Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969，the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland，Ohio．It___（be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up．The river was so polluted that it__
__（actual）caught fire and burned．Now，years later，this river is one of_
___most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup．
But the river wasn't changed in a few days______even a few months．It took years of work__
__（reduce）the industrial pollution and clean the water．Finally，that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is_
___（clean）than ever．
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation．Maybe you have a habit___is driving your family crazy．Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use．When you face such an impossible situation，don't you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are____（amaze）stories of instant transformation，for most of us the__
__（change）are gradual and require a lot of effort and work，like cleaning up a polluted river．Just be__
__（patience）．
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Tom and Jack are good friends. They have dreamed about _____( take) a great bike trip. It was Tom who first had the idea to cycle __
____the entire Mekong River. They __
___ (ride) bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, ___
___source is in Qinghai Province. When it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly through low valleys to the plains, __
___ rice grows. ___
___ the difficulties , Tom and Jack were determined to begin their journey at an altitude of __
___( much) than 5,000 metres in Qinghai Province. During their journey , they enjoyed the continuous change of the weather. ___
__(finally), they reached Dali in Yunnan Province , where David and Sam joined__
__. __
__ four of them went on with their great bike trip.
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Singles’ Day falls on November 11th every year in China, ________ is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine’s Day in
_______ (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That’s
_______ people created Singles’ Day.
On Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, ________ (attend) blind date parties, and some people even decide to get
________ (marry) to strangers.
_______ this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount
________ (promote) their goods.
More and more people are ________ (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help buying things
________ I need them or not.
________ (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.
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Many of us were raised with the saying “Waste not, want not.” None of us, however, can (complete) avoid waste in our lives.
Any kind of waste is thoughtless. Whether we waste our potential talents, our own time, our limited (nature) resource, our money,
other people’s time, each of us can become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big
(differ). It’s a good feeling to know in our hearts we are doing our best in a world
is in serious trouble. By being devoted to
(save) oil, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing
part in cutting down on waste.
We must keep reminding (we)that it is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. Actually, severe damage
(do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our grandchildren’s children
(be)able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness.
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When I was young, I read many kinds of books, (include) fairy tales. Most of the books described heroes who were handsome and heroines who were beautiful. So, I believed I had to be beautiful if I wanted to become a great person.
I grew up, I began to realize outer beauty was not so important ( make ) someone good. I remember a friend of
(I). She believed that she could do everything
she wanted because she was so beautiful, but she lost friends one by one. My poor friend! She learned a good lesson: inner beauty is
(important) than outer beauty.
Whenever I see TV advertisements, I feel that these things make us (believe) beauty is very important---especially physical attractiveness. Although we say that inner beauty is more
(value), we often look for plastic surgery to make us more beautiful. There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery. It is
(surprise) to realize the number of people who try it
increasing day by day.
So, what is real beauty? I want to say that inner beauty is real one because if someone has beauty in his soul, he looks like a really beautiful person.
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Just now，I entered the website “Topic for Today”. I feel ________ (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus. In fact，more students now come to school
________ cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think
________ is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone，
________also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides，it is nice to enjoy
________ (variety) functions of different
cell-phones.
Others think differently. First，the cell-phone is not________ must in school，as there are some IC phones there，
________ (make) it easy to call others. Second， many students often play e-games and send
________ (message) with their cell-phones，even in class， which will surely have bad effects on their study. What’s more， a large amount of time and money will
________ (waste).In my opinion，the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn’t mean we can use it
________ (free) in school.