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Have you complained your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.
An ass (驴), (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a petition (请求) to God, to be released from his present service and provided with
master. After warning him
he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had
(heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be
last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he
(fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner
to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,
will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”
We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not (like) to find happiness in another.
Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
The Koran
Most religions have some kind of holy text on which the religious beliefs are based.For Christians this text is the Holy Bible; for Jews it is the Torah and for Muslims it is the Koran.
Muslims believe that the Koran(consist) of revelations from God to Muhammad during the years 610 to 632 when Muhammad died.These revelations were written down by those
were close to him during this time and for several years after his death.They were gathered into the text
(know) as the Koran during the years 630 to 650.
The interpretation of the Koran has always been a difficult task, even for Islamic scholars.For example, the meanings of some words are determined by dots above the vowels(元音).In ancient Arabic, however, very often these dots (omit).As a result some letters looked identical.Thus, the meanings of these words depended in many cases
the memories of the men who had written them.Early Muslims had to try to get the exact meanings of the words
these people died and it was too late.
Unlike the Bible, in which the events are provided in time order, there is no reference tothings occurred in the Koran.In any case, unlike the Bible, most the suras - sections - are composed of orders and warnings.Unlike in the Bible, there are very few stories in the Koran.
Muslims believe that by (recite) the book, they create a holy atmosphere, and there are many Muslims who have learned the Koran by heart.
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Scientists have discovered that(stay) in the cold could help us lose weight.Researchers at the University of California found that exposure to the cold increases levels of a protein that helps form brown fat--the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm.Brown fat burns energy,
helps us lose weight.White fat stores extra energy, which results
weight gain.The researchers said that because air conditioning and heating give us constant,
(comfort) temperatures, our body’s need for brown fat has decreased. They found that: “Outdoor workers in northern Finland who
(expose) to cold temperature have
significant amount of brown fat when
(compare) to same-aged indoor workers.” The research was conducted on two different control groups of mice.
group was injected with the protein that helps create brown fat.This group later gained 30% less weight after both groups were fed high-fat diets.The researchers say this could be good news in the fight against obesity.People who are obese have
(low) levels of brown fat than thinner people.Head researcher Hei Sook Sul said, “This protein could become an important target for research into the treatment and prevention of obesity and obesity-related diseases.” She added, “If you can somehow increase levels of this protein, you could
(possible) lose more weight even if eating the same amount of food.”
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What should you do if you are not able to sleep? The best thing is to try to avoid bad habits.____ you always go to bed and get up at about the same time,this will set a __
__ (health)rhythm in your life.Don’t drink caffeine drinks in the evening.Smoking and alcohol can also keep you awake.You may have trouble__
__ (sleep) if you have a heavy meal just before you go to bed.
You may also find it difficult____ (get)to sleep if you have a problem or something else on your mind.This is __
__ you need to relax.As you lie in bed,tense the muscles in your feet and then relax _
__.Continue up the body,tensing and relaxing the muscles until you reach the heaD. Start with the feet again if you are still tense.If you __
__ (think) about a problem or about something exciting that is going to happen the next day,get up and write about it.That will help to take it off your mind.You can also get up and read,but be sure to choose__
__ book that is not too difficult.__
__,you may get so interested that you won’t want to go to sleep even when you feel sleepy.
Sleep welt and have sweet ____ (dream)!
Time flies! This isthird year that I have been in this school.In the past two and a half years,our school
(organize) many activities.What impressed me
(much) was an activity
(call)“Learning to Farm”.On an autumn afternoon,we
(send) to a farm
we learnt to plant potatoes
(be) in the city for such a long time,we were so happy to go to the countryside.After
(spanide) into three groups,we started to work.Some cut potatoes
pieces,and_
put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on FridayIndia's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles
the suppression(压迫)of children and for young people's rights,
(include) the right to education.
Yousafzai came to (globe) attention after she
(shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago forher efforts
(promote) education for girls in Pakistan.
Through her heroic struggle,Yousafzai has become a(lead) spokeswoman for girls' rights to education.According to the Nobel committee,at 17 she's the youngest ever peace prize winner.“I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani or the first young woman
gets this award,” she said in Birmingham,England.
She doesn't believe that she deserves the award but considersan encouragement to continue her campaign.Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu
(give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India,and between different religions.