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②One afternoon, hundreds of unlucky passengers who had been expecting to __________ __________ __________ to New York were told it had been cancelled. One unfortunate counter agent was dealing with all the passengers when an angry man, who had been queuing for some time, __________ __________ __________ __________ the front.

When this happens, he smiles and nods, indicating that everything is fine. When the waiters are not looking, however, he __________ __________ __________ the raw meat anywhere he can reach—the sugar bowl, the tiny flower vase, inside a bun and under a plate.

①With these severe restrictions on her communication, Helen’s behavior was __________ __________. She was stubborn and angry, and often broke things when she __________ __________.

Now that Helen understood __________ __________ __________ __________, she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could. Children who can see and hear learn language easily but for Helen, it was a __________ __________ __________ __________ process.

After reading an article     1     “Cigarette Smoking and Your Health” I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with     2     and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone     3    up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement     4    I produced a packet of     5     from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt     6     uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took     7     guiltily, lit it and smoked     8     satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more.     9    , as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He    10    has done it lots of times!

In many Asian cultures,     1     shows respect. It is done when talking with anyone     2     or with anyone older.

Habits like this can     3     when people do not understand them.     4    , an Asian might close his eyes     5     or look down while listening to a speaker. A Western speaker might think the man is not interested.

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a     1     machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could     2     difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it     3     nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was     4     by an operator who used cards with holes, I could “think”

    5     and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was     6     a technological revolution and the start of my “    7     intelligence”.

Dinosaurs did out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected     1     when a huge rock from space     2     the earth and put too much dust into the air.     3     think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.

Along with these physical changes, there come many psychological changes. Boys and girls tend to be different in this     1    . Many boys become risk-takers—they want to find their own limits and the limits of the world around them, but may not have the     2     to make good     3     in their behavior. At the same time, girls often want someone—anyone—to talk to, as they try to    4     with their strong feelings.

9 . However, the     1     of scientists towards this rise are completely different. On the one hand, Dr Foster thinks that any     2     in which the temperature increases     3     5 degrees would lead to a catastrophe. She says, “We can’t predict the climate well enough to know     4     to expect, but it could be very serious.” Others who agree with her think there may be     5     rise of several metres in the sea level, or predict severe storms, floods, droughts, famines, the     6     of diseases and the disappearances of     7    . On the other hand, there are those, like George Hambley, who are     8     to this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air. They predict that any warming will be mild with few bad environmental       9    . In fact, Hambley states, “More carbon dioxide is actually a positive thing. It will make plants grow quicker; crops will produce more; it will     10     a greater range of animals, all of which will make life for human beings better.”

In 1983, he joined the army, and went to flight school He graduated in 1987 and became a     1    , In 1998, he    2     to be a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou. He was one of the only 14     3     from 1,500 candidates. The team spent the next five years being trained. They not only studied all the subjects    4    to be an astronaut, but also learnt    5     skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built. Yang     6     among the very top in the everything the group studied.