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his young grandson. Every morning the grandpa got up early. He would sit at the kitchen table and read his books. His grandson wanted to be just like him and read the books as well.One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the books just like you, but I don’t understand them. I forget what I read as soon as I 75 the book. What is the good of reading the books?”The grandpa replied, “Take this basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of 76 .”The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandpa laughed and said, “You’ll have to move a little faster next time.” He sent the grandson back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was 77 before he returned home. The old man said, “You’re just not trying hard enough.” He went out of the door to watch the boy try again.The boy again put the basket into the river and then ran hard. But when he reached his grandpa, again there was nothing in the basket. Out of 78 , he said, “See Grandpa, it’s useless!”“So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.” The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It was 79 dirty. It was a clean one now.“Boy, that’s what happens when you read the books. You might not understand or remember everything. But after you read them, you have been 80 ,” the grandpa said.75. A) write B) close C) start D) publish76. A) stones B) fish C) grass D) water77. A) wet B) empty C) heavy D) broken78. A) breath B) date C) ideas D) danger79. A) after all B) in fact C) sooner or later D) no longer80. A) praised B) recognized C) changed D) acceptedC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~,使其內(nèi)容通順,每空格限填一詞,首字母已給): (14分)Dear PeterI hope everything is going well. I have something very special to tell you. Last week I went into space for the first time!My parents visited space last year, but I was too y 81 to go with them. Anyway, a month ago I had my birthday party. It was very exciting when I opened my presents. There were lots of wonderful games, but I was really happy when I saw a t 82 for a space flight!Two weeks after my birthday, I had to go on a short training course. It was quite difficult, and I had to study very hard. L 83 , I got a good mark in the exam in the end, and my parents were able to b 84 the date of the space flight. I began to look forward to that day.Finally the day arrived, and my parents took me to the airport. I got on the plane with ten other passengers. We took off from the runway and c 85 higher and higher. After about an hour, we went down from the plane into the space shuttle. The plane then dropped the space shuttle at very high altitude(高度). The engines in the space shuttle started, and thirty minutes later we were in space.I admit that for a few seconds I felt a little n 86 when I sat in the space shuttle. However, when we left the Earth’s atmosphere, everyone began to float(飄浮). It was great fun! I felt so free in space, and it was really amazing to see some other p 87 out of the window though I had seen them many times in my geography book. My first space flight only lasted fifteen minutes, but I will never forget it. I also have some good news for you. My parents say they want to go back into space next year. They say I can bring a friend. Would you like to e with us? I hope to hear from you soon.MarkD. Answer the questions (根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容回答問題): (12分)It was 3:21 . when tenyearold Glenn Creamer was woken up by the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂聲) of flames somewhere below, there was not a sound in the twofloor house. But he realized at once what was happening.As his father was away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his 14yearold sister Karen and his 12yearold brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smokefilled house to pus