1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

While this was going on. Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue.but he was     1     to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men     2     and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving. Mr. Taylor rushed out and     3     it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves..

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

The journalist immediately     1     these important facts, but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon     2    .He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma， but where had it come from? As no puma had been reported missing from ant zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow     1     The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still     2     in the quiet countryside.

I’m not outgoing so I’m a little     1     right now. I want to make a good first     2    . Will I make any friends?    3         4     no one talks to me？

What a day! This morning, I was worried that no one would talk to me. But I was wrong. I didn’t feel     5     or     6     at all. I miss my friends from junior high school.

When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, time seemed to stand     1    . The player who became known as “Air Jordan” changed basketball with his     2     moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the     3    strength that he showed made him     4    . In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way to win. Jordan says that the secret to his success is     5     from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” Losing games taught him to practise     6    and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     7     he started in Chicago has been young people since 1996.

At the beginning,     8     Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years     9    the use of animal     10     and shells on which symbols were     11     by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's Hanzi.

By the Shang Dynasty, these symbols had become     12    well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms,     13     it was a time when people were divided geographically,     14    to many varieties of dialects and characters. This,     15    , changed under the Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207BCE).