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Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. he passed me and then turned back. He looked at me with a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smiling at me! I t doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at world and it will smile back.
The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} We need new words for inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tomato was borrowed from Mexico. The word coffee came from Turkey, and tea came from China. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Strawberry, popcorn, and grandfather are words made up of two parts.
Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word photo was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Smog was made by swing only the first two letters from the words smoke and fog.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Our sandwich was named after a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape, Band-aid, and Jell were names made up by the companies that first made the products.
根据短文内容,从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容通顺完整。
A. English can change by borrowing words from other languages. B. English is an interesting language. C. Plane was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. D. The language is always changing. E. New words are also made by adding two words together. F. The names of people and products can become new words. |
Experts in nutrition(营养) suggest that we should eat at least five different kinds of vegetables and fruit a day. They are very necessary for our health and help our bodies work well. They can help reduce (减少) the risk of getting ill. There are a lot of vegetables and fruit to choose from and they taste delicious. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
It's easy to buy our food from the local supermarket, so why do we go to the trouble of growing our own? Here are several good reasons:
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} You can pick and eat it at once. When you have tried it, you will agree that vegetables and fruit that are eaten straight from the garden taste better than anything you can buy in a supermarket.
You may want to cut down on your "food miles"-the distance that a product has travelled before it reaches your kitchen. Many food packages are flown halfway across the earth. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Homegrown food is likely to be healthier. Food producers often use fertilizers(化肥) and pesticides (农药) which can end up in your food. If you grow your own, things are different.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} You might also choose to grow some traditional vegetables and fruit. These often have more of the vitamins, minerals(矿物质) and protein(蛋白质) that keep you healthy.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} And you can grow your own even if you only have a small backyard or a balcony(R E). Some food can grow well in pots, including lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. You can recycle plastic bottles and cups to grow something. Just make sure there are holes for drainage (排水) and a small plate under them to catch drops of water.
Happy gardening!
A. Best of all, you can grow your own! B. But where to grow your own is a problem. C. That's not so good for you, or for the planet. D. Food that you grow yourself is always fresh. E. If you have a large garden, growing your own is easy. F. You can control what goes on and into the food you eat. G. So it's better to eat more vegetables and fruit in our daily life. |
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