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Joyce:What do you think of the head teacher’s speech?

Caroline:I think it was __41   (interest).

Joyce: __42    do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.

Caroline:Yes, his teacher says so. He __43   (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to go to Oxford University next year.

Joyce:I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline:I hope so. __44     I think he studies too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy  __45     for a change. How about your son Carl?
​Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.

Caroline: You are joking. I heard that Carl  __46    (win) the competition prize.

Joyce: You have made  __47     mistake. That is White Carl, My son is Brown Carl. The Whites lives in the same community  __48      we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a  __49     (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.

Caroline: _ _ 50     he practises singing, he will become a singer in the future.

Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.

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,   61   (carry) up to 500 kg of supplies. A single driver is in charge of each team, and stands on the sled. This race   62   (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   63   (extreme) difficult weather conditions. Daytime   64  (temperature) range from zero to minus 40 degrees. Visibility（能见度）is often very poor,   65  drivers never allow   66   (them) to become separated from their team of dogs. Indeed, the drivers depend almost entirely   67   the dogs for their survival.

The origin of the race   68   (go) back many years to a time   69   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 was to use dogs. Happily, the medicine was delivered just in time to save lives. To celebrate the heroic journey, Alaskans   70   (develop) the Iditarod.

    Recently I went on a vacation to Canada with my mom and my sister. When we arrived, tired from our six-hour plane ride, we had to wait 45 minutes  61  (go) through customs. When it was our turn, my mom went to the counter  62  (follow) by my sister and me. An officer checked our passports and asked my mom the usual  63  (question), "Why are you coming to Canada? Are you looking forward  64  the trip?"

    Then I felt the officer was a little personal when he asked us  65  our father was. My sister and I didnˈt know how to answer. We weren’t sure how to express  66  (we) about it. After 30 seconds, my sister, who was four months  67  (young), said, "Our father is up in the heaven."  68  (hear) this, the officer looked at us and said, "All right."

    My sister and I were both just several months old when we  69  (take)into the family mother. My has never married. I know if she hadnˈt adopted us, she could have had her own children. My mom isnˈt my birth mother.  70  , in my heart, she is.

 I was always told that the three “P”s, patience, positive thinking and perseverance (毅力), were a sure path61. ______ success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam,62. ______ was originally to be held inour classroom, 63.______(change) to the library at the last minute. 64.__  _ this didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 65.______(me).

    But my mood quickly changed when I saw 66.______first question. I had no idea how 67.______ (do) it. I tried to stay positive and persevered until I finally found the solution. With the problem 68.______ (solve), I felt proud of my achievement. 69.______ (lucky), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left70. ______ (complete) the rest!

When we face the difficulties ,we should never give up               (we).

When we face the difficulties ,we should never give up               (we).   

Many of us were raised with the saying “Waste not, want not.” None of us, however, can 61   (complete) avoid waste in our lives.

    Any kind of waste is thoughtless. Whether we waste our potential talents, our own time, our limited   62 (nature) resource, our       money, 63  other people’s time, each of us can become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big   64 (differ). It’s a good feeling to know in our hearts we are doing our best in a world  65  is in serious trouble. By being devoted to 66  (save) oil, water, paper, food, and clothing, we are playing   67 part in cutting down on waste.

     We must keep reminding 68   (we) that it is easier to get into something than it is to get out of it. Actually, severe damage  69  (do) to our land is fairly recent in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our grandchildren’s children  70  (be)able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness.

Dear sir/Madam,

I am delighted by your newspaper’s ___61____ (decide) to start a campaign for protecting the environment. I am glad that you have asked readers to write in with their ___62____ (suggest). The state of our parks is very ___63____ (shock), with rubbish everywhere. I used ___64____ (find) a trip to the park very relaxing. Now I just find it tiring because I have to pick up the rubbish ____65___ I am going to sit. The grass is covered in plastic bags and food, and I am sad that the young people of today do not clean up after ___66____ (them) when they have been to the park.  ___67____ our disappointment, none of the schools ask their students to do park clean-ups as their science class. Perhaps it is high time they should do this ___68___(immediate). There are many interesting animals and insects____69____ live in our parks. It would be a shame if they ___70___ (destroy) because of people’s activities in the park.

Yours,

Wang Qiang

Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?

The answer depends largely  61  cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians, green was a color  62  represented the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. In China, children   63   (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect   64  against evils（灾祸）.

People’s   65   (choose)of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions toward them. Green is said to be   66   most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally（精神上）  67   physically. People   68   (work) in green environment have been found to have fewer stomachaches.

Red can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise and increase people’s appetites（食欲）. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. Similarly, many commercial（商业的）websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that   69  (easy) catches a person’s eye.

Blue is another calming color. Unlike red, blue can cause people to lose appetite. So   70  you want to eat less, some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.