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Nicolaus Copernicus was born in a wealthy family in 1473 in Poland. In 1496, he went to Italy where he (study) law and medicine and so on until he came back to his homeland in 1506. He later worked for the church till he died in 1543. Copernicus lived in a time
people still believed everything moved around the earth in
universe. But through his years of
(observe) and mathematical calculations, Copernicus became confused because he found the earth was not the centre of the solar system. He kept improving his new theory until he felt it was complete in 1514. He suggested that the earth
(spin) while going round the sun. His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged
to publish his ideas, but Copernicus was cautious. He didn’t want
(attack) by Christian Church. Finally, as he lay dying in 1543, he put
the theory that the sun, not the earth, is the centre of the solar system.
Copernicus has set a good example to us, sticking to the (science) truth and bravely breaking away
the old view.
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Every day, on her way to work, Amelia had to pass a slum(贫民窟). As social worker, she had not paid much attention to
. This changed one day when she met a ragged boy named Sam. Sam knew
she was the head of social services, and that she could help. He reached out his hand
said, “Can you help me? I’m looking for my dad.” His hands were so cold. Amelia said, “What’s up?” “My mom is
(terrible) sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my father’s coming back would be the best present. My dad had left us
I was two years old,” said the boy.
Amelia was deeply moved and asked Sam to take her to his home. He (lead) her to a small house. Amelia saw a woman
(lie) on the bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Amelia, “Please find a home for my son.”
Amelia take her hand and nodded tears in her eyes. She got an idea. Her husband and she had no children, and looked forward to having one. Later Amelia brought Sam home. Ever since then, the new family have had happiness and
(laugh).
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Many weight loss programs seem attractive to people. But for most people are overweight, the results are so
(limit) that they will give up long before achieving any realistic results. It turns out that the programs are practically of no use. You lose weight for a while, only
(gain) back more weight when you stop your weight loss program. This is
such programs are not natural. Is there a natural weight loss solution?
A sure way of achieving natural weight loss is to increase amount of exercise you get every day.
, this doesn’t necessarily mean spending hours at the gym
in front of a weight loss video. Increase your weight levels
(nature) by walking or biking short distances instead of driving, or by taking the stairs instead of the elevator. There are even exercise that you can do while
(sit) at your desk. All of these activities can burn extra calories
taking up too much time.
Global warming could make humans shorter. Scientists claim to have found evidence that it caused the world's first horses （shrink） nearly 50 million years ago. In fact,a team from the universities of Florida and Nebreaks says
has found a link between the Earth heating up and the size of mammals-homes，during the last time the world heated up. The scientists used fossils to follow the evolution of homes from their earliest
（appear) 56 million years ago. As temperatures went up．their size went
. The scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect
mammals and could even make humans
（small）．“Horses started out small，about the size of a small dog. What's
（surprise）is that after they first appeared，they then became even smaller and then dramatically increased in size, and that
（exact）corresponds to the global warming event, followed by cooling.”"It had been known that mammals
small during the last warm time，
we hadn't realized that temperature specifically was driving the evolution of body size”Dr. Bloch said in the "Science”journal.
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In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, ______can all be easily found on Google, but very often people
______(actual) ask these things by telephoning. Your answer may
______(reply) to with a thank-you e-mail.
This isn’t the first time that great ______(change) have taken place in our manners due to technology. In the late 1870s, when
______telephone was invented, people didn’t know how to greet a caller. Often there
______(be) just silence. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor,
______ (suggest) that people say “Ahoy”, but finally“Hello” won out,the greeting is now used
_____everyday face-to-face communications.
Try to be______ (respect) no matter who you communicate with. Just keep it in mind that
______(polite) never goes out of fashion.
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Once there lived a rich man ________ wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they
_______ (actual) deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he
______(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not attempt ________ (remove) the stone.
___________,with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.
________ man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but nobody tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,
________ (say) to himself; “The night
_______(be)very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
The he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his _______ (strong)to move it. To his amazement, he found a bag of money under the stone.