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Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color
represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children
(give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect
against evils（灾祸）.
People’s (choose) of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be
most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally
physically. People
(work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomach aches.
Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that (easy) catches a person’s eye.
Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. So you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.
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There was a boy who was excellent at his study except for his poor handwriting . One day he made up _____ mind to improve it . With the strong will , he made use of old newspapers to write on to reduce his family’s burden. __
___ time went on , he found that little progress was made ___
___ he had practised a lot , which made him quite upset .
_______( disappoint) , he turned to his teacher for help . After hearing his story , the teacher __
___ (advise ) him to use the best paper rather than the old newspapers. Much to his puzzle as well as delight , by following his teacher’s __
__(suggest), he did make it . The teacher then explained to him , “ the key ___
__ your success is that you couldn’t take it seriously with so many old newspapers . ___
___you wrote it well or not didn’t matter at all . Instead , while using the paper , you treasure it because it costs you much . Therefore , you devote yourself to ____
(practise) so as not to waste the best paper and the money. “
So do you treasure everyday by leading _____ meaningful life or do you regard your daily life just as “ the old newspapers “ ?
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Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties. But she simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and (skill) avoiding the cakes and sandwiches.
At cocktail parities the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of drink last entire evening.
Tours abroad are difficult because hosts seem to have a (believe) that the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets (宴会). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.
During one visit the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially – prepared dinner was arranged in her honor. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate
she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving. Then a turkey, some meat, an apple and bananas
(carry) in for each guest. But she depended
her old favorite trick of talking with her host, King Tupou IV, and carrying on a warm conversation.
Sometimes the Queen will seem so carried away by foreign leader’s political chat she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, and then put
down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal
(touch).
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Questioning can lead to _______(search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to ___
___ what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years ago, our teacher _____(offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody ____
___ I doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I ____
___(careful) analyzed the problem and tries to work ___
_ out in a different way. Half an hour ___
____, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my ___
____(depend) thinking.
From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as ________ bridge that helps us to seek the ___
___(true).
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Long ago, there was a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard every day, __ they were always poor.
One day, her son stole his friend’s bag. “Mom, what do you think of this bag?” His mother praised her son instead of scolding him. The next time, he stole ___ overcoat. She praised him again. A few years _
(late), he grew up to be a young man. He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother. This time, she _
_ did not scold her son. Then, he started to steal more expensive things.
One day, the police caught him. Before he ____ (put) in prison, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him _
_ his mother. As soon as he saw his mother, he suddenly bit her ear. “Ouch! What is the matter with you?” She finally scolded him. Her son answered. “If you had given me a scolding like
_ when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.” __
_ (look) at her son heading to prison, “If only I _
_ turn back time, I would scold him severely.” She said
(regret).
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Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai whitecollar workers have received native Englishspeaking___(nation) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.
It is usually free for a foreign student to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take___the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain member of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her__
__(limit) English. “I never knew what to say to an Englishspeaking person，” she said. She has taken a number of English courses, but__
__has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw__
__advertisement recruiting (征募) host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, U．S.) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a__
__(manage). She stays in Li's apartment for free，__
__has to teach Li oral English for an hour every day. “She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess__
__each other meant through gestures，” said Li.
Two months later, they could talk to each other___gesticulating. Now, Li can communicate with any Englishspeaking person freely. About 100 Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure_
_(rise). However, foreign boarding students can not only help improve oral English, but examination skills.