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Some day,1_________you are lucky, you may see a bongo（大羚羊）. But the only way most people will see it is in a 2__________. They are found in Africa, 3__________ they live deep in forests. Even in Africa, very few people ever get to see a bongo. The bongo does not come out of the forest very often. It is an animal that keeps to 4__________.
The bongo has beautiful coloring. Its hair is bright brown 5_________ （mix） with orange and red. Down its back and across its sides the bongo has yellow-white strips（条纹）. Animals that look 6__________ food at night usually have big eyes. This helps them see 7________ （good） at night. The forests in which bongos live are very dark. The eyes of bongos are very big. So, they have no trouble 8_________ （live） in the darkness.
Bongos in zoos do not like to go outside on 9_________days. They only go outside on those days 10_________ it is dark or very cloudy.
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Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored 1__________ the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got 2__________（marry） at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, 3__________ he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he 4__________ （surprise） to find that the problem of racial discrimination （种族歧视）was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight 5__________ equal rights. Gandhi returned to India in 1915, 6__________ India was controlled by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and 7___________ （depend） for his country. In the political movement many Indians including Gandhi were put in prison. 8___________, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give 9___________and India won its independence in 1947. 10___________（fortunate） Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
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Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, 1___________some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with 2__________when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to 3_________ _for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was 4___________to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat 5____________ it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed 6__________four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired 7_________ happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor’s cat dead in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. What 8__________ happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor liked each guest 9___________ （meet） him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but not longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. 10__________ was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden….”
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Nowadays, almost everyone 1__________（realize） that smoking is 2__________ （harm） to people’s health. Sometimes it 3__________ causes fire.
In China, about 38% of the people smoke. Every year, they smoke millions of packets of 4__________. It’s bad news for the health of nation.
It’s known that smoking can cause different kinds of disease. Every year, many people die 5_________ these illnesses, such as lung and throat cancers. It also costs the government much money to look 6___________ these sick people. Smoking is also harmful to those 7________ don’t smoke, 8___________ （especial） to children and women.
In a word, smoking is no good. 9__________ you want to smoke, just think of those who suffer from diseases 10_________ the fires that destroy people’s lives and properties!
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Many people like to 1_________ the latest newspaper. But 2_________ is it produced so quickly?
The most important man may be 3__________ chief editor. He decides 4__________ to do.
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Every morning the 5___________ （journal） are sent to report the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people 6_________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends photographer to take the 7___________ they need.
Later in the day, they pass the stories and the 8___________ （develop） photos to the editor. The chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. 9___________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. 10___________ the newspaper is printed and delivered to different places.
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With the 1____________ （develop） of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because 2___________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the following 3_________: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 4__________ （poison） gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 5__________ to others. 6_________ these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight 7____________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take 8___________ place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 9___________ （important） of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 10____________ （solve）.
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Recently, a website has carried 1__________ a survey about the common view on graduates 2__________ Beijing University.
28% of the interviewed companies think that they 3__________ （satisfy） with the graduates from Beijing University. The graduates in their companies have a wide range of 4__________ （know） and they learn things very quickly and easily.
5___________, most of the companies don’t think much of graduates from Beijing University. In their eyes, the graduates always stick 6___________ their own opinions and lack
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the teamwork spirit 7__________ they are working. Besides, they may not be satisfied with their jobs even with big companies, and they usually ask too 8___________. As a result, 34% of the companies insist that 9__________ will not employ graduates from Beijing University.
In brief, society and even the students themselves expect too much from graduates from Beijing University. That’s 10__________ a graduate claims that he is rubbish.
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Did you know that in the mountains it can start to snow in August? It snows through the fall and winter. 1__________, in spring, when all that snow melts, water falls down the mountain sides. Streams（溪流） form and come together to form 2__________ . Let’s follow one of the rivers in Utah.
The Bear River begins nearly 13,000 feet 3__________ in the mountains. It ends only 90 miles away, 4__________ it will have dropped about 9,000 feet first! The most surprising thing about this river is where 5_____ ____ends. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
If you look at a map, you will see that nearly all rivers 6_________（empty） into the sea. But 7___________ the water of the Bear River. This river flows into the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the West. The rivers and streams 8__________ flow into the lake bring with them about two million tons of salt each year. And no fresh water flows away from the lake. 9___________, the summer sun evaporates （蒸发） the fresh water, 10___________ （leave） the salt behind. The lake water is so salty that you can’t sink in it, no matter how hard you try.
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1 ___________ neither she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 2__________ in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house at once. She called a taxi and went 3 __________（straight） to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain 4___________ had happened and added that the man 5__________ have got into the house 6___________ an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 7___________ a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared. 8___________ （hurry） upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She
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smiled 9__________ relief when she saw the only thing that man had taken was an imitation（仿制品） diamond necklace that was almost 10 ___________!
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About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City 1___________ a woman and a yougn boy sat down 2___________ the next table. I couldn’t help 3__________ （overhear） parts of their conversation. At one point 4___________ woman asked: “ So, how have you been?” And the boy, 5__________
couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident 6___________ （stick） in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are cahnging. As 7___________ as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children 8__________ （increase） steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults 9___________ they used to. 10___________ this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Children as it once was no longer exists, why?
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Johnny Carson began his career in television 1 ____________ his twenties. First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years 2___________, he moved to Los Angeles, California. It was “The Tonight Show” 3____________ made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became 4 ____________ most popular star of American television. He 5_____________ （call） “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
He did not take his fame 6_____________ （serious）. For example, when asked 7____________ he became a “star”, he answered: “I started in a gaseous （气体的） state and I cooled.” Carson’s special skill was his sense of 8____________. Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed 9____________ harder at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on televison. Many 10____________
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