Several years ago, when a foreigner appeared in China, many people would gather around and stared____ him or her as if they were watching a rare animal.
However, it’s not uncommon to meet some foreigners even in middle schools now. There’s no doubt ___ schools will be better known. What’s more, it’s good for students to develop interest
_____ English study as well as learn more about foreign cultures. Meanwhile, their oral English will be improved a lot.
_____ the other hand, some foreigners, though well paid, find
____difficult to get used to the way of life in a foreign country and they sometimes worry
_____ their safety.
___we know, everything has two sides. In my opinion, the foreign teachers are not quite familiar with the students. As a result, many students can’t benefit
___ them. So we should try our best to communicate more with the foreign teachers.
A man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box
(put) under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl
(bring) the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found outbox was empty. He yelled at her,
(state) “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be _
_ inside?” The little girl looked up at him
tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her(forgive). Only a short time later, an accident took the life
the child. For many years, her father kept that gold box by his bed and
he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
There is much discussion about the necessity of daily homework for students. Some say homework is necessary since only practice (make) perfect, while others disagree. In my opinion, daily homework is necessary for students. However, this might be misleading that one may believe all forms of homework
necessary. Actually , only proper amount of homework in proper form is
( accept); some homework may not only fail to help the students, but on
contrary bore them so much that they may lose their interest in studying. “Proper” homework, in my opinion, should
(vary) in its forms,
might be some extensive reading, a paper, or even just a game, as well as other ordinary exercise. And it should leave enough
(free) to the students so that they could do things they really like to do with self-motivation, rather than unwillingness. We should always remember that homework is something for us to guide the students, rather than
(drive) them. Only if a teacher
(keep) this
his/her mind, the homework could be of most help to the students.
Dad: OK, kid, what' s so important we have to meet in secret?
Daughter :Well, it' s about the 22nd of next month. I- d like to have surprise party for Mum but I need your help. I thought that maybe you could take her to a movie, you know, just the two of you. Then while you' re away I can decorate the family room
invite lots of friends.
Dad.That (sound) great but how do I manage to get her back without
(go) out to dinner after the movie?
Daughter: Oh, that' s easy. You just say that you want to pick me up in order to make it a family( celebrate). After the movie is
, you send Mum in to get me and when she comes in the front door everyone shouts "Happy birthday" to surprise her.
Dad: What about food? You don't have time to cook it (you) , do you?
Daughter: I’ll order everything to be (send) from the restaurant nearby while you are enjoying the movie.
Dad: I'm so happy you have handled this so (beauty).
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Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends”? Are you puzzled, wondering_____ it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.
Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar _______ many Chinese people that they often play jokes on each other when __ ___ (chat) about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new (fashion) mobile phone, your naughty friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily. Amazingly, the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC (produce) a program to introduce “tuhao”.the Internet, “tuhao” can be translated into “new money (暴发户)” in English. Besides, the Wall Street Journal has also borrowed “dama” from the Chinese pinyin (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women, calling ________ “a force in the global gold market”. Experts say the Chinese language’s _______ (influent) on English will continue during the entire 21st century, ___ __ it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.
If the population of the Earth keeps on (increase) at its present rate, there will
(eventual) not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we
(use) up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on Earth will make it
(necessity) for us to look for open space somewhere else. But
of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem,
, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes that
the Earth’s resources are completely
(exhaust), it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and
create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth.
, there is only a tiny amount of water there.