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You will never imagine that such a small invention as a kite can（有益） us so much! Flying kites is a popular hobby in many countries of the Far East where
（漂亮） decorated kites appeardifferent colors．In China there is a special Kites Day on which children andafly kites together happily．A flat kite is the oldest and (简单的) type of kite．It fliesbair flows over and under the kite's wing．The pressure under the wing helps the kite lift into the air．Kites have alsoused in experiments．Early scientists skites up into the air to measure temperature at different（高度）. Kites were also used to develop airplanes．is known to us that the Wright Brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane．

WeChat was launched on Jan. 12, 2011, and took more than a year _______ (draw) 100 million users. By September，2012, it _______ (reach) the 200 million mark, Tencent said.
“The number of people ________ (use) WeChat, a voicemessaging service developed by the Internet giant Tencent Holdings, has hit 300 million in less than two years _______ the service was released，” the Shenzhenbased company said on Wednesday.
“The 300 million number is _______ milestone for WeChat, and we hope the service will be ready to perform ______ the global stage in 2013，” Pony Ma, Tencent chairman and chief executive officer, said on his microblog on Wednesday morning.
The function of WeChat is very similar to the text messaging and voice call services________are provided by telecom carriers. Late last year saw the ______ (introduce) of an English version of WeChat in a bid to draw more international users. Tencent has released versions in Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai.
Tencent said it is _______(most) pursuing its expansion plans in emerging Asian markets. It said the company finds_______easier to reach its goals in such places, in part because they have cultures that are similar to China's.

“Remember, your father is only one year （old） than you．” That was Mum’s usual excuse when Dad said the wrong things or did something （fool）．
Dad quitted drinking exactly one year before I was born．He joined a group of other people．He said they（stop） drinking, too．I loved my dad I hated the way his weekly meetings took him awayme．It seemed that they were more important to him than I was．But with my birthday coming up I thought Dad would make an （except）．“Can’t you miss it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! ” I begged him but（refuse）．He said “I am chairing the meeting this Saturday．We will have your party on Sunday．”
Saturday evening I sat on my bed,（feel） sorry for myself．Dad started to leave, then paused and said,” Why not come with me together tonight? It’s an open meeting．All are welcome”. would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad every week mattered so much．
After we arrived, Dad announced the theme of the meeting was going to be gratitude．He told his story about giving up smoking．Later, a man（call） Dave also told his story．Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking．Showing up week after week and meeting with people, Dad was changing lives．Shame washed over me．

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While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.
The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City, helping repair an area(destroy) by the hurricane. “I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry. “I couldn’t imagineit is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the(power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.” The group headed into Brooklyn’s Red Hook area, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country, had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students(work) to clear rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and glovesthey entered the building.
Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building(lie) all over the place.
The students returned to school with sense of achievement, a feeling they helped people in need. It was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression the students.

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Once there lived a rich man wanted to do something for the people of his town. first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, (say) to himself: “The night (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! the stone, he found a bag of money.