Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red, for example,is the color of fire,heat,blood and life.People say red is an exciting and active color.They associate(使发生联系)red with a strong feeling like 1 .Red is used for signs of 2 , such as STOP signs and fire engines.Orange is the bright, warm color of 3 in autumn.People say orange is a 4 color.They associate orange with happiness.Yellow is the color of 5 .People say it is a cheerful color.They associate yellow too, with happiness.Green is the cool color of grass in 6 .People say it is a refreshing color.
In general, people 7 two groups of colors:warm colors and cool colors.The warm colors are red, orange and 8 .Where there are warm colors and a lot of light, people usually want to be 9 .Those who like to be with 10 like red.The cool colors are 11 and blue.Where there are these colors, people are usually worried.Some scientists say that time seems to 12 more slowly in a room with warm colors.They suggest that a 13 color is a good way for a living room or a 14 .People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. 15 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.
Uncle Wang lives on a farm. 1 farm is not big.He grows many things, 2 rice, corn and wheat.He also has 3 animals on his farm, like cow, 4 and horses.He likes to feed them, but he doesn’t 5 them to do farm work, 6 he buys a tractor.It works faster and better.
After Uncle Wang does his work in the fields, he likes to sit near the river and looks at the green trees.Sometimes he jumps into the river to 7 in summer.He thinks the country is 8 than the city.In the city, he can’t see the 9 .In the country, he can often hear birds 10 in the tree.He likes his farm very much.
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A
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An
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The
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as
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like
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has
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doesn’t like
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lots of
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a lot
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lot of
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much
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sheep
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sheeps
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fishes
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chicken
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let
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make
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help
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use
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so
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because
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but
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when
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skate
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hike
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swim
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boat
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beautiful
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beautifuler
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more beautiful
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the most beautiful
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cars
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people
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policemen
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animals
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sing
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to sing
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is singing
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sings
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There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons.She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, 1 he was not doing well in school.Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so 2 .
The mother 3 that she herself would have to get her sons to do better in school.She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a 4 a week and do a report about it for her.
One day, in Ben's 5 , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it.Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 .“Why did Ben put up his hand?” his classmates wondered.He 7 said anything.What would he possibly want to say?
Well Ben not only 8 the rock; he also said a lot about the rock.He named many other rocks in the same group and even knew 9 the teacher had found it.The teacher and the students were 10 .Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book 11 .
Later Ben went on to the 12 of his class.When he finished high school, he went to Yale University(耶鲁大学)and at last became one of the best doctors in the USA.After Ben grew up, he 13 something about his mother that he did not know as a 14 .She, herself, had never learned how to 15 .
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because
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so
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but
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clever
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asked
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decided
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forgot
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heard
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notice
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message
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book
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question
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class
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room
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office
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lab
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think
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leave
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stand up
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sit down
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always
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quickly
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never
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found
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unhappy
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pictures
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exercises
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top
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learnt
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remembered
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forgot
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guessed
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doctor
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child
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children
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teacher
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read
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work
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teach
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show
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Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. 1 knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people who had dreams that 2 .One of these people was a man 3 John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.
John Chapman dreamt that he 4 on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich.John Chapman was a poor man and he needed 5 , so the next day he decided to leave for London. 6 was 100 miles from Swaffham to London.He walked for a few days and at last he 7 London Bridge.There were many people on the bridge, but they weren't 8 in John Chapman.No one 9 him.After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, 10 before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.
“I've been watching you,” he said, “Are you 11 someone?”
“Yes,” said John.“I had a dream about a man here, he would help me to get much money.”
“Oh,” said the shopkeeper.“you shouldn't believe in dreams. 12 I believe in dreams, I'd be in Swaffham right now.I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham.He had 13 in his garden, near an old apple tree.”
John Chapman was 14 by what the shopkeeper said.At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree.He soon found many pieces of gold.He was so happy 15 he gave some of the gold to his church.For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.
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Nobody
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Anybody
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Somebody
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came out
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came up
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came true
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came to
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call
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to call
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calling
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called
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is standing
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was standing
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will stand
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stands
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dream
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future
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money
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apple
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This
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It
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That
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Its
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reached
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arrived
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got
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interest
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interests
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interested
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listened to
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talked to
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said to
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caring for
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Where
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money
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apple
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tree
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angry
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unhappy
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amazed
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which
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that
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D.
unless
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I'm going to have a dance performance tonight.I hope you'll come.Here is the ticket.Don't forget! ” Then she 1 in a hurry.
“What? Dance? Is that 2 ? ” I asked myself.Mary was not such kind of girl.She was quite common one.I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes.In fact, she really did not know 3 to dress up.What a terrible thing!
“I should go to, I must go to.” I thought.
I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my seat and sat down.Her performance was the seventh one.I knew I would have a 4 time before her turn, for I had no sense of art, 5 her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait.
Time went 6 , I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the words, “Let's welcome the next exciting dance-Latin! ”
Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, 7 to lose anything.Wearing a golden and shiny skirt, Mary appeared.She danced with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying … I could 8 believe my eyes.
After all the performance ended, I 9 her at the gate.
“Hi! ” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes.“How do you feel? ”
“Fantastic! ” I answered.
“Ha, ha.I knew it would be.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing 10 a child.
At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.
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came
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jumped
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left
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moved
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possible
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lucky
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funny
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why
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where
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when
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how
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great
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quickly
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easily
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fearing
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planning
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seriously
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nearly
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certainly
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waited for
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looked for
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paid for
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cared for
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as
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like
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for
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at
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Helen and Sally are cousins.Helen is a writer.She lives 1 to Sally.She is 2 writing every day.She doesn't want to talk to others when she is 3 .Her friends know her well.If they want to see her, they often 4 her first.If Helen tells them she has 5 ,they will come to her house.
Sally works in a 6 .She is a bank clerk.She has lots of friends and they often come to see her and talk with her. 7 Helen can't write well when they are talking.She doesn't Know what to 8 to Sally.Now Helen is talking about it with her best friend Ruth.Ruth is 9 to help Helen.She says,“You can put a note on 10 door(门).It would say,‘Nobody is at home.Please come another day.' ”
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across
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next
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before
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behind
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friendly
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shy
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busy
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lazy
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working
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studying
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playing
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sleeping
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ask
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meet
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call
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see
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news
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food
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music
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time
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hotel
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restaurant
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bank
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post office
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And
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but
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Or
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bring
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give
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say
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take
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quiet
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happy
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tired
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sorry
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Helen's
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their
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Sally's
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your
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Hi, boys and girls! I'm Kathy.Let me 1 you something about my family.There 2 three people in my family-my father, my mother, and I.My father is a 3 .And he works in a bank.He thinks his job is 4 boring.He wants 5 a policeman.He enjoys 6 TV after dinner.My mother is a teacher.She 7 in a middle school.She thinks her job is very 8 .She likes her students very much.She works hard and often comes back home late.Look, many students are on the playground.Some are walking, 9 are playing games..In her free time(空闲时间), she likes writing stories 10 a magazine.I study at a middle school.I also want to be a teacher when I grow up.
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say
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tell
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have
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policeman
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bank clerk
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reporter
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a kind of
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all kinds of
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kind of
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kinds of
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is
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to be
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watching
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watches
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to watch
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watch
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teach
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wants
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work
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teaches
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dangerous
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difficult
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interesting
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boring
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others
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other
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another
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the other
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in,
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for
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as
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at
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The weather in our town today is different from that many years ago.It was too hot at the time.Now it becomes 1 because all the mountains around our town 2 trees.There is no more sand on the surface of the earth 3 these new trees.At the beginning of this century, sand was 4 here. 5 we couldn't 6 any plants in this poor land.In 1952, a number of young people came to live here.They wanted 7 this poor land with their hands.They worked hard to plant trees to stop earth 8 sending away.After many years of hard work, a beautiful new town 9 on the poor land.Now, people on this town still go on planting more trees all the time.They want to keep it much more beautiful later 10 .
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cold
B.
too cold
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cool
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hot
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are covered for
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were covered by
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cover with
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are covered with
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thanks to
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were covered by
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because
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without
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nowhere
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everywhere
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somewhere
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some where
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So
B.
But
C.
Or
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Because
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buy
B.
grow
C.
miss
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invent
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to develop
B.
developing
C.
to make
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to be interested in
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for
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from
C.
at
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to
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A.
disappears
B.
build
C.
appears
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come
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on
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in
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at
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from
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You really have to get very old before you find you’re old.I’m in my middle fifties and I don’t feel old yet.However, sometimes I look bace at my cildood and 1 things to the lifestyle that is for 2 Kids, Some things have certainly changed.
One area of change id television.When I started school, most people didn’t have a television; TV was just beginning get 3 .My father 4 to go all out(尽全力)and buy a 16-inch black and white set.Still remember 5 the Disney cartoon films.That was exciting!
Now, televisions have larger pictures in full color.The pictures are clearer and the sound is much more 6 .The new high definition(高清晰度)sets are as clear as 7 screens.
The type and number of programs have 8 greatly.There are hundreds of channels(频道)and more shows than one person could ever watch.There are many fine entertainment and educational shows.There’s also a lot of garbage that most parents don’t want their kids to watch.
9 , we have more choices(选择),and that is good.
I wonder what 10 will be like when today’s kids are my age.