Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting
attractive option if you live far away from family and friends,
__ you are on a budget.
You can also complete ___ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation
__ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage
___ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.
Because you can do kinds of tasks_ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to,
can make it difficult to complete other tasks.
Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated b nobody came to his restaurant that morning. He thought that the menu he prepared was
（完美）. Then he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by w
coming into his restaurant to eat as he always did. Driven by
, Wang Peng followed his friend to a newly opened restaurant
offered to make people thin in two weeks. The new restaurant was
of people. Wang Peng came in and was shown a menu. He was a
at what he saw. After leaving the restaurant, he went to the library and did some r
. Arriving home Wang Peng rewrote his own sign, trying to win his customers
. The two restaurants began to
(竞争)!
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Working at the whaling station, I had wcatching huge whales many times with the help of the killer whale. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I was sorting out my
(住所), I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. It was Old Tom, the killer
was telling us that there was about to be a whale hunt.
Having become (意识到) of what was happening, we jumped into the boat without
(一刻不停的) and headed
into the bay. As we d
nearer, I could see a whale
attacked by a pack of about six killers. Because of being badly wounded, the whale soon died and its body was
by the killers down into the d
of the sea very soon.
How can we students keep ourselves safe? Here are some tips.
On your way home or to school: Wait for the g_______traffic light, and look left and right before you cross the road. If you see a car coming, don’t cross until it really s_________
.Dress in b________
colors, so the drivers can see you clearly.
At school: When students around you begin to push, try to hold onto something, or stay in a safer corner. If you _________ down in a crowded place, cover your head w_________
both hands.
When there is a fire: Stay calm and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in s__________. If your clothes catch fire, drop to the ground and roll from side to side to _________
out the fire.
For eating: Wash fruit like apples or pears carefully before e_________them. Check the expiration dates and if your food looks or ___________ (闻)
bad, don’t eat it..
For riding on the escalator (自动扶梯)：Hold onto the handrails (扶手) and stand on the right side of the escalator because right arms are stronger. It is dangerous to run up and down on them. You may fall down because escalator steps are not _____________(设计) for running.
I had a disease，made my life difficult and demanding. This disease was called “and then I’ll be happy.”
I first (catch) it in middle school. During my younger years, I seemed to always enjoy each day of my life. During those middle school years, however, I started to look to the future more and more and enjoy today less and less. At first, I thought
_______(get) into high school and being a teenager would make me happy. Then the dream changed to being on my own in college. Next came having
______ great job. After that was the dream of raising a family. Then there was retiring and enjoying my life. Each dream postponed my
_____ (happy) a little further.
_______ (final), I realized that
______I kept going this way, I would never be happy. And I came
______(see)that it would be much better to be happy now than to live with this disease. So I began to keep a happy heart and loving soul rather
______ to wait for life to become perfect. These days I still occasionally suffer
_______ the disease, but I heal it by knowing that I can choose love and joy every second of my life.
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Charity shops are popular in the UK. The first charity shop_ ( be) opened by Oxfam in 1947. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. The shops sell different things from
old book to a famous brand handbag. Here are the reasons why I often go to charity shops.
First, things in charity shops are much _(cheap) than those in street stores. People give things to charity shops
free. Most of the things have been used _
they are well cleaned and _
(repair). So you can buy useful things with less money in charity shop.
Second, people give their own thing to charity shops instead of (throw) them away. Then other people who need the things buy them. It's good for the environment.
Third, is for charity work that charity shops are set up. The money earned in charity shops is for people in need,
(especial) for homeless and disabled people after the things in charity shops are sold, the owner will receive a letter telling him about that. That's the main reason why people like charity shops. So I hope there will be more and more charity shops in other__
(place)