Singles' Day falls on November 11th every year in China,1       is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine's Day in 2       (celebrate) of their love,but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That's 3       people created Singles,Day.

On Singles'Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives,4         (attend) blind date parties,and some people even decide to get 5         (marry) with strangers. 6       this day has recently become more of a time for shopping,because many shops online will give customers great discount 7         (promote) their goods.

More and more people are 8       (will) to shop online to get what they want,and I am one of them. I just can't help buying things 9        I need them or not. 10       ( honest) speaking,some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

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Learn to Think

"I will think of it. " It is easy to say this. 1       We cannot see our thoughts,or hear,or taste,or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have！

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evening,when he saw an apple fall from a tree. 2       Later,he discovered how the earth,the sun,the moon,and the stars were kept in their places.

3       He began to think;he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. When he became a man,he improved the steam engine so much that it could,with the greatest ease,do the work of many horses. 4      

A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa,when he saw a chandelier (枝形吊灯) swaying to and fro. This set him thinking,and it led to the invention of the pendulum (钟摆) .

Boys and girls,when you have a difficult lesson to learn,don't feel discouraged,and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. 5      

   A. But do you know what great things have come from thinking?

   B. Think,and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

   C. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside,watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down.

   D. And do you know how to think?

   E. When you see a steamboat,a steam train,remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone.

   F. He began to think,trying to find out why the apple fell.

   G. He was a famous physicist and good at thinking.

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Today is Sunday,I have been studying all day long. On the morning,I had a dry breakfast. We have no water to drink because the water supply had cut off. The water did't come back until evening. I did math then. I didn't stop after 12 o'clock. After a short lunch I had the break. Then I went to my Sunday English Class. After a long and tired class for more than two hours,I got to home. Some work had been done but some hadn't. I must review all my subject such as the Sciences,the Humanities,which include Chinese,English,Politics or History as well. That's terribly especially when there was no water！

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Twenty years ago,Shirley,a wife,mother and doctor,found herself 1      (wear) out.

She got up early and went to bed late,just to meet everyday demands,but lacked for the things that mattered 2      . (much) She and her husband,a lawyer,began searching 3        ways to simplify their life. "We had to decide what was really important," said Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to play 4        their three-year-old son,to exercise and eat right,and to develop 5      (friend) .

Then Shirley quit her job and began working parttime. She printed business cards that 6       (read) " At your service―buy yourself 7        little time" and hired herself out for personal tasks like shopping,paying bills and 8       (organize) parties. "I still work hard,but being able to control 9        time makes a difference, " she says. "I can spare time to take my son to the park or play basketball with him. My stress 10        headaches are gone.

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To be a good teacher,you need some of the gifts of a good actor―you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience;1       with a good,strong,pleasing voice which is fully under your control;and you must be able to act what you are teaching in order to make its meaning clear. Watch a good teacher,and 2      ;he stands the whole time for his explanations,using his face to express his feelings. Listen to him,and you will hear the loudness,the quality (音色) and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

The fact that 3        doesn't mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage for there are very important differences between the teacher's work and the actor's. The actor has to repeat words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words. Each time he plays a certain part,even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. 4      

A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play; they ask and answer questions;they obey orders,and if they don't understand something,they say so. 5       He cannot learn his part by heart,but must invent it as he goes along. I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but unable to take part in a stage play because they could not keep strictly to what other people had written.

   A. you must be a clear speaker

   B. Teachers are very important for students.

   C. a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor

   D. you will see that he does not sit still before his class

   E. A good teacher must learn from a good actor on the stage.

   F. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience.

   G. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions natural on the stage.

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It is interested to visit another country,but sometimes there are some questions when we don't know the language very well. It may be difficult to talk about the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country which are visiting. We may not know what to buy the things we need,where to eat and what to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide how many money to tip (付小费) waiters or taxi drivers. When we are helpless,we may not know how to ask for helps. After a short time later,however,we learn what to do and what to say. We learn to enjoy life in another country,and then they may be sorry to leave both the place and the people.

A guy was on the side of the road trying to get a lift 1       a very dark night in a terrible rainstorm,with no cars on the road. The storm was so strong 2        the guy could hardly see a few 3       (foot) ahead of him. Suddenly,he saw a car come towards him and stop. The guy,without4 (think) ，got in and closed the door. But then he realized that there was nobody 5        the wheel.

The car started to move very 6         (slow) . The guy looked at the road and saw a curve 7       (come) his way. Frightened,he started to pray,begging for his life. He had not come out when,just before the car 8       (hit) the curve,a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The guy now couldn't move out of terror and watched how 9        hand appeared every time the car was approaching a curve. Finally,although terrified,the guy managed to open the door and jump out. He went to the nearest bar and told everyone about the story. Everyone listened in silence and became 10       (frighten) .

About half an hour later,two men walked into the bar and one said to the other , " Hey,there's the bad guy who jumped into our car while we were pushing it!"

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We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life,but most of us don't do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.

So,you have to give a speech― 1       and you are terrified,you stumble over words,you talk too long,and you bore your audience. Later you think, ^uThank Goodness. It's over. Fm just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again."

Cheep up!It doesn't have to be that bad. 2       Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then,gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible,and use pictures,charts,and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. 3       Don't talk over their heads,and don't talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.

4       Know your subject,your audience,and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience.

If you follow these simple steps,5       In fact,you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches!You're not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.

   A. Never forget your audience.

   B. you get nervous,you forget what you want to say

   C. There are many tips on how to make effective speeches.

   D. Just remember：Be prepared.

   E. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making.

   F. you will see that you don't have to be afraid of public speaking

   G. Speech plays an important role in our life.

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This morning I got up early and went to school as usually,only find there was nobody in the classroom because it was Sunday. "How a bad memory I have ！" I couldn't help laughing. Stand in front of the school gate,I began to wonder what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurs to me. " Why not get together with some good friends for a picnic in such a fine weather?" I immediately telephoned some of my best friends,but they all agreed to come to join me. About two hours late,we finally arrived a pleasant park with trees and flowers here and there. We really enjoyed us hugely

Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking the Guinness Records. Over the last 25 years,he 1      (break) nearly 93 Guinness Records. More than twenty of these he still holds,including the record for having the most records. But these records are not made in any conventional sport like swimming 2        soccer. Instead he attempts to break

records in very imaginative 3      (event) and in very interesting places.

Recently,he achieved his dream 4        breaking a record in all seven continents,including hula hooping in Australia,pogo stick jumping 5        water in South America,6       performing deep knee bends in a hot air balloon in North America.

While these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect,in 7       ( real) they require an enormous amount of strength and 8       ( fit) as well as determination.

Think about the fine neck adjustments needed to keep a full bottle of milk on your head while you are 9       (walk) . You can stop to rest or eat but the bottle has to stay 10        your head.

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