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Albert Einstein is a genius(天才). This story about him shows that he’s also humorous.
Einstein often received1.( invite) to explain his ideas at different universities. On these trips, his driver Hans often said to him,“It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Dr Einstein.”
One evening, on their way to2.university, Einstein said,“I’m so tired. I wish I could avoid giving my lecture(讲座) tonight, Hans, but I don’t want to make my listeners3.(disappoint).”
“I know what to do,” said Hans.“I can give the lecture for you. You can trust4.(I).
I’ve listened to your lecture so many times that I’ve learned it by heart. No one5.( know) you at this university, so they won’t find out.
So, they changed places. At the university, Hans was6.( lead) to the front of the hall.
Einstein took a seat, listened to Hans give his lecture7.difficulty, and joined in the applause (掌声) at the end.
However, before Hans left, a man shouted,“I’d like8.( ask )you a question.” He then asked a question so difficult that Hans had no idea what he was talking about.
Einstein turned pale. “Oh no!”he thought. “ Now we’re in trouble.”9.Hans just laughed and said, “That’s such an easy question that even my driver can answer it. Hans, please...”
Einstein stood up and answered the question10.( perfect).
They left the university, with Einstein driving. A little later, Hans offered to drive.“ No.” laughed Einstein. “It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Hans.”
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When you hear the word EPCOT, maybe you think of the building in the Disney park 1. (immediate)—even if you have never been there. But what does the word EPCOT actually mean?
Let’s study the history of the park 2. (see) how it got the name. It was Walt Disney himself that came up 3. EPCOT. So what does it stand for? Well, Walt thought it up in 1966, when his plans for a theme park in Florida were very 4. (difference) from what’s there today. Disneyland, in California, had been up and running for more than ten 5.(year). Walt’s idea was to build an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow(未来的实验原型社区). That’s what EPCOT really 6. (stand) for. And he originally(最初) planned for it to be, not a theme park, but 7. actual community.
After Walt Disney’s 8. (die) in 1966, other people of the Walt Disney Company 9. were not sure how to move forward with the city stuck to his ideas and themes for the park. They also built the park by 10. (take) his forward—thinking advice on creativity and technology. Of course, they kept its name!
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We know that the sea looks very pretty when the sun 1.(shine) on it.We also know that it can be very rough (汹涌的) when there is2. strong wind.What other things do we know about it?
The first thing 3.(remember) is that the sea is very big.When you look at the map of the world you will find there is more sea than land.The sea covers three quarters of the world.
Some of them are very shallow (浅的).4.in some places the sea is very deep.The deepest place is 5.(near) 11 kilometres deep! The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometres 6.(height).If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometres of water above it!7. a deep place!
The sea can be very cold.On the top the water may be warm.But if you go down, it 8. (become) colder and colder.
In most parts of the sea, there are lots 9. fishes and plants.Some live near the top of the sea.Others live deep down.
You know that it is salty.Some parts of the sea are saltier than other parts.For example, the Dead Sea is so salty that 10.(swim) cannot sink (下沉) in it! And fish can't live in it,either.What a strange sea!
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Once upon a time, an eagle( 老鹰) was flying in the sky when he suddenly saw a beautiful hen. The eagle came near the hen and said, "My pretty hen, I Love you. Will you be 1. (I) wife?"
The hen was scared for the eagle was so strong. Her husband, the cock had gone out to look for food and her kids had gone away somewhere lo play with other 2.(child). The hen quickly answered, "I'm willing to be, but let me first grow wings like yours, so I can fly 3. high as you. " The eagle replied, "OK! This ring is for you as a sign of our betrothal(订婚). Tie it around your neck till I return."
The hen agreed 4. (do) so, and the eagle flew away.
When the cock met the hen the next day , he was very 5. (surprise) to see the ring around her neck. He said, "Where did you get that ring? Throw it away immediately. "
The hen did this and the cock was cheerful I again. But at the weekend, the eagle came6..
The frightened hen hid herself behind her door but the eagle soon found her out. Suddenly he cried, "Where 7.(be) the ring that I gave you? Why are you not wearing it?"
The hen was very scared and said, "Forgive me l I lost it yesterday. I was walking in the garden when I met a large snake. I was8.frightened that I ran fast. When I got home, I couldn't find it. "
The eagle looked al the hen 9. (angry) and said, "I don't believe you. You have hurt me. I will punish you.10.you don't marry me, I will snatch( 抓)away all your chickens from you. But I will promise to forgive you only if you find my ring. Good-bye! "
Ever since, all the hens in the world have been scratching( 轻抓) the ground to find the eagle's ring.
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Do you know anything about the1.(invent) of the bar code (条形码) ?2.small food store owner found it was difficult to keep records of the product information. In 1948, he asked the Drexel Institute(研究所) of Technology 3.(solve) this problem. Bernard Silver, a graduate student, was 4. ( interest) in this technology. He and his friend Norman Joseph Woodland started to work on it. Soon , they invented 5. (they) first working system(系统).
The system did work 6.first, but it was very expensive and sometimes the system didn't work well. If it was to become popular in stores, the problems had to be solved.7.(final), Woodland solved them.
The patent(专利权) for the bar code system was asked for by Silver and Woodland in 1949, but the patent was not given8.1952. Although this patent was9.( give), the system was still not popular among store owners.
In 1970, a business named Logicon Inc. invented the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code (食品工业统码). Marsh Supermarket in Troy was the first store to set up this bar code reading system. It has become very popular ever since, and now it's used in all10.( type) of stores all over the world.
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Would you like to win a million dollars? The day when Jenny won the lottery(彩票) was the __1.__ (great) day of her life. When she took the check(支票) for one million dollars, she started making plans of a new house, a new car, a vacation in the sun. And of course, she could stop working--- give her life a big change.
Eight years __2.__ (late), Jenny was out of money. The money was all _3.__ (go). __4.__ were her friends. The new life was over, but how could she go back to her old one?
__5._ (win) of sudden wealth often give up their jobs, and they don’t know __6.__ to do with the time. They may find that close friends are far away, and it’s difficult to make new _7.__ (one). The new house in the new __8.__ (neighbor) often only leads to more loneliness. What seemed to be wonderful luck turns out to be the opposite. It seems that _9.__ (win) a lot of money doesn’t mean __10.__ (happy). Money isn’t everything …
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Dear Mum and Dad,
I am writing this letter to you from the central Australia. Now, we are staying near Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised 1. (介词) how big it was! During different periods of the day, the 2. (colour) of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. Ayers Rock is a centre of local Aboriginal culture.
The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the3. ( early) times, and they believed that the spirits created the world.
The Australians have a close relationship with the British. Many Australians are like us in many ways. The foods that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruits. They love all sports, but 4. (冠词) game that they like most is Australian football. They also love going to the beach for swimming and surfing or just 5. (lie) in the sun.
6. (连词) it is December, it is summer over here. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of 7. ( sheep) in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand—And kangaroos!
Australians speak English, but in 8.(they) own way. For example, when they say "G' day!" and " No worries.", they mean " Hello!" and "Don't worry about it. It's not a problem ! "
On the second day, we went horse riding. The horse that I rode was lazy, so I was 9. (leave) far behind the others. But I enjoyed the slow and relaxing ride.
Later this evening, we are taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It has 10. ( be) a wonderful trip.
Love,
Tony
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The mountain was high and it was cold. Everything1.(cover)by snow and ice and it was dangerous. I shook in my tent as the storm tried2.(knock)me back to the bottom. “You will never make it to the top,” everyone said, "no woman has ever climbed this mountain and only a few people have done it by themselves." I was so confident3.I would be the first woman to climb up to the top of it. What’s more, I had prepared for several4.(month).
The wind had gotten much5.(quiet)when I woke up the next morning. I climbed 6.of my tent and looked out at the mountain. Everything was white and still. “I will make it to the top today, "I thought to7.(I).
I started up the slope. My feet crunched the snow with every step I took. It was a beautiful day. I was climbing quickly. Soon I was going to reach the top. All of8.sudden, I slipped(滑倒). I moved down the mountain. I was going slowly at first but then I started to slide very fast. I started to turn around and around quickly. After what felt9.forever, I came to a stop. I had slid all the way to the bottom. I was alive. I couldn’t believe it.
Three days later, I10.(make)it to the top. It was a beautiful day and I had a perfect view of everything around me.
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A young man1. (travel) through a desert when he came across a spring of clear water.The water was sweet.He filled his leather bag so that he could bring some back to 2. elder,who had been his teacher.After a journey of four 3. (day),the young man finally 4. (bring) the water to him.The teacher took a deep drink,smiled 5. (warm),and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.The young man went home6.a happy heart.
After the student left,the teacher let another student taste the water.He spit it out,saying it was awful.In fact,it was no longer fresh because of the old leather bag.He asked his teacher,"Sir,the water was awful.Why did you seem 7. (enjoy)it?" The teacher answered,"You tasted the water.I tasted the gift.The water was not just water,8. an act of kindness and love.Nothing could be9. (sweet)."
We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children.Whether10. is a cheap pipe or a diamond(宝石的) necklace,the proper response is appreciation(感激).We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing itself.
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A young man1. (travel) through a desert when he came across a spring of clear water.The water was sweet.He filled his leather bag so that he could bring some back to 2. elder,who had been his teacher.After a journey of four 3. (day),the young man finally 4. (bring) the water to him.The teacher took a deep drink,smiled 5. (warm),and thanked his student very much for the sweet water.The young man went home6.a happy heart.
After the student left,the teacher let another student taste the water.He spit it out,saying it was awful.In fact,it was no longer fresh because of the old leather bag.He asked his teacher,"Sir,the water was awful.Why did you seem 7. (enjoy)it?" The teacher answered,"You tasted the water.I tasted the gift.The water was not just water,8. an act of kindness and love.Nothing could be9. (sweet)."
We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children.Whether10. is a cheap pipe or a diamond(宝石的) necklace,the proper response is appreciation(感激).We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing itself.
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In 1990, when I 1. (be) nine years old, I wanted very much to find 2. pen friend. I found Ashley’s address in a magazine, and decided 3. (write) to her.
I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter. 4. my surprise, Ashley was only one month 5. (old) than me. I learned some new expressions from her. I
6. (real) liked this new friend.
Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and I’d write back right away. We would send each other birthday and Christmas
7. (gift).
Eight years later, my parents decided it was time 8. me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We 9. (have) a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do.
Twenty-five years after the 10. (one) letter, Ashley and I still have an amazing friendship. Although we don’t write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet.
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