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The Little Match Girl
It was the day before Christmas. Many people were?_____?(get) together in their warm homes. A poor girl was still walking in the streets crying "Does?_____?(someone) want to buy matches?" But no one answered her.
It?_____?getting darker and colder. The little girl took out a match and?_____?(light) it up. Oh,?_____?wonderful the light was! She could see something—a golden roast goose and some tasty bread.
"I'll light another match. Maybe I can see grandma this way," the little girl thought.
"Grandma!" the little girl threw?_____?(her) into her grandma's arms. "Please take me?_____?you! Don't leave me alone!"
The little girl then lit all her matches. Grandma looked very tall in the light. She held the little girl in her arms. "I will take you to another place. There will?_____?no cold and hunger."
_____?Christmas morning, people found the poor little girl. She was?_____?(die). Around her, there were many burnt matches on the ground.
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What would you like?_____?(eat) on your birthday? Is there?_____?(some) special food for the birthday person in your country?
In many countries, people have birthday cakes?_____?candles. Usually the number of candles?_____?(be) the person's age. It's said that if the birthday person can blow?_____?the candles in one go, the wish he or she makes will come?_____. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is?_____(luck). In Korea, people have cakes and a bowl of seaweed soup for a birthday because they think seaweed soup is good for?_____?(healthy). In China, it's getting popular to have cake on one's birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthdays. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthdays. They are a symbol of life and good luck.
All of these birthday?_____?(food) may be different, but the?_____?(idea) are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person.
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（三）
Patrick Moore was a well-known astronomer (天文學家) with a good sense of humour._____?he was eight, he got a book about stars. That was the?_____?(begin)?of his lifetime hobby. From that day?_____,?he became really interested in stars. He used?_____?spend lots of time looking at the stars with his mum. He thought the night sky was beautiful because it looked like black velvet with a million diamonds on it.
_____?(study)?the sky was great fun for him. Once he learnt a little about them, he soon wanted to find out?_____(much)?and more. Now it is his career. He hosts a TV programme called?The sky at Night. He uses his knowledge to tell people about the star in a?_____?(live)?way. Many people like watching Patrick Moore's TV programme because they can learn about stars from it. They can see a star shooting across the sky on TV and learn that different groups of stars have different names, like the Great Bear. Patrick is?_____?(pride)?of his TV programme—it has lasted for more than 50 years.
_____?(actual), you can turn your hobby into your career too.?_____?(somebody)?can achieve their dreams. You just have to enjoy what you do!
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People usually have three meals a day:?_____, lunch, and dinner. It's important to eat?_____?(good).
For breakfast, people usually eat bread and eggs and drink coffee?_____?tea, milk and fruit juice. How?_____cola? No, it's bad?_____?you. It's good to eat?_____?(any)?meat for lunch, but eating too?_____?(many)?meat is not healthy. It's important to have lots of fruit and?_____?(vegetable)?for lunch, too. Carrots and sweet potatoes are good for your eyes. You can have them for dinner. Remember not to eat?_____?(some)?candies before your sleep. They are sweet and bad for your?_____?(tooth).
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（五）
One evening, Daisy wanted to buy a packet of sweets. She said, "Does?_____?(someone) want anything?" Then Benny, Daisy's brother, asked her if she could get him a packet of electricity. Daisy said, "Yes, I?_____." Benny thought she was?_____?(fool). In his mind, electricity was like water,?_____?a way. People couldn't buy electricity in packets like sweets.
Well, what is electricity?
Electricity is a form of energy. It comes into our flats through thin wires. What are the wires?_____?(connect) to? The cables which come from a power station.
Electricity makes our lives easier. We use a lot of?_____?(electric) appliances (電器) in our homes every day. But we?_____?be careful with electricity. Here are some tips:
λ Do not switch the rice?_____?(cook) on if the pot is empty. Keep the outside of the pot dry.
λ?Do not touch switches with wet hands, or this may cause electric shock.
λ?Remember?_____?(switch) off the electricity before you change a bulb.
λ?Switch off the appliances such as the air?_____?(condition) and fridge when you are not using them.
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（六）
In recent years, more and more Chinese teenagers are becoming homebodies (宅女/男). A 2015 survey of kids showed about 60 percent of them spend?_____?(little) than one hour doing outdoor activities everyday, Hu Huilan, 12,?_____?student from Shenzhen Nanshan Language School, is busy with piles of homework and extra classes on?_____?(weekday). "I don't want to get behind," she said.
But this trend (趨勢) causes bad health conditions (狀況), but we may be unaware?_____?it. However, the situation for foreign students is quite a?_____?(different). Zhang Yingke, 15, from Unionville High School in Toronto, Canada, says her peers don't like staying indoors at all. Nice weather, little homework make them able?_____?(go) outdoors. It's her?_____?(two) year there. So far, she?_____?(fall) in love with sports like running and playing tennis. "It helps me keep?_____?(comfortably).?_____?you have a chance to go there next time, you will experience it yourself," she said.
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（七）
Not all people like to work?_____?everyone likes to play. All over the world, men and women, boys and girls enjoy?_____?(sport). Since the days long ago, adults and children have called their friends together to spend hours even days?_____?(play) games.
Sports help people to live?_____?(happy). They help to keep people?_____?(health) and feeling good. When they are playing games, people move a lot. This is good for their health. Taking exercise?_____?their friends makes them happy.
Many people enjoy sports by watching others play. In small towns, people meet to watch bicycle races or soccer games. In big cities,?_____?(thousand) of people buy tickets to see an ice-skating show?_____?a baseball game.
What are your favorite sports? Is the weather hot where you live? Then swimming?_____?(be) probably one of your favorite sports. Boys and girls in China love to swim.?_____?are wonderful beaches and there are beautiful rivers and lakes across the country. The weather is also good for swimming.
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（八）
Lao She is?_____?of the greatest writers of modern China, and he is especially famous?_____?his play?Teahouse. I have always wanted?_____?(see) it, so Lingling offered?_____?(take) me to the Beijing Opera Theatre last night. The play was so great.
The play has three?_____?(act) and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of?_____?(twenty) century. It was difficult for me to understand the words but the actors and?_____?were excellent. At first we only planned?_____?(watch) for one hour, but in the?_____, we stayed for three hours. It was so interesting that I really enjoyed it. I hope?_____?(understand) more about it next time.
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（九）
I will take a trip to Shanghai with my mother and brother during the winter holiday. It will take us more than two hours?_____?(fly) to Shanghai from our home in Shenzhen. We will stay in a large hotel there. On the?_____?(one) day, we will stay in the hotel and have?_____?rest. On the second day, we?_____?(go) to Nanjing Road. It's the?_____?(busy) street in Shanghai. When we get there, we will see lots of people. We want to walk from one shop to another. I will buy a new coat for the coming Spring Festival. My brother will buy some clothes for?_____?(him), too. On the third day, my mother will take my brother and me to Jinjiang Entertainment Centre. There are many kinds?_____?games in the centre. I think I can play?_____?(happy) with my brother. During the next few days, we will go to some other places of?_____?(interesting) such as the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Huangpu River. I won't forget to take as many nice?_____?(photo) as I can!
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（十）
We can find numbers everywhere in our daily life. When we ask the date, we will hear "It is the?_____?(eleven) of November today." When we learn maths, the teacher will ask us to copy down a Maths problem like seventy-two plus two?_____?(hundred) and seventy-two.
People from different cultures write numbers?_____?different ways. We have Chinese numbers, Roman numbers, English numbers and?_____?on.?_____, most people around the world use Arabic numbers today. It's a system of written marks to show different numbers.
Well, do you know how people counted before the?_____?(invent) of written numbers? At?_____?(one), people used their fingers and?_____?their toes to count small numbers. Later, they began to make marks on sticks and bones to help them count things like the days of the month, the amount of food and the?_____?(number) of animals they had. Then people used tokens?_____?(make) from clay or small stones to help them count even bigger numbers than before. They often put the tokens on pieces of string and this developed into tools like the abacus.
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（十一）
What is?_____?population of China? There are more than 1.37?_____?(billion) people in China. That is almost one?_____?(five) of the world's population, and the number is still?_____?(increase). If we can't control the population growth, we will have to face more problems in the future.
Let's take Beijing, the capital of China, as an example. Beijing is a huge city?_____?a large population. That?_____(cause) a lot of problems. People need places to live, however, there is not enough space for so many people. Still, more people are leaving the countryside to work in the city, so it's getting more and more expensive to live in Beijing. At the same time, people need better bus and train?_____?(serve) because there is too much traffic and?_____?(noisy). They need more police to protect themselves, too. More people also means more rubbish. The government has to make more efforts to protect the city?_____?pollution. As we say, a hundred people make a thousand problems.
What is happening in Beijing is actually (事實上) happening all over the world. Growing population is?_____problem everyone should pay attention to.
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（十二）
Maria?_____?(be)?my best friend. Her favorite?_____?(write)?is J. K. Rowling because she likes her novel?Harry Potter. She is?_____?big fan of J. K. Rowling. She even knows J. K. Rowling's birthday and birthplace.
Maria's birthday is?_____?May 5th. Yesterday was her?_____?(twelve)?birthday. There?_____?a lot of people celebrating it. The birthday cake was very delicious. There were also many presents?_____?her. Which?_____?her favorite? The book?Harry Potter.
My birthday is in May, too. And my?_____?(eleven)?birthday is coming. It is on next Sunday. My friends want to have a birthday party for me. Would you like?_____?(come)?
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（十三）
I?_____?a great time last summer vacation. I went to England with my parents. We all know it is always wet and?_____?(cloud) in London. So we each took an?_____.?But it was sunny on the first day so we were very?_____(luck). On our?_____?(two) day in London, we visited the London Eye and the Big Ben.
Three days?_____, we visited Shakespeare's former residence (莎士比亞故居). He was born in 1564 and died in 1616. We visited many other interesting?_____?there, such?_____?the National Gallery and the British Museum.
This trip was very?_____?(wonder). I really want?_____?(visit) London again one day.
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（十四）
This is Jane's home. There is a?_____?(beauty)?garden in the center of the yard. There?_____?many flowers in the garden. But there?_____?any trees. In the house there are many rooms. Where is her bedroom? It's on the?_____?(two)?floor. A study is next?_____?her bedroom. What's in her study? There?_____?(be)?a sofa, a desk, many books and so?_____. Is there a computer in her study? Yes,?_____?is. She often?_____?(study)?on the computer.
Let's?_____?(go)?upstairs and have a look ourselves.
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（十五）
Peter's favorite animals are elephants.?_____?does Peter like elephants? Because they're?_____?(friend), smart and kind?_____?cute sometimes. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get?_____?(lose). They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.
But elephants are now in great?_____?(dangerous). They are losing their homes?_____?people cut?_____?too many trees. People also kill them for their ivory. There are only about three?_____?(thousand) elephants today. Now many people want?_____?(save) the elephants. We must save the trees and not buy things?_____?(make) of ivory.
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（十六）
Mark Twain, an American?_____?(write), was born in 1835 in a poor village. He was the?_____?(six) child in his family.?_____?he was 11 years old, his father died. In the next year, he left school and?_____?(begin) to make a living by himself (自己謀生). He had many jobs and he also wrote something.
He wrote many novels (小說) all?_____?(he) life, but?The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?is the most famous. This novel is mainly?_____?a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.?_____?first, this novel wasn't very?_____?(success). But after he died, it began to become popular. Until now, this novel is still one of the most popular?_____?(book).
Mark Twain became famous because of his wonderful books. He died in 1910. But his novels will always stay with us?_____?make us happy.
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（十七）
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Dear Mary,
Today is my?_____?(thirteen) birthday. Yes, my birthday is?_____?June 1st—Children's Day. My parents want?_____?(have) a birthday party this evening. They will buy some fruit?_____?make a big birthday cake. I will prepare some interesting?_____?(game), too. We will have great fun at my party.?_____?(be) you free (空閑的) this evening? Some of?_____?(we) classmates will come to my party. Can you come?
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Dear Lisa,
Thank you?_____?inviting (邀請) me to your birthday party. I'm?_____?(real) happy. I think we will have?_____good time tonight.
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（十八）
Dear Amy,
How?_____?your weekend? What?_____?(do) you do?
I?_____?(have) so much fun last weekend. On Saturday, I did my homework. Then I played badminton.?_____?did I play with and?_____?did I play? I played with my father in the gym. He is really good. On Sunday, I worked?_____?a guide at the Natural History Museum. There is a butterfly house with over two?_____?(hundred) kinds of butterflies there! I?_____?(tell) the visitors about the living habits?_____?the butterflies. It was interesting but I was kind of?_____?(tiring) after a day's work.
Yours,
Lisa
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（十九）
Thanksgiving in the United States
In most countries, people usually?_____?(eat) traditional food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the?_____?(four) Thursday in November, and is a time?_____?(give) thanks for food in the autumn?_____?this time, people also remember the first?_____?(traveler) from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These travelers had a long, hard winter, and many of them?_____?(die). In the next autumn, they gave?_____?(thank) for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still?_____?(celebrate) this idea of?_____?(give) thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. The main dish of this meal?_____?(be) almost always turkey, a large bird.
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（二十）
Dear Paul,
How?_____?your weekend? What?_____?you do?
I was very busy last weekend. On Saturday, I?_____?(do) my homework. Then I played badminton. What did I?_____?on Sunday? I worked?_____?a guide at the?_____?(nature) History Museum. It was very interesting. There is a butterfly house with over two?_____?(hundred) kinds of butterflies there! I told the?_____?(visit) about the living habits?_____?the butterflies. Although I was kind of?_____?(tiring), I felt very excited.
Yours,
Lisa
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（二十一）
There are four people in my family. They?_____?(be) my father, my mother, my little sister and I. My father's birthday is?_____?October. He is thirty-seven?_____?(year) old now.?_____?is my mother's birthday? It is?_____June 16th. What is?_____?(she) age? Haha, that's a secret (秘密). My sister's birthday is on April the?_____?(one). It's also April?_____?(fool) Day. As for me, my?_____?(eleven) birthday is coming soon. There will be a birthday party at 7 p.m. next Monday in my house. It will be?_____?(interested) and fun. Welcome to my birthday party.
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（二十二）
Hi, I'm Cindy. Today (今天) is the?_____?(one) day of November. It is a really busy month for?_____ (I).?On the 4th, I must study for?_____?English test at home. My?_____?(grandpa) birthday is on the 5th, so my parents?_____?I must go to see him then. On the 11th, I want to go to some clothes?_____?(store). They always sell the clothes?_____?very good prices on this day. The book?_____?(sell) is on the 19th in the school library. I want to go there with my classmates. On the?_____?(twenty-two), I must go to meet a friend after school. He is coming here then. And on the 30th, my school?_____?(have) a school trip. It must be fun.
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（二十三）
Today is Tree Planting Day. There are many people planting trees in the park. Look, two workers?_____?(dig) holes in the ground, and another worker?_____?planting a tree in a hole. What are those workers?_____? Oh, they are?_____?(carry) a large container. Is that worker?_____?(water) trees? Yes, he?_____. How hard they are working!
Why do we need to plant trees? Because trees are very important to our life.
Trees help us in many ways. Firstly, they are major?_____?(fight) against air pollution. They take in?_____?(harm) gases from the air and produce oxygen for us to breath. Secondly, trees help prevent droughts and floods (旱災和水災). Trees also can stop land becoming desert. Moreover, trees make our lives?_____?(convenience) because many of the things in our daily lives come from trees, such as paper and pencils. Finally, trees are homes to?_____?(thousand) of animals. Many animals can't live without trees, and people can't live without these animals.
But people cut down too many trees every year. We should stop doing this if we don't want a world without trees. We must do something from now on.
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（二十四）
Hello, I am a twelve-year-old girl. I am a middle school student. Now I am in Class 5, Grade 7. My birthday is?_____March 8th. It's the?_____?day of the?_____?(three) month of the year. It's?_____?Day, too. My mother always?_____?(have) a birthday party for me on that day. My friends and?_____?(classmate) come to my party. My friend Mary sings?_____?English song for me. We?_____?(eat) the birthday cake and play?_____?(game) together. We are all very happy at the party. I like having?_____?(party) on my birthday.
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（二十五）
Dear Linda,
My birthday is coming. And I'll?_____?(have) a party at my house this Sunday. I?_____?(real) hope you can come to my party,?_____?it is not easy to find my house. Now I'll give you?_____?map, and it shows you how?_____?(get) to my house. Go?_____?Guangming Street. Just walk straight for about ten?_____?(minute), and you can see a bus stop on your left. You can take No.5 bus and?_____?(get) off at the?_____?(five) stop. Then you are on Happy Street. Walk along the street and you'll see a bank at the corner of the street. My house?_____?(be) behind the bank.
Yours,
John
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（二十六）
David was born near the sea. His family?_____?(live) on a sailboat for many years. He dreamed about travelling all over?_____?world. Now, he has made his dream come true.
When he was little, David read a book?_____?The Boy Who Sailed around the World Alone?by Robin Lee Graham. Robin was the?_____?(one) teen to travel around the world by boat.?_____?the age of 16, David thought he could also do that.
When he grew older, David told his thought to his?_____?(parent) and they agreed.?_____?he made a plan with the help of his parents.
First, he needed a boat. He worked during the vacation. He saved enough money, and then he bought a boat. The?_____?(much) important thing was planning his route. He needed to tie his boat close to land. This would let him get help if he?_____?(be) in trouble. So David had to find port cities along the ocean. He used about two months to draw the map.
David began to travel around the world the next year, and one year later, he?_____?(return) home.
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（二十七）
Great inventions change the world. They help people live a?_____?(good) life than before. One of the?_____(great) inventions is ballpoint pen. Maybe you don't know who?_____?(invent) it, but you probably use it every day.
Laszlo Biro was the?_____?(invent) of the ballpoint pen. He was?_____?in Budapest, Hungary. In the 1930s, he worked?_____?a newspaper editor. He found the fountain pen he used almost every day was not?_____?(practice) at all. So he decided?_____?(develop) a new type of pen.?_____?the help of his brother George, the ballpoint pen was invented and it became a great success.
Although Laszlo Biro is not as famous?_____?Edison, people will always remember him for his invention.
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（二十八）
Dear Abby,
I'm a helpless mother. My son is 15 years old. I find that the?_____(old) he grows, the less we talk. I feel very worried and I?_____(real) need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He seems to spend too much time?_____?computer games. As soon?_____he gets home, he always turns on the computer, closes the door and locks others out. I'm getting worried about?_____(he), especially when his English?_____(teach) told me he always failed in the English exams.
Second, it seems that he is crazy about the new technology. However, to be?_____(honesty), I don't have enough money and I can't afford all the?_____(thing) he wants.
Recently, I?_____(find) that he is always alone. I've never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is?_____?last problem I have.
Do all the boys behave this way? What should I do to help him?
A helpless mother.
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（二十九）
Hello! My name is Messias and I?_____?(life) in Brazil. I am 10 years old and?_____?(finish) school in four years. Kids go to school from 7 years old to 14 years old?_____?my country. In Brazil we have only 4 hours of school a day. We have school uniforms that include T-shirts with the?_____?(school) name on.
Here are some more facts about?_____?(I) country. Brazil is the world's?_____?(great) grower and exporter of coffee. Everyone in Brazil?_____?(like) soccer and there is a stadium in every city. 3/4 of Brazilians like to live in cities, and most of the cities are on the coast. I live in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia. It is in the?_____?(central) of Brazil.
When I walk to school each day, I see many food stands selling pineapples, melons,?_____ (grape) and other fruit. In Brazil we speak Portuguese (葡萄牙語).?_____?(sad), 60% of Brazilian homes have no toilets, 52% have no waste collection, and 70% have no running water.
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（三十）
At school, many things happen to us. We may feel?_____?(exciting) when we have success in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important game. We should?_____?(keep) the memory for the rest of our lives.
How can we keep the memory? Our English teacher, Miss Green,?_____?(teach) us a good way of remembering things. She said we had better make our own yearbook. What is a yearbook? A yearbook is?_____?kind of book which is used to keep the memory of important moments. It's usually made?_____?the end of the year.
We have begun to make our yearbook. We decide to choose some persons who?_____?(do) something special. Then some students will interview them, some will write down their stories, and others will take?_____?(photo) of them. Everyone in our class will have something to do.
Our teacher will help us put the things together. We will have our?_____?(one) yearbook.
All of?_____?(we) are putting our love into making the yearbook. It will be the?_____?(wonderful) gift for us because not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time forever.
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