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　　As science developed rapidly in the direction of technology, it supplies man a better and more comfortable life．Men will be working shorter and shorter hours, while housewives will also be able to have more free time．Can you imagine doing homework without a housewife?Scientists believe this will 　　1　　 into realities in not very long time, and perhaps during your life time house-robots will take 　　2　　 of housewives．

　　When I 　　3　　 this kind of machine with housewives, some 90％of them replied 　　4　　,“　　5　　 can I buy one?”　　6　　 10％said,“I would be terrified to see it 　　7　　 about my house．”But when I 　　8　　 to them that it could be turned 　　9　　 or stopped, they quickly realized that it is a 　　10　　object．

　　In my own 　　11　　 we found that the washing-up machine is regarded as a good 　　12　　 in the room, there's no greater 　　13　　 than to go to bed in the evening and 　　14　　 that the washing up is being done downstairs after we are 　　15　　．

　　Some families would 　　16　　 to have their robot slaves 　　17　　 all the downstairs housework after they were in 　　18　　 at night, while others would have it 　　19　　 in the mornings．But this would be entirely a matter of 　　20　　．

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　　Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race．Both look very strong and fast．　　1　　 one runner speeds ahead and wins the race．The other falls behind．

　　Some athletes can reach great 　　2　　 such as the achievement of an Olympic gold medal．Others never live up to their 　　3　　．what kinds of 　　4　　 before a race or other event makes the 　　5　　．

　　Everyone knows that athletes work out to strengthen their 　　6　　．But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as 　　7　　．Careful study indicates that the best athletes win 　　8　　, because they think they can win．

　　Thinking positive thoughts seems to give edge for 　　9　　 in sports．People who say to themselves over and over, “I know I do this”often find they have the 　　10　　 to win．On the other hand, people often 　　11　　, who think“I can't win．”

　　One procedure that helps many athletes is creating 　　12　　 in the mind．They are told to think of each 　　13　　 they must make to win．Some use pictures that are more fanciful．One skater liked to 　　14　　 a star bursting inside her, 　　15　　 her with energy．Another athlete who wanted to feel 　　16　　 pictured himself as a 　　17　　 floating in the air．

　　Next time you want to do something well, try training your 　　18　　 to help you．Perhaps a teacher or other instructor can help you plan your training．If you imagine yourself better, you may soon see 　　19　　 in what you 　　20　　 can do．Positive thinking and picture created in your mind can help you win!

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　　Mr．West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 　　1　　 to find time to go to the shops．At last, when it was the week 　　2　　 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 　　3　　 that he could not wait any longer．He worked in an office, and 　　4　　 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate 　　5　　 quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 　　6　　．The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour．

　　Mr．West stood politely at the 　　7　　 of a crowd of women who were 　　8　　 forward to try to get to the people who were 　　9　　 necklaces and earrings．He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 　　10　　 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly 　　11　　 him．

　　After half an hour, he was 　　12　　 as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 　　13　　 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his 　　14　　 of doing things：he put his head down, 　　15　　 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 　　16　　 of the crowd as hard as he could．

　　The women around him became very 　　17　　 when they saw what he was doing, and began to 　　18　　 him．“Why can't you behave like a gentleman?”they shouted．

　　“Ladies,”he 　　19　　 them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 　　20　　, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”

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　　It was five days before Christmas．Holiday music played over the sound system and my co-workers excitedly 　　1　　 their plans．

　　“Doing anything special?”they asked me．I shook my head 　　2　　．I was 3 000 miles from my family in Hawaii, pursuing(追求)my lifelong 　　3　　 of becoming a nurse．I attended classes all day, then went straight to my full time 　　4　　 job at night．My weekly plan left me very tired and homesick．

　　I had 　　5　　 looked forward to the holidays．But this December I felt unable to go on．In my prayers(祷告), I told 　　6　　 that I could just get home to see my mum, dad and brothers．I could survive(生存)the next two years until I graduated(毕业)．But 　　7　　?Rent, textbooks and other expenses left me with no 　　8　　 cash(现金)．Money to go home?I hardly had money to eat．

　　“I'm on my 　　9　　．Cover for me, will you?”asked Maribelle, another waitress, as she 　　10　　 me on her way to the employee's room．

　　“　　11　　, there's this guy at table five,”she said．“He's been sitting there for more than an hour, not making any trouble but not 　　12　　 anything either,”she paused．“It's like he's… 　　13　　 somebody．”

　　I looked in the corner．　　14　　 enough, there was a slim, pleasant-looking man 　　15　　 in a worn shirt, and a black baseball cap, just sitting 　　16　　．I went over, trying to force a smile．

　　“I'm Cory．”I said．“Please let me know if you want anything．”

　　I was turning to walk away 　　17　　 the man spoke．He had a soft, low voice, but somehow I could hear it clear and plain in the 　　18　　 restaurant．

　　“I'd like an order of chips,”he said, “and a glass of water．”

　　My heart 　　19　　．Chips were the cheapest thing on the menu, which meant I wouldn't get much of a 　　20　　 But maybe the guy was broke．And I surely know how that felt．So I tried my best to make him feel okay．

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　　Knowledge can be usually got in two ways：books and experience．The latter is no less 　　1　　 than the former, and the best means for getting knowledge of the latter is to 　　2　　．Only by travel can one see things outside one's hometown．　　3　　, suppose you have heard and read about New York and have 　　4　　 seen many pictures of it, but you only have a very vague(模糊的)　　5　　 of it unless you have personally visited 　　6　　．

　　Travel can make us know more and 　　7　　 more．Through traveling we can get the 　　8　　 of geography, customs, cultures, and lifestyles of different places and countries．In travel, we can 　　9　　 more friends and know more about the 　　10　　 of other countries and the different ways of 　　11　　．Travel is also one of the best ways of pastime．　　12　　 long period of had and tense(紧张的work, we can 　　13　　 ourselves completely by traveling to enjoy the beautiful places, to visit historic interest, to see different cities of country-side, to meet famous people and to 　　14　　 nice food．

　　Further, travel is good for 　　15　　．One who keeps him indoors all day long is likely to be 　　16　　．By traveling we can get the chance to climb mountains, walk on foot, do more 　　17　　 and breathe more fresh air．

　　Nowadays with all the comforts easy to get and the 　　18　　 speed, many people travel to other places and even other countries just for the sake of 　　19　　 and sightseeing．Traveling is really beneficial(有益的)in many ways．It's well 　　20　　 the time and money．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephanson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephanson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephanson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．

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　　Basketball is a sport 　　1　　 by millions of people in 　　2　　 100 countries．It's one of the 　　3　　 sports in the world．It all began in 1891．

　　Dr．James Naismith, the 　　4　　 of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 　　5　　．It trained people to work in YMCAs．Officials at the school were 　　6　　 about the 　　7　　 attendance(出席率)during the winter months．They 　　8　　 that people didn't attend them 　　9　　 the school did not have a good winter sports 　　10　　．So they asked Dr．Naismith for help．He came up with a new indoor 　　11　　 Naismith studied games be played at that time．

　　He found that all the most 　　12　　 game used a ball．So a ball would be 　　13　　 of his new game, he decided．But 　　14　　 the ball or hitting it would be too rough for 　　15　　．So he put two baskets up on poles．The players had to try to 　　16　　 a ball into them．Naismith then made thirteen 　　17　　 for the game．Twelve of them are still in use today．Just seven 　　18　　 after the game began, professional basketball teams were 　　19　　．And that's 　　20　　 basketball was born．

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　　One bright summer day, a number of little boys and girls were out walking with their teacher．They walked two by two, singing happily．

　　In their walk they came to a 　　1　　 over the river, and they turned to go across it．They had just reached the middle 　　2　　 there came a great shout behind them．The teacher told them to stop, and she 　　3　　 and listened．When she 　　4　　 the cry“Mad dog!”she knew 　　5　　 was happening．Before she could do 　　6　　, she saw the dog running to the bridge．

　　“Children,”said the teacher, “keep 　　7　　 to the wall of the bridge．Don't 　　8　　 or cry．”Then she went and stood before the boys and girls 　　9　　 the dog would meet her first．

　　The animal came, his mouth wide open．The animal ran up 　　10　　, and seemed to be going by, but when he had just passed the 　　11　　, he made a snap(猛咬)at 　　12　　 of the little girls．At this moment, the teacher saw a man running up with a 　　13　　 to shoot the dog．The children must be kept 　　14　　 until the man could come up．So she ran to the dog, and put her right hand into the animal's 　　15　　．When the man came near enough, he shot the animal 　　16　　．

　　The dog had bitten(咬)her so 　　17　　 that the brave lady died soon after the doctors came．She had given up her own 　　18　　 to save the lives of the children．When people 　　19　　 of it, they loved her for her bravery(勇敢)．They said, “The 　　20　　 of this brave lady should never be forgotten．”

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　　One evening, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I 　　1　　 happily home through the 　　2　　 street．We 　　3　　 to a musical show and 　　4　　 about the people we had seen and 　　5　　 in it．“The show 　　6　　 him a star overnight,”said my friend about one of them．“He was completely 　　7　　 before．And now thousands of people 　　8　　 him gifts and letters．”“I 　　9　　 him quite good,”I said, “but not 　　10　　 thousands of letters．As a matter of 　　11　　, one of his songs gave me a shock．It was too noisy．”“What was that?”My friend asked me, “　　12　　 it to me．”I began to sing．“Do be quiet, you'll give everybody a shock and 　　13　　them up for miles 　　14　　．Besides there will be a policeman 　　15　　us．”My friend gave me an 　　16　　 look．

　　“Never mind, I don't 　　17　　．What is the matter?”I said and went on singing 　　18　　 the top of my voice．Presently there came a policeman, 　　19　　 in front of me, his notebook 　　20　　．“　　21　　, sir,”he said．“You have a very good voice if I 　　22　　 say so．Who taught you singing?I'd very much 　　23　　 to find some one who can give my daughter singing lessons．Would you be 　　24　　 to tell me your name and address?Then my wife and I would 　　25　　 on you and we could discuss it．”

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　　Most Europeans want small cars．Many Americans prefer large cars．As a result, European automakers produce a wide variety of economical, light weight cars while American automakers tend to build bigger,

heavier cars．

　　The price of gasoline has much to do with this．Gasoline is expensive in Europe, so Europeans naturally prefer cars that will go a long way on a small amount of furl．

　　Other reasons also enter into the big or little car decision．Many Old World cities have very narrow, winding streets．In these cities a small car is more practical and easier to handle than a large one．

　　Some Americans like powerful engine in their cars．They enjoy having roomy cars that are comfortable for large families and long trips．They are prepared to pay higher operating costs to get these advantages．

Other Americans, however, have learned to like the small, nimble(敏捷的)cars．Many visitors to Europe during and after World War I discovered that small cars were fun to drive and easy to park in small spaces．They were delighted to learn how far small cars could go on a few gallons of gasoline．

　　In the 1950s many Americans began buying European cars．In 1957, for the first time, the United States imported more cars than it exported．The best seller among these imported cars was an odd-looking but dependable small car from Germany．Americans promptly nicknamed it "the bug"．

　　Today, American car buyers have a wide choice．There are big cars for people who want elbow room, comfort, and power．And there are small cars, mostly imported but some American-made, for people who want easy parking and economical operation．