“Sorry” is a word that people in Britain often say in their daily life.
One day while I am w on the street, a young man runs by hurriedly, brushing（轻擦）against my handbag. He continues his way, but turns b
and says “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he does not f
to say “sorry”. One day, after I b
some bananas, the shopkeeper passes me the change, but I am not ready for it and a coin drop onto the ground. “Sorry, Madam,” he says while bending to pick it up. I am surprised（惊讶的） why he says “sorry” to me. Another t
, I step on a man’s f
at the entrance to a cinema. At the s
time, we both say “sorry”.
Slowly, I get to know that when something unpleasant happens in daily life, the British don’t complain（抱怨）much about who is w . If someone is in t
__, a “sorry” is always necessary . Perhaps that is w
I seldom see people quarrel on the buses or streets in Britain.
Good morning, everyone! ________ to the New Sea Life Centre in Beihai .
The New Sea Life Centre is a really exciting place. There are so many things to see here and everything is enjoyable. It costs 120 yuan for grown-ups, 60yuan for children and ________ for over sixties and school groups. It’s ________ from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every day .
Special programmes include hourly feeding times for all the different animals and fish, and shows in the sea life theatre. Someone is always there ________ answer questions about what you’ve seen.________you are in a group of six or more people, we can give you a special guided tour of the centre. But you________ to arrange this at the information desk when you arrive.
The latest attraction is a big ________ tunnel you can walk through. All around you, you will see fish swimming — sometimes even over your head. You will certainly have the ________ view of the undersea world. Children love it and it’s really amazing for grown-ups, too.
When you get ________ , there is a relaxed family dinning room serving food.
That’s all. For ________ information, phone 0774-564219. Have a good time! Thank you.
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Our eyes are very important to us. They are like cameras. We can ________ with our eyes. But if we don't take care of them, they may get hurt. ________ can we protect our eyes?
On ________ days when the sun shines brightly, we'd better wear sunglasses. When we ________ , we shouldn’t stay too close to the books and the light shouldn’t be too bright or too dark. We shouldn’t read in bed. It's bad for our ________ .We mustn't play games too long on computers or on mobile phones
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Hearing is very important to all of us. We can ________ beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different kinds of ________ in the world with our ears._________ we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you ________ protect ears.
Listening to ________usic a lot can be bad for ears, especially when headphones are used. So________ the volume(音)when you're wearing headphones or try not to wear headphones. You should give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones.
Before swimming, remember ________ earplugs （耳塞) into your ears or wear a swim hat to stop water from getting into your ears.
If you are going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears ________ the terrible music! In fact , special earplugs can be made for you if you go to concerts a lot or if you are a musician yourself.
See a doctor if your ears _________. Take some medicine if the doctor asks you to do so. Follow the advice above now and you won't be saying “what?" when you are getting _________.
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Andi Davise, a 49-year-old woman liked hiking. She crossed the trail through the Phoenix Mountains Preserve with a few other hikers as usual. But this morning, she met and heard only the sounds of the animals.
After a while, she reached the steep slope (陡坡), she climbed up to the top her hands. When she finally got to the top of the mountain, she a dark shape several inches from her left foot. She was and then looked carefully. “It’s a dog and it’s dead,” she said to herself. It took her a few seconds to realize that the dog’s eyes were . She greeted in a low and soft to show she was friendly. The bull dog shook when he heard her.
Andi inched(一点点移动) and dropped some water into the dog’s mouth. He tried to stand up but failed. Something was wrong with his left . Andi pulled out her phone to contact her husband, Jason, , he didn’t notice it. She knew that if she didn’t carry the dog the mountain, he would die.
Andi had trouble going down the steep, rocky mountainside with the 50-pound animal in her arms. Even her arms and back started aching, she didn’t give up. The trip up 30 minutes while going back down took twice that.
Andi’s received her messages at last. He and their son, Justin, jumped into the car and to pick up Andi.
Later that morning, an X-ray showed that the bull dog was badly hurt, he was likely to his left leg. A few days later, the Davises returned to the animal hospital. They named the dog Elijah and brought him home that day.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My grandmother used to say to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was ________ . Because there are not so many true friends in our life. But later, I’ve discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only ________ a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different ________. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type that I call the “soccer mum friend”. My neighbor Betty is a good ________ . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up . Betty and I and two ________ mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk ________ what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I ________staying with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is the “________ friend”. This is the person ________you share an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all ________ to a bird-watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of ________ . There’s nothing romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.
________ , there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Carmen is a friend that I’ve known________ college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be ________ friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen’s. George and I don’t share that many interests, but we do have a ________ relationship . Because he is my good friend’s husband.
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