【正文】 9. nothing。 7. but。 5. medicine。 3. with。 seeing18. Which sign means “No Photos”? A. B. C. D.19. —How much will you be paid? —Judy, I don’t do it for money, but for experience. ______, it’s voluntary (志愿的) work.A. However B. Besides C. Finally D. Possibly20. Nowadays meteorologists (氣象學(xué)家) can make good forecast for 3 or 5 days. Perhaps soon they may be able to do that for a week or ______.A. more ahead B. more behind C. less ahead D. less behind 首字母填空Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty, there was a person called Ying Chen. One day, he invited Du Xuan to his house and treated him with wine. On the wall of the room (1) h___________ a red bow (弓). Its shadow appeared in Du Xuan’s cup. Du Xuan took the shadow for a snake. He was (2) f___________ but he didn’t refuse out of politeness. He drank the wine (3) w___________ his eyes closed.When he was back at home he felt so sick that he could (4) h___________ eat and drink any more. He sent for the doctor and took some (5) m___________, but nothing could cure him. (6) W_________ Ying Chen went to ask Du Xuan how he got so seriously ill, Du told him about the snake in the wine. Chen returned home, thought hard, (7) b_________ he could not find an answer. (8) S_________ the bow on the wall caught his eyes. “That’s it!” he shouted. He immediately sent for Du Xuan. He seated him where he sat before and offered him a cup of wine. Du Xuan saw the snakelike shadow again. Ying Chen said, pointing at the shadow, “The ‘snake’ in the cup is (9) n_________ but a shadow of the bow on the wall!” Now that Du Xuan knew (10) w__________ it was, he felt much easier. And strange enough, his illness disappeared the next moment.This story turned out to be the idiom “Bei Gong She Ying”.任務(wù)型閱讀 How do you feel when you have to make a speech in front of class? What about when you go to a birthday party? Do you get really shy? Shyness means feeling nervous or frightened when you’re around other people. Experts (專家) have found that more than 80 percent of middle school students feel afraid to be the centre of attention. Some kids are born shy. Some bee shy later because of their life experiences. It’s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet new people. In fact, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It’s just a case of how much. Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they get shy. But some bee so shy that they won’t go to a restaurant because they are too nervous to order and pay the bill (賬單). Some are afraid of meeting new people, so they seldom go outside. This kind of shyness can be bad for a person. If shyness doesn’t stop you from doing something you want to do, being shy isn’t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are quieter and cleverer because they think more and talk less. Shy people are also good at working with others because they think more for other people. Some great people in history were shy, too. You see, being shy isn’t all bad. But remember not to