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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align="left"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体">--_______.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align="left"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体"><font size="3">--I'm suffering from a stomachache.</font></span>
A:<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体">Are you feeling better?</span>
B:<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体">Why are you here?</span>
C:<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体">Are you pleased?</span>
D:<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 宋体">What's the matter with you?</span>
_____ evidence that language acquiring ability must be stimulated.
A:If being
B:It is
C:There is
D:There being
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Father is busy _____the meal while I am busy with the homework.</span>
A:cooking
B:to cook
C:cook
D:with
We need to find the best _____ to this problem..
A:method
B:way
C:approach
D:methodology
Sometimes customers are not pleased<u>nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </u>nbsp;their purchase.
A:at
B:for
C:with
D:to
The evidence found in this search is always incomplete and _____, it is also frequently partial.
A:scattering
B:distributed
C:distributing
D:scattered
The training<u>nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </u>to make people equipped with more professional things in the modern world.
A:aims
B:able
C:purpose
D:tries
The dictionary defines a workaholic_____ ldquo; a person obsessively addicted to work.rdquo;
A:as
B:for
C:that
D:like
it was essential that the application forms _________ back before the deadline.
A:be sent
B:would be sent
C:must be sent
D:were sent
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">Theynbsp;askednbsp;menbsp;_______nbsp;finishnbsp;mynbsp;homework.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><font face="??"></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:when I could
B:<p>I when could</p>
C:when I can
D:when could I
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 155.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">She would be very good for the job, but the same is _______ of several other candidates.</span>
A:real
B:good
C:great
D:true
<p class="p0" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; BACKGROUND: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'; mso-shading: rgb(255,255,255)">--Couldnbsp;Inbsp;usenbsp;yournbsp;bike<font face="宋体">?nbsp;</font><font face="Arial">--Yes,</font><font face="Arial">ofnbsp;coursenbsp;younbsp;_____.</font></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:can
B:could
C:must
D:will
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">Henbsp;_________nbsp;hardernbsp;thisnbsp;yearnbsp;thannbsp;lastnbsp;year.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><font face="??"></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:study
B:studies
C:was studying
D:studied
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">--nbsp;Whynbsp;don'tnbsp;younbsp;asknbsp;Tomnbsp;tonbsp;donbsp;it?</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><font face="??">--nbsp;Inbsp;don'nbsp;tnbsp;knownbsp;whethernbsp;henbsp;is______nbsp;to.nbsp;Henbsp;sometimesnbsp;makesnbsp;thingsnbsp;worse.</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"> </span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:possible
B:able
C:afraid
D:easy
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ______.</span>
A:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang="EN-US">in between</span>
B:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang="EN-US">far apart</span>
C:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang="EN-US">among them</span>
D:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt" lang="EN-US">from each</span>
She picked _____ French when she lived in France.
A:on
B:over
C:up
D:out
<span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">What is the train ______ to Birmingham?</span>
A:fee
B:tip
C:fare
D:cost
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">Inbsp;donrsquo;tnbsp;thinknbsp;younbsp;arenbsp;right,nbsp;______nbsp;?</span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:do I
B:<p>are you</p>
C:don't I
D:aren't you
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">Onnbsp;mynbsp;waynbsp;homenbsp;Inbsp;sawnbsp;anbsp;dognbsp;_______nbsp;onnbsp;thenbsp;ground.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:lying
B:lies
C:lied
D:lie
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体"><font size="3">mdash;I <span lang="EN-US">Havenrsquo;t seen you for ages! What are you busy doing now? <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">mdash;<span lang="EN-US">____________</span></span>
A:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang="EN-US">I hate the weather here.</span>
B:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang="EN-US">My hair is getting a bit longer.</span>
C:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang="EN-US">Yeah, thanks for coming.</span>
D:<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'" lang="EN-US">I am working part time in a bookshop, you know.</span>
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">-Whynbsp;notnbsp;gonbsp;tonbsp;seenbsp;thenbsp;dolphinnbsp;shownbsp;withnbsp;me?nbsp;--Becausenbsp;Inbsp;________it.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">nbsp;</p><!--EndFragment-->
A:saw
B:will see
C:see
D:have seen
_____ the car, they bought the garage.
A:Except
B:Besides
C:Except for
D:In addition
The car would not stop so that it<u>nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </u>nbsp;into the wall.
A:crashed
B:hit
C:bumped
D:rammed
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">--nbsp;Hello!nbsp;Isnbsp;thatnbsp;Mr.nbsp;Wangnbsp;speaking?nbsp;--Yes,____________?</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:who's that
B:who are you
C:I'm speaking
D:I'm Mr. Wang
<p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'">Don'tnbsp;readnbsp;_______nbsp;thenbsp;sun.nbsp;It'snbsp;badnbsp;______nbsp;yournbsp;eyes.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p15" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><font face="??"></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: '??'; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span></p><!--EndFragment-->
A:under,for
B:in,to
C:in,for
D:under,to
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didnrsquo;t know exactly how much he had, so he took on a little girl to <u>##</u> all his money for him.</font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span>It <u>##</u> the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two <u>##</u> dollars, he was <u>##</u> with joy and asked, ldquo; How much <u>##</u> do you want?rdquo; He thought that <u>##</u> she was only a child, he could <u>##</u> her into taking a very small amount of money.</font></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span>The girl said, ldquo;well, I worked for six days, so I think you <u>##</u> pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, just give me the amount you give me the day before, multiplied by itself.</font></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span>The <u>##</u> thought that in this <u>##</u> he would only have to give her a <u>##</u> dollars. What a <u>##</u> little girl! So immediately, he <u>##</u> his lawyer sign up the contract, fearing that she would change her <u>##</u> .</font></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 20.8pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span>On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies, and on the second day, two pennies times two pennies, or four pennies.</font></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1">nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; </span>Each day after that, he gave her <u>##</u> number of pennies he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.</font></font></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">Do you know how to study <u>##</u> and make your study more effective (nbsp;</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">有效的</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">)?</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN-US">##</span></u><span lang="EN-US">, This is very good ,but it doesnrsquo;t<u>##</u>a lot, for an effective student must have enough sleep, enough food and enough rest and <u>##</u>. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. Itrsquo;s good for your<u>##</u>.</span></font></font></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">When you return <u>##</u>your studies, your mind will be refreshed(</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">清醒</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">) and yoursquo;ll learn more<u>##</u>study better. Psychologists (</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">心理学家</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">)</font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN-US">##</span></u><span lang="EN-US"> that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning <u>##</u> an example. First you make a lot of progress and you feel happy. Then your language study seems <u>##</u> the same. So you will think yoursquo;re learning <u>##</u> and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks, yet you <u>##</u> give up, and at some point your language study will again take another big <u>##</u>. Yoursquo;ll see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and <u>## </u>. Donrsquo;t give up along the way. Learn <u>##</u> you are sure to get a good result</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">.</font></span></font></p>
<div><font size="3">When the Audet family turns on the lights at Blue Farm, they are using electricity that comes from cowsmdash;cow manure (粪肥), to be specific.</font></div><div><font size="3">Cows produce a lot of wastes. One cow can create 30 gallons of wastes each day. Now imagine the output of over 1,000 cows at Blue Farm. Thatrsquo;s really a big amount.</font></div><div><font size="3">When farmers clean their barns, they put the wastes in a big heap, and spread some of them on their fields for fertilizer(肥料). But now places like Blue Spruce Farm have a new way of using cow wastes. They use them to produce electricity.</font></div><div><font size="3">Herersquo;s how it works: A big machine moves back and forth cleaning the barn floor. ldquo;The cows arenrsquo;t bothered,rdquo; says Marie Audet. ldquo;They are animals of habit; they get used to it, and just lift one foot and then another to let it go by.rdquo; </font></div><div><font size="3">The machine pushes the manure into a big 600-gallon tank like a small swimming pool. The tank is called a digester (化粪池) because what happens there is just like what happens inside a cow: Bacteria(细菌) get to work and continue to digest the manure.</font></div><div><font size="3">Methane gas (甲烷、沼气)in the atmosphere is known as a ldquo;greenhouserdquo; gas because it keeps heat just like a greenhouse does, causing our planet to warm up. Thatrsquo;s an environmental concern. But the digester has a good result. Its gas is kept and used to power electric generators (发电机).</font></div><div><font size="3">At Blue Farm, the generators make enough electricity to power 400 homes. The Audet family sells the extra electricity they canrsquo;t use themselves.</font></div><p><font size="3"><!--EndFragment--></font></p>
<div><font size="3"><div>Emma and Hannah are 13ndash;yearndash;old school girls from Minnesota,USA.They are good at making new things and both of them are also good at sales.They are selling charms(小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.</div><div>The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids.</div><div>They talked with their parents about the idea.Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.</div><div>The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them.They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper,and then glue them onto the inside of the caps.There are different kinds of pictures,ldquo;Peace signs are popular with girls,and singlendash;letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters,rdquo;Emma and Hannah said.</div><div>Now,charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan.ldquo;Students put charms on purses,backpacks ,and their lunchboxes,rdquo;said Emma.Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet.They hope they can sell their charms to more kids.Theyrsquo;re thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.</div><div>Their business is not only for getting money.At their Valentinersquo;s sale, 20%of the income went to charit(慈善).</div><!--EndFragment--></font><!--EndFragment--></div>
<p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="p0"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; mso-spacerun: 'yes'"><o:p></o:p></span><!--EndFragment--></p><div><font size="3" face="Arial">Earthquakes happen without warning. They can happen any time of a day,at any point during the year.But donrsquo;t worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. However, itrsquo;s important to know what to do when an earthquake is happening.</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial">Do NOT go outside.You could get injured from falling glass or parts of buildings.If you are outside,stay away from buildings and power lines (输电线).</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial">Stay under a desk,table,or other strong furniture.Hold on to it.Or stay in a corner of the building.Cover your face and head with your arms and cover your mouth with a towel or clothing.Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside.</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial">Keep away from windows,pictures or advertisements on the wall or the building,and anything else that could fall and hurt you.Most people get injured by falling things during an earthquake,not by the shaking itself.</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial">Also keep away from a fire.You could fall down and burn yourself on the fire.</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Arial">If you are driving when an earthquake happens,stop the car if itrsquo;s safe.Stay inside your car until the earthquake stops,and donrsquo;t drive near bridges. Try not to stop by power lines or trees.These could fall and hurt you. </font></div>
<div><font size="3"><div>It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married <u>couple</u> from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the countryrsquo;s first gold medal in the pairs figure(花样)skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.</div><div>Everyone was very quiet when Shen and Zhao were skating onto the ice. They were expecting something wonderful to happen. As soon as the music started, Shen and Zhao skated around the field quickly with beautiful style; every move was perfect. When the music stopped, all the people cheered. In the end Shen and Zhao won the Olympic gold medal.</div><div>In China, winter sports are not as popular as they are in America and Northern European countries. So China sent only 90 athletes to Vancouver to take in a few, carefully chosen sports. Such a good decision also led to Wang Meng and Zhao Yang winning gold medals in the little known, but exciting sports of short track (轨道) speed skating.</div><div>China did not win a lot of medals at these Winter Games. Most of the events are still very new to China and need to be developed. But Chinese athletes learn very quickly. For example, Chinarsquo;s womenrsquo;s curling team(冰壶队) only began in 2003, but they were No. 1 at the 2009 World Womenrsquo;s Curling Championship.</div><div>This means that with hard work and a bit of luck, Chinarsquo;s winter stars could soon shine on the world stage.</div><!--EndFragment--></font></div>
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