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In my opinion, we should try our best (realize) our goals even though
is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.
I used to be shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for
(speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher’s questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school. Something
(change). I started to read many
(interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little
little, I found
more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates
(fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had
( confident) to do it better in the future.
Dear Mum and Dad,
The College Entrance Examination is around the corner, I wish I c___have a heart-to-heart talk with you. Thanks to your
(鼓励) and unselfish love, I have been m
great progress in my studies. It will be less than three weeks before I take the exam, which makes me under great pressure. Therefore, good studying conditions and timely help will do me a lot of good. My dream is the very one you always have. In order to make f
use of the time, I decide to make a few detailed study
(计划) for the exam. What’s m
, it’s also necessary that I do some physical exercise once in a while so that I can keep f
. All in all, I have
(自信) in my future life and I do wish you good health and a happy life.
Yours,
Li Hua
There are ____（amaze）things in the world. The story about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is one of the widely spread__
_____（legend）in the early 20th century.
On 22 July 1933, two visitors, Mr and Mrs George Spicer, were driving along the Loch Ness —one of the most famous ______（湖）in the highlands of Scotland. Suddenly, they saw an animal on the road in front of them. Unlike any other animals that they ___
__（see）before, it had a very big body and a small head, but no legs. When Mr and Mrs Spicer saw it, it was moving towards the lake like a snake.
Soon, stories about this strange ___ (动物)and Loch Ness became famous all over the world. Now people are still _
__ (interest) in Nessie and many visit Loch Ness in the hope of __
__ (see) Nessie.
There are various reasons why people compose(创作) poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that ( 留下印象) the readers deeply, while others try to c
certain emotions. The first poems
(写) in English were nursery rhymes, which were used to delight small children. With their strong rhythm and a lot of repetition, they were easy to learn and to
(背诵).Cinquain is another form of poetry which
（包含）of five lines. People can describe a picture in just a few words with these poems.The Japanese form of poetry Haiku, made up of seventeen syllables, is not a traditional form of English poetry but p
with English speakers. In
（此外）, Tang poems are borrowed by English speakers, which are translated into English, making the English poetry more colorful.
Every evening, Blackie would be waiting for Alan to come back from school. He would greet Alan with a woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was a dog and Alan was his master. Blackie liked to play with Alan.
One evening when Alan returned from school, there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. Blackie was missing. Early the next morning, Alan and his brother went____ (look) for Blackie. They walked and searched from morning to evening, ___
__(shout) “Blackie, Blackie!”But there was no woa woa and a wagging tail. The children were very sad and tired.
One day, the children heard a woa woa coming from a house. It sounded like Blackie. The children ran to the house and ____(ring) the bell. A man opened the door. The children asked,“Uncle, have you seen a black dog?” The man replied,“No.”But the children still heard a woa woa coming from the house.
The children decided to climb a small hill that leads to the back of the house. It was not easy to climb the hill. They had to hold on to twines and pull___ (they) up the slope. When the children reached the top, they saw Blackie tied to a chain. Then the man realized that he could no longer hide the ___
__(true) from the children so he returned Blackie to them. Blackie looked __
__(happiness) and greeted the children with a woa woa and a wagging tail.
How do you know what is happening in the world every day? Do you watch news programmes on television? Or do you read a newspaper or listen to the radio ? There are _____ （组织）called news agencies that gather the news so that we read and hear about___
___（事件）quickly．
News agencies usually have a main office in a capital city and small offices in other capital cities around the world．Many journalists are____（雇佣）in each office and they gather information in the country，and in other countries nearby．
News agencies try to be quick，fair andt____ When they gather news stories．If the news is inaccurate，it will be worthless．And people like to know about important news stories, especiallyt__
_ with pictures．
The oldest news agency in the world is Reuters，which was___（成立）in 1851.Their work has changed a lot，especially since email and the Internet began to be used．They also provide news for people__
__on（飞行）on airplanes, so even in the air you can know what is happening many thousands of metresb
on the Earth!