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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Woman:Our design class is really interesting.Don't you think so?
Man:Yeah,I like Professor Vargas, sometimes he goes too fast,and I feel like I'm missing something.There's a lot we have (remember).
Woman:True.There are a lot of details about all the different styles.
Man:Yeah,there are Art Nouveau,and Art Deco,and Art Moderne. I have a hard time (keep) it all straight.
Woman:I know what you mean.
Man:For example,it seems to me Art Deco and Art Moderne are the same things.
Woman:Well,it's somewhat confusing.They were both popular in 1930s although Art Deco came a little before Moderne.I think Professor Vargas (say) Art Deco started at an exhibition in Paris in 1925Let me check out my notes.Right,Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s, (affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and (industry) design,as well as the visual arts such as fashion,painting,the graphic arts and film.
Man:So,they were about the same time.It's one thing that gets confusing. thing is,they seem so similar that it's hard to see why they're (consider) different styles.
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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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He was a professor. At the age of 90, he still worked eight hours every day regardless the weather.
His secretary said: “He was extremely old, but he forced himself to walk from his living place to the office through two blocks. would take him an hour to do so, but he insisted because it made him get a sense of (succeed).”
One day, a university student (step) out of his office with a pile of books. He complained: “He always answers my questions with just a yes or no. However, he always gives me dozens of books and suggests me (find) the answer on my own.”
By chance, the professor knew the student complained about. He explained to him with a smile: “This is the method I have learnt---the (hard) you work independently, the better solutions you will find. If you can make full use of the books, you will (probable) become a good lawyer in the future.”
This 90-year-old man was Pound, was the president of Law College of Harvard. He believed “all slopes are easy ( go)”, of which he often reminded his students.
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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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Truth and honesty is the best policy, which shows the importance of honesty. What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to _, they will be honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are __ trouble, they will help you. Honesty is regarded as the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation. __ is usually better to be honest than dishonest. Sometimes honesty may get you in trouble or hurt someone, but on the whole _(tell) the truth is less harmful than lying. Dishonesty can result in guilty feelings,_ (cause)distrust among people and even ruin your reputation. One of the __(bad) things about lying is that it causes a guilty conscience(良心). As _ result, people will not trust you any longer and you will lose your reputation and all your friends. Do you still remember the boy __ cried wolf for several times so no one would trust him? At last all his sheep __(eat) by the wolf. His dishonesty brought him shame as well as damage. So to sum up, honesty not only brings us honor and friendship, but __ material gains. Honesty is the best policy we can take.
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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.
One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a chair in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance.The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing ( happen).
When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall asfailure. Instead, they consider as a learning experience.They try and try again they succeed.
I was also touched by the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so (confidence) and natural.He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could.He was just being a child--- being himself completely at the moment.He never gave up.Each time he fell, he got up again by, as if he knew that falling down was(simple) a part of life.
He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying whether someone was watching or not. he wanted was to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely.I learned a lot from the experience.
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