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Emily and George ___77___ lived next door to each other for quite a long time. When they were little children, they ___78___ to play together. They were good friends, ___79___ they sometimes quarreled about what game they would play. As they grew ___80___, they played together less.

When they were about fifteen years old, they almost stopped __81____ to each other, because they belonged(属于) to different groups. Emily was developing into a very good student, 82 George was more interested in sports. Emily was good at all the subjects. But she enjoyed watching football games very much. Her mother used to say, “ Emily, I ___83___ never heard of a girl who likes football as much as you do.”

While Emily was studying hard or watching football games on TV, George was working in his father’s store after school. He liked selling things. His father found him so helpful that he thought about ___84___ him a higher pay.

One afternoon when George was going home, he found Emily watching a football game on TV through the window. He knocked at the door. Emily was ___85___ to see him, but she asked him to come in, and they watched the rest of the game together. After that they were good friends ___86___.

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As prices and building costs keep rising, “the do-it-yourself”（DIY）trend（趋势）, in the US continues to grow.

“We needed furniture for our living room, ” says John Rose, “and we didn’t have 77 money to buy it. ”So we decided to try making a 78 tables and chairs. John got married six months 79 , and like many young people these days, they are trying their best to make a home because the cost of living is very 80 . The Roses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job 81 home. Last month, he 82 a car repair bill for $420. “I was very upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car 83 . ”John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to 84 money so they can fight the high cost of living. 85 you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those

who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you 86 to do things yourself.

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We usually use _76_ kinds of money . One kind is money made of paper and the other kind is money made of metal. But in the past people used many things 77of money . Some countries used salt , tea or stones . Other countries even used some animals . Today people in some places in the world 78 do not use paper money all the time .

On the island of Yap , people use the 79 money in the world —Yap stones . These are round , white stones 80 a hole in the middle . The Yap stones do not 81 from this island . The Yap men have to go to the islands over 600 kilometers away to get 82

Rich people do not carry the heavy Yap stones . Servants 83 the rich . Today people on the island of Yap use paper money for everyday shopping . But for other things they still 84Yap

stones to 85 money .

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We have been in Australia for three days. We’re having a 76 time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. There is so 77 to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big 78 and beautiful flowers around the houses and they 79 really beautiful. There are also some special 80 in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.

During the past three days we’ve visited many81 of interest around Sydney. I’d like to spend more time here. But we will 82 to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds（珊瑚礁） tomorrow. It is said that words cannot 83 the beauty of the colorful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are84 packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy 85in Cairns this time tomorrow, I’m looking forward to going there!

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Once a young officer(军官) was at a railway station. He was going to 76 his mother in another town，and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the 77 of his train so that she could 78 him up at the station in her car．He looked in all his pockets， 79 found that he did not have the right money for the telephone，so he went outside and looked around for 80 to help him. At last an old soldier came by，and the young officer stopped him and said，“Have you got change 81 ten pence(便士)?” ．

“Wait a moment，the old soldier answered，beginning to put his hand in his pocket，“I’ll see 82 I can help you or not. ”

“Don’t you know 83 to speak to an officer，soldier ?’’ the young man said 84 ，Now, let’s start our talk once again．Have you got change for ten pence，soldier?”

“No．sir.” the old soldier answered quickly in a 85 voice·

76．_______ 77．_______ 78．_______ 79．_______ 80．_______ 81．_______ 82．_______83．_______ 84．_______ 85．_______ In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and

writing．You’d better 92 your best to do much

listening and speaking．Don’t be 93 of making

mistakes and don’t let them 94 you from

improving your English．By correcting the mistakes，you can do

better in learning English．A good 95 to correct

mistakes is to write — keep a diary，write notes or letters

and ask some others to go through 96 you have written．They’ll tell where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your

speaking will be 97

found when you write．

If you are slow in speaking，don’t worry. 98 of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or just to yourself.

Remember it’s important to choose 99 interesting to read．It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When

you are reading，don’t stop to look 100

the new words if you can guess their meanings or they have

nothing important to do 101 the sentence．Yon can do that some other time．