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For more than six million American children, coming home after school means (come) to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hang out outside.all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They (call) latchkey children---they are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad situation has become a subject of concern.
A headmaster of an elementary school said that there was a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys(attach). He was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys he slowly learned were house keys.
He began talking to the children who had them. Then he learned the influence working couples and single parents were having their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own (safe).
The most common way latchkey children deal with this is by hiding. It might be in a bathroom, under a bed in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll watch it with the volume turned up high. Most parents don’t realize(it) effect on their children and most parents are slow to admit the fact they leave their children alone.
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I borrowed ___ story book from the library the other day and took it home. One evening, having finished supper, I went back to my room and started to read the book that I ______ (borrow). I was so ______ (absorb) that I knocked the coffee cup over ____ accident, pouring the coffee onto the book. Wet through and colored brown, the book turned out to be a ____ (terribly) mess at once. Of course, I couldn’t return the dirty book and the loss should be covered. The next day, I went to the ___ (big) bookstore in my city, ___ there were various kinds of books. I finally found several ___ (copy) of the same book and bought _____. When I returned the new story book and explained the reason, the librarian accepted the book and praised me for my honesty and _____ (responsible).
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A woman looking at her smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing (have) a close knock on Oct.21. She was so(absorb) in her smartphone that she didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past her, (throw) her to the ground. This should serve a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially crossing roads.
(luck), the woman survived a brush with death, but the incident forced the driver (stop) the train. An 18-minte delay followed the incident, led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
Smartphone(addicted) has spread like an infectious disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smartphone for the tragedy, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-descipline are to blame.
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Simon: ______ did you begin this sort of work, Fiona?
Fiona: Let me see. Um, about four years ago.
Simon: Are you enjoy ________?
Fiona: Oh, yes, very much. It is very __________ (tire) because of long working hours, sometimes as many as 12 hours. But it’s exciting to meet people from all over the world.
Simon: What _______ (exact) do you do?
Fiona: Well, I take tourists to the famous places in the city, tell them the history of the places, and explain why they’re famous.
Simon: What special qualifications are _________ (necessity) for guides?
Fiona: Well, they have to enjoy ________ (meet) new people. And they _________ (take) special courses in the history of the city when they studied at college.
Simon: And do you have to know a foreign language?
Fiona: That’s _________ must. My company will only hire those ________ can speak at least two foreign languages.
Simon: And you? How many foreign languages can you speak?
Fiona: I can speak three: Spanish, ________ (France) and Italian.
Simon: Three foreign languages? Then I can understand why your work is so easy for you.
Once upon a time a farmer had a dog and a rabbit.One day he organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit.He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields,and hid a carrot and a bone in it.He wanted to see animal would find them first.
The (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot,(dig) here and there,totally convinced that he would find it.But the dog,after sniffing around for a bit,(lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.
The rabbit dug for hours,and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this (be),even for the rabbit.the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging.When there was no place in the whole field (leave) to dig,the rabbit dug a tunnel right to the dog had been lying all the time.There he found the carrot and the bone.
This is how the dog lost the game.He had come to right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone he only complained and didn't try at all.
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I was born in a small village, the people lived a simple life. There were five hundred families total in my village. They concentrated whether their children could stay (health). They were (delight) to be free from the (pollute) that most big cities were faced with. Although the villagers lacked the (late) technology, they were content. I studied in a school (found) in 1964, was only school in my village.
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Imagine falling towards the planet Earth at awesome speed of 300 kilometers per hour. You start your fall from over four kilometers above the Earth. And you have less than one minute before you pull your parachute (降落伞)cord. You are falling fast that just turning your head can send you off a different direction. This is the wild side of a sport that has not found its limit—freeflying.
Freeflying (base) on the more traditional skydiving, of which are eye-catching. However, it is more terrifying to watch freeflyers create formations and movements. Freeflyers, the name suggests, enjoy the more spontaneous(即兴的)thrill of doing their own things.
The wildest trip for a freeflyers is falling ‘head down’. Falling ‘head first’ requires a great deal of control, which means (travel) not only fast but also steadily. Even the (slight) movement has a great effect on your direction.
They wear the amusing jumpsuits, strange helmets and smaller parachutes. (actual), their parachutes are about one quarter the size of the traditional skydiver’s parachutes. It is only in the last few years freeflying has gained any real public acceptance.
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Some (invent) happened in strange ways. “Potato chips” is one of them.
White Lake House was restaurant in New York in the 1850s. George White was the cook there. Many highly-ranked people often came to the restaurant (enjoy) his cooking.
One thing which really upset George was that a customer complained the food and sent it back to the kitchen to be done over. He would often return it overcooked. He was unhappy to see the customer walk out of the restaurant (angry).
On August 24, 1853, a customer returned his fried potatoes to the kitchen they weren't crunchy (脆的) enough. George reacted in his (usually) way. He cut the potatoes very thin and cooked them in hot oil. They were so crunchy and George was sure that the man would refuse to eat them. Instead, the man loved them. He even (order) more.
Now, do you know invented the potato chips? It's George White! He later set up his own restaurant. He named it George's House. He put baskets of his potato chips on all the tables. They made his restaurant a very popular place.
Today, potato chips are one of Americans' (favor) foods!
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Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he (buy) the school. And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.
For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably the fact that she sat in last row.
he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little (hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn’t stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, made her feel like a star.
“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy shook his head.” “Then I’d appreciate if you didn’t wear them in class. I like to look at your eyes when I’m speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher a few seconds and all the other students wondered what the boy would do. Then he took off, gave a big smile and said “That is cool”.
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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds (hold) everywhere since ancient times.Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn.At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many origins, some( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events.Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in(memorize) of their ancestors.People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. this important feast day, people eat food in shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them.They offer food, flowers and gifts to the deaD. The Western holiday Halloween also had origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.It is now a children's festival, they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets.The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan.India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's (depend) from Britain.
Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Koran
Most religions have some kind of holy text on which the religious beliefs are based.For Christians this text is the Holy Bible; for Jews it is the Torah and for Muslims it is the Koran.
Muslims believe that the Koran(consist) of revelations from God to Muhammad during the years 610 to 632 when Muhammad died.These revelations were written down by those were close to him during this time and for several years after his death.They were gathered into the text (know) as the Koran during the years 630 to 650.
The interpretation of the Koran has always been a difficult task, even for Islamic scholars.For example, the meanings of some words are determined by dots above the vowels(元音).In ancient Arabic, however, very often these dots (omit).As a result some letters looked identical.Thus, the meanings of these words depended in many cases the memories of the men who had written them.Early Muslims had to try to get the exact meanings of the words these people died and it was too late.
Unlike the Bible, in which the events are provided in time order, there is no reference tothings occurred in the Koran.In any case, unlike the Bible, most the suras - sections - are composed of orders and warnings.Unlike in the Bible, there are very few stories in the Koran.
Muslims believe that by (recite) the book, they create a holy atmosphere, and there are many Muslims who have learned the Koran by heart.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on FridayIndia's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles the suppression(压迫)of children and for young people's rights,(include) the right to education.
Yousafzai came to (globe) attention after she (shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago forher efforts (promote) education for girls in Pakistan.
Through her heroic struggle,Yousafzai has become a(lead) spokeswoman for girls' rights to education.According to the Nobel committee,at 17 she's the youngest ever peace prize winner.“I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani or the first young woman gets this award,” she said in Birmingham,England.
She doesn't believe that she deserves the award but considers an encouragement to continue her campaign.Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu (give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India,and between different religions.
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As a well-known doctor in London, John Snow was willing to help ordinary people (expose) to cholera. He knew that only when cause of it was found could the (dead) disease be controlled. He has two theories in mind explaining how cholera killed people. was that cholera multiplied in the air without reason; the other was people absorbed it into their bodies their meals. After many (investigate), he found the drinking water was to blame because the river (pollute). Immediately John Snow told the people to remove the handle from the water pump that it could not be used. Soon the disease began to slow down. To prevent the disease from (happen) again, the water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally "King Cholera" was defeated
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Many stories happened at the Children’s Medical Care Center, deeply touched us. We saw a lot of children without hair because of their treatment. We played with them and taught them to draw pictures. They suffered great pains, were very friendly. It was much easier to communicate with them than we (expect).
One day, a girl suggested (teach) us how to fold paper. She taught us great patience, explaining each step slowly and clearly. Though we could easily do that, we still pretended (假装) to know nothing about it. We followed her and did everything she told us. Finally, when we finished our work (success), she gave each of us big hug. We could see the pride and happiness on her face. Her father was thankful to us that he held our hands tightly, tears in his eyes. It was not until then we knew the girl would receive an operation the next day.
It was really a valuable experience to us all. We began to think about how to deal with the difficulties in life, because (compare) with what these kids are going through, our “troubles” seem not worth mentioning at all.
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Crying marriage? (surprise), isn’t it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and (remain) in fashion until the end of the Qing Dynasty. not so popular as before, the custom is still kept by people in many places, (especial) Tujia people, who view it necessary to marriage procedure.
It is very much same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride(新娘)had to cry at the wedding. Otherwise, the bride’s neighbors would look down upon as a poorly (educate) girl and she would become the laughing stock of the village. In fact, there were cases the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
a word, crying at wedding is a means by custom to express the happiness of the wedding through sorrowful words. , in the arranged(安排)marriages by the Chinese parents, a lot of brides did cry over their unsatisfactory marriage.
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