A tornado, _ is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground usually
(occur) in the US , _
(affect) several US states greatly.
Hurricanes, which are strong tropical storms, usually _ (strike)the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine, the
(bad) one of which caused 6,000 _
(die), and
(destroy) 3,6o0 buildings.
Here is a story about the worst hurricane. Charles Coghlan, a famous Irish actor, moved to Canada, then New York, and finally Galveston, he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane came. In the hurricane , his cemetery was destroyed and his coffin ended up in the sea, which _
(carry) by the Gulf Stream to his home on Prince Edward Island in the east of Canada eight years _
(late).
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He was a professor. At the age of 90, he still worked eight hours every day regardless the weather.
His secretary said: “He was extremely old, but he forced himself to walk from his living place to the office through two blocks. would take him an hour to do so, but he insisted because it made him get a sense of
(succeed).”
One day, a university student (step) out of his office with a pile of books. He complained: “He always answers my questions with just a yes or no. However, he always gives me dozens of books and suggests me
(find) the answer on my own.”
By chance, the professor knew the student complained about. He explained to him with a smile: “This is the method I have learnt---the
(hard) you work independently, the better solutions you will find. If you can make full use of the books, you will
(probable) become a good lawyer in the future.”
This 90-year-old man was Pound, was the president of Law College of Harvard. He believed “all slopes are easy
( go)”, of which he often reminded his students.
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Once upon a time in an old forest, there was a poor woodcutter (cut) wood by the lake. One day, his axe斧子）fell into the lake
accident. The poor woodcutter didn’t know how to swim,
he could do nothing but pray to the lake goddess.
The lake goddess heard his prayer and appeared before him.
“Help me!” said the woodcutter, “I’m very poor，and I lost my only axe. If I don't get my axe back，my family will starve to (dead)，please help me!” He cried. After a while, the goddess brought out an axe
(make) of gold from the lake.
“Is this your axe，my good man? ” asked the goddess.
"No." Then the goddess brought out a silver axe, but the woodcutter said that wasn’t his axe again.
The (three) time, she brought out the woodcutter’s axe. The woodcutter jumped up
(happy) and said，“This is my axe. Thank you very much!”
At the end of the story, the goddess was very pleased with the woodcutter’s honesty. He just wanted he deserved So she decided
(give) both the gold and silver axe to him. The woodcutter sold the axes, and
(become) a rich man.
The moral of this story is that honesty is the best policy.
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Truth and honesty is the best policy, which shows the importance of honesty. What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to _, they will be honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are
__ trouble, they will help you. Honesty is regarded as the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation.
__ is usually better to be honest than dishonest. Sometimes honesty may get you in trouble or hurt someone, but on the whole
_(tell) the truth is less harmful than lying. Dishonesty can result in guilty feelings,
_ (cause)distrust among people and even ruin your reputation. One of the
__(bad) things about lying is that it causes a guilty conscience(良心). As
_ result, people will not trust you any longer and you will lose your reputation and all your friends. Do you still remember the boy
__ cried wolf for several times so no one would trust him? At last all his sheep
__(eat) by the wolf. His dishonesty brought him shame as well as damage. So to sum up, honesty not only brings us honor and friendship, but
__ material gains. Honesty is the best policy we can take.
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Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was spoken in England andb______ more on German. Between about AD 800 and 1150, Danish and French
______ (rich) the English language, especially its
.
(词汇). At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. In the 17th century, as a result of the v______ English was used by more people. Later in the 18th century, English began to be spoken in Australia. By the 19th century, English was
_____ (settle). Now, English is spoken in countries such as China, India,
______ (新加坡), Malaysia and South Africa as a foreign or second language. In a word, English has
______ (gradual) changed and developed over time and now is spoken all over the world.
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Nowadays, the ice bucket challenge is among the ______ (hot) mews of all. It is an activity ___
___ (hold) by an American charity organization. It not only helps the sick people to get the money to heal the disease, but also makes more and more people aware _
___ the disease, so that they can give more care to the patients.
Ice bucket challenge is like the epidemic (流行病 ), ____becomes popular around the world in__
___ time. The starter holds the activity, __
___(hope) people can experience the ALS patients’ pain. In the activity, people need to pour the ice water down from their heads, and then propose another three people. They can either choose to accept the challenge___
_ donate 100 dollars, or do the both.
The ALS makes people’s muscles become hard. It is hard for the patients to move. Stephen Hawking is one of the ___(suffer). Ice bucket challenge is _
___great success and until now, a big donation __
___ ( receive).