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Dear Tom,

    1     (我很高兴)to receive your letter.Now I know     2     (你担心你的汉语) so I give you some advice. 

First,     3     (你应该对汉语感兴趣), for interest is the best teacher. Second, it’s a good idea that     4     (你致力于读更多的汉语书) with interesting stores. Lastly, listen to Chinese songs that     5     (有趣的且吸引人的) and watch Chinese programs on TV as often as possible.Only when     6     (你决心) to learn Chinese well and don’t give up can you make progress. 

Hope my advice is useful to you.

Yours,

Li Hua

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It is the worst day that    1    (我经历过的). My alarm clock didn’t go off that morning.       2     (我起床的时候), it was 7: 30!   I was about to be late!    3     (我迅速刷牙洗脸以后), I took up my schoolbag and rushed out the door. Before I arrived at the bus stop,    4     (公交车已经离开了), so I had to rush to school by myself!  

By the time I went into my classroom,    5     (我的老师已经站在教室的前面). She looked at me angrily and asked for my homework. I was so sad because    6    (我把它忘在家里了)!   What a bad day!

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    1     (有安慰的食物) may mean to increase the waistline but it is good for the soul. A study found that it can stop loneliness     2    (仅仅想一想) mashed potato, chicken soup or chocolate pudding. It is thought that we     3    (应该选择) certain foods when the going gets tough because they remind us of happier times, including childhood meals and family holidays.

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　　The Olympics, an extraordinary sporting event was held every four    1    for about 3, 000 years, bringing joy and excitement to people across the world. The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE. During the early Games, only Greek men could compete    2     a few events, such as boxing, running and the long jump. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. The Olympics    3     (bring)back to life by Pierre de Coubertin, whose dream was that the Olympics would help people of different    4    (race)origins and from different cultures live side    5    side in peace.    6     (motivate)by the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger”, many well-known athletes have devoted themselves to    7     (achieve)sporting excellence and pushing the boundaries of human achievement. Two such Olympians were Cassius Clay and Jessica Ennis-Hill, both of    8    gained remarkable achievements. China has a very short history of competing in the Olympics but in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in addition to hosting the Olympics for the first time, China also     9    (rank)first on the medal table. In 2022, Beijing will host the Winter Olympics, which is thought to be another    10     (history)moment for China.

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Most people take everything for granted so that they can see nothing     1     of note. Helen wants to see a lot, including the people whose kindness and     2    and     3     have made her life worth living as well as the     4     of man’s progress. The third day she would spend in the workaday world,     5    the haunts of men going about the business of life. Of all the senses, Helen thought that sight must be the most    6    .

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In 1831, Darwin left     1     on the ship, the Beagle. After Darwin had spent some time in     2    , he collected     3    . As he studied these, he noticed that some species of animals were very     4     each other, and he wondered how different species came to exist.  

When the Beagle reached the Galápagos Islands in 1835, Darwin noticed that there was     5     the birds’ finches on each of the islands. Darwin suspected that the finches had evolved from     6     and over time, it had slowly evolved into     7    . And that was the answer to how new species of plants and animals came to exist: they     8    .  

It was a completely new idea —     9    . Darwin explained this theory in his book, On the Origin of Species. Today, it is regarded as one of the most important works ever written. It has changed     10     forever.

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Mr Zhang is a successful businessman in our city. When he was fifteen years old,   his family was so poor that he had to     1    (退学) at school. To help support his family,   he did lots of part-time jobs. Later,   he     2    (碰巧挽救了) a wealthy businessman. The businessman    3     (许诺奖励)him. Mr Zhang told him that he     4    (想创办自己的公司). Hearing what Mr Zhang said,   the businessman    5     (同意帮他一把). Mr Zhang’s company was set up in 2000. Little by little,   he earned a lot of money and became wealthy. He always    6     (后悔离开) school at a young age,   so he     7    (决定捐赠他的钱)to those children whose families were poor. Since then,   Mr Zhang has     8    (致力于帮助)those in trouble. Up to now,   he has given away ten million yuan to charities. Although Mr Zhang is now in his sixties,   he doesn’t plan to     9    (停止工作). And he     10    (希望挣更多的钱)to help more people.

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What does every writer most    1    reading among the comments from publishers? Yes, it’s “We regret to     2    you. . . ”, which will make the writers’ heart sink. In fact, a lot of successful writers have previously faced     3    .

J. K. Rowling, after a total of twelve rejections, eventually got her first book of Harry Potter    4    , which became a global success.

Another famous writer J. D. Salinger     5    in working on his novel The Catcher in the Rye despite the     6    along with rejections from several publishers and when it was eventually published, it became an immediate     7    .  

The three Bronte sisters lived in the Victorian Age. Although they dreamt of seeing their words in print, they experienced many rejections. However, they persevered and now, Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights and Anne’s Agnes Grey are regarded as     8    of world literature.

From the stories above, we can learn that it’s perseverance that made them realize their dreams. Therefore, keep trying and you’ll eventually read the words “We are     9     to inform you. . . ”.

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Yuan Longping was born in 1930. When he was young, he saw many people go     1     often. So he has     2     himself to finding ways of     3     rice harvests without     4     the area of fields since he     5     from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Now about 60% of the rice     6     in China each year is from this hybrid strain. He’s circulating his     7     in many other countries (such as India and Vietnam) to increase their rice harvests.

He cares little for     8     and money and makes large     9     to support agricultural research. Now his dreams of     10     his rice abroad and “seawater rice” have become a reality.