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12A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said,” I don’t think I know you, but you must be ___hungry____.please come in and have something to eat. ”“we do not go into a house together,” they answer ed at the ____first_____time.“____Why_______is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained,“ his___name____ is wealth, this is success, and I am love.” Then he added(补充) ,“now go in an d discuss with your husband____which______one of us you want in your home.” Then the women went in and told her husband_______what___the old man said. her husband said,” let’s invite wea lth, let him come and _______make_____our home with wealth!” his wife agreed. Then the daughter said,” wouldn’t it be ____necessary__ to invite love? Our home will then be _____filled___with love! ”“all right,” said the father. So the woman went out and asked, “which one of you is love ? please come in and be our guest.” love got up and started walking towards the house. The other two also got up and ____followed____him. The woman was ______stopping_______and aske d wealth and success,” I _____only_____invited love. Why are you coming in?” the three old men answered together,” if you ha d invited wealth_____or__success, the other two of us would have stay out. But_____if_____you invited love, where he goes, we go with him, wherever there is love,_______there______is also wealth and success!”Keep healthyIt is important for us to keep healthy,because a health bady can help us to study or work,there are some suggestions:First,we must eat more fruit and vegetable,we had better to eat less meet,because it can make us become fat and unhealthy.Second,we should do more exercise every day,because it can make us strong. Nowdays many students and workers are busy withthire homework or work,so there are many people having cancer.Last but not least,we should keep away from smoking and drinking,because it is bad for our health.Please remember this suggestions and follow them,you can become health soon.12Suppose you are going to Boston and you have_____never_____visited the city before. If someone tells you about the __beautiful___places in this city, you ____begin______to get some idea of what you will see. But you don’t have a ____good_____idea of where these places are or of how to find them.However, if someone has a map of the city and ____asks_______ you the main roads and buildings, you may say, “oh, now I ___6____i can find my way with no trouble at all. ” working in maths is somewhat like trying to find your way ____in____a new city. Perhaps in problems the words may tell you some things and you hav e heard about them, but you can’t see any clear road____to__ the answers. Maybe you need to have a kind of map of the ____main____roads in maths to help you find your way. Explore what goes on in maths, and try your best to find the main roads. They will lead you to answers. If you can find the road map, the maths problems will be___easily____worked out.13Can animals be made to work for people? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs ____1_____.of people. They say that at a circus , for example, we may see elephants , monkeys ,dogs ,bears ,or other animals doing_____2_______skillfull things .perhaps you have seen them on tv or in a film. If you watch closely, you may find that trainers ___3_____the animals some sugar_____4____a piece of fruit as reward. The scientists say that many _______5______ animals may be trained to do a lot of simple things if they know they will geta reward ____6____doing that.Of course, as we know , dogs can be trained to guard a house ,and soldiers in both old and modern______7____have_____8_____geese to give warning by___9_____a lot of noise when an enemy comes near. And also it may be possible to train animals to work in families or______10_____.14With the ____1________ of the material prosperity, advertisement have become more and more ____2_____in our daily life. Advertisements give the ________3______information about products. If there were no advertising, consumers could not____4______about goods in there nearby shops. Advertisements help sell at a bigger market. Therefore, as more goods are sold, they are cheaper. Advertisement also provides ________5____for newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations, etc. but there are also some opinions _____6____advertising. Some people think that advertisements do not give much information but only try to ____7_____you to buy. They create a demand for goods that are not ______8_____needed. Besides, advertising adds to the price of goods. Actually, every coin______9____two sides. Advertisi ng is with out exception. But in today’s world, advertising is not only necessary, but also_______10_____.15Western country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. Western country music is a mixture of music from all of these __________1_____. In the American west, cowboys had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle______2_____nervous and sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was______3____and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he ____4______strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the_____5______and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to ________6___. They did not run away ifhe sang beautiful music. The cowboys also sang music they ________7________to town. Sometimes they played either guitars or harmonicas(口琴)。