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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.

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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __(they). Some watch TV__go to the cinemas. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways_ (spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __ others don’t cost anything at all. Some _(collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and _ (think) the price was reasonable. _ the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt__ they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __ (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __ (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.

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Millions words have been said about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in their ideas,_ _(feel) and actions. Today there are about eight million Americans in the colleges and universities. The young under twenty-five make __ nearly half of the American population, many of will be in power in the U.S. (nature), their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and is necessary for the older people to understand they think and how they feel. College students today have strong opinions about right and . They are deeply interested in making a (good) life for all the people, especially for those who have never (give) a fair chance before.

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In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear ________ spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. ______, we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.
There is no easy way to success ______ language learning. _________ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only ____________ (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and __________meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. ________we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of ______(advise) for those ______are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and__(write) the language whenever we can.