This year, I will spend Thanksgiving Day at my elder brother’s home. I will be offered wines, seafood, turkey and other delicious (dish). But the Thanksgiving I remember with the _____
________ (sweet) memories is the first one. It made me understand the meaning of “Thanksgiving”
That Thanksgiving, my family gathered on the floor and ate two turkeys ________(give) to us by a charity. The children fought over the food _____
_____ the adults talked about job matters. There was even talk of __
___ possible trip the following summer to the place I had been looking forward _________
____ seeing: Disneyland. Although I wore old clothes at that time, I was very happy. I had many friends. They tried their best to help me. Eric ____
______ (teach) me to play baseball; Jack protected me from naughty children, and Robert offered ____
________ (take) me on vacation with his family. And best of all was _____
____ English teacher: Mr. White. Whenever I missed the bus, he _______
_______ drive ne home after school.
Li Daiyu and Lin Qian made _____ trip across Canada . First they flew to Vancouver, which is Canada’s most beautiful city with mountains and the Pacific Ocean
_____ (surround) it. There are many tall trees , some of
____ measure over 90 meters
Then they chose to take a train rather than a plane to travel from east to west . During the journey they managed to admire many things . When crossing the Rocky Mountains , they ______ (catch ) sight of some mountain goats, a bear and an eagle . They were amazed to find Canada so empty . Such a big country only has a population of
_____ (slight ) over thirty million !
Yangshuo, China
It was raining lightly when I____(arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours__
__, I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with __
_(it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River__are pictured by artists in so many Chinese _
__(painting). Instead, I ‘d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away_
_ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.
Yangshuo____(be) really beautiful. A study of travelers_
__(conduct) by the website Trip Advisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it_
__(regular) arranges quick getaways here for people_
__(live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Ask helpful Hannah
Dear helpful Hannah,
I've got a problem with my husband, Sam. He bought a smart phone a couple of months ago and he took it on our recent ski vacation to Colorado, it was a great trip except for one problem. He has a constant urge1for next messages; he checks his phone every five minutes! He's so addicted to it that he just can't stand the idea2there may be an important text. He can't help checking even at inappropriate times like when we are eating in a restaurant and I am talking to him! He behaves3any small amount of boredom can make him feel the need to check his phone even when he know he shouldn't. The temptation to see4is connecting him is just too great. When I ask him to put down the phone and stop5(ignore) me, he say, "In a minute." but still checks to see if6has posted something new on the Internet. Our life7(interrupted). If we go somewhere and I ask him to have the phone at home, he suffers from withdrawal symptom. May this dependency on his smart phone has become more than an everyday problem.
I recently read an article about "nomophobia,"8is a real illness people can't suffer from the fear of being without your phone! I am worried that Sam maybe suffering from this illness because he feels anxious if he doesn't have his phone with him, even for a short time.
Who would have thought that little devices like these could have brought so much trouble!
Sick and Tired Sadie
Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. _____ I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I____(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.
Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me _____ odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady
_____ (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This
_____ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much
_____ her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.”
_____ (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was _____ (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.
Research has become both simpler and more complex. It's simpler because,1you have computer, you can find information you need by searching the Internet. For all you information, you don't have to go to2library to find the relevant resource and take notes on it. Instead, you can find some sources from the Internet3print the copies needed. Remember, however, that you should usually consult different types of sources. That is, you4always rely just on the Internet for you research.
While finding information is easier than ever, at the same time, researching has become5complex. There is a lot more material available, which means you may be overwhelmed6the amount of information. You need to learn7to sort through and find the relevant information for your particular project. Also,
8need to check the accuracy of it.