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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 nearby ___
___ 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.
Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. _____ I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I____(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.
Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me _____ odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady
_____ (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This
_____ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much
_____ her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.”
_____ (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was _____ (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.
Research has become both simpler and more complex. It's simpler because,1you have computer, you can find information you need by searching the Internet. For all you information, you don't have to go to2library to find the relevant resource and take notes on it. Instead, you can find some sources from the Internet3print the copies needed. Remember, however, that you should usually consult different types of sources. That is, you4always rely just on the Internet for you research.
While finding information is easier than ever, at the same time, researching has become5complex. There is a lot more material available, which means you may be overwhelmed6the amount of information. You need to learn7to sort through and find the relevant information for your particular project. Also,
8need to check the accuracy of it.
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.
Before India gained its freedom，many Westerners were extremely shocked by its poverty and so they came to serve here．A special girl (call)Agnes Goxa Bojaxiu was among them, who is today
(know)as Mother Teresa．
Agnes was born on August27，1910 and was just 19 years old she came to Calcutta on January 6，1929．And she never left this country．Her aim in life was
(serve)the sick and the poor and she dedicated her full life to this purpose．She would walk around the
(danger)，dark and dirty streets of Calcutta at night，
(offer)food to the sick and shelter to the poor．When she first arrived in Calcutta, she had little money on her and was helped by a priest．
Through her efforts she managed to open several institutions (help)the mentally and physically challenged children．She had a thousand institutions working under her．Mother Teresa was awarded
Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980．
these she also received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Peace(1972)，the Templeton Foundation Award(1973)．
Despite all the public praise，national and international． (honour)，Mother Teresa remained humble．kind and generous till the end．She passed away in September 1997．
On June 2，20 1 2，Meghan Vogel won the state championship in the 1，500-meter race．it was her last-place finish in the 3，200 meters that won her worldwide attention．
Only a few minutes the 3，000-meter run，Meghan entered the tough 3，200-meter final．Three laps into the eight-lap race，Vogel was falling off the pace．It could
(easy)be seen that she didn’t have the energy to compete for another title．20 feet from the finish line，she was in last place but still had a chance of passing a runner from another schoo1—Arden McMath，
was faltering(蹒跚)．
Then suddenly Arden McMath (fall)to the track．Vogel never had a moment of doubt about what to do next．Rather than run past her fallen competitor
(avoid)the last-place finish Meghan stopped to help Arden to her feet and
(support)her step by step towards the finish line．The crowd cheered for Vogel’s action and the cheers grew
(1oud)as the two girls finished the race with Vogel purposely
(make)sure that Arden crossed the finish line ahead of her．
Last place on the track；first place in sportsmanship(体育精神)．Vogel was truly the (win) of the 3,200 meter race·
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