M: Hi, Mary. I want to tell you something.

W: Go ahead.

M: Well, I’m thinking about   (1)   （go） to Germany this summer.

W:   (2)   are you going to Germany?

M: Well, I made a friend on the Internet. He   (3)   (invite) me to spend two weeks there. I need your advice.

W: That’s   (4)   (perfect) wonderful. What advice do you need?

M: Okay.   (5)   you’re going to meet someone for the first time, you should make sure you arrive    (6)   time.

W: Okay. What about common greetings?

M: Germans often shake   (7)   (hand), and they use the   (8)   (person) family name, unless they are really close friends.

W: Okay, what about presents? Should I bring gifts?

M: No, when you pay   (9)   visit to someone’s home,   (10)   (take) some flowers is always a good idea.

In only fifty years, English   61    (develop) into the language most   62  

(wide)  spoken and used in the world.  English is the working language of most international organizations,  international trade and tourism.  Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak   63        . Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. English is also the language of  64  (globe) culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs  65 the radio  66   use English to communicate  67             

people around the world through the Internet. With so many people     68     (communicate) in English every day, 69    will become more and more important to have  70   good knowledge of English.

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Long, long ago, a Frenchman traveled to a small Italian town. He was staying　61　his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for　62　walk alone. It was very late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind　63　. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man 64　quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight　65　the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who　66　( take)his watch. He decided to follow and got back the watch.

Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian.　67　of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist　68　(point) to the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.

As soon as he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was　69　(great) surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the　70　(Italian).

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One evening, an elderly lady __1___ (drive) past a small town when one of her tires suddenly blew out. Even though all she had was only a flat tire, it was ___2__ bad situation for a woman of her age. She was very ___3__ (confuse), especially with the weather ____4__ (get) colder and colder. At that moment, a man stopped his car in front of hers and asked ___5____ she needed help. The old lady became even more nervous because the man looked poor and ____6____ (hunger). However, since no one else had stopped to help her during the past hours, she stood back and let him help her. After the man finished changing the tire, the lady was willing ___7____ (pay) him any amount of money. To her ___8____ (astonish), the man replied that he just wanted to help her, just as others had helped him in the past. He didn’t want the lady to pay him back anything. Instead, he just wanted her to help others __9__ need as well. Later that evening, the lady helped a heavily pregnant woman. _10_ never occurred to her that the woman was the poor man’s wife.

One of the most frightening natural 61. ________ （disaster）is a violent earthquake. In 1976, there was a great earthquake 62. ________ (occur) in Tangshan, China. More than 240,000 people were killed and another 164,000 people were injured. About 90% of houses and buildings in Tangshan 63. ________ (destroy) as a result of it.

Drop to your hands and knees. Cover your head and neck with your arms. This position protects you 67. ________ falling and provides some protection for important organs (器官). If you can move 68. ________ (safe), search for cover under a strong desk or table. Hold on to any strong shelter until the shaking stops. Stay away from glass, windows, and things 69. ________ could fall.

Do not go out of 70. ________ building during the shaking. Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings try to leave.

Do not use the elevators.

Polar bears live in such environment that is too cold for most animals.  For much of the year, they live and hunt on the ____  (1)  ____ (freeze) Arctic sea ice.  Nature has prepared them for the cold conditions but nothing has prepared them for the danger ____  (2)  ____ threatens (威胁) their only home.

    The polar bears' world is melting.  Polar bears ____  (3)  ____ (suffer) in a warmer world are in danger.  Studies show that the polar ice ____  (4)  ____ (reduce) by 9.8% every 10 years since 1,978. At present, about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic.  Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their ____  (5)  ____ (survive).  "The sea ice is more than just the platform that the bears walk ____  (6)  ____," says Andrew Derocher, who studies North American polar bear populations. "Without ____  (7)  ____, they can't exist."

     Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural.  But in a ____  (8)  ____ (warm) world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. ____  (9)  ____ (normal), they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight and the extra fat is used later, ____  (10)  ____ the bears are not actively hunting.  Therefore, it is urgent to protect the environment and maintain the ecological balance.

Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person  61  has not experienced online shopping? Definitely not.

Online shopping  62  (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective of consumers, it can save some time for people who don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get 63  they want while staying at home. For the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who don’t have much circulating funds. 64 (compare) with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in renting a house. 65  , there are still some disadvantages on online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less 66  (rely) and trustworthy. Second, people will lose 67   fun of bargaining.

68  is undeniable  that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. It’s of great urgency that we need to make the relative laws in accordance 69   the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and 70   (convenient) of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about  61   (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop,  62  some of them looked very anxious and  63  (disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next  64  the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike  65  (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused   66  (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept  67   (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “ 68  anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop？” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh dear! Itˈs  69  (I). ” She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers  70  (sudden) became friendly to one another.

____61_____ I was in Germany, one day at Christmas time I went to a post office to send a letter. ____62____my surprise. I found people queuing some paces away ____63____the person at the savings deposit (存款)window. Why so? Each did his business in turn ____64____the line never moved a step nearer. I was very curious, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on____65____ was written “Thank you for your respect for others' privacy”, a polite warning to keep people away from nosing into (干涉) others' affairs. Money matters ______66______ (regard) as privacy in Western countries.  I was deeply impressed by the sight and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so calmly at a distance ____67_____they seemed quite used to the practice. The same thing happened at a public telephone box. Those waiting for their turns always kept their distance enough to be out of hearing.  It's another typical example!

From then on, I took care to watch their ways of doing things, manners, and treatment shown towards others. I found the Germans always mindful of others' privacy. They avoided putting others in an _____68________(embarrass) situation. For instance, they never asked about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, _____69_____would they comment on the clothes or jewelry others wore. Their laws forbid reading diaries or opening letters without _____70____(permit). That shows personal matters are not allowed to be disturbed.