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I’m 30 years old, and there are several things that life has taught me that I want to share with you．Here are the 4 lessons that life has taught me in the past 30 years．
1．Take Care of Your Body
Life is “unfairly” biased（偏向的） towards people who “look good,” like it or not．So it’s important that you do all that is in your power to look your best．   71    You will live longer, and you will live happier, if you take care of your body; you may even get promoted faster on your job．Remember that your health is really your greatest wealth．
2．   72
No one taught me to save when I was growing up; no one told me the importance of saving．Fortunately I was able to learn the value of saving through reading great books like “The Millionaire Next Door”．What I want to teach others is to save at least twenty percent of your income．If you are to be wealthy, you must not just earn a lot, you must save a lot．
3．Think long-term．
In high school I was thinking about college, in college I was thinking about life after college．I’m designing my life and I’m making decisions today that will enable me to live the life I desire when I’m in my 40’s, 50’s and 60’s．You have to think long-term; you have to see the “big picture．”     73
4．Realize the Power of Focus
Focus, focus, focus…     74    If you fail in this lifetime, you will fail because of broken focus．If you focus on the goals that are most important to you, you will achieve them．The problem is that there are so many distractions． 75   Winners decide to major on majors, and they even let important things slip, because they just focus on achieving what is critical to their goals．

A．The importance of saving．

B．If you plan your future properly, you will live into your plans．

C．Save Your Money．

D．Nothing is more critical than focus．

E．What separates the winners from the losers is that the winners learn to focus on their goal．
F．I mean dressing nicely, working out and eating right．
G．It’s critical that you pursue relationships with individuals who are good first．

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Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth. There are hundreds of kinds of sharks. Most are about two meters long. The dogfish shark, however, is less than twenty centimeters in length. A shark has an extremely good sense of smell. It can find small amounts of substances in water, such as blood, body liquids and chemicals produced by animals. 71 Sharks eat fish, other sharks, and plants that live in the ocean.
Sharks grow slowly. About forty percent of all sharks lay eggs. 72 Some sharks carry their young inside their bodies as humans do. Some sharks are not able to reproduce until they are twenty years old．Most reproduce only every two years. And they give birth to fewer than ten young sharks. For this reason, over-fishing of sharks is of special danger to the future of the animal.
Sharks are important for the world’s oceans. They eat injured and diseased fish. Their hunting activities mean that the numbers of other fish in ocean waters do not become too great. 73.
People hunt sharks for sport, food, medicine and their skin. Experts say the international market for some kinds of sharks has increased because many parts of a shark are valuable.
Collectors pay thousands of dollars for the jaws of a shark. 74 The skin of a shark can be used like leather.
In Asia, people enjoy a kind of soup made from shark fins. Experts say a fisherman can earn a lot of money for even one kilogram of shark fins. Sharks are among the oldest animals on Earth, but some sharks are in danger of disappearing from Earth.75.

A．Shark liver oil is a popular source of Vitamin A

B．This protects the plants and other forms of life that exist in the oceans

C．Sharks are valuable to us and we can make full use of them

D．These powerful senses help sharks find their food

E．If too many sharks in one area are killed, that group of sharks may never return to normal population levels
F． his is a threat to other forms of life in the ocean.
G．The others give birth to live young

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__46  People use money to buy food, furniture，books，bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money．
Most of the money today is made of metal or paper． 47  One of the first kinds of money was shells．
Shells were not the only things used as money．In China，cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks，monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa．
The first metal coins were made in China, They were round and had a square hole in the centre． 48
Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money． 49  Sweden and Russia used copper(铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money．__ 50  The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has an interesting history from the days of shell money until today．

A．Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and service．

B．The first coins in England were made of tin(锡)．

C．But people used to use all kinds of things as money．

D．Money, as we know, is all made of paper.

E．They began to use paper money.
F. People strung(串连) them together and carried them from place to place．
G．No one knows for certain when people began to use money．

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For thousands of years the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. In fact，until a place has a church and a pub，it isn’t really considered a community worthy of a name. Traditionally，the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, since it is where people gather to give and receive news. In fact, the word ‘pub’ is short for public house’.
That's how it used to be, but things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit decline is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People don’t have lots of spare money to spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.
This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p. m. Previously，with 11 p. m. as closing time，customers would have to drink quite quickly，meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as ‘binge drinking’(狂饮)，and it causes some long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities. The UK government is changing the law to discourage binge drinking, and regularly spends money on television advertisements to warn people of the problems of drinking too much.
In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. Now, there are a number of different types of pubs.

Topic	The (81) of British Pub Culture?

The important(82)____ of churches and pubs in people' s daily life in the UK	♦People won't name an area unless there are a church and a pub. ♦They are the places where people gather to (83) news.
The(84) for the decrease of the pub business	♦The credit decline is said to cause many pubs to (85) down. ♦Smoking is not (86) in all pubs, which may have had an effect on the business. ♦The government is trying hard to (87) binge drinking.
(88) to save the business	♦Pubs are making (89) to meet the needs of the market. ♦As a woman in the UK nowadays, you can (90) a drink in almost all the pubs.
Conclusion	Things are changing for the better probably from now on.

As you can see, British pubs now offer something for everyone. A lot of pubs used to be working men’s clubs, meaning that women could not usually enter. Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems. Perhaps things are changing for the better after all.

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We are all faced with challenges constantly in every area of our lives.   71
The truth is that you will have to deal with difficult problems throughout your life, whether it is in your personal life or career. Most of us get really afraid and run away from problems because we don’t want to accept reality. Running away from your problems is the worst thing you can do to deal with the challenges you are faced with. Here are some tips for you on learning how to deal with everyday challenges.
Please bear in mind that you shouldn’t overact when coming across challenges. Overacting to a problem will cause you to make bad decisions. 72   Next time you are faced with a challenge, stay calm so you can make smarter decisions.
73   If you cannot accept reality, you will feel very frustrated with your life. Once you can accept reality, you will be able to be calmer and think more clearly about how to get a step closer towards your goals every day.
Many people make a habit of blaming others for all their problems. They fail to take full responsibility for the decisions they have made in life. The more you blame others for the challenges you are faced with, the more you will make people dislike you and not want to be around you.  74
Don’t compare your lifestyle with others. Of course, it is really difficult not to compare ourselves with other people. However, the more often we do that, the more frustrated we will feel.   75  The key thing to remember is that you create your own story and success in life.

A．Accept the reality of the present moment.

B．Try to look at change as a positive challenge, not as a threat.

C．There will always be a person that may have accomplished more than you.

D．Our focus may entirely be on how we can deal with the challenge that has come our way.

E. When we are not in control of our emotions, we will make decisions that we will regret later.
F. However, most people have a hard time accepting and dealing with these challenges that arise.
G.As a result, the first thing you should do when faced with a personal challenge is not point fingers at others.

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