Timeflies!Thisis＿＿thirdyeartha-优题课

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In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly____ one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and ___(society) changes. Naturally, these changes also ____(lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters ____(break )away from the traditional style of painting_____ the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.
The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell___ objects at different times of day. ____, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as____ (detail)as those of earlier painters. At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very _____(anger) about it. They said that the painters were____(care) and their paintings were ridiculous.

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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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Crying marriage? (surprise), isn't it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and (remain) in fashion the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, still, the custom (observe) by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. .the bride's neighbors would look down upon as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases in the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a way by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

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Questioning can lead to ________(search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to ________ what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years ago, our teacher _________(offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody _______ I doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I _________(careful) analyzed the problem and tries to work ___ out in a different way. Half an hour ________, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my ________(depend) thinking.
From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as _______ bridge that helps us to seek the ______(true).

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Brighton is the (health) city in Britain with the highest level of personal trainers, yoga clubs and health food stores, according to a survey released on Friday.
The survey, looks at 19 statistics covering health, （fit）and environment, says Brighton has the highest number of residents (eat) at least five kinds of fruit and vegetables a day.
The survey, (conduct) for the Sky Travel channel, has compared 15 cities across the UK. It says Brighton residents live an average age of 78 years old. They are twice as likely (walk) or cycle to work as the people living in other parts of Britain.
In （compare）with the national average, Brighton has nearly a third more health food stores and personal trainers than in any other city in Britain. It has twice many yoga clubs, and the level of fat residents is below the national average.
Meanwhile, survey also finds that Brighton residents have the best levels of cholesterol (胆固醇) and blood pressure in Britain.