Most Americans don’t like to get advice __________members of their family. They get advice from “
________(strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know.
_________ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines
________ give advice on many different subjects,
_________ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how
_________ (buy) a house or a car.
Most newspapers regularly print letters from__________ (read) with problems. Along with the letters
_________ are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors,
__________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special
________ (train) for this kind of work.
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Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show_______ (happy), as in “a red-letter day”. This is a day __
___ something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs.___
___ almost six hundred years, church calendars have been marked with red to indicate special holidays.
A red-letter day is ______ day that people are feeling quite happy. It’s a day that you’ve long waited for, a wedding day, for example, ____
__ it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell your friend that yesterday was a red-letter day____
_____ you won some money in the state lottery(彩票).
“Rolling a red carpet” is another _________ (common) heard expression, which ____
_____ (represent) a warm welcome. A city may “Roll a red carpet” for ___
____baseball team when the team arrives home after winning the championship.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. Red-handed is one. To be caught red-handed is to be caught ______ (perform) a bad act.
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Many people believe fresh water will never be used up. They think fresh water comes from such varieties sources that is always enough for us. Such opinion
(导致)to surprising waste of water. As a matter of fact, the earth is
of fresh water. Furthermore, with the rapid g
of the world ‘s population and the serious pollution of our surroundings, the world is
（面对 ）the danger of running out of fresh water. A
, in some big cities, fresh water cannot meet the d
needs. It is up to us to find new ways tos
water. First, we should make the best
of water. Second, scientists must work even harder to purify (净化)seawater,
(污染) water and try to find solutions to reduce the use of fresh water in industry．
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For 25 years Terry Comm．was a policeman, but for the last 17 years he has been （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u
to someone．Terry’s a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）．
Nearly everything in his cottage has come the sea – chairs, tables, even tins of food．“I even found a box of beer just before Christmas．That was nice,” he remembers．He finds lots of bottles with messages in them,
（主要地）from children．They all get a r
if there’s an address in the bottle．Shoes? “If you find one, you’ll find the
the next week,” he says．
But does he really ma living? “Half a living,” he smiles．“Anyway I have my police pension．But I don’t actually need money．My life is rich in
（多样性）．” Terry is happy．“You have to find a way to live a simple life．”
“Some people say I’m mad,” says Terry．“there are much more who’d like to do
I do．Look at me．I’ve got everything I could possibly want．”
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It is well known that we Senior Three students will experience various exams.Sometimes it is hard to avoid failure , which greatlyu_______ us.. Recently, our class had a
________ discussion about failure in exams. Here are the results.
We all agree that there are both advantages and d_______ of failing in the exam. Generally speaking, it is widely believed that there are several
______(积极) aspects . To begin with, it reminds students to devote themselves more to their studies. In addition, it helps students realize
______ they are weak in, thus leading them to improve. However, some problems may turn
_____ from failure in exams. It ruins students’ self-confidence so badly that some even lose the interest in
__________(挑战)themselves. Sometimes the dissatisfaction teachers and parents show with these students also makes the matter even
________(糟糕).
On such o________, what I usually do is to turn to my teachers for help. They will always analyze my problems and give me some
a______ on how to deal with them. Their comfort and encouragement mean much to me.
The place I work for kindly provides food for all attendants. However, what bothers is that they throw away all leftovers and there are usually lots!
Last week I finally made my point and (allow) to take a huge plate of very nice sandwiches away with me. It would have been
real shame to see them ending up in the dustbin. I went looking for the homeless guy,
usually sits in front of our local supermarket,
(pet) his dog on an old blanket. He was
(extreme) pleased when I showed him the food. He had nothing to carry the food in and offered to return the plate the following week.
we had never spoken before, I decided to trust him, and I was not
(disappoint). He brought it back clean yesterday.
This has made me understand that the homeless are easy(satisfy). And it has inspired me to share more
local homeless people .