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Have you ever noticed this phenomenon? Sometimes Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questions, "Could you please give me some advicehow to improve my reading comprehension?"
Actually, many of the teachers can't give their students effective way to deal with reading. Anyway, they often simply say, "Readand practise more, and you will get more experience in reading comprehension. " Frankly, these teachers' good suggestions are only helpful to arouse (激起) students' interest in readingnot helpful to deal with the questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally, think the skill for reading comprehension should be based on the knowledge of English writing.the English passages are written under some rules or principles, the science of reading and understanding may have a close relationship with writing. Reading comprehension can't be independent the knowledge of
writing. So to do better in reading comprehension ever, we should learn the knowledge of writing, study how questions are designed and the relationship between questions and the reading materials.

British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19^th century. The （invent）of the railways made this possible. The first holidaymakers(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 for “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 advantagespecial trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s,(rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday ant the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels (build) for them. Holidaymakers enjoy(sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holidaymakers went to have fun. TodayEnglish seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.

Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter’s night. Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door. “Who can it be?” they wondered. One ran (curious) to open it. There, outside in the cold and the darkness, stood a child no shoes on his feet and dressed in old thin garments. He was trembling with cold, he asked if he was allowed to come in and warm himself.
Yes, come, cried both the children. They drew the little stranger to their warm seat, (share) their supper with him, and gave him their bed, and they slept on a hard bench.
On the night, they (awake) by sweet music, was played by a band of children in shining garments. Suddenly the stranger child stood in front of : no longer cold and ragged, but dressed in silvery light. He said, I am the Christ Child, (wander) through the world to bring peace and (happy) to good children as you. As you have helped me so much, this tree will give rich fruit to you every year.
When he was saying that, he broke branch from the tree that grew near the door, planted it in the ground and disappeared. But the branch grew into a great tree, and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children.

Self-motivation is a great way for doing things better in life. Exercising not only helps you to stay fit, but also freshens up your body from within. Despite being aware of the benefits of exercise, people fail to put it in their lives, because their motivation is very limited.
An optimistic attitude will not only help you to try continuously, but also make sure you fight all possible difficulties easily. On the other hand, a pessimistic attitude will show you only the bad in what you want to do, stopping your will to try at the very beginning.
To be determined about something takes a lot of courage. It’s very easy to give up and everyone can do it. To continuously keep at it, putting in the same efforts all the time, takes courage. Be determined to lose weight. Tell yourself you have to do it.
If your role model has been in your mind, then you are very likely to follow him or her. So why not follow the path by which they have got an envious figure?
Always feel good about where you work out. This way you will be regular with your workout schedule, gradually noticing the positive effects it has on you. This makes sure that you think your surroundings positively in your mind and that your probability of visiting it increases.
Every time you lose a decided number of pounds, congratulate yourself, relax your muscles or shop for relaxation.
If you have a fast-paced lifestyle, you won’t even realize when time flies by. By exercising regularly, you’re adding more years to your life. A long life is the best motivation, isn’t it?
Apart from all these things, you must set a goal and encourage all your energy towards achieving it. Last but not least, it’s very important that you enjoy what you are doing, whether it’s working out at the gym, or practicing yoga at home.

Title: How to motivate yourself to _______
introduction	People can’t insist on exercising in their lives because they don’t have _______ motivation.
Tips	●When you have an optimistic attitude, you can try continuously and have no difficulty ____ all possible difficulties. ●To lose weight, you should put in the same efforts all the time and _____ at it with courage. ●Choose a person who has got a perfect figure as your _____ and follow their path to exercise. ●Feeling good about where you work out has some _____ effects on you. ●Once you have _____ a certain number of pounds, you’d better congratulate yourself. ●For a long term, exercising regularly ______ that you’re adding more years to your life. ●____ a goal is helpful for encouraging all your energy towards achieving it.
conclusion	Since exercise has so many ____, you’d better enjoy what you are doing, whether it’s working out at the gym, or practicing yoga at home.

A tornado, _is a rotating column of air from a thunderstorm to the ground usually (occur) in the US , _(affect) several US states greatly.
Hurricanes, which are strong tropical storms, usually _(strike)the east coast of the US from Texas to Maine, the (bad) one of which caused 6,000 _(die), and(destroy) 3,6o0 buildings.
Here is a story about the worst hurricane. Charles Coghlan, a famous Irish actor, moved to Canada, then New York, and finally Galveston, he died in 1899, a year before the hurricane came. In the hurricane , his cemetery was destroyed and his coffin ended up in the sea, which _(carry) by the Gulf Stream to his home on Prince Edward Island in the east of Canada eight years _(late).