首字母填空练习（一）Most American families are smaller than the families in o81countries. Most American families e82have one or two children.C83in the US will leave their parents home when they grow up. They usually live farf 84their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often w85to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on h86.Parents usually let their children choose their o87jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付钱)for d88some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.Do you often help y89parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents w90you grow up ?（二）Lofton is a little village （村庄）in England. It is not f_81_ from the city of Manchester. Not many families l_82_ around the village, so the people all know each o_83_. Most of them are friendly and helpful.Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S_84_ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o_85_ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t_86_ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester.In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n_87_ cinemas in Lofton.Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e_88_ as the life in the b_89_ cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w_90_ people in Lofton love their village.（三）One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but nevers81to see why she looked so sad. As I got closer I saw that herb82had a strange shape. Thats a hump (驼背)! Perhaps that was ther83why people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside her and said, “Hello!” Then she, in a low voice, said, “Hi.” I smiled and she smiledb84, shyly. Then we talked thereu85it got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, “Because of the hump.”“But, you make me t86of an angel (天使), sweet and friendly,” I said. She looked at me and asked, “Really?” I said, “Yes, I think you are an angel and you come here to watch over all those people walking by.” When sheh87this, the little girl jumped up. “I am! Im an angel!” I was happy because she was no sad anym88.After that, my life also changed. I learned how tos89both happiness and sadness with others. I believe now we give something to others in thes90way we get the same.(四)There was a big earthquake under the India Ocean Area o81 December 26th 2004 and itc82 a large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.That morning my classmates and I went to the seaside and had breakfast when we h83a loud noise like bombs. People in the sea ranw84to the bank and s85, Water is coming! Someone told us to run to a higher place. We ran as q86 as we could.Since we did not know what happened, we were very f87. We looked back and saw a t88picture. The water waves were so strong that carswere made to fall upside down and the flood w89away everything on the seaside .We were safe but the n90of victims was over 140,000. People call the day Black Sunday.（五）Man has a big brain. He can think and s76languages. Scientists once thought that man isnt the same as animals b77man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.They are beginning to u78that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cant speak. They make much n79when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join words to make s80. They cannot think l81us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a82to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w83when he is four or five, b84no animals learn to speak.How do children learn it? Scientists dont really know w85happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.（六）Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First, reading books isf72. You can always keep yourself interested and help you to have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especiallyu73when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.Next, you can read a booka74: in