The French flag, sometimes called the “Tricolor” (tricolour), was first used in 1789, at the ______ of the French Revolution. The colours red, white and blue used on the flag are a visual _______of the  motto of the Revolution --- Liberty, _______and fraternity. Red shows the _______, revolution, strength and blood of the French. Blue stands for liberty and ________. White represents peace and ___________. The French Revolution was ____________in ridding society ______inequality, which had a great _________ on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.

The USA

The USA was also born from __________, and its flag, the “Stars and Stripes”, symbolizes this. Some colonists were ___________with the bureaucratic way that Britain ________the country, and were quite ___________about this. On 4 July 1776, the Declaration of Independence was _________. The colours red, white and blue ,and the stars and stripes on the American flag are all _________. Red represents strength and bravery. White means ___________and innocence. Blue stands for _________work and justice.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s flag became _______on 17 August 1945.The flag is a red _____over a white one, and is based on was a national flag in the 13th century that had nine red and white stripes. There are many ____________for the meaning of the Indonesian national flag. The most __________ explanation is that red stands for blood, or things that are physical, while white represents the ______________. Another suggestion is that red ______________ the colour of sugar and white looks like rice. Other people say red stands for the brave and ____________nature of the Indonesian people. It can also symbolize the fire that comes from Indonesia’s ___________or the fact that the ______________goes through the country. White is _________as a symbol of purity.

II. Complete the following sentences with the first letter given according to the sentence.

1. Every independent country has a flag that gives it a u___________ identity.

2. Nowadays clothes s___________ by hand are more expensive than those by machine.

3.The m_____________ of the Olympics is “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”

4. She r___________ her sister in looks.

5. She is always o____________ in her remarks, not in a roundabout way.

6. I won’t t______________ such behavior in this way.

7. Further measures will be taken to r__________ our streets of crime.

8. She answered all my questions with her usual h____________.

9. He is a man of high i____________, so he can deal with it easily.

10. The children all have very different p__________.

11. There is growing ___________(动荡局面) throughout the country: protests, strikes, quarrels

and even fights

12. Kids have a natural sense of ____________(公正). They have the ability to judge what is fair

and what is unfair.

13. I think we should start by ___________(选举) a new chairman.

14. Although she was not a professional politician, her views were ___________(有影响力的) in

shaping government policy.

15. Many people think that this defence project is simply a waste of __________(纳税人)money.

16. Nigeria gained ______________(独立) from Britain in 1960.

17. The Congress finally issued a ___________________(宣言) of war on Iraq.

18. The test scores are usually ______________(象征) of how hard a student has been working.

19. Jack is an artist. He thinks painting helps fill a ______________(精神上) need for beauty.

20. It was very ____________(体贴) of you to let us know you were going to be late.

III. Fill in the blanks with the phrases given below. Change the form where necessary:

have a b bad effect on  substitute…with   have a link with   remind…of   rid…on

take the place of      stand for         correspond to     put up with    relate…to

resign oneself to      have a say        in return         make up      along with

1. We must ______________ a new chair _______ the broken one.

2. The picture ___________ me _____ the days we spent in the faraway countryside.

3. His laziness _____________________ his study.

4. We had to _______________________ the fact that we made a loss on the sale.

5. I offered the beggar a meal and he sang a song ____________.

6. What I said just now ____________________ the answer, so try to find it.

7. I am not going to ____________________ their smoking any longer.

8. PRC _____________ the People’s Republic of China.

9. If Miss Wang is ill, I will _____________________ her.

10. On that island, women ____________ only a small proportion of the total population.

11. The description of these events ___________________ closely ______ other accounts written at the time.

12. Group work helps children learn to share things and _____________ each other.

13. Many countries have made a promise to ______ their countries ______ nuclear weapons.

14. Don’t you think children can ___________________ on important family matters.

15. It took over nine months to do it, but the murder was caught at last _________________

his two helpers.