other, move, enough, find ,desert, make, use , another, friend , carry , trouble, friendhow, much, safe, thank, play , be, invent , no, so , interest, must , askWe can’t stop an earthquake(地震 ), but we can do things to make sure they don’tdestroy( 毁 坏 ) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 . idea to build houses along lineswhere 2. of the earth’s plates( 板 块 ) join together. Second, if you think there 3.be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. .Third, you must make the houses as 5. as possible. Weak buildings will fall downin an earthquake, but strong ones may 6. . .Scientists are 7. that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the partaround San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are stillbuilding more 8. . The population in and around San Francisco is 9.ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.there is1.good2.two3. may4.sand5.strong6. stay up7. afraid8.houses9.now 10.ifYou may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. Inthe desert we can 1. stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the 2., but it is not 3. for most plants.The animals are 4. to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eatthe meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to 5. shoes, waterbags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 6. things.The people of the desert have to keep 7. from places to place. They mustalways look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. Whenthere is mo more food for their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camelsand move to 8. place. The desert people are very 9. . No man in the desertwould ever refuse to help the people in 10. and give them food and water.1.find2.desert3.enougheful5.make6. carrying7. moving8. another9.friendly10.troubleThomas Edison was a great American 1. . When he was a child, he wasalways 2. was, he never gave up.questions and trying out new ideas. No matter 3.hard it well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, houseYoung Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had 4. many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5. . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him 6.a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very 7. in science.One day , he saw a little boy 8. on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out andthat he taught carried the boy to 9 . . The boy’s father was so 10.Edison to send messages by telegraph.1.inventor2. asking3.how4.so5. more6.to be7.interested8.playing9. safety 10.thankful（2010·新疆省阜康市，八，5）根据对话内容及上下文在空白处填入适当的单词，使对话意思完整。

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