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It’s one way for a weasel (黄鼠狼) to get around: taking a ride on the back of a woodpecker (啄木鸟) . In fact, the picture shows the bird’s fight life after the flesh-eating weasel jumped onto its back and attacked it. The extraordinary picture was taken by Martin Le-May, an amateur (photograph) who was out walking with his wife in Hornchurch Country Park, Essex.
“As we walked we heard a painful noise and I saw the flash of green,” said Mr Le-May, 52. “We trained our telescope and it occurred that the woodpecker was （natural） jumping about like it was standing a hot surface. The bird was about 50m away from us and took off just as I lifted the camera up. Originally, I(think) I was just taking picture of a green woodpecker flying. Then I realized it had on its back. Suddenly it was obvious it had a small creature on its back and this was a struggle for life.”
The bird was around two meters off the ground when Mr. Le-May caught it on camera. Happily, it managed (shake) off the weasel and fly up into the trees.
The picture became a hot topic when it was circulated on social media, with some Twitter users (say) it could not be real. Matt Binstead, head keeper at the British Wildlife Centre, said: “You can tell it’s a real photograph”.

Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was ___ (interest).
Joyce: ___ do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.
Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He ____ (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to go to Oxford University next year.
Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline: I hope so. _ I think he works too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy ____ for a change. How about your son Carl?
Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.
Caroline: You’re joking. I heard that Carl ___ (win) the composition prize.
Joyce: You have made ___ mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community ____ we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a ____ (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.
Caroline: ___ he practices singing, he will become a singer in the future.
Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.

You may like reading novels for fun. But you need to get (organize) if you are reading a novel for school. Here (be)a few tips.
First, pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everythingis about a character can help us to understand him, from his__(appear) to the kind of food he eats.
Besides, the order of the story and the plot are (equal) important. Make sure that as you read, you make _ quick note of what happens in each chapter. This will help you bring the things you have noticed about the character, setting, language and so on together. It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it.
Next, themes. They are ideas that a novel explores.is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel. Perhaps love is a major theme, or justice, or(survive).
Furthermore, novels are made uplanguage. Writers use language in a special way (make) their novels work. They may use metaphors, invent symbols, or show different characters' personalities through their speech styles.

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 oncontrary 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.