From my father I have learned a lot． And I'm very thankful to him． I remember when I was a child， my father always got up very early． He was afraid to wake up others， so he（1） put on his clothes and went off to work． To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8：30 he need to leave our apartment at 6：30． After all ，he had to take a bus and then the subway． The last（2） was a long walk through a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish． I learned： it is very important to work． No（3） ．
When I was 12， I would， on some Saturdays， go to my father's store to（4） After helping set up the outside clothing display （陈列）， for the rest of the day， I'd watch to make sure no one stole anything． When I noticed someone looking（5） or strange， I would look the person in the eye， smile and say， "May I help you？" Usually that（6） but sometimes， someone would run off with something． The first time， I ran after the thief（7） my father shouted， "Martin， stop! There is no need to do that．" It's true that （8） ____ is more important than money．
After 10 years of hard work， he saved up enough money to buy his first car， a cheap one﹣he wouldn't buy one（9） he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money． I learned： buy only what you can afford． Buying（10） food and clothing won't make us go in debt （债务）． The unnecessary things won't give us happiness， which comes from achievement only．
（1）A． loudly |
B． quietly |
C． easily |
D． suddenly |
（2）A． vacation |
B． location |
C． direction |
D． journey |
（3）A． excuse |
B． thought |
C． agreement |
D． situation |
（4）A． sell out |
B． help out |
C． work out |
D． set out |
（5）A． unexpected |
B． unusual |
C． unlucky |
D． unhappy |
（6）A． got |
B． failed |
C． worked |
D． took |
（7）A． or |
B． so |
C． and |
D． but |
（8）A． safety |
B． silence |
C． happiness |
D． success |
（9）A． if |
B． until |
C． when |
D． because |
（10）A． necessary |
B． special |
C． useless |
D． expensive |
After Tom finished his middle school, he went to work in a post office. He was to work, because he could send the on his bike. It was easy and interesting. One day he sent a letter to a house. When he got to the door, a big dog ran to him. He was afraid of it very much and quickly the letter on the ground. To his surprise, the dog didn’t come at him. It ran before the letter and picked it up with its . Then it carried the letter in to the house. Tom said to himself, “It does the work as me.
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A special present was given to me when I was 12 years old. It was .
That was the early autumn of my first year at a high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very , and afraid to make friends anymore.
Every time I heard the other students talking and . I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one morning, my classmates had fun talking with their friends, but I sat my desk as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He walked past me and then turned back. He looked at me and, a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt the touch of and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile my best friend now.
One day. I asked him he smiled and said nothing that morning, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
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You without doubt sleep every day, but do you have a dream every night? How much do you know about dreaming? “Sleep are than dream. We all need to dream.” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams every night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That because the dreamer is worrying about something. Sometimes dreaming is a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry into dreams.
Sometimes we with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream.Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
__ dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired.
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The word “duang” is new that it does not even appear in the dictionary. But it has already rapidly across China. It has caused 312,000 discussions 15,000 users. On Baidu， which is the online search engine in China， it has been almost 600,000 times. It has been noticed in the West， too. Foreign Policy， a news Website， regarded it a big event.
But what does it mean? It seems to be an example of onomatopoeia(拟声词). It was started by Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan. He acted in an advertisement in 2004.In it， he said his hair was bright and black the word “duang”. The word appeared again recently after Chan put on his Weibo page. users then began to surf Chan's Weibo page and made comments(评论).
The word appears to have many different ， and there's no perfect translation for it. But you can use it as an adjective to give emphasis(强调)to the word that follows it.
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August 10thSunny
Today is the third day in Florida， the USA. You will never know I went today. I visited the Harry Potter Theme Park! It was really a great for Harry Potter fans.
In the theme park， I saw all the places in the movies， such as the school， the stores and the restaurant. I also went into these buildings and took a lot of pictures. I had lunch in the park， but I didn't in dollar. I used the money in the movies. Wasn't it interesting?
As a Harry Potter fan， I really wanted to Harry Potter and his friends in the park. ， it was a pity that I didn't. But I got a chance to fly like them. It was exciting!
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