FruitImagine a word without fruit. We wouldn’t be very healthy. We get a lot of important vitamins from eating fruit.We think of fruit primarily as something to eat. ____1____. Fruit is part of a flowering plant and it carries the seeds. The purpose of fruit is to protect a plant’s seeds and help them get spread about. Wind and water spread seeds. So do animals when they eat fruit and drop the seeds. ____2____.There are two main types of fruit: fleshy and dry. Fleshy fruits are soft and juicy. Pears, bananas and apples are all fleshy fruits. _____3____. Grains like wheat and rice, or nuts like chestnuts(板栗), are dry fruits.But wait: you’ve eaten oranges and grapes without seeds. How can they be fruits? It’s because people have changed the way they grow fruit. They can now grow seedless fruit. Seedless fruit comes from special plants that are made by combining two varieties of a fruit to form a new variety. These special plants grow and produce seeds.___4___. These plants cannot reproduce themselves. They can make fruit, but the fruit has no seeds.Fruits are a source of substances that keep us alive and healthy. So people make use of fruits for many foods. We make juices from them. We make jams and sweets. _____5____. Beer comes from grains and wine comes from grapes, and some particular wines are made from apples, peaches, or other fruits.A.Dry fruits are thin and hard.B.We even make alcohol from fruit.C.But fruit has a purpose quite apart from our needs.D.So these plants produce fleshy fruits.E.Then the seeds grow into new plants.F.But the plants grown from these seeds are seedless.5、____.

How hurricanes (飓风) get their namesThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best  the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of the United States. ______1______. The people Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every years. Each one is named after the saint’s day on which it arrives.Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “storm”. Written by gorge Stewart in 1941. ______2_______. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and develop, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War II. They were studying weather conditions over the pacific ocean.________3_______. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with a B. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet(字母表).This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time, but one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. Then thing began to get confused. ______4_______. In 1952, the weatherman decided to solve the problem by giving each hurricane a name of its own, in alphabetical order. The first list read: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda…Some women become angry because hurricanes are given their names. They sometimes complain to the weather bureau. ______5______. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the weather bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes.A. But many other women are proud to see their names make headlines.B. In some ways a hurricane is like a person: it grows, develops, and then becomes old and dies.C. Some people got the hurricane mixed up and didn’t know which was which.D. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north.E. One of their duties was to warm American ships and planes when storm was comingF. In it, a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew.1. _____________.

How hurricanes (飓风) get their namesThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of the United States. ______1_______. The people Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every years. Each one is named after the saint’s day on which it arrives.Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “storm”. Written by gorge Stewart in 1941. ________2________. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and develop, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War II. They were studying weather conditions over the pacific ocean. ________3_______. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with a B. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet(字母表).This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time, but one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. Then thing began to get confused. _______4_______. In 1952, the weatherman decided to solve the problem by giving each hurricane a name of its own, in alphabetical order. The first list read: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda…Some women become angry because hurricanes are given their names. They sometimes complain to the weather bureau. ______5______. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the weather bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes.A. But many other women are proud to see their names make headlines.B. In some ways a hurricane is like a person: it grows, develops, and then becomes old and dies.C. Some people got the hurricane mixed up and didn’t know which was which.D. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north.E. One of their duties was to warm American ships and planes when storm was comingF. In it, a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew.2. _______________.

How hurricanes (飓风) get their namesThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best  the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of the United States. _______1_______. The people Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every years. Each one is named after the saint’s day on which it arrives.Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “storm”. Written by gorge Stewart in 1941. ________2________. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and develop, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War II. They were studying weather conditions over the pacific ocean.________3_________. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with a B. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet(字母表).This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time, but one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. Then thing began to get confused. ______4_______. In 1952, the weatherman decided to solve the problem by giving each hurricane a name of its own, in alphabetical order. The first list read: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda…Some women become angry because hurricanes are given their names. They sometimes complain to the weather bureau. _______5______. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the weather bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes.A. But many other women are proud to see their names make headlines.B. In some ways a hurricane is like a person: it grows, develops, and then becomes old and dies.C. Some people got the hurricane mixed up and didn’t know which was which.D. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north.E. One of their duties was to warm American ships and planes when storm was comingF. In it, a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew.3. ________________.

How hurricanes (飓风) get their namesThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of the United States. _______1_______. The people Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every years. Each one is named after the saint’s day on which it arrives.Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “storm”. Written by gorge Stewart in 1941. _______2_________. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and develop, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War II. They were studying weather conditions over the pacific ocean.__________3_________. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with a B. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet(字母表).This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time, but one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. Then thing began to get confused. ______4_______. In 1952, the weatherman decided to solve the problem by giving each hurricane a name of its own, in alphabetical order. The first list read: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda…Some women become angry because hurricanes are given their names. They sometimes complain to the weather bureau. _______5_______. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the weather bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes.A. But many other women are proud to see their names make headlines.B. In some ways a hurricane is like a person: it grows, develops, and then becomes old and dies.C. Some people got the hurricane mixed up and didn’t know which was which.D. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north.E. One of their duties was to warm American ships and planes when storm was comingF. In it, a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew.4. ___________.

How hurricanes (飓风) get their namesThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best  the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of the United States. ______1______. The people Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every years. Each one is named after the saint’s day on which it arrives.Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “storm”. Written by gorge Stewart in 1941. _______2________. He named one Maria. The story describes how Maria grew and develop, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War II. They were studying weather conditions over the pacific ocean._______3________. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with a B. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet(字母表).This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time, but one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. Then thing began to get confused. _____4_______. In 1952, the weatherman decided to solve the problem by giving each hurricane a name of its own, in alphabetical order. The first list read: Alice, Barbara, Carol, Dolly, Edna, Florence, Gilda…Some women become angry because hurricanes are given their names. They sometimes complain to the weather bureau. ______5______. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the weather bureau has decided to continue using girls’ names for hurricanes.A. But many other women are proud to see their names make headlines.B. In some ways a hurricane is like a person: it grows, develops, and then becomes old and dies.C. Some people got the hurricane mixed up and didn’t know which was which.D. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north.E. One of their duties was to warm American ships and planes when storm was comingF. In it, a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew.5、____.

Parents and ChildrenNearly every parent says that we never grow up. In fact, we have been 17 or 18 years old. ___1___. For example, when I need to stay at home, alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can to make their children live in a comfortable world. ___2____. They think that they have done everything they can to their dear little children. In return , they only want their little boys to give them good results in the examinations. But why can’t their little babies understand them? Why? Does it mean that they still want more material(物质的) things? No. _____3______.What does a true family mean?. ______4 ______. From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation(安慰)，and we can get happiness. And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident(自信的) in the outside world because we know that we have a family.______5_______. Parents should let them know that they have a true family, so the child and his parents could understand each other more and more. Then, no boy will be regarded as a little boy.A. As a matter of fact, what they want is true a family.B. In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things.C. Parents should give more money and tome to their children.D. They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, strange but expensive school things.E. So I think that parents should save their money and sit down to talk with their children.F. I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the outside cold world.

While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, ____1____. Of all thereasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症). ____2____, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, ____3____.The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries.___4_____ This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries.____5___A. in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them.B. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do.C. loneliness is another problem that aged parents may faceD. In order to seek better chances outside their countriesE. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”F. no matter whether it is in developed countries or developing countries.

SingaporeSingapore is a small country. ___1___. It is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with about 6430 people per square kilometer. Its economy is a world leader, and has the world’s busiest port.The people in Singapore are a mix of Malays, Chinese and Indians with a small group of other nationalities, and they have their different languages. ___2____. The Chinese population is originally from south-east china from the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. Immigrants (移民) from the Malaysian peninsula, Sumatra, Java and other islands of the Malay Archipelago have spread the state. _____3______.Singapore consists of one main island, and 58 smaller ones. The rainy season is from November to January, but rains occur throughout the year. Singapore has a developed agricultural economy. It is the world’s largest exporter of ornamental fish. ______4 ______.The Singapore government has built gardens and zoos, waterfalls and underwater parks. ______5_______. It also has the world’s highest man-made waterfall in Jurong park, standing at 30 meters.A. However, its economy heavily depends on its electronics and manufacturing exports.B. There are four official languages in Singapore—Mandarin, Tamil, Malay and English.C. It has only about 655 square kilometers.D. The pollution of the earth is increasing very fast.E. About two-thirds of the Indians are Tamil.F. Singapore has one of the best zoos in the world.

Bike to workMost people agree that riding a bike to work is a good idea in theory. _____1______. However, there are many environmental, economic and health-based reasons why you should try biking to work.Environmentally, biking to work can add up a huge difference to climate change and carbon footprint. _____2______. Not only that, but if you come to enjoy riding to work, you may find yourself starting to make other trips by bike, such as visit local friends._____3_______. The oil price is at its high level, so it makes economic sense to riding to work due to fuel costs. But also bear in mind that, although bikes can be expensive to buy, they are very cheap to run and maintain, compared with the costs of the average car.In terms of your personal health, riding to wok is also a great action. Riding is an excellent exercise, so it will improve your fitness. Besides, getting a few miles of riding in the morning is also an wonderful way of improving your concentration and alertness (警觉，机敏) . _____4________.Most of all, you should try to ride to wok because riding is great fun. ______5______. You should try it because you will enjoy it and wonder why you didn’t try it before.A. On the economic front, riding to work can get more benefits.B. But the convenience of the car is more attractive to a lot of us.C. You could find it gives you a healthy advantage.D. Riding bike to work will do more to improve the environment than driving a car.E. The benefit is that the payments are taken before tax.F. It gives you a lot of fresh air and exercise and will save your money.1. ______________.