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Underage driving is common in many parts of India.‎ Parents of 10 teenagers have been sentenced to a day in prison for letting their c_____________ drive in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.‎ The police said 35 parents served a one-day jail term last month for the same r _________. The parents told the BBC they were not aware of a rule which says they would be held responsible for a_____________ a child to drive.‎ This is part of the city’s f_______________ to reduce underage driving, police said.‎ ‎“I was unaware of underage driving rule. My 17-year-old son took his bike to go for his tutorial. And we were s___________ to prison,” said Shakeel Ahmed.‎ A senior police officer said he hoped spending a day or two in jail would make parents to think t_____________ before letting children use their vehicles.‎ ‎“In the l________ two months, four children died in the city because they were driving vehicles. To s__________ similar cases, we have charged over 1,000 people for underage driving,” a senior police officer told the BBC.‎ A____________ city in southern India, Bangalore, also tried to promote(促进) safe driving on its roads last year.‎ The city’s police tracked down five teenagers who performed risky stunts on the road. Since they were under 18 years old, the police arrested their parents i____________. Road accidents are common in India, often due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and vehicles. Experts blame poorly designed roads. More than 150,000 people were killed on India's roads in 2016, according to figures released by the government. ‎ ‎66. children 67. reason 68. allowing 69. fight(s) 70. sent 71. twice 72. last 73. stop 74. another 75. Instead But, cost; batteries, into, nearly, weighs, small, start, make, themselves How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a cell phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries, people have developed different w___________ of telling the time.‎ About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians i_________ the sun clock. This was a tall stone structure. Its shadow ( 影子) showed the movement of the s___________ . They were able to determine（测定） midday.‎ About 3,500 years ago, the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure (测量) the time for half a day. On c____________ days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.‎ Water clocks were the f ____________ clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows（流动） from one container（容器）to another. When the water reaches a certain I___________ it moves a lever( 控制杆) and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they f___________ to keep accurate（精确的）time．‎ In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more accurate, b_______________ was expensive lo make. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条) were added around 1500. This i____________ accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.‎ In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.‎ More recently, in1956, came the digital clock．And nowadays satellites（人造卫星）send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping but some tings never c ________________ .Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.‎ Ways, invented, sun, cloudy, first, level, failed, but, improved, change At one time, making a film was an expensive activity only for a small group of people and film companies. Not only were the tools and machines e____________, but the cost of film was also far greater than most people could afford. H_____________, modem technology has c_____________ all that.‎ New technology has really o__________ up the world of film-making for film fans. Now a camera does not cost m____________ and most young people are certainly able to pay for it. So all you need is to get one for yourself. With that, you may then start your own film-making.‎ However, film-making is t_________ work. You probably need many other people to help you. For example, the performance of actors and actresses is very important in your film. Of course, these actors and actresses may be your schoolmates, friends or family members. You don’t even need to p__________ them a cent while they are glad to be part of your job.‎ Besides, you need to make up a story. Can you write your own one? I________ you have good imagination, you can create an attractive story c_________. Many world-famous film makers and producers are also good story-writers. If not, perhaps you need someone else to write it for you. An excellent story is the key to making a s______________ film.‎ Expensive, however, changed, opened, much, tiring, pay, if, character, successful ‎ Your local community is the area near your home where you work, play, and go to school. The neighborhood where your f____________ make connections with other people, and the place you like you belong to. People are very social animals. We need to t__________ and interact (交往) with other human beings. We often understand ourselves b _________ when we discuss our opinions, emotions, and activities with other people. Making more connections with friends and family let us put aside our worries and focus (关注) on things that are more i___________: The people we care about.‎ Communities grow and c__________ over time. Families move from one city to another because of children have grown up to w__________ and moved out to s_____________ families of their own. New families move in when others I____________.‎ Basic (基本的) community s___________, such as police, fire , post office, health, and public schools, remain steady (稳定的) force in the community, a_____________ some people may retire (退休) or move on. Businesses provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need, restaurants sell prepared food, and offices provide different kinds of skilled work.‎ ‎1. family 2. talk 3. Better 4. Important 5. change 6. work ‎ ‎7. start 8. Leave 9. Services 10. although ‎ The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It was b__________ more than 4, 000 years ago in Egypt. It is so p___________ that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.‎ In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the l___________ one is the Great Pyramid. It l___________ on the west bank of the Nile. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. That is w_________ their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile. ‎ You can h_____________ imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some are as heavy as five school buses. A_________ they were heavy, workers were able to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.‎ The workers, Egyptians men and women, worked in teams. The teams had different t____________. Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the w_______ position.‎ But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top ________ any modern machinery? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.‎ Built, popular, largest, lies, why , hardly, although, tasks, wrong, without ‎ As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important exhibits(展品) are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about v______ cultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. U______ most art museums, the design museum shows exhibits that are easily found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.‎ The advantages of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits(展品).Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors (4) s______ feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products (批量产品) work and look a________ they do, and how design has (5) i______ the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably f_________ visitors with a feeling that there is something out of their understanding. ‎ ‎ Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's g________ interest in the field with new (8) ideas.‎ London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem (9) far less strict than t_________ to art museums, and visitors may also s_________ the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and u________ attractive toys collected from our everyday life.‎ Various, unlike, seldom, as, improved, fill, growing, those, sense, unusually ‎