Exercise 3 Reading (1) I. Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the given sounds. 1. The sky is _ /ɡreɪ/ when I wake up. 2. As I step into the water, the _ /mʌd/ covers my feet. 3. When the pot is full, I take it to the nearby _ /'beɪθɪŋ/ rock. 4. I carefully rub the soap into my hair and skin until every drop of water is _ /ˈfʊli/ used. 5. As the water quietly disappears with the hot _ /'dezət/ wind, we have to take another way to solve the problem.

II. Choose the best answer. ( )1. The sun in _ desert is shining brightly. A. / B. a C. an D. the ( )2. _ my eyes, I get up and put on my clothes. A. To rub B. Rubbing C. Rub D. Rubbed ( )3. We _ about a month before the school year is over. A. will have B. have C. have had D. are having ( )4. _ the first prize, I focus my minds on practising the piano. A. To get B. Getting C. Get D. Got ( )5. Water is precious, _ I can't waste any. A. but B. so C. as D. because ( )6. I used to _ English over the recorder. Now I can practise it over AI robot. A. speaking B. speak C. spoke D. spoken

III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.
A. in the past B. such as C. accurately D. successful E. safe F. useful
From the hunters and gatherers of ancient times to today's pilots and farmers, predicting the weather can make the difference between success and failure. Humans have long tried to predict the weather 1. Weather forecasts also save people's lives. They help sailors stay 2 at sea, and help officials save people from storms. Nowadays, the methods of predicting weather are very high - tech, but 3 people studied birds, cows and insects for clues as to what might happen.
In 650 BC the Babylonians(巴比伦人) tried to predict the weather based on the appearance (出现) of clouds and other things 4 halos(光晕). By 300 BC in China, a calendar had been developed that divided the year into 24 festivals, each festival connected with a type of weather. It was 5 for farmers to plan when to plant seeds and harvest their crops.
1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.
1. He is tired of _ water from the water hole. (collect)