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During May, most places in China are warm. But Mount Qomolangma is still (1) and covered with snow. At this time, a group of Chinese climbers are climbing the highest mountain in the world. They are going to measure(测量) the (2) of the mountain.
In fact, China already measured the height of the mountain in 1975(8,848. 13 meters) and 2005(8, 844.43 meters). But the height can (3) as Earth's plats(板块)move. As technology improves, people want to get more exact numbers.
(4) , measuring its height is not easy.The temperature there is ﹣29℃,four degrees lower than that in Antarctica(南极).The snow there is 4﹣5 meters thick and strong winds blow all the time. Climbers have to carry scientific instruments to the world's rooftop(屋脊). They collect data(数据) (5) the top of the mountain. After that scientists study the data and calculate(计算) the height of the mountain.
To deal with the difficult conditions, team members started training in January. They have to sleep in (6) tents to keep warm. To save fresh water, climbers (7) take a shower or wash faces. As for food, they have three dishes and soup for each meal. It is easy to keep meat fresh in such a (8) temperature.
Though there are also some (9) difficulties that we can not think of,the mountain is(10) measuring. An exact measurement can help to study the plate movement so that scientists can warn people the coming of the earthquakes.
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Next time you're in a public place,take a look around you.And (1) how many people are using their phones.I can tell you now that it is probably more than half,whether you're on a bus,in a cafe (2) simply walking down the street.
I'm not saying that I am not an example of this,but it always mazes (使惊愕) me how people can (3) so much time on their phones without(4) to others.Has it gone too far?
Recently,my smart phone broke and had to be (5) off for repair for a week or so.I had to use a really old,basic phone just to keep me in touch with my family and (6) .All I could do on this phone was to send text messages,make calls and play one game.And I loved it.I loved being (7) from the Internet,and I really didn't mind not having updates (更新) about what my friends were doing.It (8) me to spend more time enjoying my time in London and watching the people (9) me and really see what was going on.
However,I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back I would be one of those (10) once again.Perhaps I should just go back to using the basic phone and forget I ever got my smart phone back.
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"Mom,what's the time?" Then your mother has a look at the clock and (1) you,"It's seven o'clock. It's time to get up. " We know the time by (2) and clocks.
Switzerland can give the (3) of them in the world. So it is(4) "Watch Kingdom". Now people in the country have a new type of clock﹣air clock.
You needn't wind up(上弦)(5) put a battery in this kind of clock. It can keep on going (6) 600 years. The clock is in a transparent(透明的) plastic film. The film expands(膨胀) or contracts(收缩) according to the temperatures, and the clock goes on and on by(7) .
The clock is very popular with many people(8) like to live a simple life. Now, when the guests from (9) countries come to Switzerland,the government takes the clock as a (10) gift to them.
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(1)Jack is a good learner because he always what he needs to learn with something interesting.
(2)English Day is coming, and we an English party soon.
(3)He to hand in his science report last week.
(4)The writer is so popular that he more than 200,000 books so far.
(5)﹣﹣﹣ Where is Grace?
﹣﹣﹣ She is at the gate of the theatre. She in line to buy tickets.
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Paper cutting is a (1) Chinese art.It has been around for over 1,500 years.Many people in China put paper cuttings on their walls or their windows during the Spring Festival.
The paper cutter (2) very simple tools,such as knives and scissors,to cut parts of the paper away.After these parts are cut away,a (3) picture of people or animals appears.Some paper cuttings are of Chinese characters,and others are of animals or plants.(4) __ paper cutting seems not difficult to learn,it is difficult to do.It requires many (5) of practice to become good at it.
People think paper cuttings will bring them good luck.
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44.My brother is an untidy worker﹣﹣﹣he leaves his tools .
45.The soldiers the map out on the floor.
46.You should about hiring someone you've never met before.
47.Young Tan Dun liked to make music with objects like stones and papers.
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A road is a bridge between two places. The Silk Road (1) a bridge between the East and the West for more than 2,000 years.
But did you know that the Silk Road is not a single route(路线)?It is actually a series(一系列)of trade and cultural transmission(传送)routes. The trade route (2) from the city of Xian in Shaanxi Province and ended in Eastern Europe,near (3) Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea(地中海).The Silk Road was about 6,500 kilometers long. It went across one﹣fourth of the earth.
The Silk Road got its name (4) Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Besides,silk,jade(玉),tea and iron also went (5) to Rome. From the areas along the road came glass,gems(宝石)and foods like carrots. The Silk Road was very important to (6) China and the rest of the world. In addition to(除……之外)trade,knowledge about science,arts and literature(文学),as well as craftsman ship(技艺)and technology,(7) across the Silk Road. In this way,languages and cultures developed (8) __ and influenced each other.
Today,various historical sites along the Silk Road are popular travel places,such as the Terracotta Army and Mogao Grottoes. A new train line,the New Orient Express,is (9) __ from Beijing across the Silk Road.
Nowadays,(10) to One Bet,One Road,China has made better cooperation(合作)with many other countries.
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford ﹣upon﹣Avon, in England. His father, John,was a glove﹣maker. His mother, Mary, was a farmer's (1) . He had two elder sisters, two younger sisters and three younger brothers.
William probably studied Latin, Greek and history, and (2) school when he was 14 or 15.Three years (3) he married Anne Hathaway. They had a daughter called Susanna and twins named Judith and Hamnet. Sometime before 1590 he let Stratford﹣upon﹣Avon and went to London,the capital of England.
London's first theater opened in 1576. Shakespeare worked in London (4) an actor and then started writing plays too. In 1593 the(5 ) plague (瘟疫) killed thousands of people and theaters were closed. During this time William started to write poems instead of plays. His short poems are called sonnets(十四行诗).
Shakespeare helped build a new theater called The Globe. It opened in 1599. It was round and had space for 3,000 people. The audience (观众) shouted, clapped (拍手喝彩) and laughed while they(6) plays.
Shakespeare wrote many comedies, tragedies and history plays.He became rich and (7) . He loved language and invented new words and expressions that we(8) use today.He died(9) he was 52. People all over the world love his works(10) he wrote wonderful stories about very interesting people.
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The Taliban(塔利班组织) controlled an area in Pakistan. They neither allowed people to listen to music nor watch television, and they also stopped girls from (1) to school. Eleven﹣year﹣old Malala made the brave choice to blog(发微博)about life under the Taliban. She kept an opinion that girls had the right to an education. Malala′s blog made the Taliban very angry. While riding a bus in 2012, Malala (2) in the head by a Taliban gunman. (3) , she didn't die from that attack. The following year, she gave a historic speech to the United Nations. Speaking about the importance of education, Malala said, "I'm here to speak up for the right of education for (4) ."In 2014, she became the (5) person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Charlie was a boy.His family was very poor.There was a chocolate factory near their house and Charlie loved chocolate more than anything else.
Mr.Wonka was the(81) of the chocolate factory.He had hidden five Golden Tickets inside chocolate (82) ,and the children who got the Golden Tickets would be invited to visit his factory.And they would get a prize.
Charlie wanted to get a ticket so badly.One day,he (83) some money on the ground on his way home,and he used it to buy chocolate.(84) ,he got a Golden Ticket!
When five children visited different chocolate rooms,four other children caused some trouble.Charlie was the only one who didn't cause any trouble.He won the prize﹣the factory (85) .He was very happy.
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Have you ever dreamed of flying to school like Harry Potter? Of course, you're(1) not a magician.But Speeder could make your dreams(2) true. Speeder is a flying motorcycle. A
US company made(3) . The company calls it the world's(4) flying motorcycle.
Speeder can take off(5) land anywhere. It flies at 240 km per hour at a height of 4,500(6) in the sky. To reach that speed, Speeder mainly uses diesel fuel (柴油)to(7) .The company will do more research on(8) to use clean energy to power Speeder in the future.Speeder riders must weigh(9) than 109 kg. If a rider is too heavy, it will be hard(10) the motorcycle to take off.
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Do you have a dog,a cat or a bird at home?Do you watch them carefully?
Sientists have found that cats,dogs,(92) and even goldfish are left﹣handed or right﹣handed.These scientists work in Queen's Belfast University.They said that pets are left﹣handed or right﹣handed(93) people.As we all know,it is important for animals to be good at getting food.Some like to get food with their right hands,but some like to get food with the left hands.
That's (94) the animals are left﹣handed or right﹣handed.
The scientists have (95) that male cats and dogs are almost left﹣handed,and female cats and dogs are right﹣handed,because their work in everyday life is different.
People(96) think that left﹣handed people are better at languages; some even think that left﹣handed people are smarter.When it goes to animals,it makes animals act more quickly.
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One sunny afternoon, a young deer and an old deer were(1) under a tree in the forest. Suddenly, in the distance, they (2) some sounds of dogs' barking.
The old deer stood up quickly. He felt nervous and (3) . He said to the young deer, "Be quick! It's time to find a place to hide in. The barking dogs are fierce(凶猛的) and they will (4) us. "
The young deer laughed and said, "Why should we hide from the dogs? We are bigger and(5) than them. We can toss(扔)them aside with our big antlers(角). We should fight with them bravely. "
The old deer admired the (6) of the young deer, but he did not believe the young. "We'd better run away now." said the old deer.
The young deer refused to run away. He decided to fight (7) the dogs. As the dogs ran to (8) , he put down his antlers and wanted to toss them aside, But he didn't win the (9) because there were too many dogs. He was killed by the dogs in the end.
The young deer lost his life because he didn't know his strength and weakness. We can learn a lesson from the story. Don't be like the (10) young deer when we are in danger. We should know our strength and weakness.
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On Sunday, the Chinese women's volleyball team won a gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games. This is their (1) Olympic gold medal since a Chinese women's team first (2) an Olympic gold medal in the 1980s.
Over the past 36 years, Chinese women's volleyball players have done (3) in the Olympics. And the spirit they showed has been called as "the fighting(4) of Chinese women's volleyball team" and it is praised (5) the whole country.
At the (6) of the gold prize game, something went wrong for the Chinese team. And Serbia won 25 ﹣19 in the first set. But the Chinese team tried(7) best, and they turned the game around by winning the following three years.
The first time China won women's volleyball gold prize was in 1984in Los Angeles Olympic Games. The Chinese team (8) the US team in the final. China's head coach Lang Ping was then the (9) important player of the team. The second time was in Athens when China beat Russia in the final in 2004.
The women truly deserved(值得)the gold medal, (10) they never lost hope and kept on trying.
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I often argue(争论)with my mum when I grow older. She tries her best to make my life easier and she does(1) things for me.Although I know my mum loves me, I don't think she understands me (2) . She likes making every decision instead of me. She even chooses the clothes I wear. I am not given a chance to (3) anything! I think it's important to be independent(独立的)and make (4) . I want to control my life (5) . I am puzzled(困惑的)and have no idea what I should do.