Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned _____ farm, which looked almost abandoned. ___
___ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly ___
__ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what ___
__ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass __
__ it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she __
___ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living _
_ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees __
__ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market ___
__ people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to ___
___ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
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By “luxury(奢侈品)”, we mean "a pleasant and often expensive thing that is not necessary". From a historical point of view, things which were a luxury when they first came into being all became necessities later.
Anything, no matter luxurious it is, will become a necessity, when it is widely used. This is true of many of the present luxuries, among which mobile phones, cars, computers and many other things
(include). It is known to all that the purpose of the development of science is
(make) things easy for the mankind, not for only
small number of people.
, the first thing to do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit
many people as possible. In the course of the spread, the luxury becomes decreasingly luxurious until
the end it becomes a necessity. This is an objective law, and
can be an exception.
With the quick (develop) of science and technology, the process for many things to become a necessity from a luxury will be greatly shortened. Anything that can be imagined will be invented and in no time becomes a necessity
(access) to ordinary people.
As a hiking-lover, I have climbed many famous mountains in China. I can still remember one of my happy and__________（难忘）hiking experiences on the Wuyi Mountain. It was the early spring when I decided to go hiking
___________my friends. Before our trip, I thought it a
___________of cake to get to the top of the Wuyi Mountain. At first, we all felt rather happy, chatting and laughing. However, after
__________ (到达) the middle of the mountain, we started to be tired out. We were thirsty and our legs were painful. All of us were unwilling to
m___________ on. We were about to give up
___________someone called out “come on, come on”.
E______ by his words, we all climbed to the top of the mountain.
From this trip, I deeply feelw__________ makes me happy is not only those beautiful
v__________ of the mountains but also the experience that we have overcome our mental and physical
___________ (挑战) to achieve our final goals and enjoy pleasures from them.
Like other living things, people need nourishment to live. Food supplies the energy needed for day-to-day activities, from automatic actions such as breathing and sleeping to more activities such as sports. Eating the right food each day helps your body
functions. No matter what your age, a well-nourished body is better
to heal properly and combat disease than a
nourished one is.
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Another decision you need to make housing is
by how much you can afford to pay. Housing prices
in different areas, such as in a city or a suburban or rural
, as well as in different parts of the country. When you have a limited amount of money to
on housing, location is a very important factor in deciding what kind of home you will be able to afford.
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Dear fellow students，
May I have your attention，please? Now I'd like to make a speech here．As we know，waste (become)a common scene on campus recently．Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much
(1eave)；others
(simple)walk away after washing hands，leaving the water
(run)；students leave the classroom every day
noticing whether fans are switched off．Has thrift(节俭)，one of the national tradition
developed from our long history gone?
so，find it back!
We don't have to take great pains to control waste，but action and a grateful heart are needed；thank the water that runs through our fingers，and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water (short)；thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas，children share
dim lamp reading；thank all the paper we are able to use，for trees are cut down
(satisfy)our needs；thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act，so the tradition of thrift will never fade．
Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with (excite), brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"
As he opened the box, the father (embarrass) by his earlier overreaction.
But when he opened it, he found it was empty again he became angry. "Don't you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be
inside the package!"
The little girl looked up at him with tears (roll) from her eyes and said: "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."
The father was crushed. He fell his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out
imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child
had put it there.
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