A
The bicycle is one of the most popular 1._____( invent ) around the world today . But who invented the 2._____ ( one ) bicycle ?
In 1791, a Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and 3._____( own ) the first bicycle. Its handles and seat were 4.___( wood )! This kind of bicycle was very difficult 5._____(move ) , A rider even had to pick up the front wheel to change direction. Besides, the bicycle had no brakes(车闸) for 6._____( stop ) or pedals(踏板) for feet. So riding a bicycle was a great risk. Riders often got 7._____( injure )
In 1817,a German called Baron karl von Drais made the bicycle better.The seat became 8._____( much ) comfortable than before. His ride in the forest took only one hour instead 9._____three hours on foot. How surprised people were at that time! In fact, in the world, ther
e are still many people use bicycles in their 10._____( day ) life.
B
Today, many people are looking a their mobile phones wih their heads down. They are 1. _____ ( name )the “phubbers(低头族)”.
There are more traffic accidents because of using mobile phones while driving. To make drivers pay more attention to 2._____ ( drive ), some new traffic rules have been made.
Also, more interesting 3. _____ funny facts happen to the“phubbers". A man kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes 4. _____the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and 5._____ ( run ) away quickly.
6._____ fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. They don't talk to the ones 7._____ sit opposite to them during the meal . Some of them even have fun 8. _____ ( communicate ) with others
经典短文on the phone.
Mobile phones are 9. _____ ( help ) and necessary. Let's be healthy 10. _____( use ) and try to be the "Heads up Tribe".
C
Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He 1. _____ ( work) hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe, that he used to have 2. _____( difficulty ) in school When his parents moved this city to work , they could not take care 3. _____him. He felt loney and 4. _____ ( happy ).
So he became less interested in 5. _____ (study) and was absent from classes. Then his parents decided to send 6. _____ ( he ) to a boarding school. He found life there difficult. 7. _____ , he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school .The teacher advised his parents to talk with their son. After the talk, Liwen knows that his parents always take 8. _____(pride) in everything that he does. Now , he is much 9. _____ (happy) and more outgoing than he used to 10._____( be ).
D
Chinese proverbs（谚语） are rich and they are still widely 1. _____( use ) in Chinese people’s daily life. Behind these proverbs there are often 2. _____(interest) stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop to help it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty(960-1279) was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up 3. _____( quick ). He was thinking about this all day and all night. But the crop was growing much 4_______( slow ) than he expected.
One day, he came up 5. _____and idea that he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. After doing this for a whole day, he was very tired, 6. _____he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” higher. His son 7. _____( hear ) about this and went to see the crop. Unluckily, the 8. _____( leave ) of the crop began to wither(枯萎).
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in 9. _____( they ) natural course. Being too anxious 10. _____( help ) an event develop often results in the contrary to our intention(意图).
E
It was October 3rd, 2021. The sun was shining 1._____ ( bright ) in the sky. I was on a plane high above the Pacific Ocean.
Then I 2._____ ( arrive ) in California and started to study there. Everything was strange to me. I got to know more, about 3._____( I ).I improved my interpersonal skills (人际交往能力) by 4. _____( communicate ) with my foreign classmates. The funny thing was that my roommate said I spoke like a blender on the first day at school 5. _____ I was too nervous. But the next day he found me chatting with a friend like a local 6._____( speak )! At weekends, my host family and I usually enjoyed delicious food in a restaurant 7. _____ was three miles away from our house.
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