31、根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的词，并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整，正确（每个词只能用一次）

At a certain age, children's feet begin 1         very quickly．Their parents have to keep buying new 2         for them．Are your feet still growing? How good 2         our shoes could grow, too．But maybe they can!

 A British company 4         up With shoes that grow with your feet．The INCH worm trainers use a technology called iFit．The shoes can stretch（拉长）by one 5      size．Each pair of shoes has three sizes．Press a button in the 6        of the shoe and pull the toe out to the length you need．

 According to the makers, the shoes don't stretch 7．         accident and they can stand the 8．         playground workouts（测试）．

 But at 47.99（662 yuan）, the~ are not 9         ． Peter Craig from INCHworms said they have already sold five hundred 10．        

He added: "They are also great for kids who have one foot bigger than the other．"

28、Some animals in the world are very small．and the others are very big．Giraffes are one of the tallest and most interesting animals．Male giraffes are usually about six meters tall．Half of the giraffe’s height conies from its neck．which is longer than its legs．

      A giraffe has big brown eyes which are protected by very thick lashes （睫毛）．Since it lives in parts of Africa which are usually dry with a great deal of dust，the lashes are an important source of protection．It can also cover its nostrils（鼻孔） in order to protect its nose．It has brown spots on tan skin and this coloring helps protect the giraffe．The giraffe also has tⅥo short horns on its head．

    Like the camel．the giraffe can go a long way without drinking water．One source of water is the leaves which the giraffe eats from trees．Since it is so tail．the giraffe can reach the tender（嫩的）leaves at the top of a tree．

    Giraffes usually live in small herds and often feed with other animals．A baby giraffe is two meters tall at birth．It can stand up by itself within a few minutes and run well in about two days．

    Giraffes have two ways of serf-protection．If something frightens an adult giraffe，it can run away at about fifty kilometers per hour or stay to fight with its strong legs．

1．What animal does this passage talk about?

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      2．How long is a male giraffe’s neck?

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      3．Why are giraffes’ lashes an important source of protection?

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      4．How soon can a baby giraffe run well after its birth?

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      5．What can it do when something frightens an adult giraffe?

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27、Late Night Jazz

      Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis，the famous trumpet player．He is known to play well into the early hours，so don’t want to get much sleep．

Scottish Dancing

Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn．The wonderful dance from England will be given．

Shows—Anhui Museum

There are l2，000 pieces on show here．You call see the whole of Chinese history．

1．If you want to watch dancing, what telephone number can you call?

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2．When can you see the whole of Chinese history on Saturdays in April in Anhui Museum?

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3．What can you enjoy at Jack Stein’s?

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4．Who will play American jazz in the Jazz Club during 15 to 23 of June?

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5．If you have ￥148．how can you spend in May?

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25、Jeff Keith has only one leg．（A）At the age of l2．Jeff had cancer．Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg to（B）____________his life

      Every day Jeff puts on an artificial（man-made）leg．The leg is plastic．With the plastic leg，Jeff can ski，ride a bicycle，swain and pray soccer, He also can run．

    At the age of 22，Jeff ran（C）_________the United States，from the East to the West. He ran 5，150 kilometres，that’s about 26 kilometres each day．Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five legs．

    On his way, in every city people gave Jeff money．The money which he received was not for Jeff himself．It Was for the American Cancer Society（协会）．（D）The ACS used the money to learn about cancer．At the same time．Jeff talked to people about cancer．He also talked about being disabled．

      Jeff is disabled，but he can do many things：skiing，swimming，playing soccer and running．He finished college and is studying to he a lawyer．Jeff says，“（E）人们可以做他们想要做的任何事。 I want people to know that I ran not only for disabled but also for everybody．”

    1．将划线都分（A）改：_________he__________12 years old，Jeff had cancer．

    2．在（B）和（C）的空白处填入适当的单词：_____________；_____________

    3．划线部分（D）指代的是：___________________

    4．将划线部分（E）译成英语：____________________________________________________

    5．从文中找出能说明本文中心大意的句子：____________