(6)

WangXizhi，afamouscalligrapherwholivedduringtheJinDynasty(265－420).(7)

Chineseoperaswasanotherfavoritepastimefortheemperor.IntheForbiddenCity，thereusedtobe11theatersofdifferentsizes.The(8)

oneswereusedfordailyshows，whilethebigoneswereforspecialoccasions，suchasfestivalsortheemperors’birthdays.EmperorQianlongwasabig(9)

ofplays.In1790，heheldabig“theaterparty”forhis80th(10)

.QianlongwatchedalongshowcalledShengpingbaofaeverydayfrom5a.m.to3p.m.for10daysinall.Hemusthavebeenarealfanoftheshow！the/histake/havewroteWhatalsobyWatchingsmallfanbirthdaytake/haveawalknotonly…butalso…afanofPassage17IrecentlywatchedsomevideosmadebyawomannamedLiZiqi.Frommakingherownclothesoutofsilkto(1)_______________

specialruraldishes，shemakeslifeinChina’scountrysidelookbeautiful.Ilikewatchingthese(2)

.Theymakemethinkabout(3)

mylifewaslikegrowingupinthecountrysideintheUS.Morethan20years(4)

，Ilivedwithmyparentsinasmallhouseaboutfivemilesfromthenearestvillage.Yes，wehadwaterandelectricity，butnotalways.(5)

，suchasduringaheavysnowstorm，theelectricityandwaterwouldstopworking.Butwegot(6)

thesenightsjustfine.Itsometimesfeltboringtoliveso(7)

awayfromthevillage，butitwasalsoquietandpeaceful.Livingoutinthecountrysidehelpedusget(8)

tonature.Mydadwouldhuntfordeerandsquirrels，whichwewould(9)

later.Andbothofmyparentsspenttimeinourgarden，growing(10)

likecornandtomatoesthatwewouldalsoeatlater.Thoughitwashardsometimes，livinginaruralareawasstillenjoyable.making/cookingvideoswhatagoSometimesthroughfarcloseeatvegetablesmake/cookdishesgetthroughfarawaygetclosetoPassage18Afterabusymorningatwork，lunchtimegivesmeachancetodomanythings，suchasexercising，readingorwatchingTV.Oneculturaldifference(1)

BritainandChinaiswhatwedoduringlunchtime.HereinChina，workershavelongerlunchbreaks，whichgivethemenough(2)

totakeashortnap.Chinesepeopleusuallyuselunchtimeto(3)

.Ioftenseeofficeworkersresttheirheadsontheirdesks.Theroom(4)

intoaquiet“bedroom”.Once，Ievensawworkersinarestauranttakingshortnapsaswell.Thisisalsoverycommonfor(5)

inChina.Afterlunch，theywillgobacktotheirdormitoriesorclassroomstotakeanap.Chinesepeoplebelieveashortnap(6)

nooncanhelpthemfeelmoreenergeticintheafternoon.InBritain，thisactivityisquiteuncommon.Britishstudentsusuallyhave(7)

one-hourlunchbreak.Insteadofnapping，theyfillthattimeby(8)

sportsortalkingwithfriends.MostworkersinBritaindon’tgetthechancetonap.Theyusuallyhave(9)

lunchbreaks—between30minutestoanhour.(10)

isnotenoughtimetohaveanap.Becauseoftheshortnessoftheirlunchbreaks，itiscommonforpeopletoworkthroughlunchorjustfinishtheirlunchattheirdesk.betweentimerestturnsstudentsataplaying/doingshortTherebetween…and…turnintoatnoonplay/dosportsPassage19AnnaandRobinStrangeliveinEngland.They(1)

everyeveningandweekendcoveringtheirhouseinflowersfor26years.Thecouple(2)

theflowersinsideagreenhousefirst.Thentheyput(3)

outsideinJune.Howdotheygetthisidea?Mrs.Strangesaidoneday(4)

theywereinYork，theysawlotsofbeautifulhangingbasketsofflowers.Theydecidedtohavetheir(5)

flowerhouse.Theyhavebeenplanting(6)

andmoreflowerseversince.Andtheirhouseiscoveredbybeautifulflowersnow.Peoplewhopasstheirhouseenjoy(7)

atit.Theythinkitisgreat.Peoplesendcardsand(8)

tothecouple.OnewomansendsthemagifteveryChristmastoshowherlovefortheirflowerhouse.Mr.Strange,65，spendseveryweekendandeveninggoingto(9)

garden.Thecouplespendlotsofmoneyeveryyear(10)

plants.Buttheythinkitisworthit.Theyarebothverypleasedwithwhattheyhavecreated