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ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagetookagiantstepin1607.ThreesmallBritishshipsc

1_theAtlanticOcean.Theybegantocallareasoftheirnewlandbywordsborrowedfromthenative

people.Forexample,manyofthegreatr2intheUnitedStatesaretakenfromAmericanIndianwords.

TheMississippi,theTennessee,theMissouriareexamples.Thisborrowingoraddingofforeignwordsto

Englishwasa_ofexpanding（擴(kuò)大）thelanguage.Thenamesofthreedaysoftheweekaregood

examplesofthis.ThepeoplefromNorthernEuropehonoredthreegodswithaspecialdayeachweek.The

godswereOdin,ThorandFreya.Odin's-daybecameWednesdayinEnglish,Thor9s-daybecameT4

andFreya5s-daybecameFriday.

ExpertscannotexplainmanyEnglishwords.Forh5ofyears,adogwascalleda“hound."The

wordisstillu6butnotascommonlyastheword"dog."Englishspeakersjuststartedusingit.Other

wordswhoseoriginsareunknowni7"fus,""bad,"and"big."

Englishspeakersalsocontinuetoinventn8wordsbylinkingold___wordstogether.Agood

exampleisthewords"motor"and"hotel.".Manyyearsago

s9linkedthemtogetherintotheword"motel."Amotelisasmallhotelneararoadwherepeople

travellingincarscanstayforthenight.

Otherwordscomefromthef10lettersofnamesofgroupsordevices.Forexample,theNorth

AtlanticTreatyOrganizationisusuallycalledNATO.

1.crossed2rivers3.way4.Thursday5hundreds6used

7.include8.new9.someone/somebody10.first

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ThereoncewasamasterwhowenttoIndia.Hehadneverbeentherebefore.Whenhegotthere,hesaw

alotoff1.InIndiatheyhaveplentyoffruittosell,butmuchofitisexpensiveb2theycan'tgrow

muchasaresultofthewatersituation.Hesawabigbasketofsomeveryred,longfruit.Anditwasthec_3

intheshop,notexpensiveatall.

Hewentupandasked,“howmuchperkilo?,,t6Tworupees."TworupeesinIndiaisalmost

n_4_;it'slikedirt（塵土）.Soheboughtawholekilogramofitandstartedeatingit.But

A5_heatesomeofit:Oh,mygod!Hiseyeswatered,hismouthwateredandburned,hiseyeswere

burning,hisheadwasburningandhisfacebecamered.Hejumpedupanddown,saying,"Ah!Ah!Ah!”

Buthes6continuedtoeat!Somepeoplelookingathimshooktheirheadsandsaid,"Ybu'recrazy.

Thosearechilies（辣椒）！Ybucan'teatthemlikethat.They'renotfruit!9,However,themastersaid,"No,I

can'tstop!Ipaidmoneyforthem,andnowI'lleatthem.Ifsmymoney!?,

Youmaythinkthatmasterwass7,right?Similarly,wesometimesdoalotofthings

18thatWedevotemoney,timeorefforttoarelationship.Eventhoughthesufferingexperiencetellsusit

won'tw9,andweknowthere?snohopethingswillchangeinthefuture-westillcontinuejustbecause

we'vedevotedmoney,time,effortandlovetoit.Justlikethemanwhoatethechiliesandsufferedsomuch

butcouldn'tstop.

Soevenifyou'velostsomething,letitg10andmoveon.Thafsbetterthancontinuingtolose.

1.fruit2.because3cheapest4nothing5.after

6.still7.silly/stupid8.like9.work10.go

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Sooncomputersandothermachineswillbeabletorememberyoubylookingatyoureyes.The

programmeworksbecauseeveryone'seyesared1Sointhefutureyouwon?thavetoremembera

groupofn2whenyouwanttouseamachineortakemoneyoutofabank.Ybu'lljusthavetolookat

themachineanditwillbeabletotellyouwhoyouare.

Theeye-recognition（眼睛識另lj）programmehasalreadybeent_3_inshopsandbanksintheUSA,

Britain,Spain,ItalyandTurkey.Soonitwilltaketheplaceofallotherwaysoff4outwhopeopleare.

However,scientistsareworkingono5systems.Machineswillsoonbeabletoknowyoufromthe

shapeofyourfaceorhandore6yoursmell.Wealreadyhavemachinesthatcantellwhoyouare

fromyourv7orthemarkmadebyyourfinger.

Eye-recognitionisbetterthanotherkindsbecauseyoureyesdon'tchangeasyougetolder,anddon't

getd8likehandsorfingers.Andtwins9eyesarenotthesame.Sotheeye-recognitionprogramme

canbeupto94percentc9InBritain,itwasfoundthat91percentofthepeoplewhohad

t10itsaidthattheylikedtheideaofeye-recognition.

Inthefutureyourcomputerwillbelookingyouintheeye.Sosmile!

Differentnumberstestedfindingotherevervoicedirtycorrecttried

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WhydoIwanttogotocollege?Noonehaseveraskedmes_l_aquestion.ButmanytimesIhave

askedm2Ihavecomeupw3awholevarietyofreasons.ThemostimportantreasonisthatI

wanttobeabetterman.

Manythingsmakehumanbeingsdifferentf4orbetterthanorevensuperiortoanimals.

Oneofthemostimportantthingsise5.IfIfailtor6highereducation,myeducationwillnot

finish.AsIwanttob7afullydevelopedman,Imustgetawell-roundededucation,whichgood

collegesanduniversitiesaresupposedtoprovide.Iknowonecangeteducatedinmanyw8,but

collegesanduniversitiesareamongthebestplacestot_9_mehowtoeducatemyself.OnlywhenIam

well-educated,willIbeabetterhumanbeing.

a10beabletobetterfitintosociety.

1such2myself3with4from5education

6receive7be/become8ways9teach10and

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Haveyoueverhadproblemsinyourlifeanddon'tknowhowtobehappy?Ifso,youwillfindthebook

44BeingaHappyTeenager^^writtenbyAustralianwriterAndrewMatthewsu1.Inhisbook,Matthews

tellsushowtohaveahappylifeanda2thequestionsofteenagers.

Therearemanysubjectssuchasparentsandfriends,andthebooksaysweshouldstopbeingangryand

forgive.Thebooktellsussomeskillssuchashowtoputw3youhavelearnedintopicturesofyour

mindtomakeyourmemorybetter.

Manyteenagersthinkthathappinessc4fromagoodexamresultorpraise（贊揚(yáng)）fromotherpeople.B

5_youcanstillbehappywhentherearenosuch^^good^^things.

Successcomesfromagoodattitude.Ifyoulearnfromproblems,youwillhaves6inthefuture.Some

schoolstudentshaveproblemssuchasb7tootallortooshort.ButMatthewstellsusthathappiness

comesfromthinkingaboutthingsi8apositiveway.Ifyouaretall,peoplenoticeyouandyoucanget

ab9viewatthemovie;ifyouareshort,yourclothesandshoestakelessr10inyourbedroom!

ThisisMatthews5mostimportantlesson:youcanchoosetobehappy!

1.useful2.answers3.what4.comes5.But

6.success7.being8.in9.better10.room

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QinYiefeidecidedtoreturntoChinaandbecameavillageofficial（村官）inafarawaymountain

village,eventhoughhegraduatedfromYhle（耳B魯）Universityin2011.

Heisnowworkinga1avillageofficialinanundevelopedvillageinHunanProvince.Hiswork

i2manypartsofthedailylivesofhisvillagers——agriculture,economy,education,healthcare,and

entertainment.ItisknowntoallthatQinYiefeiisthef3andtheonlyIVYLeague（美國常春藤盟

校）villageofficialinChina.

Onhisfirstdayat.work,QinYiefeigotupearlyandwashedh4inthevillage'sonlypublic

showerroom."IheardthisyoungmanfromYaleUniversityhasab5twice

aday,“avillagersaid."He'sbeenabroad.Thisplacelookstoodirtyforhim...Ifs