English has changed and _____(develop) when cultures met ang
_______with each other.From AD 450 to 1150 new
_________(settle) to England enriched the English language ang enlarged its
_________.In 1620,some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia too,and English was spoken in both countries.By the 19th,American English spelling was given a separate
______ when Noah Webster wrote his dictionary.At
________,more people speak English as their first,second or a
______ language than ever before.People in South Asia such
_____India speak
_______English.China may have the
_______(large) number of English learner.
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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,
(plant) in spring and harvest in autumn. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
Today's festivals have many _ (original), some religious , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in _
(memorize) of their ancestors. People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music _
they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.
_ this important feast day, people eat food in _
_shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had
origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's festival, __
they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's _
（depend) from Britain.
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For certain reasons I (stay) with relatives currently, and in their living room sits a piano which is my favourite musical instrument.
As child I started learning to play the piano but soon decided to stop so that I could concentrate more
my studies. This is one of my biggest regrets. Every year I would say, “I’m going back to it soon” but I never managed to. Some years later, my teacher
had taught me to play the piano died. I was heartbroken.
(sit) sat their piano, I think of the times when I used to practice. One time my teacher hugged me after I played an entire sheet of music
(correct) in front of her colleagues. I was so
(embarrass) but her efforts to comfort me helped in easing the shame. These occurrences, good or bad, never decrease my desire
(play) the piano. I still want to make music.
This (think) then leads me to think that life is like music. Sometimes the music
(produce) is perfect while other times we are out of tune. However, we all coutinue to create our own unique style of music.
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Earthquakes are something people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes.
, most places in the world have them regularly.
(country) that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 (frighten) people died and numerous citizens
(suffer) from it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded (feel) in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died, most of died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed number of people. The worst earthquake ever
(record) was also in China,
which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.
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Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends?” Are you puzzled, wondering it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.
Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar with many Chinese people that they often play jokes each other when chatting about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new
(fashion) mobile phone, your naughty friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily.
(amaze), the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC produced a program to introduce “tuhao”,
can be considered as “new money (暴发户)” in English.
Besides, The Wall Street Journal has also borrowed “dama” from the Chinese pinyin (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women
(call) “a force in the global gold market”.
(expert) say the Chinese language’s influence on English will continue during
entire 21st century,
it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.
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There’s no such thing as living alone. Never mind if you’re only person in your house and have no dog, no cat, not even fish. You still have got several billion
(roommate) — and so do we all. Some of them are harmless, some are
(actual) helpful and some could even kill you. They are, of course, bacteria, fungi(菌类) and viruses, and like it or not, they’re on you, around you, and deeply within you. The fact that bacteria life is everywhere is not
(surprise). It’s something you
(learn) from your childhood when your mother told you not to drink water from someone else’s glass. There are lots of bacteria
are living in your tea kettle. There are bacteria
(sleep) with you on your bed. Scientists are beginning
realize) the richness of the microbiome(微生物群系) — which is as complex as the ones
(find) in oceans, rainforests, deserts and woodlands. Your house has a microbiome and
do you.