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【小题1】Turn left at the        (three) turning.
【小题2】We often visit the old people and do some           (wash) for them.
【小题3】He often tells us       (fun) stories and makes us laugh.
【小题4】Our English teacher         (look) so beautiful in her new dress.
【小题5】Look! Your mother             (chat) with her friends on the phone.

Americans thinks travel is good for people. Some even think it can help one of the country’s

w   1.    problems---crime.

Crime w  2.    a lot of people. Every year, the n   3.    of crimes goes up and up. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all. There are problems with drugs.

There are many young criminals in prison. But prison doesn’t change them---60 to 70 percent will go b  4.   to crime when they come out of prison.

One man, Bob Burton, t  5.   of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a hard life on the road. They learned to be strong and b  6.  , and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob started “Vision Quest(幻想探究)”.

He takes young criminals on a long, long j  7.   with horses and wagons(马车) 3,000 miles through 7 states. They are on the road for more than one year. The young people on Vision Quest all have bad problems.  Most of them have already spent time in prison.  This is their last c     8.  .

It’s hard work on the work. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before, b  9.   they can love their horses. That love can help them to start a new life.

Not all young people in Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. 30 or 40 percent will one day be in prison a  10.  . But that’s a lot better than 60 or 70 percent. Bob is right. Travel can be good for them.

Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.
“Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?”
　　“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?”
　　“I left it at home.”
　　Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
　　The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
【小题1】Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.

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I read an article about London in a m   【小题1】   yesterday.
London is one of the c   【小题2】   with a long history in Britain. It is also the biggest  city in Europe. You can find some of the best theatres of the world there, such as the National Theatre, the National Gallery(画廊) and so on. You may visit many places of i   【小题3】  there. Most of the old and f  【小题4】  buildings are on the n  【小题5】  bank of the River Thames. On the south bank, there are some fine modern  buildings.
If you want to know the people there better, you should learn more about the history and the culture as well.

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  The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f  1.  from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome,  s 2.  he got off the plane.

　　When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy  t  3.   made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. He found many high m    4.   buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that main street signs were w   5.   in  English.

　　Paul knew very l    6.  English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l    7.    .

　　After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to  a  8.  policeman But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣)so many people who spoke English as policemen.

　　Paul didn’t b    9.  he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was s 10.     to the airport in a police car.