Atlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than 31 man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games. She was 32 angry that she said to her father she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said she must marry and asked her 33 she wanted to marry a king or prince. But Atlanta replied, “I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run 34 him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he 35 (kill). No one will be pardoned.”
Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta but when they heard of her rules, some of them 36 (sad) went home. Other men stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta’s rules. “Why are these men so 37 (fool)? Why will they let 38 be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?” Then when he saw Atlanta come out of her house 39 (run), Hippomenes changed his mind. “I 40 marry Atlanta — or die!” he said.
Now it is becoming more and more popular to chat over the Internet, because you can find it _______ expensive to do that than to make a long distance call. This makes Internet chatting
_______ attractive option if you live far away from family and friends,
______ you are on a budget.
You can also complete _______ tasks while chatting over the Internet. For example, you can read and reply to emails, finish typing a document, or have a conversation
______ someone who is in the room. This can be an advantage
______ you are busy and don’t have much time for personal chatting. This can also be a disadvantage because you aren’t giving the other person or task your full attention.
Because you can do kinds of tasks _______ chatting on the Internet, it can become easy to lose track of time. You can end up chatting longer than you intended to,
______ can make it difficult to complete other tasks.
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Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by 1 . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand. 2 in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something 3 (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table 4 the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the 5 , they gave him a letter 6 Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.
The waiter treated him in rude manners 7 he was in rags. But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted 8 the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions. But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.What were Kristen and Kelly asked to do last Sunday evening? (No more than 20 words.)
____________________________________________________________________Why did the guests praise Kelly so much rather than Kristen? (No more than 15 words.)
____________________________________________________________________The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” in Paragraph 4 means ________________. (No more than 5 words.)
Why did Kristen feel sad and cry? (No more than 15 words.)
____________________________________________________________________In your opinion, how should adults treat children? (No more than 15 words.)
____________________________________________________________________
A father is very worried about his son, _____acts like a coward. So his father paid a visit to the master and
_____(ask) him to train his son.
The master said, “I promise I’ll be able to train your child into a real man in three months.”
Three months later, his father came ______(pick) the child. The master arranged a match
_______the child and his coach to show the three-month training result.
At Round One, the child _________ (knock) down and fell to the ground. He stood up to meet the challenge. But he was knocked down again, and once again he stood up to fight... this was repeated six times.
The master asked his father, “Do you think your child’s performance is ____of a man?” The father said, “I feel ashamed for
____! I never expected that he would be so weak after three
______ (month) training.” The master said, “I don’t agree with you, and I regret that you only see
___ surface of things. You have not seen the courage and perseverance
__ your son. This is the very spirit of a man!”
The Internet has become part of young people’s life. report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them get
(use) information on the Internet
use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it _
a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites
shouldn’t look at. So bad things may happen __
_ students spend too much time on the Internet.
__is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, _
uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice.
Some students also make ___(friend) on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face __
_ (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.
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