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内蒙古巴彦淖尔市第一中学2018届高三上学期英语期中考试试卷
Knowing your neighbors can make you feel safer and can make your life a little more enjoyable.
Start a Facebook group. Many online groups already exist for local communities, but they may just focus on swapping and selling objects, or simply for exploring the local area.For example, starting a Facebook group.
Get volunteering. Volunteering is a great way to meet like-minded neighbors and make a difference to your community.Charities are the most obvious place to start. Charities, large or small, are always looking for help in regions across the UK. A simple Google search can help you discover local charities and volunteer opportunities.
Practice everyday kindness. Kindness is the start to possible long-lasting friendships. Everyday acts of kindness can be as simple as saying hello when you see your neighbors in the street or the supermarket. It may be seeing someone struggle with the gardening and offering your help.
Start an exercise group. There are a rare few of us that are motivated to start exercising, and even fewer that enjoy going it alone.Plan big walks of your area and ask neighbors to come along. You could sign up together to attempt a marathon or half marathon. Or perhaps you can arrange a Zumba, yoga, or aerobics (有氧运动) class in the community centre.
A. However, you are often too busy to realize this.
B. There are many ways to volunteer in your local community.
C. Starting a neighborhood exercise group may be just the ticket.
D. So why not set one up simply to get to know your neighbors better?
E. It may also be taking in that rather large parcel when no one is home.
F. If you're new to an area or don't know how to make local friends, try this advice.
G. These groups indeed make life in communities easier and more comfortable for you.
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A. He owed it a lot to his father that he succeeded. B. But history, as they say, is a thing of the past. C. He took part in school performances and acted in a local theater. D. When he was young, Efron was an unqualified basketball player. E. He took school seriously. F. They scored and his team lost the game. G. As a young boy, Efron was picked on by his classmates. |
There is an English saying that goes, "he who laughs last, laughs the hardest." High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Because he was always the smallest in his class and was laughed at because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efron's basketball team made it to be the league championship. In overtime, with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it to the wrong team! {#blank#}2{#/blank#}
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Now Efron is one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People, graces (增加光彩) the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood's most influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now." Simply google "Zac Efron", and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.
Efron was born and raised in California. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} According to Efron, "he would flip out (发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown." It was his father who encouraged him to act. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} He also took singing lessons. He graduated from high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film. But he put it off—why study movies when you can star in them? Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.
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