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   We can't stop an earthquake，  (1)   we can do things to make sure they don't destroy whole cities. First，it is not a   (2)   idea to build houses along lines   (3)   two of the earth's plates（板块）join together. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake，it is 

  (4)   to build houses on rocks，not on sand．Third, you must   (5)   the houses as strong as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake，but strong   (6)   may stay up.

Scientists are afraid that one day an even bigger earthquake will   (7)   the part around San Francisco（旧金山）．They call it "The Big One". However, people today are still building more   (8)  ．The population in and around San Francisco is now ten   (9)   more than it was in 1906. This means that   (10)   there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

 Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of   (1)  , deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance, modern states “invest” in   (2)  to get back “interest” in the form of a large group of  (3)  young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks---those   (4)  of wisdom----what would civilization be like without its benefits?

Last summer my family moved to a new neighborhood. Ramon, a boy living right across the street from our new house, came by to   (1)   hello When school started, I was happy that Ramon was in my class.

One day Mr. Rosen, our teacher, told us about the big Art and Music Festival coming up at school. He said, “Who wants to be in the show? Raise your hands. The class became restless, about a dozen hands went up .I stared to raise my hand,   (2)   I stopped and put it down. I couldn’t say a word. I just sat there while the others volunteered.

“There is a piano in the hall we could use a piano player” said Mr. Rosen. Still I said nothing, And   (3)  asked me to perform at the festival, for I had never even told that I could play the piano Every day when I went home to learn the sonata in C Major by Mozart , I told him I had to do my homework. Every day it   (4)   (sound) better and better and I grew more and more disappointed that I had not volunteered to play at the festival.

One afternoon I was practicing as usual. Suddenly there was a   (5)   at the door. I was in the middle of Mozart’s Sonata, so I kept on playing.

    My mom opened the door and told me it was Ramon. “What nice   (6)  ”, I heard him say. Then he walked into the living room and saw me playing the piano. When I finished, Ramon jumped up and clapped. He ran over to me and gave me a   (7)  on the back.

“Matthew,” he said, “that was great! I never even knew you could play the piano!  (8)   were you keeping this a secret?” 

I didn’t know   (9)   to say. I felt foolish. Ramon had stopped by to borrow my math book because he had left his at school   (10)   mistake. Now he knew I played the piano.

The next day in school, Ramon told Mr. Rosen that I was a great pianist. The rest is history.

However, I do agree that we should produce more things from     (1)  materials, and less from raw materials, the supply of which is growing smaller and smaller. What we need are better laws   (2)  the environment and still allow our country to grow.

2 Finally, those factories which pollute the environment should pay higher taxes. If you harm the environment, you should have to pay for it   (3)   .

3 As the third longest river in the world, the health of theYangtze Riverhas raised concern both in china and    (4)   . …This is not god news for the people   (5)   on theYangtze Riverfor water. Nor it is good news for the wide     (6)  of fish and wildlife that live in or along the river.

4Cloning is producing an    (7)  copy of a plant or an animal using its cell. The first mammal     (8)   successfully from an adult cell was dolly the sheep.

5   There is also a question   (9)   whether GM plants are safe for the environment. Since GM crops are planted outside, they are part of the food    (10)  -insects and other animals eat them or use their products, and these insects and animal will be eaten by yet other animals.

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    Questioning can lead to 1______(search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to 2______ what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.

    Two years ago, our teacher 3_____(offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody4____ I doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I 5_____(careful) analyzed the problem and tries to work 6_ out in a different way. Half an hour 7_____, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my 8_____(depend) thinking.

    From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as 9_____ bridge that helps us to seek the 10___(true).