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There is nothing more【小题1】 than the sun. Without the sun, all【小题2】 things on the earth will【小题3】.
The sun is a star. In the sky there【小题4】 thousands of stars like the sun. They are as large as the sun and as hot as the sun. At night you can see many stars,【小题5】 in the daytime you can only see one star, the sun.
The sun is much nearer to us than any other star. This is【小题6】 it looks biggest and __ of all the stars. The distance of the sun from the earth is as much as 150【小题8】__ kilometers. Most of the stars are thousands of light years（光年）away from the earth.
Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light. It ____ at 300, 000
a second. And one light year is the distance that light travels in one year.
My relationship with my mother changed after I went to college. When I was at home, weabout many things, for example, wearing makeup(化妆) and talking on the phone. One time, before a big party, she
to let me leave the house. She thought my makeup was too heavy. I had to wash my face before I went to the party. I was the only girl without makeup, and I was so
. And when I talked to my friends on the phone, my mum always shouted to tell me to hang up, and the person I was talking to could hear her. Her
always made me upset.
Sometimes I really wonder whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy making money. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too much to say.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I quietly sat down beside her and her.
“Mom, I have a question for you,” I said, breaking the .
“What?” she asked, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very voice.
She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. But then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very then because I thought I had hurt her.
It seemed like a very long time before my mother started to speak again. “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “look at this thread (线). Sometimes it , but most of it disappears (消失) in the quilt. The thread makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can
be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside (在里面).”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand the next spring. My father had a stroke (中风) and
walk by himself anymore. After that, my mother
my father walk outside every day. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers and trees. The sun gently glistened through leaves. They two, hand in hand, walked slowly. To me, that was
picture in the world — that’s a picture of love.
They still don’t say “I love you” to each other. But I know they have deep love for each other. I used to think love meant flowers and sweet kisses. But actually, love is just a thread in the quilt.
A traveller came to a village carrying nothing but an empty pot. He was h , but nobody would offer their food to him. The traveller then f
the pot with water, put a large stone into it, and placed it o
a fire in the village square.
One of the villagers asked w he was doing. The traveller answered,“I’m making ‘ stone soup’. ”The villager seemed i
.
The traveller continued,“The soup tastes wonderful but I need some carrots to make i 76 more tasty. ”The villager then b him some carrots and put them in the pot.
Another villager walked by, asking about the pot, a the traveller again told him about his stone soup. This time he really needed some meat. The villager brought him some meat to help him out.
More and more villagers walked by. Each added o things. Finally, the traveller had a delicious pot of soup. Of course, he s
it with everyone.
My uncle always _______________________ on us when he came to our city.
He didn’t want to go to school by pretending to be __________________ ill.
The Science Museum is a good place for children __________________ their new ideas.
Children should __________________ how to respect others in their daily life.
He went to France the year before last and I haven’t heard from him _______________then.
He didn’t get any help and had to complete the work _________________.
The naughty boy is always punished by his mother for his bad_____________.
Most of the teenagers like eating junk food __________________ healthy food.
They found out the truth by doing a lot of__________________ experiments.
This DVD is quite useful. It can help us learn English and enjoy the beautiful sights of many places _______________________.
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