Once upon a time a farmer had a dog and a rabbit．One day he organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit．He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields，and hid a carrot and a bone in it．He wanted to see animal would find them first．
The (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot，
(dig) here and there，totally convinced that he would find it．But the dog，after sniffing around for a bit，
(lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field．
The rabbit dug for hours，and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this (be)，even for the rabbit．
the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging．When there was no place in the whole field
(leave) to dig，the rabbit dug a tunnel right to
the dog had been lying all the time．There he found the carrot and the bone．
This is how the dog lost the game．He had come to right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone
he only complained and didn't try at all．
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Nowadays, millions _______lonely singles are now going online instead.
________World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker（媒人）.Singles are flocking（涌向）to the Internet
________ (main)because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites（约会网址）is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene has just
________ (lead) them from one bad experience to
________ and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make
________easy to avoid someone
________you are not interested in. In the real world,
________, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online ________ (describe). Safety is another concern. You are just likely to
________ ( find )a criminal online as you are Mr. or Miss Right.
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“Remember, your father is only one year (old) than you.” That was Mum’s usual excuse when Dad said the wrong things or did something
(fool).
Dad quitted drinking exactly one year before I was born. He joined a group of other people. He said they (stop) drinking, too. I loved my dad but I hated the way his weekly meetings took him away from me. It seemed that they were
important to him than I was. But with my birthday
(come) up I thought Dad would make an exception（例外）. “Can’t you miss it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! ” I begged him
was refused. He said “I am chairing the meeting this Saturday. We will have your party on Sunday.”
Saturday evening I sat on my bed, (feel) sorry for myself. Dad started to leave, then paused and said,” Why not come with me together tonight? It’s an open meeting. All are welcome”.
would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad every week mattered so much.
After we arrived, Dad announced that the theme of the meeting was going to be gratitude. He told his story about giving up smoking. Later, a man (call) Dave also told his story. Only then did I know it was Dad
saved his life from drinking. Showing up week after week and meeting with people, Dad was changing lives. Shame washed over me
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O. Henry was a pen name used ________ an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived
________ exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed
________ (teach) himself everything that he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, Henry went to Texas,
________ he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was
________ (miss) from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was
________ (sentence) to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After
________ (go) out of prison, he went to New York
________ continued writing. He
________ (write) mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a
________ (suddenly) change at the end to the reader’s surprise.
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We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely． , some of us are upset
their body styles and looks．It’s unnecessary and it’s not important at all．We needn’t care about it．It is one’s inner beauty
matters．Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood
our teachers, parents and classmates．
(face) with this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the
(understand)．Some of us have fewer friends．I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good．Third, we may fall behind others,
makes us stressed．Actually we can encourage
to work efficiently, full of
(determine)．At last, some of us don’t have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy．Isn’t it strange? So long as we have some, that’s enough．And we can learn
to spend money
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It’s useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings.”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away .”also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. , good learning habits can help us gain great learning results
(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes
the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.
we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important
I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits----keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by
(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and
(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What’s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I
( conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.