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In the United States, there were 222 people (report) to be billionaires (亿万富翁) in 2003. The
(rich) of these is Bill Gates, worth
least $ 41 billion, who made his money
starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old
he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by the time he was 31.
, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even
(young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple.
of these child actors made over a million dollars
(act) in movies before they were 14. But
youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18!
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My friend Herbert has always been fat, but things got so bad recently he decided to go
a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods that were forbidden. The list included most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, beer, milk, chocolate and sweets. Yesterday I paid him
visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat
ever. He
(lead) me into his room and
(hurried) hid a large parcel under his desk.
was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When
(ask) what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. His
(explain) was that his diet was so strict that he had to reward
occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
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Woman: Our design class is really interesting. Don't you think so?
Man: Yeah, I like Professor Vargas, sometimes he goes too fast, and I feel like I'm missing something. There's a lot we have
(remember).
Woman: True. There are a lot of details about all the different styles.
Man: Yeah, there are Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, and Art Moderne... I have a hard time (keep) it all straight.
Woman: I know what you mean.
Man: For example, it seems to me Art Deco and Art Moderne are the same things.
Woman: Well, it's somewhat confusing. They were both popular in 1930s although Art Deco came a little before Moderne. I think Professor Vargas
(say) Art Deco started at an exhibition in Paris in 1925. Let me check out my notes. Right, Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s,
(affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and
(industry) design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film.
Man: So, they were about the same time. It's one thing that gets confusing. thing is, they seem so similar that it's hard to see why they're
(consider) different styles.
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I was a previous typist in a post office. Because I couldn’t tolerate ________(type) any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned. With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working __
_____ a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, ___
____ produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins. My new job left me good ___
_____(impress) in many aspects except ___
_____ the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.
Once, when speeding __________, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight__
____ the directions. A _
_______(constant) flashing light showed that our jet was in danger. A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the __
______(safe) belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule. It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely. __
____(lack) food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain .
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Today I’m here to tell you about the survival course I and all other scientists have to go through when we arrive in the Antarctic , and this is they call field training .
The first day’s training was the construction of snow shelters . We ( divide ) into three teams
four persons in each team . Each team went for a different type of shelter . The Canadian
( choose ) the snow shelter type ; the New Zealanders dug through a pile of snow and we decided to dig a hole in the ground . We
( foolish ) thought it would be the easiest . So we set to work and after
( dig ) for a couple of hours , it was beautiful , deep and long
unfortunately far too wide .
else succeeded with their efforts but we had to announce
( fail ) , for we couldn’t get enough snow
( build ) a roof . So in the end all we had was a deep hole and that’s how we came to sleep outside at night in one of the coldest places in the world .
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All through high school, I (play) football, basketball, and soccer, and I was on the track team. But from that day on, boxing was the sport that I liked
(much), because it’s more
(challenge)and exciting to me. I found that I enjoyed the thrill of the one-on-one competition. I also liked the fact that it was up to me
I won or lost—that I was thedetermining factor. I think I’ve always been a competitor, and winning would give me
(satisfy) and a good feeling about myself. I wanted to win—every time.
I started training with the man who got me into the ring that first time. With him (act) as my boxing coach, friend, mentor, and a father figure for me
(look) up to, I learned that boxing is a sweet science
I could use my brain as well as my strength and size. I used my ability to focus under pressure.
(train) by him for several years, I went from being a street fighter
a gold medal-winning Olympic champion.