Lionel Messi, player from the SOUTH American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today . At a young age, he
(move ) to Spain and now plays
(profession ) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team
(own ) by his father . Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old , he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much
(tall ). There was a way to help him grow more,
his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club
would be able to do this for them . The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered
(accept ) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain . In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best
(play ) through his teen years.
his incredible talent , Messi has surprised the word.
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It’s useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings.”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away .”also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. , good learning habits can help us gain great learning results
(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes
the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.
we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important
I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits----keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by
(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and
(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What’s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I
( conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
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Last year, my brother and I went to Mianyang for a vacation.Some of my friends who had been there before said ____ was a wonderful holiday destination.Before we went, we had planned for months.When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel.We had made our reservation six months _____ (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake.We ___
___(tell)that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, but for the week after.I didn’t understand why this would happen and my credit card had already been ___
__ (charge) for the reservation.What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked.When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out.She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on __
__ top floor.We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
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I have a funny story to tell you: On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn’t until two days ago Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa, a seaside 50 km away.
That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times before we left. I thought I was totally prepared the journey, but I had never thought of my family’s
(complain).
“Relax! Don’t hold the steering wheel(方向盘) so (tight),” called a nervous voice from the backseat.
“Speed up. 70 km/h isn’t fast enough. You are holding up traffic,” another voice ordered from the seat next to mine.
How (annoy)! To content them I stepped hard on the accelerator(油门), and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.
“Stop! Slow down, slow down! Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above 100 km/h?”
Finally I drove into the city, the speed limit was only 50 km/h.
My family seemed (relax) and stopped telling me what to do. They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery.
On our way home, the journey was much (easy) than before as everyone else fell fast
(sleep). So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.
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Have you ever gone (travel) abroad?
(actual), it is interesting to visit another country,
can broaden our mind and make us have an unforgettable experience, but sometimes there
(be) some problems when we don’t know the language very well. It may be
(difficulty) to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country which we are
(visit). We may not know how to buy the things we need. In a strange country we may not know where to eat
what to order in a restaurant. It is not easy
(decide) how much money to tip waiters or taxi drivers. When we are helpless, we may not know how to ask
help. After a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to say. We learn to enjoy
(live) in another country, and then we may be sorry to leave both the place and the people. It’s a pity, isn’t it?
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It was the ambition of an eleven year old boy in Kansas City to be an engine-driver. Born without arms, he had been sent to special schools he learned to use his
(foot) as “ hands”. He spent all his spare time
(watch) trains and one day his dream came
(true). Seeing a deserted engine , the boy climbed in, he had no
(difficult)in starting it up with his feet . Soon he was traveling along
forty miles an hour. Signalmen could not see the young driver, so they set out
(stop) the train. Meanwhile the boy reached Missouri, stopped the engine himself, and then made it
(go) backwards. When he was near home, a railway-man caught up with the engine and stopped it. At first, he was very angry, but he smiled
the boy said simply, “I like trains.” “Well, I’m glad you don’t like planes!” answered
railway-man.