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In the United States, there were 222 people 1_________ (report) to be billionaires(亿万富翁) in 2003. The 2_________ of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 3__________ starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old 4_________ he first helped to set 5_________ the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by the time he was 31.

6_________, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 7_________ (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple. 8________ of these child actors made over a million dollars 9_________ (act) in movies before they were 14. But the youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, 10_________ inherited (继承) a billion dollars when he turned 18 in 2001!

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Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car 1__________ (steal). They filed a report 2__________the police station and a detective drove them back 3___________ the parking lot to look for evidence.

To their 4___________ (amaze), the car had been returned 5__________ there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the 6____________ as soon as possible. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets 7___________ tonight's Rowan Atkinson concert.”

Their faith in humanity restored(恢复). The couple attended 8_________ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house 9___________ (be) ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was 10__________ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I?”

(3) People 1_________ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 2_________ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 3_________ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 4_________ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 5_________ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6__________ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of

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books 7__________ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 8_________ new word, look it 9_________ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 10__________ (much) useful book.

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When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1_________ the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first 2__________ then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from 3__________, the streets are very busy. Traffic is most 4________ (danger) then.

When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5_________. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. 6_________ (have) a look first, or you will go 7_________ wrong way.

In many English cities, there are big buses 8_________ two floors. You can sit on the 9_________ (two) floor. From 10_________ you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.

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1________ artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women 2_________ any clothes on, and he and his 3________ always tried to keep the small girl out 4_________ he was doing this, “She is 5_________ young to understand,” they said.

But one day, when the artist 6_________ (paint) a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the girl suddenly ran into the room. Her mother ran up the stairs 7________ her, but when she got to the room, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. 8________ her parents waited for her to speak. For a few seconds the little girl said 9_________, but then she ran to her mother and said 10________ (angry), “Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don’t let me?”

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Most Americans don’t like to get advice 1___________members of their family. They get advice from “2__________ (strange)”. When they need advice, they don’t usually go to people they know. 3__________ many of them write letters to newspapers and magazines 4_________ give advice on many different subjects, 5__________ (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how 6__________ (buy) a house or a car.

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Most newspapers regularly print letters from 7___________ (read) with problems. Along with the letters 8___________ are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, 9__________ are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special 10_________ (train) for this kind of work.

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Without proper planning, tourism can cause 1_________. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places 2__________ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism creates too much traffic, the inhabitants will become 3__________ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists 4_________ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. 5__________ is important to think about the people of a destination country and 6__________tourism affects them. Tourism should help 7_________ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and 8_________ (happy) of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism 9__________ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work 10__________ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

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London was awarded 1_________ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, 2__________ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital 3__________ the first time since 1948.

4_________ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54—50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.

In London crowds cheered and waved flags as 5_________ watched the announcement from Singapore 6_________ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area 7________ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.

Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore 8_________ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is we will be your very 9_________ (good) partners,” Blair said.

It’s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after 10_________ (fail) attempts by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.

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Why is setting goals so 1___________? Because goals can help you do, be, 2___________ experience everything you want in life. Instead 3_________ just

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