The Amber Room ______________(装饰) with gold and jewels took the countries best artists about 10 years.

—How is__________that you write so well?

—By reading and keeping diaries every day.

The world-famous director，three of _________ movies won Oscar Awards，is reported to have retired.

In our class there are 46 students，__________whom half wear glasses.

The officer commanded that all the buildings ________________(摧毁) at once.

（1） I am                (terrible)sorry about that.

（2） It is his positive attitude             life that makes me admire him.

（3）While        (recover) from his operation ,David developed an interest in paper-cutting.

（4）The restaurant             (base) on trust is working all right.

（5） We offer our            (congratulate ) to you on your passing the exam.

（6） Food             (transport) to the places since earthquakes happened there.

（7） They told us they           (prefer) to walk rather than ride bikes to school.

（8）The           (determine) look on her face suggested that he wouldn’t give up easily.

（9）Mary is an excellent photographer ,       pictures have appeared in many magazines.

（10） He has five children, two of           are doctors.

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Nowadays,   (1)  the development of IT, online shopping is becoming more and more  (2)  (popularity) than ever before. Those   (3)  stay at home can buy whatever they want. At the same time, it causes a series of   (4)  (problem). One of them is that people spend more money because they can be   (5)   (easy) attracted by the discount.

My wife is addicted to   (6)  ( shop) on the Internet. There are bags of things   (7)  (send) to our house by the delivery man every day. I have already reminded her   (8)  (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I said and   (9)  (reply) confidently, “It can save me a lot of time to do housework. Besides,   (10)   convenient it is to prepare what I need.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless.

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    Polar bears are suffering in a61.         (warm) world than ever before.

   Polar bears live in environments too cold for most animals.Formuch of the year,

they live on the62.            (freeze)Arctic sea ice. Nature has preparedthemfor the

cold conditions. But nothing has prepared the bears for the danger 63.           threats

the only home they know.

The polar bears’ world is melting. Studies show that the polar ice has reduced by 9.8% every 10 years 64.       1978. Now about 20000 to 25000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for65.        (them)survival.“The sea ice66.     (be)the onlyplatform that the bears walk over,”says Andrew Derocher,a scientist who studies North American polar bear populations.“67.________it, they can’t exist.”

Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural.Butin a warmer world, these

We have neighbors whose adult son has been living with them since   (1)  (lose) his job over 5 years ago. He is the 5^th child of 6 and he has struggled throughout his life.

His dog died in early July and the loss has affected him   (2)  (deep). He built his daily life around the do walks and made relationships in the neighborhood with other dog   (3)  (walk).

His parents do not want him to get another dog because they want his schedule to be more flexible    (4)  (find) a job and want him not to worry about walking the dog. It is    (5)   hard situation. I can see he is depressed and lonely without his dog.  

First I tried to help by including him with my family for walks with our dogs. Then I   (6)   (think) maybe something else would help.

So I drove him to the local humane society,  (7)   is a direct and fairly short bus ride from his place, and he agreed ___  (8)   (volunteer) to help walk and love the animals there. He refused at first but after only one week he has already told us about   (9)   much they need his help. He seems to have a purpose. I am pleased that he got himself out and I am more pleased that he feels    (10)  (use) and valued. That is so important for all of us.

Mr. Brown was tired of living in the big city  (1)  he worked. He wanted to move to

    the country and live in a house from which he could get to his office in the city early every day. He   (2)   ( look ) for a house when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper one day. The advertisement said that a suitable house in a quiet area was up for sale at a   (3)  ( reason ) price, and the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station from which there were frequent  (4)   ( train ) to the big city .

        “That’s exactly   (5)   I need,” Mr. Brown said to himself. So he called the house agency and arranged to go by train the next day   (6)   ( have ) a look at the house.

The house agency met him at the station and they started walking. It   (7)   ( take ) them at least 15 minutes to get to the house. When they finally arrived, Mr. Brown said   (8)  ( angry ), “I should be very   (9)   ( interest ) to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in     (10)   newspaper.