There are various reasons why people compose(创作) poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that ( 留下印象) the readers deeply, while others try to c
certain emotions. The first poems
(写) in English were nursery rhymes, which were used to delight small children. With their strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, they were easy to learn and to
(背诵).Cinquain is another form of poetry which
（包含）of five lines. People can describe a picture in just a few words with these poems.The Japanese form of poetry Haiku, made up of seventeen syllables, is not a traditional form of English poetry but p
with English speakers. In
（此外）, Tang poems are borrowed by English speakers, which are translated into English, making the English poetry more colorful.
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We are what we eat because what we eat every day has great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits.
we all know, baked or fried foods may be
（taste）, but eating too much of them will
（probable）result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.
(compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but
(little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic
(grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We
(run) the risk of eating out without
(consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose
give us the nutrients we need.
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Since early childhood, I love dancing. I always admire the movements of (profession) dancers. My mother used to laugh at me every time I glued my head in front of the TV set during a dancing video. Later, I registered myself at
local ballet dancing class where I was able to examine the type of dancing movements and learn how to move better. I remember that my
(feel) were that life was too good to be true.
Now, I have to stop my classes, my dancing days are
(certain) not over. Today, every time I
(give) a chance alone in the living room, I enjoy
(move) my body to the music.
Have you ever noticed that dancers are always （healthy), have more energy, and seem to have a lot more fun than non-dancers? That is because dancing is one of the best ways for people to keep a better statues.
is generally admitted that when one is in good health, he or she is able to enjoy life and avoid its negative impacts
_him or her every day.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think____matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __
_are smart and strong-willed, are very likely_
__(succeed). The reason
this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for_
same reason.
What happens to the children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, __
___, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite __
___(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in__
_lives. They usually _
___(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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W: ____do you think of the football match we ___
__(watch) yesterday afternoon?
M: Very ________(excite).The two teams did very well in the match and it was really __
_close game.
W: I enjoyed it very much too. I have never seen a more interesting game so far this year.
M: I had expected it to be a wonderful match because of the teams had excellent players.
W: I’m sorry I missed the first part of it..
M: You were late for the match? What for?
W: I was filled with anxiety to see the match and fell my bike on the way. My leg hurt,
I had to ride my bike slowly. It took me quite some time before I got to the sports field.
M: I’m sorry (hear) that. Were your legs hurt?
W: Yes, but not very ________(serious).
M: You should have seen a doctor first. How long were you late for the match? What time was it when you got to the sports field?
W: When I got to the sports field, was already three twenty.
M: Three twenty? Oh, you were twenty minutes late for the match. You missed a wonderful part of the match.
W: Yeah. It was really a pity.
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This gift was the Amber Room, was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was
had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy
popular in those days. It was also a treasure
_ with gold and jewels, which took the country' s best artists about ten years to make.
However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room , decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a
of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar' s winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small
hall for important visitors.
However, some of the Nazis secretly the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no
that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room
a mystery.