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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.
If you’re a fan of The Hunger Games,you shouldn’t miss another trilogy called Divergent.
The second book,by US author Veronica Roth,______ (publish) in 2012.It has spent 105 weeks on the USA Today best-selling books list and ______ (current) ranks No .
The trilogy’s story begins in a futuristic Chicago ______ people are divided into five distinct groups.Each group is characterized by certain traits – Abnegation (the selfless),Dauntless (the brave),Erudite (the intelligent),Amity (the peaceful) and Candor (the honest).Every child,at 16,takes a test ______ (see) which of the five factions he or she belongs to.But Beatrice Prior,born in Abnegation,is qualified ______ three,meaning she is a Divergent.And she is told not to tell ______ if she wants to stay alive.
So the decision is between staying with her family or being true to herself.Beatrice ends up ______ (choose) the Dauntless.After joining her new group,Beatrice renames herself Tris and tries to prove her ______ (brave) with amazing things like jumping off a moving train onto a rooftop.While undergoing these extreme physical tests,Tris must also determine who her real friends are.
The story of the trilogy “explores a more common adolescent anxiety – the painful realization ______ coming into one’s own sometimes means leaving family behind,both ideologically ______ physically”,commented The New York Times.
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Tu Yoyo,84,was (honor)with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct 5.She was the first Chinese citizen win a Nobel Prize in science.Tu (share)the prize with the Irish-born William Campbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan.
Tu (be)a researcher at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine now.She was given the prize for developing artemisinin(青蒿素),a new drug therapy against malaria(疟疾), has saved millions of lives worldwide,especially in developing countries.
Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug the late 1960s.They made 380 herbal extracts from two thousand recipes from traditional Chinese medical books.In 1971,after nearly two hundred (failure),Tu’s team (find)found an extract that was 100%effective against the malaria parasites—artemisinin.In 2001.the World Health Organization made artemisinin (it)first choice in the treatment of malaria.
“The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine.It’s the collective achievement of the research team. (win)the prize is an honor for Chinese science and traditional Chinese medicine,”Tu said.
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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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Once upon a time in an old forest, there was a poor woodcutter (cut) wood by the lake. One day, his axe斧子)fell into the lake accident. The poor woodcutter didn’t know how to swim, he could do nothing but pray to the lake goddess.
The lake goddess heard his prayer and appeared before him.
“Help me!” said the woodcutter, “I’m very poor,and I lost my only axe. If I don't get my axe back,my family will starve to (dead),please help me!” He cried. After a while, the goddess brought out an axe (make) of gold from the lake.
“Is this your axe,my good man? ” asked the goddess.
"No." Then the goddess brought out a silver axe, but the woodcutter said that wasn’t his axe again.
The (three) time, she brought out the woodcutter’s axe. The woodcutter jumped up
(happy) and said,“This is my axe. Thank you very much!”
At the end of the story, the goddess was very pleased with the woodcutter’s honesty. He just wanted he deserved So she decided (give) both the gold and silver axe to him. The woodcutter sold the axes, and (become) a rich man.
The moral of this story is that honesty is the best policy.
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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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Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was spoken in England andb______ more on German. Between about AD 800 and 1150, Danish and French______ (rich) the English language, especially its .
(词汇). At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. In the 17th century, as a result of the v______ English was used by more people. Later in the 18th century, English began to be spoken in Australia. By the 19th century, English was_____ (settle). Now, English is spoken in countries such as China, India, ______ (新加坡), Malaysia and South Africa as a foreign or second language. In a word, English has ______ (gradual) changed and developed over time and now is spoken all over the world.
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Nowadays, the ice bucket challenge is among the ______ (hot) mews of all. It is an activity ______ (hold) by an American charity organization. It not only helps the sick people to get the money to heal the disease, but also makes more and more people aware ____ the disease, so that they can give more care to the patients.
Ice bucket challenge is like the epidemic (流行病 ), ____becomes popular around the world in_____ time. The starter holds the activity, _____(hope) people can experience the ALS patients’ pain. In the activity, people need to pour the ice water down from their heads, and then propose another three people. They can either choose to accept the challenge____ donate 100 dollars, or do the both.
The ALS makes people’s muscles become hard. It is hard for the patients to move. Stephen Hawking is one of the ___(suffer). Ice bucket challenge is ____great success and until now, a big donation _____ ( receive).
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Some of us feel puzzled about the (participate) of a debate. Here is some information which will help you get a general idea of it.
Participating in a debate is a useful practice of those who aim to become public speakers. In a formal debate a statement called a “motion” is (propose). It is defended by the proposers and challenged by their opponents. To become a (lead) debater it is necessary to acquire several techniques and skills. experienced debater seeks to persuade others by presenting relevant arguments (intention), not by the violence of his language. He shows respect for standpoints which (different) from his own and does not allow personal hostility to enter into should be a conflict of ideas. He anticipates the points put forward by his opponent and deals with them methodically. He attempts to present a (consist) case, rather, a piece of reasoning free from self-contradiction. He realizes that the (accept) conclusions must be supported by adequate evidence. He knows how to sum up the various points that arise in the course of the debate.
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In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear _____ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. _____, we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy to succeed ________ learning a language. ________ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of ________(word) and their meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are _______(satisfy) with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language“Learning through use”is a good piece of ____(advise) for those ______ are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and _______(write) the language whenever we can.
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Mr. Watson lived with his family in the woods. He owned ______ farm, which looked almost _____ (desert). _____ (fortune), he also had a cow producing milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby ______ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what _____ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass ______it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Watsons had to make a living______ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Watson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees _____ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market _____ people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to_____ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
As an exchange student, Wei Hua studied in a British high school for one year. She was happy the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m and ends about 3.30 p.m.
On the first day, all the new students (attend) an assembly in the school hall. Wei Hua sat next to a girl name was Diana. During the assembly, the headmaster told the students that the best way to earn respect was to devote themselves study and achieve high (grade). As there were different students in some classes, was a struggle for Wei Hua to remember all the faces and names. Although the homework was not as heavy as she used to get in her old school, it was a bit (challenge) for her at first because all the homework was in English. Luckily, all her teachers gave her much (encourage). To improve her English, Wei Hua used English every day and spent an hour each day (read) English books in the library.
In a word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for Wei Hua.
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Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. may be anything from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but are valuable only to their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a seldom (see) fifty-cent piece worth $250! He was very happy about what he bought and thought the price was (reason). the other hand my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are very valuable. Nothing makes him (happy) than to find a new match box for his collection. That’s a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the (pleased) it gives is.
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What defines a healthy city? Is it a place with a lot of open spaces people can exercise and enjoy the fresh air? A place with little or no pollution? A place in which people can (free) socialize and express their ideas? Perhaps, it’s all that plus more. Other considerations are the availability of health and fitness facilities, an excellent healthcare program and sincere efforts by local government to actively promote health and wellness among its citizens. Of all the cities in the world, one of the top six (healthy) cities is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhageners love to walk. Foot traffic accounts 80% of all traffic in the Copenhagen city center. Those who prefer can also bike. It is estimated that more than a third of all work trips in Copenhagen (carry) out on a bike. As for the climate here, the city does not have the blessing of pleasant weather all year round. everything starts to freeze, it turns several city squares into huge skating fields. The frozen parts of the city also make easier for residents to skate around. The city also has museums and art galleries for the kids and (grown-up). It has the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art and the Royal Library housed in a rather grand building (call) the Black Diamond.
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You may like reading novels for fun.But you need to get (organize)if you are reading a novel for schoo1.Here (be)a few tips.
First,pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything is about a character can help us to understand him,from his (appear)to the kind of food he eats.
Besides,the order of the story and the plot are (equal)important.Make sure that as you read,you make quick note of what happens in each chapter.This will help you bring the things you have noticed about the character,setting,language and so on together.It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it.
Next,themes.They are ideas that a novel explores. is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel.Perhaps love is a major theme,or justice,or (survive).
Furthermore,novels are made up language.Writers use language in a special way (make)their novels work.They may use metaphors,invent symbols,or show different characters’personalities through their speech styles.
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