[Hot Snake]

... This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which     1     of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he     2    . A bird had snatched up the snake... When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and     3    .

[Running and Fitness]

As people often say, any exercise is better than none, but long-distance running     1    .

... Besides, anybody who is feeling down can go for a run to cheer themselves up. Even a thirty-minute run will     2     that you may be suffering due to stress.

[Your Life Is What You Make It]

... Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He contacted charity organizations about     1     and helped the villagers sell local products online.     2     was great, so he became very popular among the villagers and they treated him as one of them.

The virture choir was the idea of award- wining     1     (作曲家) and conductor Eric Whitacre.     2     (出生于) in the USA on 2January 1970, Whitacre began studying music   at the University of Nevada in 1988.He     3     (爱上) Mozart’s classical music when he sang for the university choir. Moved by this music, he said, “It was like seeing color for the first time.” He     4     (毕业于) university in 1995, and then     5     (获得) a master’s degree in musical composition from the Juilliand School in New York in 1997. Over the next 10 years, Whitacre’s     6     (原创的) compositions began to become quite popular among choirs and singers. This     7     (导致) the     8     (创造) of the virtual choir.

    1     (…有) so much more to learn about the interesting history and culture of the United Kingdom.     2     (学习) the history of the country will make your visit much more     3     (快乐的). The capital city London is great place to start, as it is an ancient port city that has a history     4     (追溯到) all the way back to Roman times. There are     5     (数不清的) hisroric sites to explore, and lots of museums with ancient relices from all over the UK. The UK is a fascinating mix of histoy and modern culture, with both new and old traditions. If you     6     (留心), you will be surprised    7     (发现) that you can see both its past and its present.

Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she     1     (作为...为人所知) the “mother of ten thousand babies”,     2     (已经接生) over 50, 000 babies in her lifetime. Dr Lin     3     (直到...才退休) the day she died, 22 April 1983. Since she had no children of her own, she left her saving to a kindergarten and a fund for new doctors. And even as she     4     (临死时), her final thoughts were for others: “I’m going to go.” she said. “Don’t try to rescue me any more. Don’t waste the medicine any more.”

Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and     1     (对生活的态度). They are occasions that     2     (让我们放松并享受生活), and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and what to appreciate. And if you study festivals carefully, you may     3     (惊讶地发现) that different cultures actually     4     (有许多共同点) after all.