【一】
In1995, Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the university of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help p__1__students. Her friends and neighbours were s___2___when they heard the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and helpful. Everyone in her town knew that she was not r__3___. In fact she was poor.
How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so m__4___money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to l___5__school when she was eight years old to help her family . Her job was washing clothes. She got only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by hand. Then she h__6___the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. McCarty never m___7___and she had no children. Her life was very simple. She went to work to church. She had a black-and–white television, but she did not watch it very often.
Oseola McCarty s__8___money all her life and had about $250,000. At the a___9__of 86, she left money to the church , the university and her r___10____. She just wanted to help others. She was a shy woman, but she became famous.
通读全文后，应知这篇文章主要讲述一位老人（洗衣工人）平时省吃俭用，积攒了一笔钱，在她去世前她把她的生平积蓄都捐给了他人。
1、poor.
她把钱捐给大学主要来帮助那些贫困的大学生。
surprised.
2、朋友和邻居对此事应感到惊讶（因为她只是个洗衣工，不应该有那么多的钱。
3、rich.
从表面来看她只是个洗衣工，应该没多少钱，至少不富裕。
4、much.
很多的钱，money不可数，故只能用much.
她靠平时的省吃俭用积攒了那么多的钱。这儿要用save的过去式。
5、leav.
因为贫穷，她只好离开学校（辍学），这儿不能用过去式，因为是在不定式后。
6、hung.
读后应知道她在洗完衣服后，把衣服挂起来晾干（晒干）这儿要用hang的过去式hung,不能用hanged（上吊，绞死）
7、married.
因为她没有小孩，应推测她终生未婚，这儿要用marry的过去式。
8、 saved.
她靠平时的省吃俭用积攒了那么多的钱。这儿要用save的过去式。
9、age.
在多少岁时用at the age of
10、relatives
她把钱捐给了教堂，大学，还把一部分给了她的亲戚。（她虽没有小孩，但是她应有一些亲戚。）这儿要用复数。
【二】
It is well-known that man is much cleverer than any animal. But which is the cleverest a___（1） the animals？Some scientists t__（2） it should be Alex， an African grey parrot. He is unlike any other animal. He can really t___（3） with people！
When he says “come here”， he really w___（4） someone to come up to him.
“Alex is as clever as a c____（5） of 2 or 3 years old，” says Dr. Pepperberg. “He does not just repeat the s___（6） he has been taught. He u__（7） the words！”
Alex can tell about 50 d______（8） things， name 7 colours and count from 1 to 6. Is the parrot actually thinking in the w_______(9） how man does？Nobody can say. But the q____ （10） is very interesting.
文论述了非洲灰色鹦鹉被一些科学家认为是最聪明的动物。
1、among.
表示最高级的比较范围，意为“在……中”，一般用of或among， 等介词，此处已有首字母a，所以是among.
2、 think.
根据前面的提问有首字母t可知是think，表示“有的科学家认为最聪明的动物应当是Alex”。
3、talk.
根据下文对他会讲会的描述和空格后的with，可知是talk withsb（同……谈话）。
4、Wants.根据前面的come here及后文的句式搭配可知是want sb to do sth（想要某人做某事）。
5、child.
根据后面的两叁岁可知是小孩。
6、sounds.
由前文的talk和后文的words可知是重复教他讲话的声音。
7、understands.
从后文的描述可知，他不但会重复教他的声音而且还明白其意思。
8、different.
根据things是复数及首字母的提示可知是指不同的（different） 事物。
9、way.
根据句意“他的思维方式是否与的思维方式一样呢？”。搭配：in the way用这种方式。
10、question.
上文“Is the parrot…？”提出的是一个问题。
【三】
Bedtime stories are one ofthe delights（喜悦） of earlychildhood. But a_____（1） to Dr. JulieSpreadbury from Queensland， parents s______（2） not speed upreading to their children after they entered primary school. She says listeningto， reading andd_____（3） the stories help children's relaxation.
My theory （理论） is that when children can readt_____（4）， most parents stop reading to them， Dr. Spreadbury says.
That may be at the end ofthe Year 1， which is fartoo informal.
Dr. Spreadbury saysbedtime re
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