Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was attracted by a young woman behind, who was speaking ________ her cell phone.
She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn't where he was supposed to be, why he had _________(撒谎) to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had broken down in
t___________ that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn't have any mercy on him. She let him know exactly ___________she thought of him but I could tell there was
________ (爱) under all the disappointment. She tried so hard to get this boy to come to see his mother and make it all right, but I got the
_________ (印象) she was fighting a losing battle.
When she left the bus, I got_________ behind her. "Excuse me," I said. "Do me a favor, would you?
T__________ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates
__________ a bunch of flowers. And tell her a stranger said that
b_________ a mother is the hardest but most important job in the world."
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Tim: Jeff, do you prefer working in a group or working ____?
Jeff: I’m good at ____(work) by myself because if I am doing something I like, I can get it ___
___(do) quickly. __
_, if I am working with a team where people all want to do a good job, I think __
_ team is fun.
Tim: Do you prefer working wearing a uniform or putting whatever you want?
Jeff: I think ___ you wear a uniform, sometimes you get respect.
Tim: So, how about a working schedule? Would you prefer a set time job?
Jeff: No. I think ___ is difficult to do a set time job. Last year, I _
__(produce) furniture in a factory. Every morning, I had to get up at six. When I got home after work, it was almost eight.
Tim: You __ be very tired. By the way, do you prefer being paid by the hour or do you prefer salary?
Jeff: I think salary may be a ____(good) way to go than being paid by the hour.
Eating habits are different in different countries. The Chinese have a (say) –Eat good things for breakfast, “eat a big meal for lunch, but eat
(little) at dinner. Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast,
their ideas about lunch and dinner are
(difference).
Most Americans only give (they) a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch. After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family
(talk) about their day is a way to take
good rest after a long. hard day of work.
Eating at restaurants (be) also different. In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing _
(loud), and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They want a quiet place
they can eat a good meal far away from the noises of the outside world.
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Recently a new science behind incentives（激励）, _ （include） in education, has been discussed．For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children
_ （do） better in school．__
_ some cases, he gave students incentives based on input（输入）, like reading certain books, while in
___, the incentives
（base） on output, like results on exams．His main __
_ （find） was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output．Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be
____（effect） because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”．Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over
__ they have much more control．
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have __ much higher chance of success．And it’s easier to start again
_ you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do．
Paper-cutting is a(n) (tradition) Chinese folk art with a long history.
Paper-cuts (use) during festivals to decorate gates and windows. The main cutting tools are simple: paper and scissors or a knife. Clever craftsmen are very good at
________ (cut) in the theme of daily life. When you look at works created by paper cutting
(careful), you will be amazed by the true-to-life
(express) of the figure’s appearance and thoughts.
Although other art forms, like painting, can show similar scenes, paper-cutting still stands out for its beautiful lines and patterns are all hand-made. Learning about cutting a piece of paper
(be) easy but mastering (精通)
is very difficult. One must hold the knife upright (竖直地) and press on the paper without much strength. Any carelessness will lead
damage to the whole image. Craftsmen try
________ (create) a circle like the moon, a straight line like a stem(干) of wheat, and a square like a brick. They have to be careful and keep practising to make the scenes seem as alive as possible.
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Canada is a country North America consisting of ten provinces and three territories.
（locate）in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic
the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Covering 9.98 million square kilometers in total, Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area.
common border with the United States forms the world's longest land border.
Canada is a developed country and one of the (wealthy) in the world, with the tenth highest nominal per capita income
(global), and the eighth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among
highest in international measurements of government transparency(透明度), civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. Canada is
member of the Commonwealth of Nations,
is furthermore part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings,
(include) NATO, the G8, the Group of Ten, the G20, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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