One evening I was resting in a cafe. I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in old and not fit shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe –polishing. He was busy doing his work heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the cafe for (protect)from the rain. More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy me.
Hours passed, and it turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been. I thought I would have to go home on my bare feet. When it was near midnight, the cafe was to be closed. I had to move to the door, just as l went to the gate, I __ (surprise) found that a boy of about eleven, ___,(look)very familiar, was sleeping at the door with his head leaning __ a box. I shook him slightly and woke him . He opened the package hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I paid him and wrapped him with his _ (fit)shirt. On my way home, the image of the boy stayed in my mind
Ma Wendi is used to curious glances she walks six dogs at the same time. They are not all hers. 25-year-old veterinary graduate is a full-time dog walker.
“I have to take care of twelve dogs at most,” said Ma. She charges 500 yuan a month per dog, and most customers leave their dogs at her house for a week. The (busy) time is around Spring Festival, because many people go back to their hometowns for family reunions go traveling.
“ (compare) with people who have to be in their offices during the day, I don’t have to get up early (squeeze) into the subway carriages in rush hour, and I still make a decent salary, ” she said.
“But it’s a tiring job. I have to work whenever there are dogs at home, and no time to enjoy . Sometimes I want to go out for a meal or shopping, but I can’t do so I worry about them, ” she said.
Ma knows the dogs’ names, and when she calls one’s name, the dog instantly knows she (refer) to it.
It is said that in the Tang Dynasty a man named Zhang Hui visited the city of Song where he came upon an old man sitting beside the road, 1 a bag near him, 2 (read)a book in the moonlight. He asked what was in the bag, and the old man explained 3 it was full of red strings 4 (use)to tie together people destined to marry. Once people were tied together, 5 was no way that they could avoid marriage. 6 , he told Zhang Hui that he 7 (tie)him to a wife.
Zhang Hui felt it funny and went on 8 way. Not long afterward he met the wife 9 had been tied to him and they were married. This is why a matchmaker is sometimes called an “Old Man in the Moonlight” or 10 (simple)“Old Moonie”(月佬).
On Oct. 6th, 2011, a piece of breaking news hit the world: Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple Company, (pass) away after years of battle against pancreatic cancer. I as well as many people (be) sad at the news. We saw him make miracles again and again, and we hoped that he would always give us a surprise. We enjoy using an iPod to listen to music and we like to play games with iPad. We love to communicate with our friends by iPhone. seemed that Jobs always understood what we really wanted. So he could devote himself to his career by creating the amazing products constantly. But now he quietly left, (leave) us a great pity.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Jobs a visionary (lead) and one of the greatest U.S. innovators. He said in a statement, "Steve was brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and (talent) enough to do it."
Steve Jobs’ family said in a statement, “Steve died (peace) today surrounded by his family. We are grateful for the support and kindness of those share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time sorrow.”
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Wang peng felt very (frustrate)when he saw none of his patrons(常客) would eat in his restaurant. In his opinion, nothing could be better than his fried rice, mutton kebabs, fatty pork or his (sugar) cola. Who won his customers? He followed one of his best friends Yong Hui’s newly (open) slimming restaurant and was (amaze) at the menu there: raw vegetables, fruit and water. It was obvious that Yong Hui was telling lies when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers back, he went to the library (do) some research, showed Yong Hui’s menu didn’t give the customers energy-giving food. Having found out the weakness of Yong Hui’s menu, Wang Peng (write)his own sign, (say) energy-giving food served. In fact, there was weakness in his menu, too. Food at his restaurant contains too much fat. So the only solution is to combine the two menus together to be a (balance) menu.
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Why is setting goals so 1.__________ (importance)? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything 2._________you want in life. Instead 3.__________just letting life happen to you, goals allow 4.__________to make your life happen. 5.__________(success)and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like 6._______ (have) a map to show you 7.__________you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and 8.__________ (set)goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and 9.__________aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10.__________one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
In China, Mother’s Day is becoming more popular, and carnations(康乃馨)are a very popular gift. In 1997 48 was set as the day to help poor mothers, specially to remind people 49_ the poor mothers in rural areas. In the People’s Daily, 50_ article explained that “despite originating in the United States, people in China take the holiday 51 it goes in line with(符合) the country’s traditional ethics(道德标准)—respect to the elderly and filial piety(子女的孝顺)to parents.” In recent years many people began 52 advocate for the official adoption of Mother’s Day 53 memory of Meng Mu, the mother of Meng Zi, and some officials even formed a non-governmental organization called Chinese Mothers’ Festival Promotion Society, with the support 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics. They also ask to replace the Western gift of carnations with lilies(百合花), 54_, were planted by Chinese mothers 55 children left home in ancient times.
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I’m now in hospital, _________(recover) from liver failure.
The money for dog food is _______(go), but Spot looks hungry.
Alice is getting ________ (slim) and healthier right now, I think.
This kind of medicine has little _______ (affect) on me.
When parents come to visit the school, we often play songs ______(sing) by the students.
Albert Einstein made a lot of __________(achieve) all his life.
With Daniel __________ (leave) in charge, his parents went abroad to spend vacation as planned.
When you exercise, your body produces some chemicals that make you feel _______ (peace) and relaxed.
I’ve lost 7 kilograms in the last two months. However, sometimes I don’t feel so ________ (energy).
My brother is_________(forbid) to play online games by my parents, and he is sad and angry about this.
Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. Fifteen-year-old Chea Sophanit 1 (skate) for about six months. “When I see the different skaters, I just want to be like 2 .” he says. Sports like boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia, 3 Chea says skating has already become his favourite sport.
4 nongovernmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes 5 (week) programs at the park. Skateistan Cambodia started its work in Afghanistan. Rory Burke works with the group, 6 expanded to Cambodia later. He says learning to deal 7 difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.
Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha began skateboarding more than a year ago. “Sometimes I don’t do well 8 subjects like math,” he says. “I feel bad when I find 9 hard to keep up with my lessons.” Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off. 10 (learn) skateboarding has taught him to face difficulties and challenges.
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I enjoy doing physical training in my free time. Yesterday, when I was working out at a gym on my lunch hour, I saw elderly lady there riding on a bike. She couldn't walk very well, she had a cane (手杖) near her, but she was still there (work) hard.
After I finished my exercising, I told her that I was going to wait for her she got done and that I would walk her out to her car. It was a little far to her car and it was a (fog) day yesterday in Missouri. I walked her to the car and opened the car door for her, won me her big smile and gratitude.
I know is a small thing, but I felt so good inside for helping her. my help, she could have fallen so (easy) out in the wet parking lot, and no one would have known she had fallen. I (know) she needed my help, and her smile was enough to make my day.
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The Great President
As the f of the republic, the president had many good q . Before coming to p , he was a g lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone who turned to him. He accepted no fee to offer legal g and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, believing all mankind to be e , he d himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws. He set up the Black Youth League and was voted to be the leader. However, though he kept peaceful principles without v or terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and a his relatives, and he himself couldn’t escape being s to 30 years in prison.
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“At last, no more exams.” It’s a common feeling among high school graduates who have just completed the college entrance examination. What a relief! However, rather than fill the next three months with sleep, eating, and (watch) TV, some students have started working on finding a good choice of foreign college.
Different from those who begin their (apply) for foreign colleges in Senior 2, Li made a late decision on a US education. She began to think about it in Senior 3, but decided not ( give ) up the college entrance exam.
Li’s classmate Mao Bingxin (consider) studying in Canada after the top exam. She began a TOEFL course on June 11.
He Wei, 18-year-old girl who studies at Shenzhen Bao’an High School, isn’t allowing much freedom this summer vacation either, devoting her time to looking for a language school she can study French and some overseas study consulting agencies.
He Wei considers worthwhile spending the summer preparing for college rather than hanging out with friends. “ we don’t really know what the future holds for us, we are sure that the better preparations we make it, the more choices we will be given.” she said.
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Do you feel 1 difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some tips 2 how to make yourself happy. One way is being unselfish because __3__ (self) is the key factor 4 (require) if you want to get along well with others. By 5 (say) being unselfish we mean we should not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. 6 way is to look for good points in other people. You’ll find most people pleasant to go with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you can not expect to be too perfect, 7 don’t be too unhappy when you make a mistake. Everything will be OK if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember while you are no 8_ (bad) than others, chances 9 you have may not be much better. In this case, 10_ surest way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.
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Nowadays any country can take part their athletes are good enough.
The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage we have almost no rights at all.
It was also a treasure (decorate) with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .
Some of the rescue workers and doctors (trap) under the ruins.
Once she has made her mind, nothing can change it.
It was based more on German than the English we speak present.
She and her family hide away for two years before were discovered.
This gift was Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it .
(slow),the city began to breathe again.
Then, later that afternoon, big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.
Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
The global financial crisis has contributed to more fierce competition in job markets. College graduates are finding themselves in a situation too many job seekers are fighting for survival. Our class has had a heated discussion on this problem.
Some think that makes sense that they realize an early employment by lowering their income expectations. They also believe there are better opportunities for development they go to work in the west or rural areas. Others consider full employment an unrealistic goal, they choose to continue their further study go to vocational schools to learn some practical skills to make better preparations for future careers.
As me, I am confident and capable of overcoming the current difficulties and challenges after a series of timely measures taken by the government. All I need to do is make sure I can make full use of our talent and skills.
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