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Anna pushed herself up from the bench and walked steadily with her walking sticks toward the office. As soon as she entered the room, she saw it. blue umbrella was there, unopened,
a floor-to-ceiling window.
(see) it so near, nearly within reach, Anna forgot herself and pointed to her possession.
“That is mine,” she said. “My son brought it to me from Paris and I want it back.”
The man had risen when she entered and he (remain) standing. He turned to look at the umbrella
she pointed. “Yes. I know the umbrella is from Paris, ”he said, showing a mix of innocence and curiosity. “Actually, it is
(make) in Italy, but it’s sold in Paris. It’s not the one your son gave you. I bought it myself.”
Anna stared at him. Was he claiming that it was his own umbrella? She had run all the way to this office building from the shopher umbrella was stolen.
“My son gaveto me,” Anna countered. “It means everything to me, because my son is
(die).”
As soon as she said them, Anna knew she had made a mistake. She had opened herself up to a stranger. He had no business knowing the most important fact of her life, a grief she kept private. could anyone understand what her son’s death meant to her?
One year ago, I was great trouble. I worked hard at English and devoted all my spare time to
(practise)it. But I failed to pass the mid-term examination,
made me greatly disappointed. So I asked my grandpa for advice when I got home.
(hear) what I told him, he said, “To some extent, examination
(result) are sometimes unexpected by your study level. You can’t judge your progress by one examination.” He encouraged me
( work) hard for a long time to check my results. I
(take) my grandpa’s advice. Now I realize
the process of learning is much more important and my English is much better
before. From my experience, I feel that we
listen to opinions from old people.
Plumb was a successful US pilot in the war against Vietnam. However, once his plane(destroy) by the enemy and he was forced to jump out.
(luck), with the help of the parachute(降落伞)he landed safely, but he was caught by the enemy and put
prison for 6 years.
One day, many years after the war, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restauranthe found a man staring at him.
Plumb looked back but didn’t recognize him. The man stood up and said, “You are Captain Plumb?” Plumb looked up at him and nodded. The man said, “You were pilot soldier in Vietnam. You landed into the enemy land with the help of your parachute.”
(embarrass), Plumb asked, “ How did you know all that?” The man continued, “Because I packed your parachute and
worked well.”
Plumb stayed awake that night. He wondered many times he had either walked past his life saver without saying anything
ignored him completely.
Think about this for ourselves. We sometimes completely ignore the people around, who help us out when we need them badly. They are just the man who was just there packing parachutes.
When I was a teenager, I used to skateboard on the playground. It seems that skateboarding is an(entertain) hobby a lot of American teenagers take great interest in.
I had a skateboardwas bought not too long ago. But since I don’t skateboard any more, I made a
(decide ) that I should go to a skateboard shop and give
to some kid. I know I would have been so excited if someone had done that for me when I was younger.
So I drove to the local skateboard shop and waited outside for about ten minutes. A boy and his dad(be ) about to walk into the shop when I stepped up. I asked him if he’d like my skateboard. He asked how much it was. I told him it was free---as long as he used it!
His eyes lit up and I could seeexcited he was.
(hand) him my skateboard, I walked back to my car. His dad kept asking me if I was
(real) giving him my skateboard,
I kept saying ,“Yes!”
I think his dad wasexcited than he was. I was very happy that I could give someone a very nice skateboard.
As human populations grow, animal habitats often begin to . The good news is
in many places around the world, areas are now being
just for animal use. These wildlife
allow animals live in their natural or wild habitats.
B
Every living thing in nature to survive. Most plants are threatened by animals and people, as
as by other plants, and may have to live in difficult conditions. Plants survive by adapting
life in different environments, and by
successfully with
living things.
Willmatter if you don’t take your breakfast? Some time ago a test
(give) in the United States. The test included people of different
(age) from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got
breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see
well their bodies worked when they had eaten
certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect
if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be
(especial) true if a person works
his brain. For example, if a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with
(much) attention in class.