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I lived with my friends in a rented house. We were all a bit a1. of our landlord, an unfriendly middle-aged man who was “all business” when we signed the lease(租约). He gave us a lecture about p2. the rent on time and maintaining(维修) the house.
During the fall semester, my roommates and I threw a party. We sent i3. to our friends and told everyone to come to our house on Friday night. We had a great time that night and the last guests left in the early morning.
Tired and sleepy, we decided to go to sleep. However, at 7:00 o’clock, we were awakened by our landlord, who was k4. on the door. Embarrassedly, we let him in, expecting his anger. Instead, he picked up a party invitation that had been laying on the sidewalk and asked, “ Why didn’t you girls invite me?” He came into the house, made a minor repair, and s5. a few minutes helping us pick up trash from the yard.
A few months later, I made a mathematical e6. while balancing my checkbook and my bank soon notified me that I had bounced a check. I was mortified when I discovered that it was my rent and that I had to notify my landlord. I figured that he viewed my housemates and I as irresponsible after the party accident and this would prove him right. I gathered the courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said , “I have a daughter about your age, and the same thing happened to her once. Would you like to wait until next month and send a double payment then?”
I’ve never forgotten our landlord’s kindness and understanding. He also taught me an important lesson about not j7. a book by its cover. I’m proud to say that I have not bounced a check since(though I have thrown a few more parties)!
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Mrs. Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back f1. work. She was wearing dirty, old c2. and stockings. Her hair was not tidy, and she had dust on her face. She looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, “Is this what I come home to see a3. a hard day’s work?”
Mrs. Jones’ neighbour, Mrs. Smith, was there. When she heard Mr. Jones’ words, she quickly said g4. and ran back to her house. Then she w5. and combed (梳) her hair carefully,put on her best dress and stockings, painted her face, and w6. for her husband to come home.
When her husband came back, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the h7., saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, “Where are you going this evening?”
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Thirty years ago, I walked into a bakery and asked for some loaves of bread to sell. At that time, I was 12 years old. A young lady s1. me that day. She gave me five loaves and wished me good luck.
I took the loaves and went out to sell them. It took me all day, but I sold them all. At the end of the day, I had some m2.. I was the happiest boy in the world as I walked home that evening.
The next day, I went to a bicycle shop. I paid a deposit(定金) on a new bicycle. And then I started my next job as a newspaper delivery(投递) boy. Soon I could pay the r3. of the money for the bicycle and the bike was mine. I was so proud of m4..
Today I s5. work in the delivery business. I have a lot of trucks to send goods all over the country. I live in a beautiful house, but I d6. ride a bicycle these days. I drive a large nice car.
I don’t know who that young lady was. But b7. she gave me the start, I have become a successful man. I’d like to show my thanks to her.
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13-year-old boy Omkar Dubey (from India) shows that when you start by changing yourself and have courage, you can make a d1. to the world.
In India, more than 100 million homes have no toilets. Dubey’s family didn’t have a toilet, e2.. So he asked his father to build one. “ I thought it would be difficult on rainy days to go to the toilet. If we built a toilet at home, it would be e3. for all of us in the family,” he told the Indian news channel CNN-IBN.
At first, his father said it was a waste of space, but Dubey kept on a4. for nearly a month. Finally, his father gave in and built a toilet. But Dubey’s work didn’t stop there. He bravely went to the leader of his village and asked him to build the f5. public toilet. Today, his advice has led to 13 public toilets.
Dubey also brought the change to his school. When one leader c6. to his school, he took the chance and asked f7. a toilet. Now the school has two clean toilets for boys and girls.
“Omkar is an excellent kid. He will shine one day,” Said his teacher.
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Along time ago, in a small village, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors.
A happy lion h1.of this place and decided to visit it. When he arrived, he climbed happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. To his s2., he found he was staring at (瞪着)1,000 other lions. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1,000 great smiles just as warm and f3.. As he left the house, he said to himself, "This is a wonderful place, I will come back and visit it often. ”
In the same village, another lion was not quite as happy as the first one. He also decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and looked into the door s4., When he saw the 1,000 unhappy lion staring back at him, he growled(咆哮) at them and saw 1,000 growling back at him. As he left, he said to himself, “That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.”
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What k5. of reflections(反映) do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
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Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在下列短文内填入恰当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限填一词, 首字母已给）
We all know that it is important to get exercise. But how can we get enough exercise and have fun as well?
The a1. is: team sports! Team sports are great. When we’re playing, our friends will encourage us if we are doing a good job, and there will be friends to give us useful a2. on how to play the sport better. Many times, we get to meet and make some new friends!
We play team sports for f3. and good health. We play team sports to learn about the team spirit. However, some teams try hard to w4. every game and become very competitive. If we are on such a team, we will have too much pressure. And we may even get hurt.
Sometimes it can be hard to find a team that works for us. But we can always start one! Start a team w5. some of our best friends and find out what kind of sports we like. It could be swimming, basketball, dancing, or something else.
And while we’re playing team sports, we should remember to play safe, too! We need to l6. to our parents and teachers before we have fun!
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Numbers in different countries may have different meanings. In China, some people think that some numbers bring them good luck. T1.“8” for example. The Chinese pronunciation(发音) of the number"8" has almost the same sound as that of the Chinese character “发”，which means making a fortune(财运). So many Chinese people s2.a lot of money in order to get their telephone numbers or car numbers to include this number"8". They believe without any doubt(怀疑) that the number will bring them money.
However, others don't believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck. They think such a(n) i3.is only an ignorant(愚昧的)and superstitious belief. A number is one thing，and good luck is another. They will ask, " How can you ever have any good luck simply because of some lucky numbers, even if you don't work h 4.,don't have good opportunities and don't get along well with the people around you?"
As for me, I a 5.with the latter. Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps they hold true for some cases， but often they do not. Numbers can n 6.bring good luck to a person at all and our fortune is in our own hands. So， everyone can have a good fortune only if he tries his best. Let’s always r7.“Opportunities are only for the prepared mind” and “No pains, no gains.”
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WHAT time of day do you feel most clear-headed? Are you more of a morning person? Or does it take you a few hours to get your brain going? A lot of recent studies show that we should pay attention to our body c1.. It can tell us at what time of day we are able to perform best, says the report.
When it comes to the human brain(大脑), many people work best later in the morning. This is because the body’s temperature(温度) takes t2. to rise through the day. T3. a warm shower when you wake up can help speed this up.
But everyone’s body clock is d4. and some have special patterns (模式). Morning people will get up early and work better early in the day. E5. people will wake later but their brain work better towards the end of the day.
Studies show that we are better at some activities at certain times of the day. Physical performance is at its best b6.3pm and 6pm, so it’s better to exercise later in the day.
F7., it is best to eat during our active periods. This allows our body to burn calories better and stop our blood sugar levels (血糖水平）from getting too high.
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There are many cities in most countries. But every country has one special city --- the capital. For example, China’s capital city is Beijing. The capital of UK is London.
The capital city is very important. It is home to a country’s central government (中央政府). Leaders of a country w1. and live there. It is often the centre of a country’s economy (经济) and culture too.
The capital city is very special, so countries do not often change it. But Indonesia (印度尼西亚) is going to b2. a new capital on the island of Borneo. Jakarta, the capital is sinking (下沉) into the sea now. The city has taken out too much groundwater.
People cannot change the capital city easily in a few months. It will take around 10 y3. and cost about $32 billion (十亿).
There are some interesting things to know about capital cities around the world.
◎ Capitals are u4. large cities, but not always the largest city in a country. For example, Canberra (堪培拉) is the capital of Australia, but the largest city in Australia is Sydney.
◎ Some countries have over o5. capital. For example, South Africa has three and Bolivia has two.
◎ Some s6. countries take the whole country itself as the capital, such as Singapore (新加坡) in Asia. It just has an area of 719 square kilometers, while Beijing is 16410 square kilometers.
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Think “rock, paper, scissors(剪刀)”is a children’s game? Think again.
Top players a1. the world came together in Toronto to compete(竞争) for a 10,000—Canadian-dollar p2. and the title of World Champion(世界冠军). More than 500 players, including national champions from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.
The game is often used to make decisions and solve some s3. problems. Players hold their fists(拳头) closed and c4. to three before making a fist(rock), a flat hand(paper) or two fingers(scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.
Players have d5. opinions about the history of the game, but it is believed to have been played for centuries in Japan. The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there. In 1918, the n6. was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters(总部) moved from London to Toronto.
The world championship started in 2002 and is held o7. every year.