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Crying marriage? (surprise), isn't it? Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and
(remain) in fashion
the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, still, the custom
(observe) by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a
(necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.
.the bride's neighbors would look down upon
as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases in
the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a way by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
WeChat was launched on Jan. 12, 2011, and took more than a year _______ (draw) 100 million users. By September，2012, it ___
____ (reach) the 200 million mark, Tencent said.
“The number of people ________ (use) WeChat, a voicemessaging service developed by the Internet giant Tencent Holdings, has hit 300 million in less than two years ___
____ the service was released，” the Shenzhenbased company said on Wednesday.
“The 300 million number is _______ milestone for WeChat, and we hope the service will be ready to perform _
_____ the global stage in 2013，” Pony Ma, Tencent chairman and chief executive officer, said on his microblog on Wednesday morning.
The function of WeChat is very similar to the text messaging and voice call services________are provided by telecom carriers. Late last year saw the ___
___ (introduce) of an English version of WeChat in a bid to draw more international users. Tencent has released versions in Arabic, Italian, Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai.
Tencent said it is _______(most) pursuing its expansion plans in emerging Asian markets. It said the company finds_____
__easier to reach its goals in such places, in part because they have cultures that are similar to China's.
“Remember, your father is only one year （old） than you．” That was Mum’s usual excuse when Dad said the wrong things or did something
（fool）．
Dad quitted drinking exactly one year before I was born．He joined a group of other people．He said they （stop） drinking, too．I loved my dad
I hated the way his weekly meetings took him away
me．It seemed that they were more important to him than I was．But with my birthday coming up I thought Dad would make an
（except）．“Can’t you miss it just this time? Saturday is my birthday! ” I begged him but
（refuse）．He said “I am chairing the meeting this Saturday．We will have your party on Sunday．”
Saturday evening I sat on my bed, （feel） sorry for myself．Dad started to leave, then paused and said,” Why not come with me together tonight? It’s an open meeting．All are welcome”.
would I do at a meeting? But maybe I needed to see why something Dad every week mattered so much．
After we arrived, Dad announced the theme of the meeting was going to be gratitude．He told his story about giving up smoking．Later, a man （call） Dave also told his story．Only then did I know it was Dad that saved his life from drinking．Showing up week after week and meeting with people, Dad was changing lives．Shame washed over me．
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While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.
The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City, helping repair an area (destroy) by the hurricane. “I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry. “I couldn’t imagine
it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the
(power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.” The group headed into Brooklyn’s Red Hook area, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country,
had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students
(work) to clear rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and gloves
they entered the building.
Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building (lie) all over the place.
The students returned to school with sense of achievement, a feeling
they helped people in need. It was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression
the students.
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Once there lived a rich man wanted to do something for the people of his town.
first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.
In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed very large stone. Then he
(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove
. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,
(say) to himself: “The night
(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!
the stone, he found a bag of money.
Vitamins are complex chemical substances (find) in many foods. The human body needs them for health and
(grow). The body makes some vitamins, but usually in amounts too small to meet its needs.
vitamins are not made in the body. These must __
_(supply). No one knows
(exact) how all vitamins work. Doctors do know that vitamins have very special uses.
, One vitamin cannot take the place of another. The steady absence of one vitamin causes a deficiency disease. Rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are examples_
__ deficiency diseases.
It is best to get vitamins eating the foods in which they occur. There are also pills that contain a single vitamin _
_a combination of vitamins. People should ask their doctors_
__they take any vitamin pills.
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