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Once there lived a rich man ________ wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they
_______ (actual) deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he
______(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not attempt ________ (remove) the stone.
___________,with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.
________ man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but nobody tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,
________ (say) to himself; “The night
_______(be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
The he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his _______ (strong)to move it. To his amazement, he found a bag of money under the stone.
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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.
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One morning I sat on a bench in a park and watched a little boy (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance away. The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back
his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing had happened.
When the kid fell down, he didn't think of the fall as failure. Instead, he considered
a learning experience. He tried and tried again
he succeeded. I
(touch) by the boy's strong mind and the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so
(confidence) and natural. He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could. He was just being a child—just being himself—being completely in the moment. He never
_______(give) up. Each time he fell, he got himself back up again, as if he knew that falling down was simply a part of life. He was not looking for others'
(smile), or worrying about whether someone was watching or not. He only wanted to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that experience, and have
________(success) brought that lesson with me in many parts of my life.
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Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel._____ (build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation
_______ (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to
______(replace)it. ”
Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was______ successful that he designed the present one,
______ measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks
______ (pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base
______ (remove).
After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. _____no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test
_____ a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’
The______ (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.