1、Blank-filling 11 Hic! Youve just hiccupped(打嗝) for the tenth time since you finished dinner. Wonder _16 these funny noises are coming from? The part _17 (blame) is your diaphragm, the muscle（肌肉）at the bottom of your chest. All hiccups start here. The diaphragm almost always _18 (work) perfectly- it
2、pulls down when you breathe in to help pull air into the lungs _19 it moves up when you breathe out to help push air out of the lungs. But sometimes the diaphragm becomes upset, and when _ 20 happens, it pushes up in an irregular way , making your breath come out differently _21 how it normally does
3、. When this irregular breath hits your voice box, youre left with a big hiccup. Things _22 bother the diaphragm include eating too quickly or too much, stomachaches or feeling nervous.If you want to know _23 to get rid of hiccups, here are some cures, _24 (breathe) into a paper bag is one method som
4、e people use. Others think taking a mouthful of water is the way to become hiccup-free. Sugar under your tongue might also drive away the hiccups. And maybe the most famous 25 (treat), having someone scare you , also helps beat the hiccups.Blank-filling 11: 16. where 17. to blame 18. works 19. and/
5、or/ 20. this/ it/ that 21. from/ to22. that/ which 23. how 24. Breathing/ To breathe 25. treatment（24题首字母未大写给一分）Blank-filling 12Six days of spring rain had created a wild river 16 （run） by Nancy Browns farmAs she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she 17 （slip） and hit her head on a fallen tr
6、ee trunkNancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great 18 （difficult）The water 19 （rise）Nancys pace got slower and slowerFinally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzies neck and try to hang onAbout 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to 20 （succeed） pull herself and Nancy out of the
7、water and onto a bit of high land It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy 21 helicopter lowered a doctor, 22 attached Nancy to a life-support liftThey raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, 23 the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelterWhen the flood subsided t
8、wo days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highlandLizzie was gone 24 was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost“I owe my life 25 her,” said Nancy sobbingly16running 17slipped 18difficulty 19was rising 20successfully 21A 22who 23where 24She 25ToBlank-filling 13Just up the road from my home is a f
9、ield, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you get a _16_( close) look you will notice one of them is blind.Instead of abandoning him, his owner has made him a safe and comfortable barn to live in. And if you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the
10、 sound of a bell_17_( come) from _18_ smaller horse. Attached to _19_ (it) halter is a small, copper-colored bell assisting the blind friend to follow him._20_you watch them, youll find the horse with the bell always checking on the blind one, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and th
11、en slowly walk to _21_ the other one is, trusting he will not _22_( lead ) astray. When the horse with the bell returns to the barn each evening, he will stop _23_( frequent ) to look back, making sure that the _24_ isnt too far behind to hear the bell. Life does not throw us away just because we ar
12、e not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of our acquaintances; _25_other times we are the guide horse, who helps others to find their way.16. closer 17. coming 18. a/the 19. its 20. As21. where 22. be led 23. fr
13、equently 24. other 25. AtBlank-filling 14Nowadays, it is common that parents buy 16 educational present for their children. A lot of personal computers are place under the Christmas tree this year. 17 (believe) that computers are the key to success, parents are also insisting that children 18 (teach
14、) to use them in school as early as possible. The problem for school is 19 when it comes to computers, parents dont always know best. Teachers found themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parent 20 (press) and wise educational decisions. Many schools are giving in to parental impatie
15、nce and are purchasing hardware 21 good educational planning. Educators do not even agree on how computers should be used. Even those 22 believe that all children should have access to computers warn of potential dangers to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely 23 young children adap
16、t so well to computers. However, not every school can afford to go into computing, and that creates 24 problem: a division between the haves and the have-nots. Very few parents are agitating for（倡导）computer instruction in poor school districts, 25 there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.
17、Keys to Exe 14:16. an. 17. Believing. 18. be taught.19. that. 20. pressure. 21. without. 22. who. 23. because. 24. another. 25. where. Blank-filling 15While walking through a park in the industrial city of Kharkov, I spotted an old Russian veteran of World War .They are 16 (easy) identified by the m
18、edals and ribbons they still proudly display on their shirts and jackets. This is not an act of egotism. It is their countrys way of honoring those 17 helped save Russia, even though 20 million Russians _18_(kill) by the Nazis. I went up to this old man 19 (sit) with his wife and said, “Druzhba i mi
19、r” (friendship and peace). The man looking at me as if in 20 (believe), took the button we 21 (make) for the trip and said “Friendship” in being held by loving hands, and said, “Americanski?” I replied, “Da, Americanski. Druzhba i mir.” He clasped both my hands as if we were long 22 (lose) brothers
20、and repeated again, “Americanski!” This time there was recognition and love in his statement.For 23 next few minutes he and his wife spoke 24 Russian as if I understood every word, and I spoke English as if I knew he would understand. You know what? 25 of us understood a word, but we surely understood each other. We hugged, and laughed and cried, all the while saying, “Druzhba i mir, Americanski.” “I love you, I am proud to be in your country, we do not want war. I love you!”16. easily 17. who 18. were killed19. sitting20. disbelief21. had made22. lost23. the 24. in 25. Neither
