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There were once a goat and a donkey 1. lived on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer fed it the most 2. . Sometimes the donkey was given more food 3. it could eat. This made the goat so jealous 4. it began plotting against(谋划对付) the donkey. “Hey, donkey,” the goat said one day. ”I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don’t you pretend 5. (get) sick so you can take a day 6. ?” The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable(畜栏) on its side with its eyes 7. (close). Right away, the farmer called in a doctor. 8. looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special medicine made 9. the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed 10. goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.
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We are all busy talking about and 1. (use) the Internet, but how many of us know 2. history of the Internet?
Many people are 3. (surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the 1960s.At that time, computers were large 4. expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke 5. , then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was working, information could be sent 6. another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on 7. (work) all the time.
The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. 8. the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more 9. (convenience).
Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. 10. (send) emails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.
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Once upon a time there was a rich merchant 1 __ _____ had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most. He took great care of her and gave her nothing 2__________ the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He was very 3 __ (pride) of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. He also loved his 2nd wife. She is __4 ___________very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant’s close friend. __5___________ the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and __6____________ would always help him out and tide(帮助渡过) him 7__________ difficult times. Now, the merchant’s 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great 8___________ (contribute) in maintaining his wealth and business as well as 9____________ (take) care of the household. _10 ________, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.
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Bassanio fell in love (1) Portia, but he couldn’t ask her to marry him (2) he was poor. He had to borrow some money (3) ______ his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He went to Shylock, a cruel and (4) ______ (greed) money-lender. Shylock agreed to lend him the money on condition that he would cut a pound of his flesh (5) ______ he couldn’t repay him within three months.
Unfortunately Antonio’s ships were lost (6) sea. (7) ______ (know) that Antonio probably had to die, Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself (8) as a lawyer and turned up at the court. She let Shylock cut just one pound of flesh (9) ______ Antonio, no more, no less, no drop of blood, otherwise he (10) ______ lose all his money. Her clever idea saved Antonio and made Shylock give half of his money to Venice.
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1. using 2. the 3.surprised 4. and 5. down
6. through 7. working 8. By 9. convenient 10. Sending
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1. who 2. but 3. proud 4. a 5. When/Whenever
6. she 7. through/over 8 .contributions 9. taking 10. However
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1. with 2. because 3. from 4. greedy 5. if
6. at 7. Knowing 8. up 9. only 10. would
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6. to 7. on 8. with 9. reasonable 10. to
