A Delicious Meal
Tony is Chinese American．His family members gather together and serve a traditional Chinese meal once a week．Last week Tony i（81） his friend Amy for it．
Tony's family was preparing dinner when Amy arrived．The family was cooking vegetables with hot oil．The k（82） was filled with many good smells．"You can help me set the table．"Tony told his friend．They gave each person a pair of chopsticks，a soup bowl，a soup spoon，and a rice bowl on a plate．
"Where are the forks and knives？"Amy asked．
"Oh，you won't n （83） those．"Tony explained．"I will show you how to use chopsticks．Don't worry．"
Tony's mother put different foods which were unfamiliar to Amy onto big plates．She asked the kids to carry the food﹣filled plates out to the table．Amy carried roast duck．It was one of the f （84） dishes she recognized．
Amy was a little nervous about eating with chopsticks．Tony gave her instructions on how to do it．Amy finally managed to hold the chopsticks．Just when she picked up a piece of chicken in her chopsticks，her fingers s（85） lost control of them，and the chicken flew across the table．It landed in Tony's soup with a splash（飞溅）．E（86） at the table smiled．
Tony's father kindly brought out a fork and knife．He handed them to Amy．Amy felt more c（87） ．She ate the rest of her dinner easily．It was delicious!
At the end of the meal，Amy was given a fortune cookie（签语饼干）．She broke it open and read the small note inside，"If you practice hard，you will learn many things．"Amy laughed and said，"if you let me take home a pair of chopsticks，my fortune may come true!
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World Book Day is an event organized by the United Nations to encourage book reading, publishing and copyright. The first World Book Day was 23rd April, 1995 and it is celebrated every year on that day. It changes people’s lives through the love of books and reading. Every year on World Book Day, children around the world get together and read their favorite books. Some organizations work hard to give every child a book of their own. Reading for pleasure is important for a young person’s future success—more important than their parents’ educational background or the money they make.
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What is World Book Day |
An ___1___ organized by the United Nations. |
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What is World Book Day for? |
To ___2___ book reading, publishing and copyright. |
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When is the first World Book Day? |
___3___ 23rd, 1995. |
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How does World Book Day change people’s lives? |
Through the ___4___ of books and reading. |
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What does the writer think of reading for pleasure? |
Reading for pleasure is important for a young person’s ___5___ future. |
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good it factory surprise set encourage hard but for success |
A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of ____1____ chrysalis (蛹). The man cut the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. To his ____2____, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle (挣扎) to get out of the chrysalis, it can’t fly. The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the ____3____ in young people and prepare the ability to “fly”.
When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. For successful people, the more challenges they have had, the more ____4____ they are. One famous man, who now owns many big ____5____, used to sell socks from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Eric. He ____6____ up a college at the age of 30. His father died when he was only 16. He worked ____7____ in the day and studied hard in the night. His father’s death forced him to grow up fast. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today, not only he himself, ____8____ also his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.
Nowadays, some parents and teachers actively ____9____ young people to face challenges. It is important ____10____ them to learn to meet challenges and overcome them.
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What color is a tennis ball? Ask your classmates, and they might give you some ___（1）___ answers.
The Atlantic asked 30, 000 people this question. Among the people surveyed, 52 percent said tennis balls are green, 42 percent said yellow, and 6 percent said ___（2）___ else.
According to the International Tennis Federation, tennis balls ___（3）___ yellow. So, why do most people say that they’re green?
When we ___（4）___ see an object in natural light, our brains recognize its true color. Even if the object ___（5）___ in different kinds of light later, our brains can still tell its true color. ___（6）___ call this color constancy (色彩恒常性). For example, we know that China’s flag is red. When we see it during sunset or under purple light, we still know that it is red, even if it looks like a different color.
However, the color of a tennis ball is not as pure (纯的) as the flag. It appears to be a mixture of yellow, a “warm” color, and green, a “cool” color.
The US-based magazine says that when ___（7）___ brains try to figure out what color the ball is, some people ignore (忽略) cool colors like green, blue and purple. So they see the ball as yellow. ___（8）___ ignore warm colors, such as red, yellow and orange. They see the ball as green.
It is not just tennis balls that make such confusion. In 2015, a girl ___（9）___ a picture of a dress online. Some people said the dress was black and blue ___（10）___ other people said it was gold and white. They had different opinions based on whether they ignored cool or warm colors.
Different activities were held to celebrate the ________ birthday of the Communist Youth League of China last month. （hundred）
Tourists can see many western-style ________ in Shanghai Disneyland. （build）