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In the English Reading Week, one of my classmates recommended a quote to us, goes like this; "Your future depends on many things,
mostly on you." I can't agree
(much) with this view. It's true that our future
(determine) by many things, such as opportunities and help from others, but our own attitude, determination,
hard work play a more important role. In
words, we are the master of our own future.
Take Abraham Lincoln for example. He was born in a poor family, and only received a (limit) education in his childhood. Yet through his painstaking efforts, he changed not only his own fate but also the history of America.
to this day. Lincoln is regarded as one of the most
(inspire) figures in the world.
, I firmly believe that our future is in our own hands.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
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).
根据上下文在空白处填入一个适当的内容（不多于三个单词）或括号内提供单词的正确形式。
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.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The __(invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holiday makers
(be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illness. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work.
, in 1871 the government introduced four “Bank Holidays”, that is national holidays. This allowed people
(have) a day or two out now and then,
gave them a taste for leisure and seaside. At first, they went on a day trip, taking advantage
special trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s,
(rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday at the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels
(build) for them. Holiday makers enjoy
(sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holiday makers went to have fun. Today
English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
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When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets ______ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first ____
__ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from ____
___, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most ___
__ (danger) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, _______. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. ____
____ (have) a look first, or you will go __
_ wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses ________ two floors. You can sit on the ____
____ (two) floor. From __
____ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dear Tom，
How time flies! You ______(study) in Beijing for nearly a month, during which you must __
____(achieve) a lot. Well, how’s everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days, which is very different from ___
__of your country. Have you adapted to it? In__
___ (add), you once complained that the food ___
___(serve) there was not to your taste. I hope that should have been improved.
I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an English speech contest in July, _____is not only an honor, but also a great opportunity for me __
__(improve) myself . And now I try my best to make ___
___(prepare) for it. However , I have some trouble in ___
___(collect) the materials relevant and using the language. I will appreciate it if you give me a hand to solve the problems.
After the contest, I am to drop_____ at your school to visit you.
Please wait for my phone.