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　　In 2000 the Chinese novelist Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature(諾貝爾文學獎)．He was the first Chinese 1 to win the world's most important

literary prize．It is said that it is 2 best work．

　　Gao was born in Jiangxi Province，Eastern China．His father worked in a bank and his mother was an actress．She 3 Gao's interest in the theater．

　　When he left school．Gao studied French at the Department of Foreign Languages in Beijing．After he graduated from college，he left 4 to live and work in France in 1987． 5 that time he has worked as a translator(翻譯者)，theater director and novelist．

His most 6 work is the novel Soul Mountain(靈山)．The story happens in the Chinese countryside．And the novel has been changed into 7 languages．

　　The Nobel Prize in 2000 was about 915．000 dollars．the Nobel Prizes include prizes for different kinds of sciences 8 the Nobel Peace Prize．The money was left by Alfred Noble．He said that the literature prize 9 accept an author whose Work moves in an "ideal direction"(理想的方向)．

　　The Nobel Prizes are given to the winners by the Swedish King every year 10 December 10，the anniversary(周年紀念) of Nobel's death in 1896．

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　　Eddie liked(1)______ very much when he was at school．But when he went to the university，he decided to study(2)______ instead of music．When he(3)______ study and became a doctor，he decided to work in a hospital for some time．There he found that a lot of patients(病人)were(4)______ and had less trouble if nice music was played to them．When Eddie had an office and began to work for himself，he(5)______ to keep his patients happy by having a recorder with beautiful music in his(6) ______．

　　Then one morning，soon after Eddie turned(7) ______ the recorder，a woman in the waiting room said(8)______，“Here we are all waiting to(9)______ the doctor，but he is just playing(10) ______ violin in his office instead of doing his work!”

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This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English.Many said they learned by 1 English.Some students had more specific 2 ndline.Lillian Li,for example,said the best way to learn new words was 3 reading English magazines.She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also 4 a little.When we asked about studying grammar,she said,"I 5 study grammar.It's too boring."

　　Wei Ming feels different.He's been learning English for six years and really loves it.He 6studying grammar is a great way to learn a 7 ndline.He also thinks that watching English movies 8 bad way because he call watch the actor 9 the words.Sometimes,however,he finds watching movies frustrating 10 the people speak too quickly.

　　Liu Chang said that 11 the English club at school was the best way to improve her English.Students get lots of practice and they also have fun.She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all."We get 12 about something and then end up speaking in Chinese,"she said.

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Venice is the“Queen”of the Adriatic Sea(亞得里亞海)．Every year，(1)______ people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city．Do you know(2)______they like to go there for a visit?Venice is a very beautiful city．It is quite different (3)______ other cities in the world．There(4)______ roads and streets in the city,so there aren't any cars or buses．

There are many canals(運河；水道)　in the city．There is one big canal and (5)______ small canals．People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work，go shopping or visit their friends．But Venice is sinking．It is going down and the water is(6)______．In 2040，Venice will be(7)______．The Adriatic Sea will cover the city．The Venetians love their city and they want to live there．So they want to(8)______ Venice from the sea． (9)______ can they do that? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea．The gates will close to(10)______ much water out．Thus Venice will not sink．

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Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea.These objects have often changed the way we 1 ndline.Some help us to do a iob more 2 ndline.Others fill a need or solve a problem.

　　In 1858 H.L.Lipman had such an 3 ndline.He took out a pencil,a piece of paper,4 an eraser.Then he began to write.Sometimes he needed to 5 a word.Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 6 the eraser."I wish my eraser would stay in one 7 ndline!"he said.

　　Then Lipman had his simple idea.He 8 a groove(凹槽)in one end of the pencil.He glued(粘牢)the eraser into the groove.Lipman had solved his problem.Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil.So he sold his 9 ndline.Some pencils with erasers were 10 ndline.His design earned him$100.000.

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Country music is very old．It came from the United States，Canada，Ireland and Great Britain．It is a mixture of 1 ndline　 from all of these places．

　　In the west of America，cowboys had to take care of the cattle(牛)．They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and 2 ndline　 ran away．A cowboy's life was 3 ndline　 and dangerous．When he was alone in the desert with the cattle，he drank strong coffee to 4 ndline　 awake(清醒的) at night．He also sang songs to the cattle to make them quiet．He sang about the stars and the moon，about his family and his friends．The cattle 5 ndline　 the cowboy and went to sleep．They would not run away 6 ndline　 he sang beautiful and peaceful songs．

　　In the south of America，many people came from Ireland，Scotland and England．Other people came from France and Canada.They enjoyed their own kind of music．They used guitars，violins and other musical instruments(樂器)，

too．They also added instruments from their homes，7 ndline　 bottles and plates．When they 8 ndline　 their friends and families on holidays，they usually sang and played country music．

　　Country music describes life 9 ndline．It talks about love，jobs，home and money．It talks about friends and enemies，trucks and highways，farms and crops．People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows 10 ndline　 about these ideas．Also，many country music fans wear Western clothes and dance together to country music．Many bands(樂隊) all over the world now perform country music．

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Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

　　For many years blind people used guide dogs to help them．Then someone had a good 1 ndline．Why can't deaf people use hearing dogs?

　　Trainers agree that only some dogs can be trained as hearing dogs．The dogs must be 2 ndline　 and able to learn．The dogs must be trained for a long time．The deaf people must study，3 ndline． They learn how to work with the dogs．

　　Hearing dogs must listen for all kinds of 4 ．Inside the home they listen for knocks 5 ndline　 the door，ringing telephones，and alarm clocks． 6 ndline　 listen for smoke alarms or strange sounds．

　　Hearing dogs also 7 ndline　 their owners out-doors．A deaf person 8 ndline　 hear if danger is near．A hearing dog will make the person 9 ndline　 if a car is coming．The dogs work hard all day long．For 10 ndline　 work，they will get hugs and treats(款待)．

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　　Emily and Peter have lived next door to each other as long as they can remember．When they were (1)______ children，they (2)______ play together．They were good friends，though they sometimes fought over toys．(3)______ they grew older，they seldom(很少) played with each other．Emily preferred to be with girls and Peter preferred to play with boys．When they were about fifteen years old，they almost stopped (4)______ to each other，not because they disagreed with each other，(5)______ because they belonged to different groups．Emily began to study French and also enjoyed watching football games．Peter was only interested in sports．(6)______ was football that brought Emily and Peter back together．One day，after Peter went home，he looked into the window of Emily's living room and saw (7)______ she was watching a football game on TV．He walked up and knocked at the door．Emily was (8)______ to see him，but asked him to come in and they watched the(9)______ of the game together．They are good friends again．They (10)______ have different ideas about things sometimes，but they agree with each other that football is the world's best game．

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I have always been interested in clowns(小丑)．The earliest thing I can remember，as a child of three，is seeing a pair of clowns梠ne is very fat，the other is very 1 ndline．A traveling circus(馬戲團) came to our town and my parents took me to see it．When we arrived at the circus，egeryone was laughing at the clowns．I didn't un-derstand why they were laughing，2 ndline　 I laughed,too．

　　While I was 3 ndline，the fat clown came and sat down next to me．“Shall we dance?”he asked，then 4 ndline　 me up and began dancing．I felt frightened and I began to cry．5 ndline　 then I have been interested in clowns．They make me laugh a lot，although they still make me a bit 6 ndline　 too．

　　In life，we sometimes laugh at things that 7 ndline　 us．We often laugh most at people who make us nervous．When we laugh，we relax and 8 ndline　 ourselves．People who never laugh can become worried and ill．

Laughter is like medicine and a clown is like a 9 ndline．

　　There have always been，and there will always be clowns，because people need to laugh．Laughter is the best kind of 10 ndline　 in life．

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Mark Twain，the famous American writer，liked to play jokes on others．But once a joke 1 ndline　 on him．

　　One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town．2 ndline　 lunch he met a young man，one of his friends．

　　The young man said that he had an uncle with him．He told Mark Twain that his uncle 3 ndline　 laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh．“You 4 ndline　 your uncle to my talk tonight，”said Mark Twain．“I'm sure I can make him laugh．”That evening the young man and his un-cle sat in the front．Mark Twain began to speak．He told several funny stories．This made everyone in the room 5 ndline．

　　But the old man never even smiled．Mark Twain told more funny stories，6 ndline　 the old man still kept quiet．Mark Twain told his 7 ndline　 stories．Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite 8 ndline．Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend of his about 9 ndline　 had happened．

　　“Oh，”said his friend，“I know that old man．He's been 10 ndline　 for years．”

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