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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 m a 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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One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about_____ (be) late for school．
There were many people waiting at the bus stop,_______ some of them looked very anxious and
_____(disappoint) ．when the bus finally came, we all hurried on boarD． I got a place next
_______ the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk．A boy on a bike
_______ (catch ) my attention．He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms．I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused _
______(stop) until we reached the next stop．Still, the boy kept
_______(ride)．He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting．Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus．I heard an excited conversation．Then the driver stood up and asked, “_
______ anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It ‘s _
_____ (I )”．She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers
_____(sudden) became friendly to one another．
People will do anything to see a free show, even it is a bad one．When the news got round that a comedy show would _
(give) at our local cinema by the P．and U．Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it．We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began．
_(lucky), the show was one of
(boring) we have ever seen．Those who failed to get in need not have felt _
_(disappoint), as many of the artists who should
(appear) did not come．The only funny thing we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the program．He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone．As soon
he opened his mouth, everyone burst out _
(laugh)．We all know
the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company．Good ladies, evening and
_(gentleman)!"
English has changed and _____(develop) when cultures met ang
_______with each other.From AD 450 to 1150 new
_________(settle) to England enriched the English language ang enlarged its
_________.In 1620,some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18thcentury some British people were taken to Australia too,and English was spoken in both countries.By the 19th,American English spelling was given a separate
______ when Noah Webster wrote his dictionary.At
________,more people speak English as their first,second or a
______ language than ever before.People in South Asia such
_____India speak
_______English.China may have the
_______(large) number of English learner.
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Just as I began a new job in New York, I had to learn another important job: father. I was a businessman. At the office I had three new _(project), and at home I had a young son who was growing fast and
(need ) me. I was puzzled and didn’t know how to deal with the relationship between job and family until one day, during my business trip in Chicago, I came_
an old family friend Dan,
was once a patient of my father. He told me something about my father. _
__ was my father that helped him go through depression. When Dan knew he got depression, he was very upset and wanted
___ ( give ) up, but my father, his doctor, encouraged him to go on
(fight) against depression. My father said to him, “You have ___
__wonderful life and three fine children. Take some time with them. It’s family that we live for---not just ourselves. Think of that
_you will know life’s worth the fight.” His words touched me, and I
_(sudden) realized that family are the most important in the world. I should spend more time staying with them.
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Just now，I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel________ (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus. In fact，more students now come to school
________ cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think
________ is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone，
________ also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides，it is nice to enjoy
________ (variety) functions of different cell-phones.
Others think differently. First，the cell-phone is not________ must in school，as there are some IC phones there，
________ (make) it easy to call others. Second， many students often play e-games and send
________ (message) with their cell-phones，even in class， which will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more， a large amount of time and money will
________ (waste).In my opinion，the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use it
________ (free) in school.