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Do you have sleeping problems?Then these tips may help you fall asleep fast.
Set aside the thoughtyou have to fall asleep. The more you think it, the more you can't sleep.
The foods you eat also play important part. Avoid eating or drinking foods or things like chocolates, coffee, tea and energy drinks. If you have to, then have them in the morning and never in the afternoon, (especial) before going to bed. Don't eat too much at night ft full stomach will make you more difficult (fall) asleep because your body is working~time to digest the food you ate.
Make a (fix) time when to go to bed. For example, by 9 o'clock in the evening you should already be in bed. Do this even if you're not sleepy yet. Once (follow) this routine, you will gradually See that you feel (sleep) when it's 9 o'clock.
Make your room comfortable for sleeping. You should also take note that the sleeping environment also affects you sleep. It must be in the room it's not noisy. Dtherwise, you-will find difficult to fall asleep again after waking up.
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Nowadays, English is widely spoken by more and more people all over the world. _________(actual), English has changed and developed over time. Between AD 450 and 1150, English was based more ____ German than English we speak now. Then between about AD 800 and 1150, the new settlers enriched English and especially its _______. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare used a_______(wide) vocabulary than ever before. After that, English began ___________(speak) in both British and Australia. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. Two big changes in English spelling happened. Now English is spoken a foreign or second language in South Africa. For example, many people in India speak English _______(fluent). English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries such _____South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China ____(be) increasing rapidly. Because of that, there are different Englishes in the world, the native English speakers can understand each other even ___they don’t speak the same kind of English.
语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
In many countries, ________is not unusual for families of different backgrounds to live together in the shared space. ________, in the United States, this idea may still be considered odd.
But this type of housing, ________(call) co-housing, is gaining ________ (popular) in the United States, too. Co-housing complexes (合租建筑群) are popping up across the country. For many people, this way of life is ________ relief to the busy modern lifestyle. A co-housing community has ________(private) owned houses and shared land. There is often a “common house” with a kitchen and dining room, meeting room, and maybe a workshop of library or music room. About 25 co-housing communities ________ (build) in recent years, and 150 more are planned.
A co-housing complex is a place ________residents(居民) shop, cook, and eat together. Residents of a co-housing complex like its sense of shared community. Children have other kids to play ________ , which many families like. Other residents like the feeling of living in a “village”. Residents also say that they can live in co-housing for ________ (little) money than they would pay for nearby apartments.
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Mrs. Wilson invited some friends to lunch. She was eager to try a new way of (cook)a fish dish, and she was very pleased herself when the dish was ready. She put it near the window (cool) it for a few minutes because the dish was hot. When she came back for it, she was (surprise) to find the neighbor’s cat by the dish. (fortunate), she came in time to stop the cat. That afternoon was a great (succeed) and they talked and laughed four o’clock. At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, she felt tired but happy. She was sitting near the window she was frightened to see her neighbor carrying the cat, dead. What had happened to her friends? She at once called the family doctor. He told her to phone each of her visitors to meet him. After all the phones, just as she sat down, the telephone rang. was from her neighbor ,“I am so sad. My cat (kill) by a car.”
语法填空(共10小题:每小题1.5分,满分15分)
He is the man who for many people has been a role model. Now your biggest hero deserves a special day when you can express your thanks and let him know important he is to you. The third Sunday of June—which (fall) on June 19 this year is Father’s Day. The idea of Father’s Day came from American woman called Sonora Smart Dodd in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day (honor) her father. He raised six children by after his wife died. Dodd thought there needed to be a day to honor loving dads.
The first Father’s Day (celebrate) on June 19, 1910. In 1924, US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a (nation) Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June Father’s Day.
Here are some ways to show your love and respect:
Send him a greeting card. Fathers prefer cards are not too emotional. So choose one that will make him laugh. If he has a computer, cover his desktop words like “I love you Dad”. A small present, such as a framed photo of your family, can make him feel like a king.
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One day an elderly teacher took a walk through a forest, with a pupil by his side. Suddenly he (stop)and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to appear slowly above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small short tree, while the fourth was full-sized tree. The tutor said to his young (company),“Pull up the first plant.” The boy did so eagerly, (use)only his fingers.
“Now pull up the second.” The youth obeyed found that the task was (difficult).
“Do the same the third, ” he urged.The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it.
“Now, ” said the instructor, “try your hand with the fourth.” The pupil put his arms around the trunk of the tall tree and couldn’t even shake leaves.“This, my son, is just happens with our bad habits.When they are young, we can remove them easily; but when they are old, it’s hard to pull them out of the ground, we pray and struggle ever so sincerely!”
Elias was a poor black worker with little . Not having a passbook, he would become of work. So he turned Mandela for help. At that time, black people were not as as white people. At first, Mandela encouraged the black people to fight in a way, but it was not allowed. then did they decide to violence with violence. Elias helped Mandela blow some government buildings. he didn’t like violence, he knew it would help them their dream of making black and white people have the same rights.
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According to a recent survey, violence did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also expressed their great concern about it. Experts hope the whole (social) pay more attention to the mental health of adolescents.
Nowadays, school violence is a hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon, calls for our great concern. We should try every effort (prevent) violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school their personal safety could not be guaranteed. In fact, violence can (learn). Children learn violent behavior from adults or from they see on television or on Internet.
If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence violence, for it will result in (much) fighting. I will tell my teachers or parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me from the bad guys. All in all, every student should behave (he) and keep away from violence.
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There was a time _____ I began to suffer from depression. My parents thought as I had always been a good child, this was temporary. ______ (fortunate) , it was not to be so. Finally, I refused to attended classes with myself _______ (shut) in my room. The examination was approaching, but I couldn’t concentrate _____ my study. ______ ((leave ) alone in my little room, I felt depressed. One morning, after a particularly severe lecture from my father, I went to school. At the school gate, our headmaster called me. Then came the ___________ ( precious ) moment in my life. She said she __________ (notice) a big change in me and wondered why. She took my hands in_______( she) , _________ ( listen) patiently as I mentioned my worries. Then she hugged me as I swept. Months of frustration and loneliness disappeared in her motherly hug. No one had tried to understand what the real problem was except the headmaster. It was the headmaster who helped me out simply by listening and hugging _____left a deep impression on me.
Alice: Mr. Black, this is Alice (speak). I’m calling to ask you if I can take the afternoon off today.
Black: Well, of course,can you tell me what the problem is, Alice?
Alice: OK, Mr. Black. My son is going to take part in a singing(compete) to be held in Washington tomorrow. He’s got so many things to take he can’t go there alone.Black: So you want to take there in your minibus?
Alice: Yes. And as soon as I put him up in the hotel, I (drive) back.
Black: Well, that would be tiring journey. It’s nearly 300 kilometers away and it will take you at least six hours (travel) to and from Washington. Why don’t you stay there you have seen your son perform?
Alice: But I have two classes tomorrow morning.
Black: Don’t worry. I’ll tell Mary to take your classes instead. She’s always willing to help.
Alice: That’ll be nice. Thank you and give my thanks Mary.
Black: You’re welcome.
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This is a true story that happened in Japan a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko (壁虎) inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail (come) through the wall from outside.
The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye. Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it was the gecko to have lived in the wall in complete (dark) for ten years!
But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through 10 years with its tail (nail) down and being unable to go anywhere? So he tried to find out how this small creature could be fed. After a little while, there appeared another gecko with food in mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the trapped one.
The story touched me so (deep) that it is useless to find out __ relationships they had between them. Parent child ? Friends? Lovers? Brothers or sisters? last thing we should do is to abandon your beloved in hardship.
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It happened at a weekend in the 1970's. Mum gave me two tickets for a film,telling me she was too busy to go together with me with the ___(end)housework. She told me to keep the money___ I could sell the extra ticket. I was very happy. At that time,a ticket cost only 20 fen. But to me,a little girl of twelve,20 fen seemed quite a lot. I reached the cinema hurriedly.Holding the ticket in my hand,I began to look for a buyer. Just then a handsome young man,___ (notice) me and the ticket,came towards me with a big smile,“You've got __ extra ticket?”“Yes,”I nodded.“That's great. Say how much?”“20 fen.”“Oh,” he thought for a while and then took out a ten yuan note ____ his wallet.“I'm ____(terrible) sorry,___ I've only got this note.” Seeing I was confused,he added,“Then how about waiting for a while before I have changed it in the cinema's store?”“Without much thinking,I agreed. Then we went to the cinema together. He walked very fast. I could hardly keep up with ___(he).Soon he disappeared. I stood there ___(puzzle).Suddenly I realized the handsome young fellow ____(cheat)me.”Before long I found that he'd sold the ticket to a little boy. He earned 20 fen,but lost his honor!
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It was a cold day in December in New York City. A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted, (look) through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, “My little fellow, are you looking so earnestly(虔诚的)in that window?”
“I was asking God (give) me a pair of shoes,” was the boy’s reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and (remove) her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried with the towel.
By this time the clerk (return) with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she then purchased him a pair of shoes. She patted him on the head and said, “No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more (comfort) now?”
As she turned to go, the (astonish) boy caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words: “Are you God’s wife?”
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An old farmer was about to die. He wanted to make that his sons would stop fighting among (they).He hoped to encourage them to manage the farm (success).The old man called his sons together and said, “My sons, I’m about (leave) this life. You will find all that I have in the farm.”
Some time later, after their father had died, the sons started to spend long hours (work) in the fields. They thought their father (bury) a treasure in the ground. They kept ploughing from morn till night, turning the soil over again and again, still failed to find any treasure. That year’s crops, however, were (good)than any of their father’s crops and sold for very good price. the end, the young men found that working hard is truly a treasure in itself.
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In the Tibetan language, "Guozhuang dance" means singing and dancing in a circle. It is very popular in Tibet and places like Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu Tibetans live. In the dance, men and women of an equal number form a circle hand in hand with one. person (act) as the leading dancer. The whole song begins with slow part. and gradually (turn) fast. Men always take the first lines of lyrics(抒情歌), women reply. The dance involves repeated (music)dialogues between male and female dancers.
Guozhuang dance is rich in content and flexible in steps. It changes with the (develop)of Tibetan life and work, There are dances concerning daily work crop gathering, wool twisting, cattle feeding and wine making etc; And also there are dances presenting, Tibetan customs and marriage traditions.
Guozhuang dance is a joyous dance. Whenever there are festivals or happy events, people of all ages will (happy) join the dance. Guozhuang dance (catalogue)in the first set of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage(非物质文化遗产)since 2006.