71. doing their homework 72. in life 73. (living) far away 74. Negative effects 75. being dangerous 76. a sick 77. learning 78. Parents? 79. guiding and guarding 80. children?s/ kids? interests
81. School students / English learners / Lovers of English. 由句子“If you’re studying English, the Language Study Fair that’s being held this month will certainly attract you.”可以推知：不论是学生还是英语学习者和爱好者等都会前往。
82. Different kinds of self-study textbooks and the latest computer programs 根据短文内容推测自学课本和教学自学方法的电脑软件可以帮助学习英语的人自己自学英语，提高自学英语的效率。 83. From nine thirty to five between the 28th and 30th of June. /From 9:30 to 5 between June 28 to 30.根据短文中的句子“The fair is going on between the 28th and 30th of June.”和句子 “You can come to the fair from nine thirty to five.”可知。
84. By ringing / Phone the ticket hotline / By calling 9847711 /By phoning the ticket hotline.根据短文中的句子 “All the tickets can be booked by ringing the ticket hotline. The number is 9847711.”可以知道答案。
One possible version:
Should we lend a hand to others?
Helping others has been considered a traditional virtue for us Chinese, but nowadays the person offering help is sometimes put in trouble while helping others. Should we help the people in need?
On my personal part, we should offer what we can in a reasonable way. Firstly, helping others will bring us great happiness, which will make our society warmer and more harmonious. Can you imagine one such world without love and support? What?s more, helping others means benefiting others and helping yourself as well. As a matter of fact, you often come across a situation where you need others? help and care. If everyone turned a blind eye to your trouble, how would you feel at that time? Moreover, helping others can also develop human nature and perfect human personality, thus making us more cooperative with others.
Weighing up pros and cons, we should lend a hand to others in an appropriate way.
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Conversation 1
M: I'm done in and must rest here.
W: Why? We just walk 5km, and it is only half of the journey. M: I have never walked such a long distance for several years. W: How often do you take exercise?
M: I can?t remember when the last time I worked out is. And I always hurry on with my bus in the morning. I have no time for doing it.
W: Oh, you should take exercise regularly and should have a well-balanced diet. I know you always go to bed after midnight, even more late. This is not a good habit. M: You look like my old maidservant at this time.
W: No, I talk to you because I know that having a strong constitution is an important condition that you can compete with others in you work.
M: Ok, let?s go on. I don?t want to sit here and listen to your lengthy speech.
W: Hey, come on. I just can?t stand your life style. Working out for an hour every day is good for your health.
Conversation 2
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M: Is this your umbrella, Miss?
W: Oh, yes, it is. Thank you. I was looking for it just now.
M: You look a bit familiar to me. I wonder if I have seen you somewhere before. W: Have you?
M: May I ask where you live?
W: Just two blocks away, in that tall building.
M: That's it. I live there too. I live on the sixth floor.
W: My family moved in just two weeks ago. We live on the fourth floor. M: It's a small world. May I know your name? W: I'm Chen Hong.
M: How do you do, Miss Chen? I'm Xiao Wei. W: I'm glad to know you, Mr. Xiao.
M: Are you going to your office now, Miss Chen?
W: No, I'm going to do some shopping for the weekend. What about you? M: I'm going to the airport to meet some friends from Beijing. W: See you later, Mr. Xiao.
M: Have a good day, Miss Chen. W: You too.
Conversation 3
M: Amazing! Look at this news.
W: Wow, one of the biggest diamonds was found in South Africa. M: Yes, the weight is 507.55 carat, and it?s a white one. W: The impurity content is very low. Wonderful!
M: Look, with the biggest one, some smaller diamonds were found. There are 168 carat, 58,5 carat, and 53.3 carat.
W: Wow, anyone of them is big enough. But what I want to know is that how they are going to deal with these diamonds.
M: I remember hundreds of years ago, there was another big diamond found in South Africa, but because South Africa was one of the colonies of Britain. The diamond was finally set in the crown of British Queen.
W: Which king is going to have this one?
M: I believe none. The financial crisis and the recovery of the economic are the reasons. W: Yes, but I still believe it would be made as a very wonderful work.
Conversation 4
M: I just don?t know what?s wrong with my son. He always feels tired and weak. We come here to visit you to find out what the trouble is.
W: From what is written here I can see that your son had a very bad cold two years ago and had a small operation last year. Did he have any effects after that? M: I can?t really remember.
W: For example, how long did he stay at home each time he was ill?
M: Just a few days, but about three months ago he was home for about a week with a cold. W: Did he see a doctor at that time?
M: No, he didn?t see a doctor. When he began to feel better, he returned to school.
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W: And when did he start feeling so tired?
M: It must have been about a couple of days ago. When he came back from school one day, there just didn?t seem to be any reason to go back the next day.
W: Well, it sounds as if his problem may be his schoolwork. The tests I just made don?t show anything really wrong. I would like to make some further tests. M: That?s fine with us.
Conversation 5
W: Hi Henry, it's been a long time since we saw each other last. What have you been up to? M: Hi Penny! It's great to see you again. I've been away on business. W: Really, where did you go?
M: Well, first I flew to New York for two meetings. After that, I flew to Atlanta, where I had to make a presentation at a company conference. W: It sounds like you've been busy.
M: Yes, I've been very busy. It's good to be home again. What have you been doing lately? W: I have been away for the past two weeks visiting my relatives in Chicago. M: I didn't know you have family in Chicago.
W: Yes, that's right. I was born in Chicago and lived there until I went to college. M: How long have you lived here in Colorado?
W: I've lived here for over 10 years. I moved here in 1998 because I had a new job as a sales representative.
M: Have you lived in the same house since you arrived?
W: No, first I lived in an apartment in downtown Denver. I moved here four years ago. I've lived on the street for four years and they've been the happiest years of my life. M: Yes, my wife Jane and I love this neighborhood. W: And how long have you lived in your house? M: We've only lived here for two years.
W: That's strange. It seems like you have lived here longer than that. M: No, we moved here in 2006. W: How time flies!
M: I have to agree with you on that. It seems like yesterday that I graduated from college. I can't believe I've been working for more than 10 years!
W: I've been working for more than 30 years! I'm going to retire soon. M: Really? You don't look a day over 40! W: Thank you. You're a great neighbor!
M: Not really. Well, I have to get going. Work is waiting for me. Have a good day. W: You, too. Glad to have you back in the neighbor!
Conversation 6
W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake is looking terribly sad. Did he get pensioned off at last?
M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it. W: He is all alone, isn?t he?
M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years. They had one daughter, Dories. But she went off to town as
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soon as she left school. And he hasn?t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.
W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?
M: I don?t suppose she?ll come. She never got on with her father. He is a bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly.
W: Are you his doctor?
M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is. W: That bad-tempered old thing?
M: Oh, he isn?t bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.
W: Yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.
Conversation 7
Students? pressure sometimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well-meaning, but some of them aren?t very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in adjusting to high school. And a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children?s difficulties. For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don?t realize that the competition is keener, that the required standards of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. Accustomed to seeing As and Bs on primary school report cards, they may be upset when their children?s first semester high school grades are below that level. They may ask why John or Mary isn?t doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and think it only right and natural that they determine what their children do with their lives. In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children, who are now young adults, must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are.
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