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Can animals be made to work for people Some scientists think that one day animals may be 1. __________ (train) to do a number of simple jobs instead of people. They say that at a circus (杂技场), for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite 2.__________ (skill) things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch 3.__________ (close), you may find that the 4.__________ (train) always give the animal some sugar or a piece of fruit 5.__________ a reward.
The 6.__________ (science) say that many different animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will get a reward 7.__________ doing that. Of course, as we know, dogs can be trained to look 8.__________ a house, and soldiers in both old and modern 9.__________ (time) have used geese to give 10.__________ (warn) by making a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or factories.
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The universe 1.__________ (mean) the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars and the space between them. Many of the stars are so far away 2.__________ we can not see them. The moon, our satellite, travels around the earth. It has already been 3.__________ (visit) by man from the earth. Man-made satellites have been sent up into space 4.__________ many countries. They go round the earth. They are used for 5. __________ (help) us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other 6.__________ (thing). They are also used 7.__________ sending and receiving messages. It makes people from different 8.__________ (country) understand each other much better. So people say the world 9.__________ (it) is becoming a much 10.__________ (small) place. People call the small place “the global village”.
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If you don’t use your arms or your legs for some 1.__________ (time), they will become weak; when you start using them again, they will gradually (逐渐地) become 2.__________ (strong)again. Everybody 3. __________ (know) this. Yet many people do not seem to know that it is the same with memory. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he doesn’t give it enough chance to become stronger.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is 4.__________ (he) own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.
Have you 5.__________ found some people can’t read or write but they usually have 6.__________ (good) memories This is 7.__________ they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They must remember dates, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being 8.__________ (exercise). So if you want a good memory, learn 9.__________ these people: practice 10.__________ (remember).
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For those who just love to shop online, Nov 11 is the 1.__________ (good) time of the year. Online group buying is quite popular 2.__________ the young.
The main reason is that things in this way are 3.__________ (cheap) than those bought in usual stores. Then,it is convenient to make orders and pay. Besides, it is a trend and young people love following trends. 4. __________, every coin has two sides. Online group buying has 5.__________ (advantage). It is sometimes 6.__________ (safe). One of my friends was 7.__________ (cheat) once. He bought 8.__________ MP4 on a group buying site. Several days passed, he still didn’t receive the MP4. He called to find out 9. __________ the problem was, and found that the site was a trick. Therefore, we must be careful when 10. __________ (do) such shopping. In addition, buy only what we need and never buy unnecessary things just because they are cheap.
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Here’s a story about Ming’s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life 1.__________ a wide river in China. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of 2.__________ (hundred) that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on land but he is never lonely. He is a strong 3.__________ ( swim). In fact, he could swim 4.__________ he could walk. When he wants to play 5.__________ his friends he just swims across to their boats or asks them to visit him.
Ming’s father is a fisherman, but he never uses a line or a net. Great black birds 6.__________ (call) cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings(圈) have been put around the birds’ necks so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been 7.__________ (teach) to bring the fish to people. And then people reward them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is 8.__________ (finish). Ming loves watching the cormorants, but 9. __________ (good) still he likes going 10.__________ (shop) with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his own.
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A 2-year-old boy is being described 1.__________ a hero after using Face Time to save his mother after she was badly hurt.
According to a report from KGUN, Laura was trying to stop a fight between two dogs when one of the dogs bit(咬) part of her middle finger almost 2.__________ (complete) off.
Laura tried to call 911 3.__________ (her), but she said her hands were too badly hurt 4. __________ (make) the call. “ I asked my daughters to call 911, and they’re four, and they were quite afraid to even touch the phone, 5.__________ it was covered in my blood(血),” Laura told KGUN.
The mother continued to lose a lot of blood and thought she would go into 6.__________ deep sleep—until her 2-year-old son Bentley came up with a dishcloth from the kitchen. After 7.__________ (clean) some of the bold off his mother’s iPhone, Bentley continued to use Face Time to call Laura’s friend Connie.
“All I could see was his little forehead. I said ‘Hi Bentley’ and it was quiet for a little bit. Then I heard Laura shouting,” Connie 8.__________ (tell) KGUN.
Connie then called 911, and Bentley 9.__________ (lock) the door to let firefighters into the house. Laura told KGUN she is very thankful for her little hero and has since taught all of her children 10. __________ to call 911.
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I was looking through my old photos last Sunday. One photo 1.__________ (catch) my eye. In the photo, I was sitting in a chair, hugging Duke, my best friend in the whole world.
Duke was an interesting name for such 2.__________ little dog. But he was my friend from the moment I could walk. He stayed with me in that chair when I read 3.__________ (book). When I went outside 4. __________ (play) games, he would drive our cats up to the trees and then walk off feeling proud of 5. __________ (him). When he was hungry he would carry his food dish in his mouth and drop 6. __________ at my mom’s feet. When I was sick, he refused to leave my bed until I got 7.__________ (well) than before.
I learned a lot from Duke. I learned that a short sleep at noon could be good 8.__________ you. I learned that simplest dinner can be delicious 9.__________ you eat it with great enjoyment. I learned that life can be good when you live it with love and joy.10.__________ (sad), I also learned that life is short, especially if you are a dog.
To me, Duke is like a teacher who has taught me how to love and to be loved.
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When I was growing up, I do not remember 1.__________ (hear) the words “I love you” from my father. When your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say those words as he gets 2.__________ (old). To tell the truth, I could not remember when I had last said 3. __________ (that) words to him either. I decided to make the 4.__________ (one) move. 5.__________ in our next phone conversation I blurted out (突然说) the words, “Dad … I love you!”
There was a silence at the 6.__________ end and he 7.__________ (final) replied, “Well, same back at you!”
I laughed and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready, I know you will 8. __________ (expression) what you want to.”
A few weeks later, Dad concluded our phone conversation 9.__________ the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this conversation and the tears were rolling down my cheeks, 10.__________ I finally “heard” the love. As we both were in tears, we realized that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.
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A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members 1.__________ (shout) in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked, “Why do people shout in anger at each other ”
His students 2.__________ (think) for a while, and one of them said, “3.__________ when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just beside you You can just as well tell him what you have to say 4.__________ a soft way.”
Students gave some other 5.__________ (answer) but none were any good.
“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts became distanced (疏远的),” the wise man explained. “To cover the distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The 6.__________ (angry) they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other.”
“What 7.__________(happen) when two people fall in love They don’t shout at each other but talk 8.__________ (soft) because their hearts are very close.” The wise man said.
He looked at his students and said, “So when you argue, do not let your hearts 9.__________ (get) distant. Stop 10.__________ (say) words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the way back.”
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When Mark first arrived in Thailand, he saw 1.__________ old man selling something cheap in the street of Chiang Mai. The old man was one of the poor in Chiang Mai and there was no 2.__________ (different) from beggars(乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. Their life had no support.
Mark was a kind man, so he gave some change to him 3.__________ (with) thinking. The old man told him to pick something he liked. Mark didn’t choose 4.__________ (something) and left.
But the old man followed him 5.__________ (close). At first, Mark didn’t think a lot, just supposing he wanted to go home. But when he went out very far and saw the old man still 6.__________(follow) him, he was a bit tired, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted to beg more money 7.__________ him.
Mark turned back and told him not to follow him because he hadn’t much money. But the old man seemed not to understand what he 8.__________ (mean), still following him. The bag on his back made him sweat all over.
Mark happened to meet his Thai colleague in the street and his colleague heard this. The colleague turned to ask why the old man was following his friend.
The old man said out of breath, “My son, you gave me money, but didn’t want my things, 9.__________ I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not to familiar with here. I just want to follow you and show you the way. What I can do for you is this.”
Mark was shocked. He said he didn’t know why, when he felt the old man was just10.__________ his father.
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