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If you put a buzzard（秃鹰） in a pen（围栏） six to eight feet square and (entire) open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be a prisoner．The reason is
a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with
run of ten to twelve feet．Without space to run, it will not even attempt to fly,
remain a prisoner for life in a small prison with no top．
The ordinary bat, if (place) on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is to move slowly about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight
(high) from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash．
A bumblebee （大黄蜂）, if dropped into an open glass, will be there it dies, unless it is taken out．It never sees the means of escape at the top, but insists on
(try)to find some way out through the sides near the bottom．
many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bumblebee．They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not
(realize) that the answer is right there above them．
Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think ___ matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __
__ are smart and strongwilled , are very likely __
__ (succeed). The reason __
__ this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for __
__ same reason.
What happens to the ____ children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, __
__， often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite __
__ (differ). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn't take many chances in __
__ lives. They usually __
__ (follow) orders. Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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However, the attitudes of scientists this rise are completely different. On the one hand, Dr. Foster thinks that any
in which the temperature increases by 5 degrees would lead to a catastrophe. She says, “We can’t predict the climate well enough to know
to expect, but it could be very serious.” Others
agree with her think there may be a rise of several metres in the sea level, or predict severe storms, floods,
(dry), famines, the spread of diseases and the disappearance of species. On the
hand, there are those, like George Hambley, who are
to this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air. They predict that any warming will be mild with few bad
_(environment) consequences. In fact, Hambley
, “More carbon dioxide is a positive thing. It will make plants grow quicker; crops will produce more; it will encourage a greater
of animals---all of which will make life for human beings better.
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M: I'm so relieved. I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.
W: I haven’t finished mine . I had trouble
(get) past the beginning.
M: How come?
W: I was really happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I just ____ write any more.
M: The same thing (happen) to me. You can talk to Mrs. Wilson about it.
W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the writing. But instead she gave me some good advice. She said the first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my mind even if it doesn’t make any _ _.
M: That's interesting. When I got (stick), I stopped to do
else, you know, do some for one of my other courses.
W: Her methods seem to have worked for me. I have written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it on time, but I still need to go to the jewelry store.
M: You are going shopping?
W: I’m going there for my story. My detective story involves jewelry store robbery, so I want to go there in order to take a look at
the cases are arranged and where the security cameras are placed.
Nowadays, millions _____ lonely singles are now going online instead. ___
___World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker(媒人).
Singles are flocking(涌向) to the Internet_____(main) because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant(重要的) other. Using dating sites(约会网址) is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene ___
___(just lead) them from one bad experience to ___
___ and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make __
__ easy to avoid someone __
__ you are not interested in. In the real world, ___
___, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite(尽管) all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare(声称) to be in their online___(describe). Safety is another concern. You are just _
___(like) to find a criminal(罪犯) online.
Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, ___practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to __
__. Sometimes they may play to __
in the street or subway___
___ they can earn some extra money for themselves or to __
their instruments. Later they may _
_ in pubs or clubs, for which they are ___
__. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become __
__!