Old age may not sound_______ (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people
_______ (worry) about getting older.
The findings came from ______ survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned
______ by telephone in 2008.At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, ________(sad) and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. The research team found that levels of stress were
________ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped
_______ (sharp) after people reached their fifties.
Happiness_______ highest among the youngest adults and those
_______ their early seventies. The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.
______ , woman at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
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According to Zheng Jun, Qinqiang opera is similar rock’ n ’roll in many ways, and the latter is therefore the modern day Qinqiang. Rock concerts,
star the common people, take place by the city wall on a daily basis.
Qinqiang opera (call) the “living fossil” of Chinese opera, the forefather of several operas in China.
(Spread) to Henan, it developed into Yu opera. Judging even by today’s standards, Qinqiang opera counts as the
(early) Chinese rock music. The spirit of modern rock’ n ’roll
(seem) to come from it.
The number of Qinqiang opera amateur (club) in Xi’an is uncertain. At places like the City Wall Park and the South gate, you can spot groups of people enjoying the opera. Known or unknown to the group, any Qinqiang lover is welcome to sing a piece
just sit down and listen. The singer presents excellent voice and emotions while the audiences get
(excite) by the tunes. Standing among
(they), you could feel the cultural pulse of this city.
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American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And you pay for it, you say: this cost
an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by
(say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation
(see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I (expect) it to be.
A: did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that price is very, very high, much
(high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n)
phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.
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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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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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Computer began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 Computer developed very _(slow) and it took nearly two hundred years _
_ it was built as an analytical machine, _
_followed instructions from cards with holes． In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book _
__(describe) how computers could be made to work as a "universal machine" _
__(solve) any mathematical problem．
By the 1940s computer __(grow) as large as a room ． As time went__
it has grown smaller, and with artificial_
_(intelligent), it is getting cleverer and cleverer, quicker and_
_(quick)． In the early 1960s, computers could be connected by a network． So people were able to share their information _
_others through the World Wide WeB．