About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight(减肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medic...

Life in the twenty-first century will be very 1 . Many changes will take place, but 2 will the changes be. The population is growing 3 . There will be many 4 in the world and most of them will live 5 than people in the twentieth century. Co...

When the boys 1 home, it was eleven oclock. It was dark 2 but there was a light inside their home and the door 3 . They could see a man inside. Who can 4 be? Said Peter. Mother and Father 5 to do some 6 . They wont be home 7 eight oclock. W...

It is common in English to ask people about their holidays. In the West, many 1 go away on holiday during the summer months, 2 so it is very usual to 3 about this. If the holiday has not 4 taken place, then their holiday plans 5 be talked a...

Dear George, Half a year has gone by 1 we said goodbye to each other at the Kaitak airport (飞机场) . Except for 2 hurriedly written notes you have not written to any of your old 3 any letters 4 a few days. We are studying 5 a foreign un...

Its over! Thank goodness! school was 1 and I was tired. I 2 at the front of the school bus. Janie, the driver, tries to 3 the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of talks. I try to listen 4 , but usually I am too 5 thinking about...

Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife, Doris lived 1 together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them . Fred, youre a 2 farmer. Id like to give you a wish, said the Luck Fai...

One will feel happy when others flatter( 奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a top hat 1 . A student was going to leave the capital to become 2 official(官员) in a city far away. Befo...

The womens college had a very small car park, and because several of the teachers and students, and many of the students boyfriends, had cars, it was often 1 to find a place to park. The head of the college, Miss Baker, had a 2 in the car p...

A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to 1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas(地方) covered with tre...