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London is the capital city of the United Kingdom which is _ the northwest coast of the continental Europe. London is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom. Many government departments are based close to the Palace of Westminster.
The history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, named it Londinium .London has a wide range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages
(speak) within Greater London. London is
_ leading global city with strengths in arts, education, entertainment, fashion, tourism and transport. It is one of the world's most-visited
(city) in terms of international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system. London has 43 universities, making it the largest centre of higher education in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city
(host) the modern Summer Olympic Games three times. London is a world
(culture) capital and is home to many museums, galleries, libraries, and sporting events,
(include) the British Museum which always symbolizes London. The London Underground is the
(old) underground railway network in the world.
London is such a wonderful city travelling there will be an exciting experience.
A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and stayed with his wife at best hotel there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet.
(sudden) he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man
walked past him quickly. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman found that his watch
(go). He thought that it
be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided
(follow) him and get back the watch.
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. of them understood the other's language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist (拳头) while
(point) at the Italian's watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman.
When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that he had robbed the watch
mistake.
I am a junior in high school. There is a lady at my school _______ job is to hand out call slips(借书单)and prevent students from leaving campus __
____ permission. Before today I had never seen her smile. The other day my friends and I were eating in the cafeteria and I saw her__
___ (walk) around. When she came _
___ (close) to us I could see that she was crying. She pulled out a tissue and quickly wiped her eyes. I thought to myself that this lady is so under-appreciated and needs recognizing for all her hard work. So I __
____（write） a note telling her that the students appreciated everything she did and __
___her contribution to our school made a difference in all of our lives. I signed it “some thankful students” and slipped it into _
____envelope. Then I realized I didn’t even know her name. I asked all of my professors but no one knew her name I finally went to ask the lady at student services and __
__ (tell) that her name was Kathy. I brought her a bunch of ___
___ (color) sunflowers and taped the envelope to it. I brought the flowers to school and left ___
___in her office. She came into my third period class shortly afterwards to deliver a call slip, and there it was a smile on her face！
This year, I will spend Thanksgiving Day at my elder brother’s home. I will be offered wines, seafood, turkey and other delicious (dish). But the Thanksgiving I remember with the _____
________ (sweet) memories is the first one. It made me understand the meaning of “Thanksgiving”
That Thanksgiving, my family gathered on the floor and ate two turkeys ________(give) to us by a charity. The children fought over the food _____
_____ the adults talked about job matters. There was even talk of __
___ possible trip the following summer to the place I had been looking forward _________
____ seeing: Disneyland. Although I wore old clothes at that time, I was very happy. I had many friends. They tried their best to help me. Eric ____
______ (teach) me to play baseball; Jack protected me from naughty children, and Robert offered ____
________ (take) me on vacation with his family. And best of all was _____
____ English teacher: Mr. White. Whenever I missed the bus, he _______
_______ drive ne home after school.
My life is a lot easier at high school because my ______ students have accepted me. The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not make me __
___, and I just ignore them.
My ambition is to work for a ___ that develops computer software when I grow up.
As a ___ Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant. So Claire borrowed a __
_ of books from the library for him to read, or other, _
__.
Without ___ we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and _
__ out into the bay.
Within a moment or two, the baleen whale’s body was ____ swiftly by the killers down into the __
__ of the sea.
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about _____ (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, ___
___ some of them looked very anxious and __
__(disappoint) . When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next ___
___ the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on abike __
_ (catch ) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving hisarms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused _
__ (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, theboykept ____
___(ride). He was carrying something overhisshoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of thebus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“__
___ anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It ‘s ___
___ (I )”. She pushedherway to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully, Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers __
__(sudden) became friendly to one another.
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