It’ s said that a giant rock was located in the North Sea but once many boats and ships （strike）it and sank.
About a century years ago, a kind and imaginative minister came up with an idea to have a buoy（浮标） （fasten）to the rock. On the top of the buoy
（place）a bell, which would ring whenever any ships got closer. When hearing the bell ringing, sailors knew where the rock was and stayed safe. One day, a sea robber Rover happened
（sail） not far away from the rock.
Seeing buoy floating in the water, he decided to play a trick. Soon his crew broke the chain that held the buoy, let the bell go into the water and then sailed away. In the following weeks, they robbed many
ships around the seas and filled the ship with a great
（vary） of treasures. Unfortunately, when returning, they themselves had no idea how to get away from the terrible rock
the ring. The ship was moving swiftly in the dark
there was a great crash.
was the very rock and the ship began to sink.
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W：Where are you going to spend your holiday this year, Bob?
M：We may go abroad ，___I'm not so sure.
W：What do you mean?
M：Well, my wife's talking about Egypt recently. She may want to go there. I'd like to go there，___.
W：Yes, it's an interesting country___(see)．
M: But we can't make up___minds yet. You know, a roundtrip ticket to Egypt costs a lot.
W：But you may go by sea.
M：You're right. It's____(cheap), isn't it?
W：You may save at least half of the money if you go by ship.
M：But don't you think it would take____long time and…
W：But you can enjoy the scene of the sea and the___(rise) sun.
M：Yes, I'll tell my wife.
W：You'll definitely enjoy____， I'm sure.
M：Don't be so sure. We may not go____.
W：You always hesitate at everything.
M：It's not my fault, you know. My wife always worries too much.
W：Like what?
M：Well...Who is going to look after the house? Who is going to look after the garden? And who is going to look after the pets? We have these____(problem) every year. And in the end we stay at home and look after everything.
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I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car ______ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to __
__ should have the honor of receiving me __
___ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me ___
__ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to __
___ small town some 20 kilometres away___
__there was a garage. I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. ___
___ villagers brought me goat’s cheese and honey. We drank together and talked __
___ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman ___
___the trouble I had caused ___
___.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children,
are smart and strong-willed, are very likely
(succeed). The reason
this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for
same reason.
What happens to the children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,
, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite
(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in
lives. They usually
(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression , new study has suggested . The more time is spent
( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online , the more likely volunteers were
have the blues .
Monitoring people’s comings and ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood . Spending most of your time at home was also
( link ) to depression , as was having an
( regular) daily schedule , such as unusual shift patterns . “
people are depressed , they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things , ” said senior author David Mohr . “ The data
showed depressed people tended not to go many places
( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression ”
“ The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity of those symptoms asking them any questions . Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users . ”
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Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife Doris lived______(happy) together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy visited __
___.
“Fred, you’re a good farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.
“A wish?” said Fred.
Fred and Doris smiled __ each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We’re very healthy and happy.”
“You work very hard __ you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.
“We’re poor, but we have enough food ___(eat).” replied Fred.
“You can use the gold coin to buy ___ clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.
“______we haven’t got many clothes, we’ve got enough.” said Doris.
“Well, what about _ nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.
“Thank you, but I love my small old house very much. I __(live) here since I was born. We don’t need a new house,” said Fred.
“You’re quite different _ ___ others. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happy forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.
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