take_the_place_of_him/take_his_place to teach us.

　　史密斯先生下一个月去北京，到时会有一位新的英语老师来代替他教我们英语。

　　5．Large quantities of sand have_been_washed__away by the heavy rain.

　　暴雨冲走了很多沙子。

　　6．The question is how_to_improve_our_spoken_English.

　　问题是如何提高我们的英语口语水平。

　　7．If you grow up in a large family, you are more likely to develop the_ability_to_get_on_well_with_others.

　　如果你在一个大家庭中长大，你更有可能培养与他人融洽相处的能力。

　　8．It's said that scientists have_made_a_big_breakthrough in the cancer treatment.

　　据说科学家们在癌症的治疗方面已取得突破性进展。

　　Ⅳ.课文语法填空

　　Yuan Longping is a 1.leading (lead) figure in the rice­growing world, born and brought up in China. When he was a boy, he was educated in many schools, and was given the nickname, "the student 2.who/that asks questions."

　　He was interested in plants from 3.an early age, and he studied agriculture in college. 4.As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding. He thought there was only one way 5.to_have (have) more rice quickly. That was to cross different species of rice plant. Then he began his search 6.for a special type of rice plant. It had to be male and sterile. When the 7.naturally (nature) sterile male rice plant was discovered in 1970, it was a breakthrough. As a result, China's rice production rose 8.by 47.5% in the 1990's. And 50 thousand square kilometers of rice fields 9.were_converted (convert) to growing vegetables and other cash crops. 10.Following (follow) this, Yuan Longping's rice was exported to some other countries.

　　Ⅴ.串点成篇微表达

　　众所周知，读书是打开知识宝库的关键 (the key)。由于 (as a result of) 电子产品的出现，如手机、网络等，人们越来越依赖它们。而越来越少的人对读书感兴趣 (be interested in)。更多著名科学家被请来 (bring in) 以找到解决这个问题的方法。很多人在会上提出 (bring up) 了各种建议。通过读书，人们的头脑可以变得 (convert) 更灵活。我们认为 (figure out) 读书人的数量可能会上升 (rise by) 60%。

As_we_all_know,_reading_is_the_key_to_the_treasure_house_of_knowledge._As_a_result_of_the_electric_products,_such_as_phones,_the_Internet,_people_rely_more_on_them._Unfortunately，fewer_and_fewer_people_are_interested_in_reading._More_famous_scientists_were_brought_in_to_find_out_a_solution_to_this_problem._Many_of_them_brought_up_all_kinds_of_suggestions_at_the_meeting._People_can_be_converted_to_open­minded_ones_by_reading_