【原创】What is red but green, open but closed and old but new? Answer: London's new double-decker buses.
The traditional red double-deckers are symbol of London. Their symbolic status was settled in 2008 when one bus made the longer-than-usual trip to Beijing
(collect) a very special passenger: the Olympic Flame.
Now a new bus design (uncover) and it has been exciting Londoners.
The new bus uses more efficient green technology and has two staircases and an open platform, (make) people able to hop on and hop off. It also has a unique design for the front end, which gives it an innovative（新颖的）look.
Despite(尽管） innovations, the design is not all new. Its outward appearance takes after London's faithful old double-decker, the Route master.
In July 2008 a (compete) was launched by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to design a new Route master bus for the capital. There were over 700 entries,
several designers jointly winning the £25,000 (244,000 Yuan) prize.
The new double-deckers, _____ _____ have three doors to speed up boarding, are expected to be in service in 2012.
Mr. Johnson said: “This iconic new part of our transport system is not only beautiful, but also has a green heart beating beneath its __________ (attract) appearance.”
He expects cities around the globe to be “beside themselves with envy” for _________ he described as a “stunning red symbol” of 21st-century London.
Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple died at the age of 85.
The actress became famous a young girl in the 1930s in films like Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer and Curly Top.
She died on Monday at home in Woodside, California, natural causes. "She was surrounded by her family and caregivers," a statement said.
Born in 1928, sweet-faced, curly-haired Temple was
of the most popular child stars in Hollywood history, getting her first film role at the age of three.
Her singing, dancing and acting won over fans worldwide. She was given a special teenage Oscar in 1935, she was just six years old. To this day, she is still the youngest person to receive an Academy Award because nobody else got it at such a young age.
Temple starred in a total of 43 feature films — but found difficult to maintain her career in adulthood
retired from Hollywood in 1950.
Different people may bid for different things. As for me, I want dream, friendship and admission notice to a famous university most.
Dreams would be on the top of my list. Only by pursuing our dreams we enjoy a meaningful and fulfilled life. Money can buy a cozy life,
without dreams, even a millionaire would find his life boring.
A person without friends can__ be happy. Our life is full of joys and sorrows,
__ we need people to share with. Faced with difficulties, we need friends to give__
__ comfort and help. Just as a saying goes. "A friend in need is a friend indeed. "Friendship can help us
ups and downs of life, so friendship would be in my list as well.
After working hard for so many years, I deserve to go to a good university, being admitted to a famous university can help me live up to my parents’ expectations and bring me a bright future.
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.
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, he saved a terrified boy from a black bog (沼泽) by accident.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings.
____ elegantly- dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved son’s life.”
“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, _____waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.
“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked. “Yes.” the farmer replied proudly．
“I’ll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. ___ the boy is anything like his father, he will grow to be a man you can be proud of.”
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming’s son graduated ____St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin (青霉素)．
Years afterward, the nobleman’s son was stricken __ a serious disease. What saved him？Penicilllin.
China has ordered a ban on advertisements during television drama programs. An ad will not be allowed to run in the middle of a program running 45 minutes in length, beginning on January 1st. The authorities say_______ ban is important for the growth of culture. Television stations say this will cause __
_____ a loss in revenue(收入). Most audience feel glad __
_____ finally such a policy has been carried out ___
_____ some still doubt whether this is an effective policy or not. Simply banning TV stations from broadcasting inserted advertisements is no use.
Even if SARFT completely banned domestic TV stations from broadcasting advertisements, they could still implant(植入）advertisements ________ TV shows. Why can China not learn some lessons from western TV channels such as NHK and BBC? They are public channels___
____ any advertisements. But they charge their viewers. In China, TV viewers only need to pay cable television fees,
____ are rather low. And TV stations make profits through broadcasting advertisements. If we can learn some lessons from western countries,
___ will be rather helpful to the final solution of the conflict between audience and TV stations.