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Most Americans have a city they like best.Over the years, American songwriters have （describe）these feelings in music.More songs have been written about America's biggest city, New York, than about any other city.Many others dream.
leaving their small towns to go there.They want to become rich and famous.Frank Sinatra sings about this dream in the most popular song written about New York.
Almost three-million people live in the middle western city of Chicago, Illinois.It is now America's third city.It used to be the second largest city.So, of course, it needed its own song.Judy Garland sings the song, "Chicago, Chicago."
One of America's most exciting cities is Las Vegas, Nevada.In nineteen-sixty-four, Elvis Presley starred in a movie (call)"Viva Las Vegas." Here is the song from that movie.It is sung
the group Z-Z Top.
we all know, one of the most beautiful cities in America is San Francisco, California.The most popular song about the city is called "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Tony Bennett recorded it in nineteen-sixty-two.It sold more than three-million
(record).
Many people love Los Angeles, California.It is now America's second largest city.Los Angeles is popular the weather is warm and the sun shines almost all the time.Randy Newman sings about his
(feel) for the city in the song, "I Love L.A." Not everyone, however, loves Los Angeles.Some people do not like all the big roads around the city.They like
(live) in a smaller place.A place like San Jose, California.Dionne Warwick sings about going back to this city.The song is, "Do You Know The Way To San Jose."
Mrs. Wilson, ______is the wife of a rich man, ___
___(invite) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with herself ____
___the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was __
__(surprise) to find the neighbor’s cat staring at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too late. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked and laughed ___
_ four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired ____happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window when she saw the neighbor’s cat __
_(die) in her garden, she was sure the fish was bad. What
____happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help, the doctor would like each guest _
__(meet) him. Once again Mrs. .Wilson was alone in her chair still tired but no longer happy, just then the telephone rang. ____
__was her neighbor, “oh, Mrs. Wilson” he cried, “My cat was killed by a car and put in your garden.”
I’m only daughter of my parents. So they are worried
everything I do. For example,
I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me
(ride) by myself. They are afraid I might fall off my bike and hurt
.They are taking great trouble to support the bike, with my mother even
(carry) a first-aid box. I’m not free to ride and I often say
(angry), “Why not let me ride alone?”
Now, most families have one child. want to do everything for their children. This does no good to them. Too much love from parents may prevent children from __
independent. In my opinion, parents should let their children do
they should do alone.
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A rich land owner decided to leave possessions to one of his two sons. As he lay on the deathbed, he called the two young men to him before break of dawn and even before the cock could crow. He then said, “I will leave all my earth to the one
can best fill this room. It was in this room
I made plans on how to build up my fortune. Not an inch must
(leave) uncovered. As I am getting
(weak) by the hour you both must come back by midnight.” He handed them a small piece of silver and an empty bag to put their purchases in. They both went out and
(hurry) came back with their purchases.
(bring) the straw, the elder began to spread it around the floor,
far from filling the room. It did not even cover half the space. “This is no use, son,” said the father, “and let me see how
brother fills the room.” The younger son took out of his bag a large candle,
(set) it on the table in the center of the room and lit it. A brilliant bright light filled up the whole room. The father was delighted and exclaimed, “Son, I am sure you will use the wealth well.”
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In the 1950s, a family that owned a farm near Beulah, Michigan kept a bull chained to an elm (榆树). The bull paced around the tree, dragging the heavy iron chain,
led to a groove (槽) in the bark. The groove was deepened over the years. Though for whatever reason, did not kill the tree.
After some years, the family took their bull away. They cut the chain, (leave) the link around the tree.
Then one year, agricultural catastrophe (strike) Michigan in
form of Dutch elm disease. All of the elms lining the road leading to the farm became infected died. Everyone thought that the old elm would be the
. The farm owners considered
(go) the safe thing: pulling it out and chopping it up into firewood before it died.
(amazing), the tree did not die. It’s said that what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. Or,
a plant pathologists (病理学家 ) put it , “Life breaks us all, but afterwards, many of us are strongest at the broken places.”
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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．
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