Many people have the hobby of collecting things，e．g．stamps，postcard or antiques．In the 18th and 19th centuries，（1） （wealth）people travelled and collected plants，historical objects and works of art．They kept their collection at home until it got too big （2） or until they died，and then it was given to a museum．The 80，000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane，for example，（3） （form） the core collection of the British Museum（4） opened in 1759．
The parts of a museum open to the public （5） （call） galleries or rooms．Often，only a small part of a museum's collection（6） （be） on display． Most of it is stored away or used for research．
Many museums are lively places and they attract a lot of visitors．As well as looking at exhibits，visitors can play with computer simulations（模拟）and imagine（7） （they） living at a different time in history or（8） （walk） through a rainforest．At the Jorvik Centre in York，the city's Viking settlement is recreated，and people experience the sights，sounds and smells of the old town．Historical（9） （accurate） is important but so is entertainment．Museums must compete（10） people's spare time and money with other amusements．Most museums also welcome school groups and arrange special activities for children．
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I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car ______ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to __
__ should have the honor of receiving me __
___ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me ___
__ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to __
___ small town some 20 kilometres away___
__there was a garage. I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. ___
___ villagers brought me goat’s cheese and honey. We drank together and talked __
___ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman ___
___the trouble I had caused ___
___.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that the oldest children,
are smart and strong-willed, are very likely
(succeed). The reason
this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for
same reason.
What happens to the children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child,
, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite
(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in
lives. They usually
(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression , new study has suggested . The more time is spent
( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online , the more likely volunteers were
have the blues .
Monitoring people’s comings and ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood . Spending most of your time at home was also
( link ) to depression , as was having an
( regular) daily schedule , such as unusual shift patterns . “
people are depressed , they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things , ” said senior author David Mohr . “ The data
showed depressed people tended not to go many places
( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression ”
“ The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity of those symptoms asking them any questions . Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users . ”
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Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife Doris lived______(happy) together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy visited __
___.
“Fred, you’re a good farmer. I’d like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.
“A wish?” said Fred.
Fred and Doris smiled __ each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We’re very healthy and happy.”
“You work very hard __ you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.
“We’re poor, but we have enough food ___(eat).” replied Fred.
“You can use the gold coin to buy ___ clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.
“______we haven’t got many clothes, we’ve got enough.” said Doris.
“Well, what about _ nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.
“Thank you, but I love my small old house very much. I __(live) here since I was born. We don’t need a new house,” said Fred.
“You’re quite different _ ___ others. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happy forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.
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It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl____(cry) as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had lost her ticket. She cried and __
__(beg) them not to leave her there.
The bus driver had a face of stone___no sign of wanting to help, and his heart was__
__(sure) the same. “Losing your ticket is like losing your money，” he said, leaving the girl in the rain. Then an old Indian stood__
_and blocked the driver's way, and would not let him pass__
__he said what he had to say. “How can you leave that girl out there? You can't leave her alone. You will meet your schedule，__
__she might meet her end.” The driver still didn't care about the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman bought__
_a ticket and helped her put away the baggage. “How can I repay for_
__ kindness？” the girl said. “We are strangers and we won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn't seem enough.” He replied, “What goes around comes around.”
This is what I've learned—Whatever you give, you will get it back. Always be___(help) and kind to others, and we'll be helped in the future.
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