Module1GreatEuropeanCities(P2)Parisisthe___1___andlargestcityofFrance,___2_______3__theRiverSeine.ThemostpopularplacefortouristsistheEiffelTower,thefamous___4______5___Paris.Oneoftheworldslargestart__6____,theLouvre,isalso___7___inParis.Thecityisalsofamous___8___itsrestaurants,cafésandtheatres.About___9___ofFrance’sartistsandwritersliveinParis.Barcelonaisthe___10______11___cityofSpainandissituated__12____thenortheastcoast,aboutfivehumdred__13____eastofSpanishcapital,Madrid.OneofBarcelona’smostfamous__14____istheChurchoftheSagradaFamilia,__15____wasdesignedbyanarchitectcalledAntonioGaudi.Gaudiworked___16___theprojectfrom1882untilhis___17___in1926.Thechurchhasn’tbeenfinished__18____!Florenceisan___19___citywhichbecamefamous___20_____21____theRenaissance,agreat__22_______23___whichbeganinthe1300sand_24_____forthree__25____years.DuringtheRenaissance,someofthegreatestpainters___26______27______28___livedandworkedinFlorence.Athens,thecapitalof__29____,isknown___30___thebirthplaceof___31_________.Twothousandfourhundredyearsago,itwastheworld’smost__32____city.BuildingssuchastheParthenon__33____AcropolisHill__34____builtduringthis___35___.Greece’sbestwriterslivedinancientAthens.Theirworkhas__36____otherwriters___37______38___.Module2TheHumanDevelopmentReport(P12)Oneofthemostimportant___1____oftheHumanDevelopmentReportistheHuman___2__.TheIndex___3_____acountry’sachievementsinthreeways:lifeexpectancy,educationand___4___.Thelisthassome____5____.Norwayis____6______thelist,__7___theUSisatnumber7.The__8____tencountriesareallAfricancountries.Chinais_______9_______thelist.Itisoneoftheexamplesofsuccessful_____10______.Chinaincreasedlifeexpectancy__11_13years.InthelasttenyearsinChina,150millionpeople______12______poverty.However,agreatmanypeoplein_____13____countriesarehungry.Over__14__oftheseareinSouthAsiaorAfrica.Indevelopingcountriesabout115millionchildrenarenotbeing____15____,andmorethan1billionpeopledonotdrinksafewater,sothereportsuggeststhatweneedto_________16_________inthefuture.Module3TheViolenceofNature(P23)WhatIsaTornado?Atornadoisarotating___1__ofairfromathunderstormtotheground.Themost__2__havewindsofmorethan400kilometresperhour.Tornadoescanpickupcars,trainsandevenhousesandputthem__3__inthenextstreetoreveninthenexttown.Theycantakethefur___4__thebackofacatandthe__5___offachicken.Theydestroyhouses,butleavethe___6__insideexactlywhereitwas.Onaverage,thereare800tornadoesintheUSeachyear,causingabout80deathsand1500_7___.Theworsttornadoofalltime___8___in1925,____9__threeUSstates.Bythetimeitended,morethan700peoplehadbeenkilledand2700hadbeen_10_____.WhatIsaHurricane?Hurricanesarestrong___1___storms.Theycausehugewaves,___2____rainandfloodsandusually__3____theeastcoastoftheUSfromTexastoMaine.Theworsthurrican___4____ofalltimeoccurredin1900.Thedisasterkilled6000peopleina_5___of3700anddestroyed3600buildings.AnExtraordinaryEventCharlesCoghlan,anIrishactor,___1___toNewYorkandbecomefamousthere.ThenhemovedtoGalveston,wherehediedin1899,ayearbeforethehurrican___2____.Thecemeterywherehewas__3___wasdestroyedbythehurricanandhiscoffinendedupinthesea.Eightyearslater,thecoffinwasfoundbyfishermenintheeastofCanada.TheGulfStreamhad__4___it3000kilometersuptheeasternUScoasttoCanada.Coghlantraveled___5__toCanadaafterhehadbeenburiedinTexas!Module4SandstormsinAsia(P32)RenJianbodescribedhisexperiencesinasandstorminthedesertasachild.”__1_____（catch）inasandstormwasaterribleexperience.Ihadnever___2_____(experience)amorefrighteningoramoredangeroussituation.Thereisnothing___3____(do)Youjusthadtohopeyou’dsurvive.”SandstormsinChinaappear___4___(increase)inrecentyears__5____6_____7________”desertification”.Thisisaprocessthathappenswhenlandbecomesdesert________8__climatechangesand___9__people___10_____11___treesand___12_____13____grass.Sandstormsareoften___14__thick___15__youcan’tseethesun.andthewindissometimesstrong___16____17____18____sanddunes.Weatherexpertsadvisepeople__19______20______(notgo)outinasandstorm.HuangXiaomeisays,”___21____22_____23__(cycle)inasandstormisfrightening.__24___difficulttobreatheandthedust__25___me__26___.”Sandstorms,whichbeginindesertareas,sometimesaffectBeijing.People__27_____28________thefactthatthereisadesertonly250kmaway__29___thewastofBeijing.__30_______(prevent)it___31__(come)nearer,thegovernmentplans_32______33__(plant)treesforthenextfiveyears.Module5PhilosophersofAncientChina(P43)Aphilosopherisagreatpersonwhoisgoodatstudyingandusingphilosophy.Ina____1______China,therearemanyi______2___philosophers.Confucius,w__3_____teachingsinfluencedChineses___4_____formorethan2000years,stressedthei____5_____ofkindness,dutyandorder.MenciushadthesameteachingsasConfucius.Hewasoncegivenanimportantp____6_____intheg_____7___ofastateandthenbecameana__8______toanotherruler.Heheldtheb____9__thatpeopleweremoreimportantthanr___10_______andmanwasb_____11___good.Hespenthislastyearsp_____12____abookcalled“ThebookofMencius”.Moziisanothergreatp______13___,ofwhomtheteachingsares___14_____tothoseofConfuciusinsomeways.Hewasfamousforhisunusualclothesandb___15______.Hebelievedthatallmenweree__16____andtaughtpeopletolookafterthosewhowerew____17_____thanourselves.Hehatedthei___18___ofwar.Thesethreephilosophersmadegreatc____19____toancientChinaandtheirteachingshavegreate__20____onChinesehistory.Module6TheThreeGorgesDam(P53)MaoZedongwroteapoem___1____hedreamedof“wallsofstoneto____2_____cloudsandraintillasmoothlakerisesinthenarrowgorges”.Nowhisdreamhas_____3____.TheThreeGorgesDam,__4___isthebiggestconstructionprojectinChina__5__theGreatWallandtheGrandCanal,hasbeencompletednow.Thedamisnearly200metres__6__and1.5kilometres__7__.SunYat-sen,_8___