Itwas(freeze)coldasIwaswaiting-优题课

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I’m______ only daughter of my parents. So they are worried____ everything I do. For example, ______ I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me ride by myself. They are afraid I might fall off my bike and hurt ______ .They are taking great trouble to support the bike, with my mother even _____ (carry) a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say _____ (angry), “Why not let me ride alone?”
Now, most families have only one child. Parents want to do_____ for their children. This does no good ____ them. Too much love from parents may stop children from______ (be) independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do____ they can do alone.

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Some buildings are known their artistic beauty, some for their (detail) design, and others for their architects’ imagination. But a London building has made headlines for none of these reasons.
In its short history, 20 Fenchurch Street has made itself (know) by reflecting（反射）sunlight ( strong ) that it once melted parts of a sports car in the street below.
So is no wonder that the building was named the UK’s ( bad ) building. According to the magazine, the judges, were architects and writers, and agreed that 20 Fenchurch Street (design) by a Uruguayan architect should win the prize.
And the building’s problems end with reflection. Dangerous winds are also blown along the street below. A pedestrian (行人) said to the BBC that she almost got blown over when ( walk ) past the heavy building.

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Jean is a 17-year-old high school student. On Saturday mornings, Jean and her friends take part in the program ＿＿(call) SAVE THE KIDS. They travel to a poor area of Washington D.C.. They help ＿＿(young) students learn how to read and to solve mathematics problems. Many American teenagers join in programs ＿＿serve their communities. ＿＿weekends Jean sometimes works at an ice-cream store. ＿ she is not working, she gets together with her girlfriends. They might go to a movie, to a shopping mall or to an eating place. Or they might attend ＿＿sports event of their high school. They also often stay at one girl’s house for night.
Like teenagers in most parts of the country , Jean began driving a car when she was 16 years old. ＿, she does not have her car. She must share the family car with her parents. About 70 percent of American teenagers have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day. Jean does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. Neither do her friends. But many teenagers at her school do. Every weekend teenagers have parties, where ＿＿drink alcohol. Then they drive to other parties. People under the age of 21 ＿＿(not allow) to drink alcohol in the United States. And it is dangerous to drink ＿＿driving a car. Yet this does not stop some teenagers.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jackson worked in the same company. The man was skillful and earned twice as much, if not more than, his wife. But he had to give all his money to his wife, bought the food, clothes and drinks for him. He was angry with her couldn’t say anything. All the men in the workplace were afraid of their wives and they felt sorry for each other.
It was March 8th and all the women had a day off. The men were free to say whatever they wanted. They had endless (complain) about their wives. And they thought unfair that women had their own festival but they didn’t. The more they said, the (angry) they became. They decided to write a letter to the UN and advised them (cancel) “Women’s Day”. They asked Mr. Jackson to do it, too. The man agreed and began to write it.
When Mr. Jackson finished it, his wife came in. Her key (leave) in the workplace and she came for it. She made him hand the letter to her. (read) it, the woman said with a smile, “How can you post it to the UN I don’t supply you with the money for buying a stamp?”

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English has changed over time. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English _______(speak )in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different ______ the English we speak today . It was based more _____ (Germany) than the English we speak _____ present. Then ______(gradual )between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those ______ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched ___ English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare ____ ( be ) able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British ____(settler) moved to America. Later in the 18^th century some British people were ___ (take ) to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.