understand what the world works. For example, 79．_________ when I was a child, the rain was a mystery. In one 80．_________ class, I learned why it rained. I think science classes 81．_________ clear up mysteries. But then there is always more 82．_________ mysteries look into. What was my least favorite class? 83．_________ That was math. After learn the basics of the subject, 84．_________ Nothing else seemed very practically to me. I never 85．_________ saw how I could use it in my daily life. _________
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Some Americans judge success on the length 76．_________ of his vacations . The man who gets a month‘s 77．_________ vacation each year consider himself more successful 78．_________ than the man gets two weeks . Many people want 79．_________ to be teachers because it is teachers who can 80．_________ get three-month vacation every year . Some college 81．_________ teachers who teach the three classes consider 82．_________ themselves less successful than that who teach 83．_________ only one or two , or none in all . In short , the less 84．_________ work Americans do , the less successful they 85．_________ consider themselves .
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As is known, that is interesting to teach children to 76．_________ swim while they are still babies. Most the large towns in 77．_________ Florida and California have already run particularly lessons for 78．_________ babies. The idea has quickly spread to Europe from where, 79．_________ in several countries, special courses are now offered to 80．_________ the children who are from 7 to 24 month old. 81．_________ The first step is to have child get rid of fear of 82．_________ water. Next, he is teaching to float in water. Once he 83．_________ can do that naturally and can swim with fear, the child can 84．_________ master the technique and push him forward through the water. 85．_________
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I work in the Friendship Shop on Zhongshan Road 76. _________ where you have often come to buy things. The other day 77. _________ if you bought a vase at our shop with your wife, I made 78. _________ the mistake about the price. You looked at two different 79. _________ price of the same vase, one costing 30 yuan and the other 80. _________ 21 yuan. You took the 21 yuan one so I accepted 30 81. _________ yuan from you. I found my mistake only after you and 82. _________ your wife have left. Will you please come to our shop to 83. _________
get in your change or to return your vase and get a 30 84. _________ yuan one instead? I apologize you for it. 85. _________
I‘m looking forward to your coming earlier. Yours truly, Wang Hua
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In many western countries heavy industry is high developed 76．_________ The difference between heavy and light industry are based on 77．_________ the nature of the goods produced. Heavy industry produce 78．_________ machines while light industry uses machines produce the 79．_________ smaller objects required for various purpose in our home 80．_________ and offices.
The growth of industry in country depends on the 81．_________ general level of economic or industrial development. 82．_________ In its beginning, industrialization is likely to be cheap. To 83．_________ decrease （减少）costs, industrialists in an area usually depend on 84．_________ Local supplies of the coal or electric power for their operation 85．_________
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It happened in a morning that I was walking in the street . 76．_________ I ate up a banana and threw its peel on the corner of the road . 77．_________ Short after that I heard a scream behind .I looked back to 78．_________ see what was happened .A little girl about 8 years old fell 79．_________ down and the banana peel was exactly under her left shoes . 80．_________ She stood up without cry .Then she picked up the banana peel 81．_________ and ran toward the dustbin .
On that moment ,I realized my fault , and went to 82．_________ apologize her for that ,but my vanity (虚荣心)prevented me . 83．_________ The little girl had taught me a good lesson by her action . 84．_________ And now ,after I do everything , I‘ll think carefully whether 85．_________ it‘s right or wrong . I‘ll do my best to be in good habits and qualities .
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Mr Wang is my physics teacher. He has 1.75 meters 76_________ in the height. He was born on November 4,1952. So 77_________ he is a middle-aged man. He graduated Qinghua 78_________ University in 1978. After graduation, he becomes a middle 79_________ school teacher. He has been taught physics for more than 20 years. 80_________ He is very successful as a teacher. He has been given a 81_________ lot of honor. He not only is a good teacher in 82_________ physics but also speak English and Russian very well. 83_________ In his spare time, he likes reading books, collect stamps 84_________ and listening music. Also, Mr Smith is kind-hearted. 85_________
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I got your letter and pleased to hear about your job 76.______ interview at a grocery store. I know you wanted to 77.______ get a job at the TV station, and you‘ve been looking 78.______ for several week now and haven‘t found anything. 79.______ The job at the grocery store doesn‘t sound badly. If I 80.______ am you, I‘d take it. If you worked there a while, you 81.______ could earn some money. Its your decision, of course, 82.______ but I advise you to take it. Let me to know what you 83.______ decided to do. By the way, after you get the job you 84.______ can think about get a bike later. 85.______ Love
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Last Friday, Dad told me that two America friends, 76. ___________ Mr. Smith and his daughter Lily, would come and 77. ___________ have dinner with us. This was good chance for me 78. ___________ to practise my speaking English. ―Hello! Nice to meet 79. ___________ you!‖ I greeted them. We talked happy and, to my 80. ___________ surprise it seemed that I had no difficulties understanding 81. ___________ them. During the dinner, sat next to me, Lily asked 82. ___________ me a lot of questions about her school life. When she 83. ___________ heard I was very good at Latin dancing but using the 84. ___________ computer, she was so excited. How a happy time we 85. ___________ were having!
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I went to see film after supper. On my way to the 76. _________ cinema, I met an old English woman, she had lost her 77. _________ way. I gave up the chance to see the film, walking towards 78. _________ her and took her to her hotel. While go there, I told her 79. _________ great change had taken place in the past few years and she 80. _________ told me something about Britain and her family. 81. _________
Though I missed the film, however I felt very happy, 82. _________ for I not only helped the old lady out from trouble but also 83. _________ practise my spoken English. If I hadn‘t worked hard at 84. _________ English, I would have been able to help her. 85. _________
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One evening two young men were walking in the street. They tried to find a chance to steal everything. The clock 76. __________ strikes twelve. Most people were in bed. Quickly they came 77. __________ to a house so it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen 78. __________
sleeping. Standing at the front gate, one man said in English to 79. __________ the other at a low voice, ―You wait here. I will go around to 80. __________ the front door and then get into the house.‖ Suddenly out 81. __________ of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were 82. __________ very afraid and ran away as fast as possibly. They didn‘t stop 83. __________ until they had got to a lonely place. One man said to the other 84. __________ in surprise, ―It‘s too bad. I had thought that the dog could 85. __________ understand English.‖
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Helen is one of my best friends. She had taught 76．_________ Us English when I attended training course two 77．_________ years before. Helen always made good preparations 78．_____ _ for the lessons, she tried her best to make her 79．_ _____ classes lively. I used to being poor in English, 80．_ _____ especially in written English. But now I‘m able 81．__ ____ to write English letters and reports correct. 82．___ ___ I still remember how she helped me for my 83．___ ___ English patiently. Teachers‘ Day‘s come. I‘m going to 84．_ _____ send to her a card and give her best wishes. 85．___ ___
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Now, I'd like to tell you why I learn English． 76．_ ___ _ I often read English aloud and try learn something 77． _____ important by hearts, which helps me remember it easily and 78． _____ form the good habit of thinking in English． 79．_ ____ I listen to a lot and talk with others in English． 80．_ ____ In this way, I was improved both my hearing 81．___ __ and my spoken English．
I keep a diary in English every day but my 82．___ __ spoken English is becoming better and better． 83．________ I also try my best to master the necessary grammar
knowledge． By this means, I can express itself 84．___ __ in English correct． That's the way I have been learning 85．_ ____ English． I hope it will be useful to you． That's all． Thank you．
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I passed all the other course that I took at my university, but I could 76. _________ never pass botany. This was why all botany students had to spend 77. _________ several hours a week in a lab look through a microscope at plant 78. _________ cells, and I could never see through a microscope. This was used to 79. _________ make my professor angry. ―I can‘t see everything, ‖ I said. Then 80. _________
he began patient enough to explain how to see through it, but I still 81. _________ couldn‘t make it. At last we tried it with every adjustment of the 82. _________ microscope known to man. With my pleasure, I saw something 83. _________ and drew it quickly on the paper. ―What‘s that?‖ my professor asked. ―That‘s what I saw.‖ I answered. ―No, you don‘t!‖ he shouted, 84. _________ and he bent over and looking into the microscope. ―That‘s your 85. _________ eyes! You‘ve fixed the lens so that it reflects! You‘ve drawn your eyes!‖
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One cold day, an aged lady was sent for her doctor. When he came, 76．_______ she tells him that her right leg was very sore(酸痛)in the knee. 77．_______ The pain sometimes was bad enough to make it walking difficult. 78．______ She asked him what the trouble could be because she had never before 79．_______ suffered some similar discomfort. After making a careful examination, 80．_______ the doctor said, ―You are in a very bad state of health for a woman 81．_______ of your age. I think the trouble in your right knee is just matter of 82．_______ old age. We get diseases as we get old. The trouble will mostly 83．_______ clean up in spring!‖ ―Nonsese, doctor!‖ she said, ―My left knee is 84．_______ perfect, and it is exactly same age as my right.‖ 85．_______
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May I have you attention please? I have a few 76. _________ things to tell you. When you have a class here in the 77. _________ language lab, please be here a little early. Change 78. _________ your shoes before enter the lab. Don't bring anything 79. _________ here except your text books. When you are into, 80. _________ please don't touch these machine without permission. 81. _________ Always do as the teacher tell you to. In class you 82. _________ should only speak the English, not Chinese. Recorders 83. _________ can be used make a copy of the listening materials. 84. _________ When class over, turn off your machines and leave 85. _________ the lab one by one.
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Dinner on Children's Day
On Children's Day last year, our city held an interested 76. _________ activity, in which children and their parents play the rich 77. _________ and the poor. In the dinner, the rich could have more delicious 78. _________ food, but the poor could only have bread with porridge(粥). 79. _________ Parents both hoped to have the dinner for the poor with the 80. _________ children. They hoped that their children could be taught the 81. _________ lesson from the dinner.
Now many people on earth don't have enough food and clothes. 82. ______