Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia's biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top____61_(attract).
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I_____62_（allow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be __63___(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back ____64__ my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, ____65_ I was the first Western TV reporter__66___ (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include ____67_(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by _____68_ (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few __69__( day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, __70____ other is with mum-she never suspects.
A guest comes up to Mrs. Dale, the Duty Manager, telling her 31 (anger) about the Hall Porter’s Department. Since there are 32 guests present, the Duty Manager invites the guest to come to her office 33 (talk) things over.
The guest says that the Hall Porter yesterday 34 (promise) to get theatre tickets 35 a show in the city. He says that today, 36 he went to collect the tickets there was 37 porter on duty. The porter could not find any tickets for the guest, and could not find any record of the request for tickets. It seems that the porter on duty today did not believe 38 the guest had made any request for tickets. The guest says that the tickets were promised, 38 he has planned to go to the theatre that night, and that it is the 40 (hotel) job to provide the tickets.
Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car 31 (steal). They filed a report 32 the police station and a detective drove them 33 to the parking lot（停车场）to look for evidence.
To their 34 (amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it , 35 _______ said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the hospital as soon as possible. Please forget the 36 (convenient). There are two tickets 37 tonight’s Rowan Atkinson concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored(恢复). The couple attended 38 concert. But 39 they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was 40 note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don’t I?”
A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s (31) ________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her (32) ________________ (appear). Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (33) _____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people (34) _______________ (impress) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and (35) _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation (36) _______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in (37) _______________the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but (38) _______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing (39) _______________I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out (40) _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
Gandhi, an Indian national hero, (31) ______(honor) as the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got (32)_____ (marry) at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, (33) he studied law for three years and then became a (34) (law). On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he (35) ______ (surprise) found that the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an (36) ______(organize) and started a magazine to fight for equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and (37) ______ (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians, ____________ (38) (include) Gandhi, were put in prison. (39) ______, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give in and India won its independence in 1947. (40) ______ (fortunate)，Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.
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Many people like to read the (31) ___________________（late）newspapers. But (32) _______________ is it produced so quickly?
The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (33) ______________ to do. Every morning the (34)________________ (journal) are sent to cover the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (35) _____________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends (36) _______________ (photograph) to take the pictures they need.
Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (37)_________________ (develop) photos to the editor. Then the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (38)_________________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. (39)__________________ the newspaper is printed and (40)_________________（deliver）to different places.