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Taking public transportation in the United States, you can often see people reading books on 1. way to school or work. But in China, I hardly see people reading 2. their free time.
Are people’s attitudes toward reading 3. (difference) here? Not really. Data (数据) released by Amazon China show that Chinese people still read a lot. They 4. (simple) prefer e-books over regular books.
However, other data show that reading is still 5. (popular) in the US than in China. Is there a reason for this difference? I’m not sure. What I do know is that China has a rich history of literature (文学). From classic novels like Romance of the Three Kingdoms to the modern science-fiction epic The Three-Body Problem, Chinese authors 6. (create) many fantastic works so far.
Perhaps the difference starts from childhood. Reading textbooks and doing homework can make you feel quite tired. By the time you finish it, you might not feel like reading for 7.. Chinese students surely have to read more and do more homework 8. American students. So it’s no wonder that they might not want to read much in their spare time.
9. learning to love reading can be great. Reading can open doors to places, people and ideas that you cannot imagine. Even just a single book has the power to change your own 10. (person) beliefs and attitudes. Where will your next book take you?
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Parents, especially those of teenagers, care about their children's education more than anything 1..They usually do everything for their children. Many of them spend most of their free time helping their children 2. studies. If they have no time or cannot do it 3.(they), they would hire family teachers or send their children to after-class schools. It seems as if a better education is all that parents expect for their children.
How can we explain the present situation? First, many parents have 4.(realize) that future success 5.(depend) more and more on skills and education. 6., in such a competitive society there are both losers and 7.. Those who have better skills and more knowledge will have 8.(chance).
In my 9., it is important to learn to succeed, but the 10.(one) thing to learn is how to survive, how to be a qualified citizen. If these are included in a good education, the children will surely have a bright future and be healthy in body and mind.
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Practicing yoga(瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have 1. of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, 2.(become) more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is _ 3.(hard) to practice yoga in water than on land. But 4.(practice) yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).
Harish Chaturvedi, a lawyer, 5. people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body does not get tired so 6. ( quick),” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never 7. tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any trouble breathing,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from 8.(ill). He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are 9. in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very 10. at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
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Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells（贝壳） by the seashore（海边）. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she _1. shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is 2.(call) a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and _3. correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper _4. (pick) a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled _5. , where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much 6.(mean). They are just used to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very 7. , these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English _8. (correct). This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish 9. words more smoothly（流畅地）, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and _10. (practise) them.
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Christmas is one of the most important festivals in Western countries. But what does Christmas mean? Does it just mean having parties, decorating Christmas trees 1. giving presents to each other ? No, not exactly. The true 2. (mean) of Christmas lies behind all these things. Maybe Charles Dickens’ novel, a Christmas Carol,can make you think more of Christmas.
Charles Dickens told us a story about a mean (吝啬的）old man 3. is called Scrooge. Scrooge cares about nothing but his business and money. He treats others badly. Then one Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a dream, in his dream, he meets the ghost (鬼) of Jacob Marley, one of his partners. Marley was as mean as Scrooge when he was alive. But after he 4. (dead), he was punished 5. his unkindness. He tells Scrooge that three spirits(幽灵) will visit him soon.
And then 6. day they have mentioned comes at last. One of them is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The spirit takes Scrooge to see what will happen to him when he is dead. Scrooge is sad and frightened 7. (find) that nobody cares about his death. He is so afraid that he wakes up and finds out it is just a nightmare(恶梦).
The dream warns Scrooge to change 8. (him) and be kind to others. He changes quickly and he celebrates Christmas happily with his relatives by giving gifts. From then 9. , he treats everyone with kindness and warmth. So what does the story tell us? Yes, it tells us that we should show kindness to others by 10. (spread)love and joy.
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One day, a poor boy was sending newspapers door to door. He was so hungry 1. he decided to beg (乞求)for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve (神经 ) when a lovely young woman 2.(open ) the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She 3.(think ) he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. “How much do I owe(欠) you?” asked the boy. “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied.
“Then I thank you from the bottom 4. my heart.” With these words, Howard Kelly left that house.
Years later the woman became 5.( bad ) ill and finally was sent to the hospital in a big city. Dr. Kelly, now famous, worked in this hospital. Dr. Kelly went into her room and recognized ( 认识 ) her at 6.and decided to do his 7._ to save her life.
At last the woman 8. ( save ). Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid 9. ( open ) it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of 10., Dr. Howard Kelly.”
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Since her husband died , Mrs. Jackson 1. （live）alone in her big old house . The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago. For safety , her daughter has tried to ask her to sell the house 2. buy a new and small one in the town . But Mrs. Jackson doesn’t like the idea . She says that she has to look after her 3. (husband) old house . But these days , she often 4. （hear）of stories about unknown people who steal things around here.
That was 5. cold day before Christmas Eve . Around four o’clock in the afternoon , Mrs. Jackson was enjoying the Christmas music 6. someone knocked at the door . She heard the sound but didn’t move . Another knock . Who could it be ? Mrs. Jackson was a bit afraid . She decided not to answer the door but kept 7. (wait) .
One minute another minute and yet another minute , 8. (something) happened and no more knocks . She walked quietly to the door , and listened . She heard nothing but the wind outside . She 9. (slow) unfastened (打开) the door and watched through the crack (缝隙) . She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open ! At the door , she saw a tall , beautiful Christmas tree! Under the tree was a Christmas card with these 10. (word) :
Merry Christmas !
Your new neighbour
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A poor young man went to Paris, 1. (expect) that his father’s friend could help him find a business for living.
“Are you 2. (well ) at maths?” his father’s friend asked him.
The young man shook his head.
“How is your history?” “What 3. your law(法律)?”
The young man lowered his head 4. (sad).
5. his father’s friend asked again and again, the young man could shake his head. He 6. (him) couldn’t find out any advantages.
“Then write down your address first.”
The young man wrote his address and turned to leave, but he was stopped by his father’s friend. “Your name is 7. (write) very beautifully, which is your advantage. You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a job for living.”
Many 8. (year) later, the young man wrote the classical works that were well-known in the world. He was Alexandra Dumas(大仲马), a famous French writer in the 18th century.
In the world, there are many ordinary persons 9. all have many small advantages, but they can’t find them. In fact, there is 10. gold mine(矿井) in every ordinary life. If you are willing to dig, you will dig out treasures that surprise yourself.
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Most Chinese children seem to get _____1._______ they want. Is this a sort of spoiling(溺爱) or love? I wonder. To my surprise, it seems that the life of a Chinese child is _2. (real) hard. Without doubt , the child is the very centre of a whole circle of adults, but ___3.____ the other hand, he or she is also ___4.______(expect) to start studying according to adults’ wishes. Many children of my son’s ____5.______(age) take painting classes, piano lessons, and even English lessons. It looks as if Chinese adults think ___6.______ just playing without learning anything is __7._____ waste of time.
So from this point, Western children appear spoiled, just because they are allowed__8._(play). But without this sort of play, __9.can Western children develop such free and rich imaginations? In fact, the connection between this imagination and the creativity is so important in the __10.__ (child) future life.
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Do you know the old story about the hare and the tortoise? They have a running race, and the proud hare is 1._______(slowly) than the tortoise.
Now there is an interesting cartoon movie about it. It 2._______(tell) about the story of the hare’s son and the tortoise’s daughter. The hare’s son is very clever. And the tortoise’s daughter likes singing and dancing. The father hare often remembers 3._____ first running race and feels regretful. He wants 4._________(show) he is faster and better, so he joins in a running race 5._____ his son. The tortoise and his daughter join in it, too.
So the game begins. On the way, two tortoises try 6._______ best to walk faster. But they meet some7._____________(difficult). They have to work together with the hares. On the way, they find 8.______ is important to help each other. 9.________ they are not the champion at last, they feel glad. The two families become good friends. They live a happy life from then on.
The movie is worth 10. ________(watch). There is something new and different in it. I am sure you love the characters and the exciting journey.
