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Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.
_____ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation_______ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to ______(replace)it. ”
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was______ successful that he designed the present one, ______ measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks______ (pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base______ (remove).
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. _____no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test _____ a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’
The______ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

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When I was in elementary school, I always argued with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the ______ (argue) was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us ____ very important lesson. She____ (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk, there was a large ______ round object. She asked the boy what color the object was. “White”, he answered. I couldn’t believe ______he said, because it was _____(obvious) black! Another conflict started ____ him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. The teacher told me to stand in the place _____the boy had been standing. We changed the place and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White”. It was an object with two differently colored sides. From ____viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes____ (look) at a problem from the other person’s view, we will come to a totally different conclusion.

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A few years ago, SARS ________ out in the mainland of China, _______(cause) some people to be killed. And some nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe ______there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the causes of this ______(dead) disease. They invited all the most __________ （experience） experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _______ they were available or not. Doctor Zhong Nan shan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine _____(test) on him. ______ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official ,telling him this exciting news. For __(convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method ___（work）. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.

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Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone (consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. (destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖) (quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few (country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger (be) growing.

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Great progress (achieve) recently and the new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so (strange) human and speak so smoothly that they almost outdo people.
(Japan) robotics expert Ishiguro says they will be (use) for research on how people interact with robots and on how humans are different from machines. “ (make) robots is about exploring it means to be human,” he says, “and examining the question of what is emotion, what is awareness, and what is thinking.”
In a demonstration，the remote-controlled machines moved their pink lips time to a voice-over, twitched their eyebrows，blinked and swayed their heads from side to side. They stayed (seat) but could move their hands.
In a clear presentation, a robot read the news without stumbling（结巴）once and recited complex tongue-twisters. The robot, designed with a girlish appearance，can use a variety of voices，such as a deep male voice one minute and a soft girly voice the next. The speech can be input by text, giving them perfect (pronounce)，according to the designers.
There were some faults-such as the lips not moving at all while the robot spoke or the Otonaroid announcer robot staying silent twice when asked to introduce itself. faults are common with robots because they are delicate and sensitive to their environment.