For years scientists have been arguing about whether nature or nurture (后天) decides what people will be like. Is it nature— what people are (41) with— that decides what they will be like? (42) is it nurture —what(43) to people when they are born —that decides what they will be like?
Scientists have been studying twins to (44) if they can find the answer, because twins start out with the (45) DNA. Sometimes twins don’t live together at birth and grow up in different (46) and different places— so the nature is the same for both, but the nurture is different.
When scientists (47) these twins in their later life, they some times find some surprising (48).
Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted（收养）by two different families at birth. They first met each other again thirty-nine years (49) and discovered they had a lot in (50). Both had been (51) twice. Their first wives were both named Linda and their second wives were both named Betty!
Each twin had a son — one called his son James Alan and the (52) called his son James Alan, too. Their children each had a dog called “Toy”. They even arrived at their first (53) in the same color of car.
So far twin (54) seem to show that both nature and nurture are important. What we have from birth, and how and where we live help to build (55) we are.
A．born B．grown C．taught D．made
A．So B．And C．If D．Or
A．pretends B．happens C．falls D．depends
A．hear B．win C．see D．plan
A．nice B．same C．full D．free
A．families B．cities C．countries D．nations
A．believe B．suggest C．receive D．compare
A．numbers B．discoveries C．results D．decisions
A．ago B．later C．forward D．behind
A．common B．fact C．danger D．trouble
A．mentioned B．married C．succeeded D．interviewed
A．either B．else C．other D．only
A．competition B．education C．purpose D．meeting
A．studies B．movies C．challenges D．mysteries
A．what B．when C．where D．who
"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence." That's an old in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place you live. Some people worry young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and, instead, Japanese cartoon books,watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good, Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can have the meaning for
Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with.
Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best:
7 friendliness. Not all countries are as as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other
side of the fence.
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My earliest memories of writing are only school homework, nothing of any creativity. All that one day, when Mrs Kumar asked us to write “An autobiography(自传) of a pencil”.
For me, it was just another piece of homework, Mrs Kumar reacted(表现) very differently. Maybe she was just being , or maybe she really liked the work. Whatever her , she read it out to the class as an example of “fine writing”. A few years later, I went back to my old school. I was walking through the corridors(走廊) when I passed by Mrs Kumar, who was still teaching her class. She looked up as I passed and I , not wanting to disturb her. Seeing me, she went out and invited me into her class. “This girl is one of the best this school has seen,” she said. “She wrote a wonderful autobiography of a pencil. I hope some of you can learn to write like her. ”Even after all these years, I can still clearly remember that moment. My face shines with whenever I tell someone this experience. I am sure I was not the only student whose school homework Mrs Kumar . It is likely that she made an effort to make each one of us feel . However, I had never had anybody praise(表扬) my writing before that. It encouraged me to do better to prove to her that “Look! Your in me has worked. I am good, because you believe I am. ”Today, I am a successful writer. Thanks to Mrs Kumar, my are not only a tool(工具) to use. They are also a symbol of little beginnings and the power of a teacher’s encouragement.
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A wise man was visiting a village with his students. He found a group of family members ________ in anger at each other. He turned to his students and asked: “Why do people shout in anger at each other?”
His students thought for a while, and one of them said: “Because when we lose our calm, we shout.”
“But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can just as well tell him ________ you have to say in a soft manner,” said the wise man.
Students gave some other answers but ________ were any good.
“When two people are angry at each other, their hearts become distanced（疏远的）,” the wise man ______, “ To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The _______ they are, the louder they will have to shout to hear each other and cover that great distance.”
The wise man then gave an _______: “What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly because their hearts are very _______. When they love each other even more, what happens? They don’t need to talk. They _______ look at each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.”
He looked at his students and said: “________ when you argue, do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance you from others. Or there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the _______ to return.”
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A successful man said, “Find a dream and do whatever it takes to make it come true.”
A young man didn’t know how to face his work. One day he was sitting in a park watching squirrels(松鼠) run in the trees. Suddenly, a squirrel jumped from one high tree to another. It seemed to for a branch(树枝) so far out of reach that the jump looked impossible. And sure enough, the squirrel . But it still landed safely on a branch several feet lower. Then it just climbed up a little higher and reached the branch it really .
An old man sitting near the young man said, “It’s . I have seen a lot of squirrels jump like that. A lot of them miss, but I have never seen one of them get hurt. I guess they have got to risk(冒险) it if they don' t want to spend their whole life one tree. ” Then the young man thought, "If a little squirrel is to take a chance, do I have less than a squirrel?"
At that moment he decided to take a risk he had been thinking about. And sure enough, he landed safely in a position he thought possible.
Shoot(飞奔) for the moon. you miss, you will land among the stars, and you will still end up higher and better than you are now. Since life is short and time goes by so fast, why not make it the best one possible?
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There was once a bad king. All the people hated him. One day in a summer he was swimming alone a river.
The king was good at _ , but while he was in the middle of the river, he suddenly felt ill. He cried out, “Help! Help!” At that time two farmers were working nearby. They _ ran over, jumped into the water _ saved him. They didn’t know that he was the king before he was pulled out of the water.
The king was , so he said to the farmers, “You have saved my life. Now you may anything, and I’ll give it to you.”
One of the farmers said, “My son is ill. Please send him to a good _ .” The king promised (承诺) to do so. Then he spoke to the old farmer. “And
_ can I do for you, old man?” The old man _ for some minutes and then he answered, “You can do a very important thing for me.” “What is that?” asked the king. “Don’t tell that we have saved you.” The old man answered.
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