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It is really sad news for Guinness World Records. Tiffany Two, the holder of the (old) cat record, has passed away in her sleep at
age of 27 years, 2months and 20 days.
Born on March 13, 1988 in San Diego, California, Tiffany Two (buy) by her owner, Sharon Voorhees, from a local pet shop. At that time, the cat was only six
(week) old. Sharon named her Tiffany Two in memory of the cat she once
(own) In the 1970s.
In fact, Tiffany Two celebrated her 27th birthday back in March, she had lived the equivalent (等量) of 125 human years.
Despite unbelievable age, Tiffany Two was reported to have good sight and hearing
(recent). Tiffany Two only had minor
(ill) such as high blood pressure, and Sharon described her as “strong and still able to go up and down stairs”.
“She’s not afraid (play) with anyone or any animal. She walks right past the dogs. She’s very active!” Sharon explained.
How are you getting along with your senior high school? It may be hard for you as this is the first time that you (leave) your parents. I know that you are now having trouble
(communicate) with others, and you may often feel lonely. That’s
you are new here and people don’t know about you. But I think you can overcome the difficulty if you can follow the advice below.
First, you should attach great (important) to taking an active part in the discussions and show your own opinions about the matters, and at the same time, learn to listen to other people’s views
(careful). Second, you should learn about your classmates’ likes and dislikes,
can make you get familiar with them. Only in this way can you get to know more
(difference) people and show them that you are just as friendly. Last but not least, I’m always here ready to help. We can take part in some
(activity) together and I can introduce you to others.
There’s no need (worry) too much, people will know you more very soon and will like to make friends
you if you can do as the above. Just remember, “God helps those who help themselves”.
Last night, my dad showed me something special that I had never seen before. It was____ old box which contained many silver coins. My dad has been collecting old silver coins_
____ he was a kid. But I didn’t know
______ he had put all his coins he showed them to me. He said his father used to do the same. He decided to give me his collection when I was to move out to live
______ my own. I knew the
_______(choose) I made was a difficult one, but I wanted to do things by myself.
My father divided his collection into two parts and told me to use______ only when I really got into trouble. I didn’t understand what he
______(mean), so he explained it to me. And I didn’t know whether I could sell them or not, so I asked my father some other questions about them and he answered them
_______(patience) one by one. He said he only sold_
____ of his coins to help him finish his studies many years ago. After_
_____(take) out part of the coins, I thanked him and promised that I would use them wisely.
One day, a tramp (流浪汉) was sleeping on a park bench, ____(satisfy) with the afternoon sunshine. A couple walked by. The man stopped, woke the tramp up, and asked him, “Excuse me. ___
you have the time?” the tramp replied, “I’m sorry---I don’t have a watch, so I don’t know the time.” The man apologized and walked away with his wife.
The tramp lay down and went back to sleep. Just then, a woman, ______ was out walking her dog, shook the tramp’s shoulder until he woke up, ___
said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, but do you happen ___
___ (know) the time?” The tramp was a little annoyed at ___
(wake) up again, but he politely told the woman he didn’t have a watch and had no idea ___
___ the time. After the woman left, an idea ___
(occur) to the tramp. He opened his bag and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote down with all his ___
(strong), “I do not have a watch. I do not know the time.” He then hung the paper round his neck thinking that nobody would hold him back in his sleep. Fifteen minutes ___
, a policeman noticed the tramp and the sign around his neck. Out of a sense of responsibility, he woke the tramp up and said, “It’s 2:30 p.m.”
A little boy invited his mother (attend) his elementary（初级的） school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s
________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance.
she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（伤痕）
_____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of（在听力范围之内） a conversation
_______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam(房梁) coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious(无意识的) but
_______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing
_______________I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out , _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
A young American woman worked in a school in Shanghai． she came to China，she knew little about the Chinese culture of language． One day on her way to school，she went to a bank
(draw) some money．To
surprise，the bank clerk(职员) asked her if she had had her lunch．She was surprised at such
question because in the American culture it would mean that the bank clerk is inviting her to lunch．Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young man’s interest in dating the girl．Since this bank clerk
(be) a stranger to the American woman，she was very puzzled(困惑的)，and quickly answered that she had
(eat) already．After this she went on to school and was even
surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question．
By now she understood that it could not be an (invite) but was puzzled as to why they asked it．In the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours
(try) to work out why so many people kept asking her this．At last she thought that these people must be
(concern) about her health．She was rather thin at the time，and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well!
In fact the question like that has no real meaning at all — it is only a greeting．
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