Joyce: What do you think of the lead teacher’s speech?
Caroline: I think it was ___ (interest).
Joyce: ___ do I. I hear Mike is likely to win all the prizes in the exams this year.
Caroline: Yes, his teacher says so. He ____ (work) hard at his lessons every evening for months. He wants to go to Oxford University next year.
Joyce: I hope he will realize his goal.
Caroline: I hope so. _ I think he works too hard. I hope he’ll go out and enjoy __
__ for a change. How about your son Carl?
Joyce: Don’t mention him. Carl never starts studying.
Caroline: You’re joking. I heard that Carl ___ (win) the composition prize.
Joyce: You have made ___ mistake. That is White Carl. My son is Brown Carl. The whites live in the same community __
__ we do. White Carl has always been so hard working. He wants to be a __
__ (write). My son likes going to the concert. He only likes singing.
Caroline: ___ he practices singing, he will become a singer in the future.
Joyce: Not all people can become a singer. I don’t think he has the talent.
Imagine shopping in another country and spotting a beautiful scarf. The salesperson tells you the price, ______ it’s more than you want to buy. What do you do?
The answer depends largely on what part of the world you are in. Are you visiting Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America or Africa? In these places, prices often are not set in stone. In fact, customers _____(expect) to bargain before agreeing to a price.
On the other hand, in North America, Europe and Australia, bargaining is rare and often not allowed. The price ___(list) on a price tag cannot be changed.
Large stores and malls usually don’t allow bargaining. On the other hand, outdoor stalls and flea markets, even in Western countries, usually allow bargaining. When in doubt, consult a guidebook ---or_______(good) yet, a local friend.
_____bargaining custom vary, a few rules of etiquette apply in most cultures. First, avoid wasting people’s time. If you don’t intend to make a purchase, don’t start bargaining. While bargaining, it is OK to walk away. But once you agree to a price, you
____ buy the item.
Even in countries ___ don’t allow bargaining, you may find plentiful opportunities to save money. Many stores sell old items on clearance. Others offer discount cards to regular customers. Some of these can function as credit cards
____ the store, and a few can even be used elsewhere.
______ you go, understanding local customs can help you find good prices.
Blood is important to support our lives. But for now, the only way we can get more of it is through donation. And donated blood has its own problems. First of all, certain blood types are extremely rare. Type O negative blood (O-), for example, only (exist) in 7 percent of people, according to Sunday Times. There are fewer
(donate) and therefore there isn’t enough of this type of blood for everybody who needs it. In addition, donated blood comes from various people, which means that it has to
(examine) carefully for diseases such as HIV to make sure that it’s safe for transfusion(输血).
This is__ scientists all over the world have been trying to make blood in labs. And now, someone finally succeeded—Marc Turner at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has produced blood fit for transfusion, reported Forbes. Different from many ____
scientists, who have tried to make blood by mixing up different ingredients together, Turner chose to grow blood
(direct) from human stem cells. He developed
special technique to create a chemical environment similar to that in our bone marrow (骨髓). This environment encourages stem cells to develop fully
red blood cell.
According to Turner, his artificial blood is (likely) to contain disease viruses or produce side effects. And the best part is that
he managed to produce was type O- blood. Not only is it a rare blood type, it’s also a universal type, which means it can be transfused into any patient.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue. The king of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died.__ ___(he) son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was determined to revenge. He trained his army_____
___(strict) until it was a perfect fighting force. Three years later, he led his army ____
____the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian.
In order to avenge his father’s_______ (die), Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father’s tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him. Gou pretended to be loyal to Fu,__
_____ he never forgot his humiliation(羞辱).Many years later , he ____
___(set) free. Gou secretly accumulated a military force after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall-bladder(苦胆) before having dinner and going to bed every night. At ___
___ same time he administered his state carefully，___
____(develop) agriculture. After a few years, his country became strong. Then Gou seized a favorable opportunity to wipe off the State of Wu.
Later, people use it (describe) one who stands self-imposed（自愿接受）hardships to ___
____(strong) one’s determination to realize one’s ambition.
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There was once a beautiful girl who hated herself because she was blind. She also hated everyone else, except her ___ (love) boyfriend who was considerate and was always there to help her. One day she told her boyfriend, “You _
(be) so kind to me and if I could only see the world, I should marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. Doctors spent several hours doing ____ (operate) for her and the boy accompanied her at the bedside all the time. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, her boyfriend _
__ (include), of course.
He asked her, “now ___ you can see the world, will you marry me？” The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind, too.
The sight of ___ ugly closed eyelids shocked her and made her feel sick. She had not expected that, and __
__ thought of looking at them in the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left ___ tears and a few days later sent a note to her， __
_ said，“Please take good care of your eyes, my dear, because before they are yours, they were _
__！”
After reading the words, the girl burst out crying, regretting what she had done to the boy.
Will money make kids pass exams? A new report says promising children money does not help exam grades．It could be a waste of money using cash to get kids to study more．________, taking kids on trip somewhere nice could encourage them to do better at school. ___
___10,000 pupils surveyed in the research，there has been an improvement in class work and homework，but this does not result in better test scores．
Lead researcher Dr．Burgess suggestsi the research doesn’t look______ the things __
___really get kids to increase their effort．He adds that clearly some kids believe that education is a way to achieve their dreams, but there are other kids who think one’s efforts make __
___difference. These kids ___
__ think exam success is because of genes and their family background．Education expert Dr．Collins holds the view that___
___ really matters is how students are taught．Good teachers are better _
_ rewards，especially for children from low-income families．
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