Doyouliketravelling?Staying（he-优题课

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In this constantly changing world, how to put the knowledge (gain) every day into (real) has interested numerous people. As a proverb goes, “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key it.” Apparently, this saying (try) to deliver the message we ought not to stop practicing it if we (true) want to master the knowledge we learn,
There are several reasons (account) for this statement. To begin with, human beings are forgetful beings; therefore, only when we use knowledge, make (mistake), and try to use it again will we be able to remember it by our heart. Moreover, knowledge has become growingly complicated and we can seldom grasp the essence of it if we do not practice it again and again.
Practicing, to sum up, (be) of greatest importance for those who are determined to learn knowledge well. As a student, I hope that the young can focus more attention on practicing they learn.

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Do you have sleeping problems？Then these tips may help you fall asleep fast.
Set aside the thoughtyou have to fall asleep. The more you think it, the more you can't sleep.
The foods you eat also play important part. Avoid eating or drinking foods or things like chocolates, coffee, tea and energy drinks. If you have to, then have them in the morning and never in the afternoon, (especial) before going to bed. Don't eat too much at night ft full stomach will make you more difficult (fall) asleep because your body is working～time to digest the food you ate.
Make a (fix) time when to go to bed. For example, by 9 o'clock in the evening you should already be in bed. Do this even if you're not sleepy yet. Once (follow) this routine, you will gradually See that you feel (sleep) when it's 9 o'clock.
Make your room comfortable for sleeping. You should also take note that the sleeping environment also affects you sleep. It must be in the room it's not noisy. Dtherwise, you-will find difficult to fall asleep again after waking up.

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Nowadays, English is widely spoken by more and more people all over the world. _________(actual), English has changed and developed over time. Between AD 450 and 1150, English was based more ____ German than English we speak now. Then between about AD 800 and 1150, the new settlers enriched English and especially its _______. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare used a_______(wide) vocabulary than ever before. After that, English began ___________(speak) in both British and Australia. Finally by the 19^th century the language was settled. Two big changes in English spelling happened. Now English is spoken a foreign or second language in South Africa. For example, many people in India speak English _______(fluent). English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries such _____South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China ____(be) increasing rapidly. Because of that, there are different Englishes in the world, the native English speakers can understand each other even ___they don’t speak the same kind of English.

语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
In many countries, ________is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. ________, in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.
But this type of housing, ________(call) co-housing, is gaining ________ (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes (合租建筑群) are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is ________ relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has ________(private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities ________ (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.
A co-housing complex is a place ________residents(居民) shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play ________ , which many families like. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “village”. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for ________ (little) money than they would pay for nearby apartments.

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Mrs. Wilson invited some friends to lunch. She was eager to try a new way of (cook)a fish dish, and she was very pleased herself when the dish was ready. She put it near the window (cool) it for a few minutes because the dish was hot. When she came back for it, she was (surprise) to find the neighbor’s cat by the dish. (fortunate), she came in time to stop the cat. That afternoon was a great (succeed) and they talked and laughed four o’clock. At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, she felt tired but happy. She was sitting near the window she was frightened to see her neighbor carrying the cat, dead. What had happened to her friends? She at once called the family doctor. He told her to phone each of her visitors to meet him. After all the phones, just as she sat down, the telephone rang. was from her neighbor ,“I am so sad. My cat (kill) by a car.”