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Between about AD 450 and 1150, English was spoken in England andb______ more on German. Between about AD 800 and 1150, Danish and French
______ (rich) the English language, especially its
.
(词汇). At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. In the 17th century, as a result of the v______ English was used by more people. Later in the 18th century, English began to be spoken in Australia. By the 19th century, English was
_____ (settle). Now, English is spoken in countries such as China, India,
______ (新加坡), Malaysia and South Africa as a foreign or second language. In a word, English has
______ (gradual) changed and developed over time and now is spoken all over the world.
My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. I always felt blessed growing up in her home a boy. She worked hard, laughed loud, and was never afraid of
life threw at her.
When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties, my Dad (force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart
Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.
Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room. It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had her.
Shortly after that birthday, however, life gave her the (tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia(痴呆) grew worse and worse. At times when I visited her she didn’t know
I was. During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize
. She looked down at my hand
(hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me. Then she closed her eyes and went
(peace) back to sleep. I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me, her spirit still remembered love.
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The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the
(late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from
countries and cultures. However,
there are many positive developments
(associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns.
concern relates to a lack of control over
appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are
(restrict) on what kinds of programs can
(broadcast) and at what times of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable
their children to see.
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If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they __ (slow) become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem
__(know) that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it.
__someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that
__is his own fault(过错). But if he
__(tell) us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame(受责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have
__(good) memories than others? This is
__they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in
__little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being
_ (exercise). So if you want to have a good memory, learn
__the people; Practice remembering.
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.
Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tell you a comfortable life they live with a pet. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it
(well).Those tested with their animal friends had the smallest change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates.
pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems that people feel more
(relax) around pets, says Allen,
thinks it may be because pets don't judge.
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only (raise) your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year
(study) 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average of 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Researchers say dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs,
they got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs - and found it worth doing.
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(一) Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear time going by. What can we do to fulfill our youth? In my opinion, for one thing, it is to realize our value, our idea
matters a lot.
No matter what our ideas are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young we are full of energy. We have the(good)conditions in our lives. Good memories, good understandings and so on. We should
full use of these conditions to study more.
For, we should do as many things as possible we want to do. Of course, they must enrich our lives,
can make it possible for us to gather many different experiences that are worth _
(remember) when we are old.
Then when we are really old, when we cannot move any, we can be proud of our
(achieve) that we have ever experienced in happiness
_we can say we have no regret in our lives.