If you【D1】______smooth skin that glows with youth, the chances are that at some point you will have heard the exhortation to drink lots of water in order to【D2】______those evil toxins and keep your skin healthy. The exact amount people suggest varies. US-based advice【D3】______eight glasses a day, while in hotter climates people are advised to drink more to【D4】______higher rates of sweating. But regardless of the exact volume of water suggested, the principle behind the advice remains the same—taking extra water on board will keep your skin hydrated. In other words, water acts like a moisturiser, but from the inside out. This is such a common idea you might be surprised at the【D5】______to back up. You might expect there to be countless studies where people are【D6】______two groups, one assigned to sip water all day, the other to drink a normal amount. Then the smoothness of the skin could be【D7】______a month or so later to establish whether sipping more led to smoother skin. In fact such studies are rare, partly because water can't be patented, so it is hard to find anyone to fund such research when there will be no new【D8】______or cosmetic to sell that could repay the costs. A review by the dermatologist Ronni Wolf at the Kaplan Medical Centre in Israel found just one study looking at the effect of long-term water intake on the skin. But the results were 【D9】______. After four weeks, the group who drank extra mineral water showed a decrease in skin density, which some believe suggests the skin is retaining more moisture, while those who drank tap water showed an increase in skin density. But regardless of the type of water they drank, it made no difference to their【D10】______or to the smoothness of their skin.
Some birds are______half-asleep, and they are able to control which side of the brain remains awake.
月球是个完全寂静的世界，一点声音都没有。(定语从句)
Regroup the eight letters in GIANTWEB to form two words similar in meaning.
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Write about the following topic.School bullying refers to all types of bullying done on school property, whether it is peer-to-peer bullying, bullying of younger children by older children, or bullying in which a teacher is either a victim or a culprit. There are many cases of school bullying nowadays. What do you think of this phenomenon? Write an article of no less than 160 words to express your argument on the answer sheet.
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Libraries have reference books ______ you can check out a physician's educational background, training, and other credentials.
The world has changed. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of Cold War confrontation between the two major power blocs, which is undoubtedly the most important political transformation of the last few years. What has this meant for world peace? The geopolitical interpretation, perhaps the commonest, maintains that bipolarity based on the existence of two nuclear powers of equal strength was the guarantee of peace over the last forty years. Now that this balance of terror has disappeared , all kinds of wars are once again possible.
Femi, martin and James catch trains to go to the same destination.Femi catches the 8:15 a.m. train. Martin's train journey takes twice as long as James'. Martin leaves 15 minutes before Femi and arrives at noon. James catches the 11:30 a.m. train. What time does James arrive at the destination?
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—As you know, I often get tricked into buying clothes that are far too expensive: and then more often than not I don't like them when I try them on again at home. —That's because you buy things on impulse. You see something and you buy it... or you let yourself get talked into it! —I know. But in future I'm going to mend my ways and shop around like you. —OK. Well, let's start at the shoe store. But remember we have to go at two thirty. ______
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