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Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 1. she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 2. a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 3. (stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 4. she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak 5 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished 6. he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 7. (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she had 8. (success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car well, and you have no doubts 9. your eyesight.”
The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary 10. (dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.
A rich landowner decided to leave possessions to one of his two sons. As he lay on the deathbed, he called the two young men to him the break of dawn and even before the cock could crow (鸣叫). He then said, “I will leave all my wealth to the one
can best fill this room. It was in this room
I made plans on how to build up my fortune. Not an inch must
(leave) uncovered. As I am getting
(weak) by the hour you both must come back by midnight.” He handed them a small piece of silver and an empty bag to put their purchases in. They both went out and
(hurry) came back with their purchases.
(bring) the straw, the elder began to spread it about the floor,
far from filling the room. It did not even cover half the space. “This is no use, son,” said the father, “and let me see how
brother fills the room.” The younger son took
his bag a large candle, set it on the table in the centre of the room and lit it. A brilliant bright light filled up the whole room. The father was delighted and exclaimed, “Son, I am sure you will use the wealth well.”
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An 8.8magnitude earthquake struck Chile on 27 Feb,2010.More than 300 people are reported ____(kill) in Chile after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the South American nation early Saturday,__
__(cause)considerable destruction as well,and creating tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean.
Rescuers worked frantically for hours to help survivors of the quake ____centered 100 kilometers from the city of Concepcion but caused damage and deaths in several parts of Chile.
Homes,buildings and bridges collapsed or caught fire,cars ____(overturn),and the main international airport had to be shut down because of damage. One survivor said it was terrible. She said she thought she was not __
__(scare)of earthquakes but then,she says,it looked as if everything was going to collapse. There were at least eight aftershocks and tidal waves of up __
__ two meters that hit Chile’s coast. Residents in lowlying areas and living on islands off the mainland tried to flee __
__higher ground. Chile experiences many earthquakes but the early Saturday natural disaster was __
__of its most severe (剧烈的). Thorne Lay,a geophysicist at the University of California,Santa Cruz,said it was much stronger than __
__one that caused devastation(废墟)in Haiti last month,but probably less __
__(destroy),because of where it was centered.
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m very pleased (see) all of you here because you are my special guests. Welcome to our company’s museum. My name is Brown, George Brown. I’m the general manager of the company. As you all know, we
(main) make computers in our company, as well as some other electronic products. But we are also quite interested in
(educate). That’s why we have founded this museum,
children can learn how computers have been developed, how they are made
how they are used in industry, agriculture, scientific research and many other areas. Children can operate the computers, push the buttons and listen to stories about computers, and they can enjoy video shows. I know you are all teachers and you know
schoolchildren really need. So I hope you can give me suggestions after you
(show) around. I want my museum to be the best of its kind
it opens to all schoolchildren. This is Mr Tom Silver, my assistant. He will be your guide now. I’ll be ___
___ you in an hour and a half. Enjoy
. See you.
I wonder whether Mike is getting annoyed with me. I had promised to help him his maths in the library this afternoon.
just as I was about to start out, Uncle John,
had just come back from abroad, came to see me. John has always been a good friend as well
a good uncle. He used to come to see me when I was young, but I had not seen him for ages.had a good chat and had a very nice time together. I tried to call Mike and tell him about the delay, but wasn’t able
reach him since his mobile phone was powered off. When I got to the library, he was nowhere to be seen. He was likely to be very upset, since I should have met him there. I think I’d better apologize to him tomorrow
not keeping the appointment. I’d rather tell him the truth than make
excuse.
The way people spend their holidays has changed a lot.
seems that people are changing their
(mind) and they want to explore the outside world. The seaside still has
different attractions for people. But it will be possible to decrease(下降) because
the pollution. Now people
(persuade) to travel abroad which can widen their knowledge about the world. Another track is that camping is
(rise). People insist
getting close to nature. Anyway, people should refer to journals, guide books and even ask advice
the experienced
they begin their travel.