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As I write, a gentle, much needed rain is falling this morning
阅读理解The vast majority of books on the English language take British English as their starting point
阅读理解The National Day holiday is round the comer and, if things go like last year， this fallsGolden Weektoo will be agolden mess
阅读理解The bees knees
The bee is one of the worlds busiest creatures: no wonder that in English we have expressions like as busy as a bee and hes the bees knees (meaning he is a very impressive person)
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Potential AIDS victims who refuse to be tested for the disease and then defend their right to remain ignorant about whether they carry the virus are entitled to that right
阅读理解It makes little sense for prospective students to choose to go to a university simply because it has an excellent reputation
阅读理解Passage 7
I dated a woman for a whilea literary type, well-read, lots of books in her placewhom I admired a bit too extravagantly, and one Christmas I decided to give her something unusually nice and, Im afraid, unusually expensive
阅读理解Educators are seriously concerned about the high rate of dropouts among the doctor of philosophy candidates andthe consequent loss of talent to a nation in need of Ph
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Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is Americas most widespread nuisance
阅读理解Buck was a tall, weathered man in a red hunting shirt and khaki pants
阅读理解Wrong choices and unwise options can daze our lives
阅读理解Hawaiis native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs
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In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problems with disease, high costs, and politics, Panama Canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through the fiftymile canal zone instead of traveling some seven thousand miles around Cape Horn
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Suddenly the grass before my feet
shakes and comes alive
阅读理解They fell silent after they had exhausted the subject
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Many Americans harbor a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food
阅读理解Passage 2
The first thing I want to insist on is that reading should be enjoyable
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Do you see to glass as half-full rather than half-empty? Do you keep your eye up- on the doughnut, not upon the hole? Suddenly these clichs are scientific questions, as researchers scrutinize the power of positive thinking
阅读理解Passage 3
Developing a peaceful, understanding, and supportive relationship between parents and children is not an easy task
阅读理解What a UK exit from EU could mean?
Perhaps UK Prime Minister David Cameron believed back in 2013, when he promised a referendum on whether Britain would stay in the EU, that Euroskeptics couldnt possibly win