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Edison was one of the greatest scientists that greatly shaped modem society.
When he was seven, Edison's family moved from Ohio to Michigan after his father got a job there. Because of hearing problems, he had difficulty(follow) the lessons and often ran away from school. However, he used the time(read) books and set up a laboratory in his home. But the smell from his laboratory was often so stronghis mother had to stop him from carrying out any more experiments at home.
At the age of twelve, Edison got a job on the Grand Trunk Railway. There, he made use of an abandoned (被抛弃的) car his laboratory. During that time, he (success) developed a device (设备) that could send messages. By 1869, Edison' s inventions in telegraphy were widely accepted, made him decide to leave the job and become a full-time (invent). Edison's most' "well-known" inventions included the electric light bulb, microphones and so on. In explaining he could come up with so many inventions, Edison said "Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
Edison(die) at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931. At the time of his death, he was still doing experiments in his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. He clearly enjoyed his work and lived life to fullest.
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What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no thing as standard English. Many people believe the Englishon TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, people (report) the news were expected to speak excellent English. ,on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.
When people use words and expressions different the "standard language ",it is called a dialect. American English (have) many dialects, the midwestern , southern, African American, Spanish dialects. Even in some parts of the USA, two people from neighbouring towns speak a little(different).
Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some peoplelive in the mountains of the USA speak with an older part English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they(take) their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern USA speak almost the same dialects people in the northwestern USA. The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize and understand each other's dialects.
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After graduation from university, I ________ (able) to secure a permanent(固定的)job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,_________I might have a better chance to find a good job.________ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started working in a local café________ a waiter. I believe that if I________ (offer) a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already________ (tire) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found________quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps what my mother had told me was ________ ( deep ) rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty ________ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job. To my delight,after nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned did I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me. Here the air is fresher. Besides, the environment is cleaner ________that in the city.
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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 as________failure. 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.
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.The unmanned Chang'e﹣4 probe(探测器)﹣ the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess ﹣ (1) (touch)down last week in the South Pole﹣Aitken basin.Landing on the moon's far side is (2) (extreme)challenging.Because the moon's body blocks direct radio communication with a probe,China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot (3) it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth.The far side of the moon is of particular (4) (interesting)to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters(环形山),more so (5) the familiar near side.Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang'e﹣4 (6) (find)and study areas of the South Pole﹣Aitken basin."This really excites scientists," Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University,says,"because it (7) (mean)we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon (8) (construct)." Data about the moon's composition,such as how (9) ice and other treasures it contains,could help China decide whether (10) (it)plans for a future lunar(月球的)base are practical.
The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88°,there is evidence(1) they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been(2) (poor) studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,000﹣25,000 polar bears worldwide.
Modern methods(3) tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid﹣1980s,and are expensive(4) (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunayut(5) (report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a(6) (believe) that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by (7) (note) that hungry bears may be congregating(聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion(错觉) that populations are(8) (high) than they actually are. Of(9) nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six(10) (be) stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.
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We are what we eat because what we eat every day has great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits. we all know, baked or fried foods may be (taste), but eating too much of them will (probable)result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.
(compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but (little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic (grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We (run) the risk of eating out without (consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose give us the nutrients we need.
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Since early childhood, I love dancing. I always admire the movements of (profession) dancers. My mother used to laugh at me every time I glued my head in front of the TV set during a dancing video. Later, I registered myself at local ballet dancing class where I was able to examine the type of dancing movements and learn how to move better. I remember that my (feel) were that life was too good to be true.
Now, I have to stop my classes, my dancing days are (certain) not over. Today, every time I (give) a chance alone in the living room, I enjoy (move) my body to the music.
Have you ever noticed that dancers are always (healthy), have more energy, and seem to have a lot more fun than non-dancers? That is because dancing is one of the best ways for people to keep a better statues. is generally admitted that when one is in good health, he or she is able to enjoy life and avoid its negative impacts _him or her every day.
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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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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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W: ____do you think of the football match we _____(watch) yesterday afternoon?
M: Very ________(excite).The two teams did very well in the match and it was really ___close game.
W: I enjoyed it very much too. I have never seen a more interesting game so far this year.
M: I had expected it to be a wonderful match because of the teams had excellent players.
W: I’m sorry I missed the first part of it..
M: You were late for the match? What for?
W: I was filled with anxiety to see the match and fell my bike on the way. My leg hurt, I had to ride my bike slowly. It took me quite some time before I got to the sports field.
M: I’m sorry (hear) that. Were your legs hurt?
W: Yes, but not very ________(serious).
M: You should have seen a doctor first. How long were you late for the match? What time was it when you got to the sports field?
W: When I got to the sports field, was already three twenty.
M: Three twenty? Oh, you were twenty minutes late for the match. You missed a wonderful part of the match.
W: Yeah. It was really a pity.
Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough.Success (1) fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the(2) in our lives.
When twelve﹣year﹣old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931,he had no (3) of knowing that his life was to change(4) .The class experiment that day was to (5) how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling(冒泡)to the surface.(6) ,the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat(7) held something more volatile(易挥发的)than water.When Wilson heated it,the container(8) ,leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.
When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later,his parents (9) to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had (10) their lives.But Wilson did not regard the accident as(11) .He learned braille(盲文)quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind.There,he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)(12) public speaker.
Later,he worked in Africa,where many people suffered from(13) for lack of proper treatment.For him,it was one thing to(14) his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue (15) it could be fixed so easily.This moved him to action.And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the(16) Wilson made to preventing the (17) .
Wilson received several international (18) for his great contributions.He lost his sight but found a(19) .He proved that it's not what happens to us that(20) our lives﹣it's what we make of what happens.
(1)A. depends |
B. holds |
C. keeps |
D. reflects |
(2)A. dilemmas |
B. accidents |
C. events |
D. steps |
(3)A. way |
B. hope |
C. plan |
D. measure |
(4)A. continually |
B. gradually |
C. gracefully |
D. completely |
(5)A. direct |
B. show |
C. advocate |
D. declare |
(6)A. Anyway |
B. Moreover |
C. Somehow |
D. Thus |
(7)A. mistakenly |
B. casually |
C. amazingly |
D. clumsily |
(8)A. erupted |
B. exploded |
C. emptied |
D. exposed |
(9)A. deserved |
B. attempted |
C. cared |
D. agreed |
(10)A. submitted to |
B. catered for |
C. impressed on |
D. happened to |
(11)A. fantastic |
B. extraordinary |
C. impressive |
D. catastrophic |
(12)A. accomplished |
B. crucial |
C. specific |
D. innocent |
(13)A. deafness |
B. depression |
C. blindness |
D.speechlessness |
(14)A. decide |
B. abandon |
C. control |
D. accept |
(15)A. until |
B. when |
C. unless |
D. before |
(16)A. opposition |
B. adjustments |
C. commitment |
D. limitations |
(17)A. preventable |
B. potential |
C. spreadable |
D. influential |
(18)A. scholarships |
B. rewards |
C. awards |
D. bonuses |
(19)A. fortune |
B. recipe |
C. dream |
D. vision |
(20)A. distinguishes |
B. determines |
C. claims |
D. limits |
Molai grew up in a tiny village in India.The village lay near some wetlands which became his second (1) .He learned the value and beauty of (2) there from a very young age.
When he was 16,Molai began to notice something (3) happening around his home.A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the(4) it caused had driven away a number of birds.(5) ,the number of snakes had declined as well. He (6) that it was because there weren't enough trees to protect them from the(7) .The solution,of course,was to plant trees so the animals could seek(8) during the daytime.He turned to the(9) department for help but was told that nothing would grow there.However,Molai went looking on his own and(10) a nearby island where he began to plant trees.
(11) young plants in the dry season was(12) for a lone boy.Molai built at the (13) of each sapling (幼树) a bamboo platform,where he placed earthen pots with small holes to (14) D rainwater.The water would then drip (滴落)on the plants below.
Molai(15) D to plant trees for the next 37 years.His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally﹣grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.
(1)A. dream |
B. job |
C. home |
D. choice |
(2)A. nature |
B. youth |
C. culture |
D. knowledge |
(3)A. precious |
B. interesting |
C. disturbing |
D. awkward |
(4)A. waste |
B. tension |
C. pain |
D. damage |
(5)A. Besides |
B. However |
C. Therefore |
D. Otherwise |
(6)A. agreed |
B. realized |
C. remembered |
D. predicted |
(7)A. noise |
B. heat |
C. disease |
D. dust |
(8)A. directions |
B. partners |
C. help |
D. shelter |
(9)A. labor |
B. police |
C. forest |
D. finance |
(10)A. rebuilt |
B. discovered |
C. left |
D. managed |
(11)A. Decorating |
B. Observing |
C. Watering |
D. Guarding |
(12)A. tough |
B. illegal |
C. fantastic |
D. beneficial |
(13)A. back |
B. top |
C. foot |
D. side |
(14)A. cool down |
B. keep off |
C. purify |
D. collect |
(15)A. returned |
B. learned |
C. failed |
D. continued |
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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.
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Dear Wendy,
Thank you your inviting me to go on holiday with you.I thought this would be a very good to see you again.I still remember the time when we chatted the night through, (discuss) our plans for the future. It that everything would be OK with our arrangements (安排) this weekend. , oneof my relatives, has been in the United States for twoyears, will visit my family this Saturday. My parentsexpect me to stay at home. As a , I regret (tell) youthat I have to our plans. I think we can meet duringthe summer holiday. When that time comes, we will be together again and enjoy the (beauty) scenery of Wenzhou.
Best wishes
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