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Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.
_____ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation_______ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to ______(replace)it. ”
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was______ successful that he designed the present one, ______ measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks______ (pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base;when the snow froze, the base______ (remove).
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. _____no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test _____ a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’
The______ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt:it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.
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When I was in elementary school, I always argued with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the ______ (argue) was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us ____ very important lesson. She____ (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk, there was a large ______ round object. She asked the boy what color the object was. “White”, he answered. I couldn’t believe ______he said, because it was _____(obvious) black! Another conflict started ____ him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. The teacher told me to stand in the place _____the boy had been standing. We changed the place and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White”. It was an object with two differently colored sides. From ____viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes____ (look) at a problem from the other person’s view, we will come to a totally different conclusion.
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A few years ago, SARS ________ out in the mainland of China, _______(cause) some people to be killed. And some nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe ______there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the causes of this ______(dead) disease. They invited all the most __________ (experience) experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _______ they were available or not. Doctor Zhong Nan shan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine _____(test) on him. ______ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official ,telling him this exciting news. For __(convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method ___(work). Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.
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Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone (consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. (destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) (quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few (country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger (be) growing.
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Great progress (achieve) recently and the new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so (strange) human and speak so smoothly that they almost outdo people.
(Japan) robotics expert Ishiguro says they will be (use) for research on how people interact with robots and on how humans are different from machines. “ (make) robots is about exploring it means to be human,” he says, “and examining the question of what is emotion, what is awareness, and what is thinking.”
In a demonstration,the remote-controlled machines moved their pink lips time to a voice-over, twitched their eyebrows,blinked and swayed their heads from side to side. They stayed (seat) but could move their hands.
In a clear presentation, a robot read the news without stumbling(结巴)once and recited complex tongue-twisters. The robot, designed with a girlish appearance,can use a variety of voices,such as a deep male voice one minute and a soft girly voice the next. The speech can be input by text, giving them perfect (pronounce),according to the designers.
There were some faults-such as the lips not moving at all while the robot spoke or the Otonaroid announcer robot staying silent twice when asked to introduce itself. faults are common with robots because they are delicate and sensitive to their environment.
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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __ (they). Some watch TV__ go to the cinemas. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways_ (spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __ others don’t cost anything at all. Some _ (collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and _ (think) the price was reasonable. _ the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt__ they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __ (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __ (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.
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Millions words have been said about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in their ideas, _ _(feel) and actions. Today there are about eight million Americans in the colleges and universities. The young under twenty-five make __ nearly half of the American population, many of will be in power in the U.S. (nature), their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and is necessary for the older people to understand they think and how they feel. College students today have strong opinions about right and . They are deeply interested in making a (good) life for all the people, especially for those who have never (give) a fair chance before.
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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 way to success ______ language learning. _________ 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 words and __________meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. ________we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of ______(advise) for those ______are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and__(write) the language whenever we can.
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People ____ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred ___(language) in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ___five hundred thousand words. But we do not need __ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. ____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary ____ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books ___ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet ____ new word, look it ____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your __ (much) useful book.
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According to Zheng Jun, Qinqiang opera is similar rock’ n ’roll in many ways, and the latter is therefore the modern day Qinqiang. Rock concerts, star the common people, take place by the city wall on a daily basis.
Qinqiang opera (call) the “living fossil” of Chinese opera, the forefather of several operas in China. (Spread) to Henan, it developed into Yu opera. Judging even by today’s standards, Qinqiang opera counts as the (early) Chinese rock music. The spirit of modern rock’ n ’roll (seem) to come from it.
The number of Qinqiang opera amateur (club) in Xi’an is uncertain. At places like the City Wall Park and the South gate, you can spot groups of people enjoying the opera. Known or unknown to the group, any Qinqiang lover is welcome to sing a piece just sit down and listen. The singer presents excellent voice and emotions while the audiences get (excite) by the tunes. Standing among (they), you could feel the cultural pulse of this city.
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American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And you pay for it, you say: this cost an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation(see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I (expect) it to be.
A: did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that price is very, very high, much (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.
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Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone (consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. (destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) (quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few (country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger (be) growing.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think___matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __are smart and strong-willed, are very likely____(succeed). The reason _this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for_ same reason.
What happens to the _ children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, __ , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite _(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in___lives. They usually _(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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Computer began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 Computer developed very _(slow) and it took nearly two hundred years __ it was built as an analytical machine, __followed instructions from cards with holes. In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book ___(describe) how computers could be made to work as a "universal machine" ___(solve) any mathematical problem.
By the 1940s computer __(grow) as large as a room . As time went__ it has grown smaller, and with artificial__(intelligent), it is getting cleverer and cleverer, quicker and__(quick). In the early 1960s, computers could be connected by a network. So people were able to share their information __others through the World Wide WeB.
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The monsoon(季雨) is a joyful and very important time for Indian agricultural workers. It has been less happy for the tourist trade, the number of visitors in this season tends (drop) by half. there has been a movement to increase tourism during this (normal) slow time of the year.
According to a report issued by an Indian industry group, appropriate destinations for the monsoon season must remain (access) by road during the wettest months and have a countryside that looks its best during the rains.
For the last few years, tourist agencies in various states (respond) to the challenge. Goa, the former Portuguese colony near Mumbai, and Kerala in the extreme south have begun offering “monsoon packages”. They say there are many reasons in addition to the off-season prices to visit their states during this time of the year. One is to see the lush, green landscapes. attractions are the many colorful festivals. For example, Sri Jagannath Yatra, a festival (hold) around the country at the beginning of the monsoon, features a colorful procession. A third is simply the joy of the season. one Kerala promoter says, “You can feel the magiC. The washed streets and fresh leaves seem to smile with you.”
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