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The virtual choir was the idea of     1     -winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre.     2     in the USA on 2 January 1970, Whitacre began studying music at the University of Nevada in 1988. …Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He     3     from university in 1995, and then     4     a master’s degree. …. This     5     to the creation of the virtual choir.

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As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that     1    winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He    2    the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.   He made people laugh at a time when they felt     3    , so they could feel more content with their lives.

Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall     4    . You may find     5    astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially    6    the family income was often uncertain.     7     his father died,     8    the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had,     9     his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing     10    everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him-his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

【推荐3】(一) Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family     1     1889. His parents were both music hall     2     (perform). You may find     3     astonishing that Charlie       4     (teach) to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially     5     the family income was often uncertain.     6     (luck), his father died,     7     (leave) the family even     8     (bad) off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking     9     his mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had, through his humour, become one of the     10     (popular) child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him – his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

       (二) As I get to know more about international friends, I learn more about this     11     (culture) “body language”. Not all cultures greet each other the same way,     12     are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance     13     people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using     14     (speak) “language” through physical distance, actions or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to       15     or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places     16     Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others     17     (close) and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other     18     shaking hands,     19     some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese,     20     prefer to bow.