Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it
(actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of
most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work
(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is
(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the
(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be
(patience).
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What should you do if you are not able to sleep? The best thing is to try to avoid bad habits．____ you always go to bed and get up at about the same time，this will set a __
__ (health)rhythm in your life．Don’t drink caffeine drinks in the evening．Smoking and alcohol can also keep you awake．You may have trouble__
__ (sleep) if you have a heavy meal just before you go to bed．
You may also find it difficult____ (get)to sleep if you have a problem or something else on your mind．This is __
__ you need to relax．As you lie in bed，tense the muscles in your feet and then relax _
__．Continue up the body，tensing and relaxing the muscles until you reach the heaD． Start with the feet again if you are still tense．If you __
__ (think) about a problem or about something exciting that is going to happen the next day，get up and write about it．That will help to take it off your mind．You can also get up and read，but be sure to choose__
__ book that is not too difficult．__
__，you may get so interested that you won’t want to go to sleep even when you feel sleepy．
Sleep welt and have sweet ____ (dream)!
Time flies! This isthird year that I have been in this school．In the past two and a half years，our school
(organize) many activities．What impressed me
(much) was an activity
(call)“Learning to Farm”．On an autumn afternoon，we
(send) to a farm
we learnt to plant potatoes
(be) in the city for such a long time，we were so happy to go to the countryside．After
(spanide) into three groups，we started to work．Some cut potatoes
pieces，and_
put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back．
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on FridayIndia's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles
the suppression（压迫）of children and for young people's rights，
(include) the right to education．
Yousafzai came to (globe) attention after she
(shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago forher efforts
(promote) education for girls in Pakistan．
Through her heroic struggle，Yousafzai has become a(lead) spokeswoman for girls' rights to education．According to the Nobel committee，at 17 she's the youngest ever peace prize winner．“I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani or the first young woman
gets this award，” she said in Birmingham，England．
She doesn't believe that she deserves the award but considers an encouragement to continue her campaign．Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu
(give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India，and between different religions．
Once upon a time a farmer had a dog and a rabbit．One day he organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit．He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields，and hid a carrot and a bone in it．He wanted to see animal would find them first．
The (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot，
(dig) here and there，totally convinced that he would find it．But the dog，after sniffing around for a bit，
(lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field．
The rabbit dug for hours，and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this (be)，even for the rabbit．
the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging．When there was no place in the whole field
(leave) to dig，the rabbit dug a tunnel right to
the dog had been lying all the time．There he found the carrot and the bone．
This is how the dog lost the game．He had come to right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone
he only complained and didn't try at all．
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For certain reasons I (stay) with relatives currently, and in their living room sits a piano which is my favourite musical instrument.
As child I started learning to play the piano but soon decided to stop so that I could concentrate more
my studies．This is one of my biggest regrets．Every year I would say, “I’m going back to it soon” but I never managed to．Some years later, my teacher
had taught me to play the piano died．I was heartbroken.
(sit) sat their piano, I think of the times when I used to practice．One time my teacher hugged me after I played an entire sheet of music
(correct) in front of her colleagues．I was so
(embarrass) but her efforts to comfort me helped in easing the shame．These occurrences, good or bad, never decrease my desire
(play) the piano．I still want to make music.
This (think) then leads me to think that life is like music．Sometimes the music
(produce) is perfect while other times we are out of tune．However, we all coutinue to create our own unique style of music．
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