She has been a loyal customer for two years. And now the duck (call) Dizzy has started taking her 12 ducklings (小鸭子) along with
when she makes her daily visit to a city centre deli (熟食店).
The family has become a hot topic among both customers staff at the Hairy Fig Deli, next to
Merchant Adventurers Hall in York.
The mother duck, recently hatched (孵化) several ducklings, often arrives at the deli at the break of dawn. Once there, she and her ducklings
(patient) wait for the Hairy Fig to open, at which point they
(feed).
The owner of the deli Sue Hardie said that when Dizzy first started coming to the deli, she used to walk into the shop. But now, after a little (train), she sits outside and waits for her food.
Ms Hardie said, “Dizzy is lonely and gets chased by geese, she knows she is well fed and looked after here. She waits
me outside the shop before we open.”
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I have a funny story to tell you: On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn’t until two days ago Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa, a seaside 50 km away.
That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times before we left. I thought I was totally prepared the journey, but I had never thought of my family’s
(complain).
“Relax! Don’t hold the steering wheel(方向盘) so (tight),” called a nervous voice from the backseat.
“Speed up. 70 km/h isn’t fast enough. You are holding up traffic,” another voice ordered from the seat next to mine.
How (annoy)! To content them I stepped hard on the accelerator(油门), and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.
“Stop! Slow down, slow down! Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above 100 km/h?”
Finally I drove into the city, the speed limit was only 50 km/h.
My family seemed (relax) and stopped telling me what to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery.
On our way home, the journey was much (easy) than before as everyone else fell fast
(sleep). So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.
Tony Spears, who used to be in the restaurant business, remembers well the old saying which starts, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day…”
He knew from (经验) how much perfectly good food was t
away each day. So an organization
into being to collect leftovers, unserved food from restaurants in the neighborhood. Volunteers put together more than 3,000
(均衡的) meals a day and distribute them to
(社区)centers and homeless shelters.
But giving afood was only step one. “I wanted to do more.” he says. As the rest of that old saying
, “Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” That’s
the organization also runs a training program for people who are prepared
careers in the food service industry. They learn cooking methods. Many graduates find jobs and express their sincere (85) t
to Spears’ training program. “Whether it is food, money or life,” Tony says, “we can’t afford to waste any of them.”
Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great cities are located on rivers, and almost _______ country has at least one river _
_____(flow) through it that plays
_______ important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people ______________ (use) rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. __
___________ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation （消遣，娱乐活动）for the people __
______________ live along their banks.
However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems. As the cities grow ____________ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes
__________ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials. People come to kwon the _
____________ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean _
____________ they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.
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There was a young flower in the desert all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,
(enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "
shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be
(patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,
she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.
one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was
(die), but because she would
(ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.
The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her second life.
Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because the little flower.
Paper-cutting is a(n) (tradition) Chinese folk art with a long history.
Paper-cuts (use) during festivals to decorate gates and windows. The main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or a knife. Clever craftsmen are very good at
________ (cut) in the theme of daily life. When you look at works created by paper cutting
(careful), you will be amazed by the true-to-life
(express) of the figure’s appearance and thoughts.
Although other art forms, like painting, can show similar scenes, paper-cutting still stands out for its beautiful lines and patterns are all hand-made. Learning about cutting a piece of paper
(be) easy but mastering (精通)
is very difficult. One must hold the knife upright (竖直地) and press on the paper without much strength. Any carelessness will lead
damage to the whole image. Craftsmen try
________ (create) a circle like the moon, a straight line like a stem(干) of wheat, and a square like a brick. They have to be careful and keep practising to make the scenes seem as alive as possible.
The Internet is the biggest source of information in the world, consisting of millions of pages of data. In 1969, DARPA, US defence organization, developed a way for all their computers to “talk” to each other through the telephone. They created a network of computers and only the US army could use in the following 15 years. Then in 1984, the US National Science Foundation started the NSF network, also known the Inter-network or ”Internet”. It then became possible for universities to use the system as well. The World Wide Web, (invent) in 1991 by an English scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, is a computer network that makes the information from millions of websites (access) to computer users. At the moment, about
80 % of web traffic is English, but by 2020, Chinese could take the lead. Obviously, it was Berners-Lee made it possible for everyone to use the Internet, not just the universities and the army. He designed the first “web browser”, allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. With the web and the Internet (grow), the number of Internet users rose rapidly from 600,000 to 40 million within 5 years.
So far, the Internet (create) thousands of millionaires all over the world, but Berners-Lee is not one of them.
Many people think that teachers give pupils too much homework．They say that it is unnecessary for children to work at home in their free time．Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not (proper)plan the homework tasks they give to pupils．The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks that they
(do)at school already．
In Greece，many parents complained about the difficult homework that teachers gave to their children．The parents said that most of the homework was waste of time，and they wanted to stop it．Spain and Turkey are two countries
stopped homework．In Denmark，Germany and several other
(country)in Europe，teachers cannot set homework at weekends．In Holland，teachers allow pupils
(stay)at school to do their homework．The children are free to help one another．Similar
(arrange)also exists in some British schools．
Most people agree that homework is not fair．A pupil doing his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much (good)position than a pupil who does his homework in a small，
(noise)room with the television on．Some parents help their children with their homework．Other parents take no interest
their children’s homework at all．
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There is old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the
(busy) day of the week”. How many
(time) have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? I’d say, too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. We have to go for them now! Here are the reasons.
Tomorrow is not promised. Nobody likes to talk about (dead), but the reality is---
is going to die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave
unfulfilled dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
You’ll be much (happy) if you go for it. Imagine how much happier you’ll be
you’re living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing
is stopping you is yourself. Take control of your own happiness. Don’ t keep your dreams
(wait). Go after them today!
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Canada is a country North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories.
（locate）in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic
the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Covering 9.98 million square kilometers in total, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area.
common border with the United States forms the world's longest land border.
Canada is a developed country and one of the (wealthy) in the world, with the tenth highest nominal per capita income
(global), and the eighth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among
highest in international measurements of government transparency(透明度), civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. Canada is
member of the Commonwealth of Nations,
is furthermore part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings,
(include) NATO, the G8, the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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One day while walking through the woods, an old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. Heb it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared, he watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop
(取得)any progress .It appeared as if it could hardly go further .Then the man decided to h
the butterfly, so he took a p
of scissors to cut the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it can never (飞).The man didn’t understand the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was just the nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly
its wings, which would be ready for flight once it achieved its
(自由)from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life
any struggling, it would weaken us seriously .We would not be as
(强壮) as what we could have been.
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Children’s education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children sit (安静) for hours. They made them remember all k
of things. The children had to go on reading things again and again u
they know them “by heart”. Today, many teachers wonder____
____it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and ___
____(发现) things for____
__.
But for some of the children, school is a kind of place they cannot escape________. They are there only because their ____
_____(父母) make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave. Many of them want to find jobs but the law will not let them w__
_____ until they reach a certain age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn __
____at all and hate every moment.
Everyone may have a complex and different process of (grow up). There are many
(influence)factors in a person's growth and development of his personality.
As for me,what has affected me most in my growth and personality is my family and friends, the two （equal） important factors. As we know, children who
(bring up)in a good atmosphere have a better character than those
are not.
(fortune), I belong to the former. Besides, friends in some ways affect me a lot.
we my have many different opinions and personalities, I have really learned something positive from them. In
(conclude), I get lots of valuable things from them. My family offers me warmth and cares,
my friends give me
(strong) and courage. Both of them have influenced me most since I was born.
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I felt upset when I
A man and his friend were walking through the desert. During the trip they had a quarrel, and the man hit his friend in face. His friend was hurt, but
saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me.”
They kept on (walk) until they found a lake, where they decided
(take) a bath. The man’s friend fell into the lake and was in a
(danger) situation, but the man saved him
(immediate). After he came back to life, he wrote on a
, “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The man had hit and saved his best friend asked, “When I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend
(reply), “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where wind can blow it away. However, when someone does something good for
(we), we must write it down in stone, where it can last for ever.”
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