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Every winter in Alaska a race is held. But this is no ordinary race. Teams of dogs pull sleds(雪橇)along the snow and ice, ____ (carry) up to 500 kg of supplies. A single driver is in charge of each team, and stands on the sled. This race
___ (know) as Iditarod runs from the town of Anchorage to the village of Nome, a journey of more than l,800 kilometers. It usually takes the teams about ten days to complete the course.
The Iditarod is usually run in _____ (extreme) difficult weather conditions.Daytime
_____ (temperature) range from zero to minus 40 degrees. Visibility(能见度)is often very poor, so drivers never allow
_____ (them) to become separated from their team of dogs.
____ , the drivers depend almost entirely on the dogs for their survival.
The origin of the race ______ (go) back many years to a time
____ some medicine needed to be taken from Anchorage to Nome, a very remote village. Because of severe weather, the only way to send the medicine
____ (be) to use dogs. Happily, the medicine was delivered just
_____ time to save lives. To celebrate the heroic journey, Alaskans developed the Iditarod.
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It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl____(cry) as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had lost her ticket. She cried and __
__(beg) them not to leave her there.
The bus driver had a face of stone___no sign of wanting to help, and his heart was__
__(sure) the same. “Losing your ticket is like losing your money,” he said, leaving the girl in the rain. Then an old Indian stood__
_and blocked the driver's way, and would not let him pass__
__he said what he had to say. “How can you leave that girl out there? You can't leave her alone. You will meet your schedule,__
__she might meet her end.” The driver still didn't care about the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman bought__
_a ticket and helped her put away the baggage. “How can I repay for_
__ kindness?” the girl said. “We are strangers and we won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn't seem enough.” He replied, “What goes around comes around.”
This is what I've learned—Whatever you give, you will get it back. Always be___(help) and kind to others, and we'll be helped in the future.
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“That is my grandmother’s house,”I say, ( point ) across the baby to a shabby old house. I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing treasured
( memorize ) for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, moved from house to house in childhood. She longs
a sense of home, so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors
( live ) for 200 years.
We soon pull up by the house and I tell her it was like here, the memories rushing back, swift as the tide. Suddenly, I long
( walk ) again in the house where I was once so gloriously a child.
It still belongs to a member of the family, but has not been lived in for while. We cannot go into the house,
I can still walk through the rooms in memory. Here, my mother sat in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise Listens
( attentive ) as I talk and then says,“So this is where I began; where I belong.”
She has found her roots. To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need that origin. Looking
backward, we discovered what is unique in ; learn the meaning of “I”. We must all go home again-----in reality or memory.
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As an exchange student, Wei Hua studied in a British high school for one year. She was happy __ the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m and ends about 3.30 p.m.
On the first day, all the new students _ (attend) an assembly in the school hall. Wei Hua sat next to a girl
_ _ name was Diana. .During the assembly, the headmaster told the students that the best way to earn respect was to devote themselves _
_ _ study and achieve high
_ _( grade). As there were different students in some classes, _
_ _ was a struggle for Wei Hua to remember all the faces and names. Although the homework was not as heavy as _
_ _ she used to get in her old school, it was a bit
_ (challenge) for her at first because all the homework was in English. Luckily, all her teachers gave her much
_ _(encourage). To improve her English, Wei Hua used English every day and spent an hour each day _
_ _(read) English books in the library.
In a word, studying in Britain was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for Wei Hua.
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.