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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?
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My interest in Chinese food started years ago, when I was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, ______ I found some very good Chinese restaurant.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food, I loved it. I _______ (notice) the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why
______ has this special feature.
Many years ago, china had ______ energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. This
_____ (lose) was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their
_____ (value) wood, or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.
In order to economize in _____ (cook), they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked
____ (fast) and they saved more fuel. The food
____ (prepare) in this way kept its fresh flavor--- and it’s this flavor
_____ attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.
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Painting a picture of Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain, in 1881. His father, was also an artist, encouraged him
(start) drawing at a very young age. The father soon noticed that his son was
far more talented painter than he was, so he promised never to pick up a paintbrush again. In 1895, Picasso and his family moved to Barcelona, where he attended the school of Fine Arts. After
(graduate), he continued his studies in Madrid, but instead of going to class, he spent his days at the Prado Museum, copying the style of famous old painters.
When he later returned to Barcelona, Picasso started to visit the Four Cats, a café which (be) popular with artists. Picasso would spend hours debating art with poets and other artists. These lively meetings at the café led to two
(importance) events in Picasso’s life: first, he met the poet Jaime Sabartes and the painter Carlos Casagemas, who became his closest friends; second, he decided to devote his life
experimenting with different styles of art instead of producing traditional art. In October 1900, Picasso
(leave) Barcelona for the bright lights of Paris, and his life as a wandering artist really began.
Picasso formed his own style where the world is being (construct)of cubes and rectangles and finally he a huge
(succeed)in the world of art.
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Jane: Hi, Leo. You seem tired and sleepy today. Are you OK?
Leo: Oh, my neighborhood is so ______ (noise)—I can’t sleep much.
Jane: What’s going on in your neighborhood?
Leo: The road near my home ______ (repair), and that makes a lot of noise. That’s____
___ I can’t sleep well at night these days.
Jane: Is it really loud?
Leo: Oh, it’s terrible! ______ (hope), the construction won’t last long.____
___ they don’t finish the road soon, I’m afraid I’m going to go deaf.
Jane: Oh, that’s awful. How about your neighbors? Are they quiet and friendly?
Leo: Yes, most of them are. But one of my neighbors, David, ________ holds parties every night, won’t stop making noise. Being exposed____
____ so much noise day after day really drives me mad!
Jane: It’s no use just________ (complain). Why not hold a neighborhood meeting? I’m sure you could come up with some good __
____ (approach).
Leo: That’s a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that? _______ seems that I haven’t got a brain in my head these days.
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There once was a man who (be) blind from birth! He owned a fruit stand on a very busy street.
One day his only son came to him told him that he had read a new discovery in the newspaper
they could operate on his eyes. The father and his son traveled to the doctor and paid for the operation.
The doctor asked the man the operation, “ What is the first thing you want to see when I take the bandages(绷带) off?”
The blind man replied, “ I want to see my (beauty) fruit on my stand!”
The doctor and the son led the man to busy street where his fruit stand was located. They
(careful) unwrapped the bandages. The man was so happy to see his life’s work taking care of his fruit!
After a few hours of enjoying his beautiful fruit stand, looked down at the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit
(stand) in both directions. He looked across the street and saw other fruit stands. He spent so much time
(look) at other fruit stands that he failed in his business!
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Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged
their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were
(serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I (eat) with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise” he said, “ A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best
(climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was
(miss). I went back inside and found him, safe
very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with ___
_children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.