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.
Alice： You seem to be absorbed(全神贯注) in the magazine, David.
David： It is the New scientist, __________ (deliver) to me this morning. Honestly speaking, I am fascinated(着迷的) by the magazine.
Alice： Are there articles or stories about the latest__________ (science) breakthrough?
David: Sure. I am reading an article______________ (introduce) a new invention --- the “flying car”.
Alice: That sounds interesting. Can you explain to me ____ the “flying car” works?
David: Yes. The car has four wheels and two wings that can be folded. So it can _________ be driven on the road or flown at a speed of 110 miles per hour, just like a plane. When the roads are crowded,
_____ is often the case now, you can fly it and easily reach your destination. Besides, it uses electricity instead of petrol, so it’s
________________ (environment) friendly
Alice: Sounds great! This kind of car will make our lives ________(easy) and more comfortable. By the way, is the “flying car” on the market yet? Can I buy
___ now?
David: I’m afraid not. The car ____________ (try) out at present and it still needs to be improved.
Alice： I bet it is very expensive.
David： It does cost a lot of money, but scientists are working hard to bring down the price.
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In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly____ one. Many people moved from the countryside to the new cities. There were many new inventions and _
__(society) changes. Naturally, these changes also __
__(lead) to new painting styles. Among the painters
____(break )away from the traditional style of painting___
__ the Impressionists, who lived and worked in Paris.
The Impressionists were the first painters to work outdoors. They were eager to show how light and shadow fell___ objects at different times of day. __
__, because natural light changes so quickly, the Impressionists had to paint quickly. Their paintings were not as_
___ (detail)as those of earlier painters. At first, many people disliked this style of painting and became very __
___(anger) about it. They said that the painters were__
__(care) and their paintings were ridiculous.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,
are smart and strong-willed, are very likely
(succeed). The reason
this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for
same reason.
What happens to the children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,
, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite
(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in
lives. They usually
(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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Crying marriage? (surprise), isn't it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and
(remain) in fashion
the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, still, the custom
(observe) by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a
(necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.
.the bride's neighbors would look down upon
as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases in
the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a way by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
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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).