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71  One of the best things you can possibly do is to start your own club .It 's great fun especially if you're the sort of person who feels there 's never anything to do during the school holidays.

The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club.  72  Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups ,sports ,making things? The list is endless.

Next you need some friends to be in your club with you.  73  All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same things as you.

74  You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. That 'll keep you busy for ages.

At your first meeting you should make up a rule book .And the very first rule should be no grown-ups or little /big brothers /sisters ! The best clubs are always secret!

Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can spend a lot of time making them.  75   Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it.

So there you are, get clubbing ! Once you get started you'll think of loads of more interesting things to do!

E. Summer vacation is just around the corner.

F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.

G. Use bright thick pens to make a special design.

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         Nobody has ever succeeded in their attempt to stay young and live a very long life．__51__ But is this really true?

         Dr Aubrey de Grey thinks that we can stop people getting old and that in about 20 years, people will be able to live to be 1,000 years old!__52__

         In Dr Grey’s opinion, getting old is a problem that can be solved．__53__ If we can cure this disease, we can stop the aging process．We can also make people have young bodies again．

         Dr Grey believes that science will soon be able to stop the causes of aging so that a person’s body won’t get weak and won’t suffer from the typical diseases of old age．

         Dr Grey compares the human body to a house．As the house gets older, some things must be repaired．Broken hearts must be replaced．The same thing can happen with the human body, he thinks．We can use stem cell technology to grow new, healthy tissue to replace the old , damaged one．We can also try to remove disease-causing molecules in our bodies．__54__．

         __55__However, they admit that Dr Grey’s ideas have not yet been proved wrong．Dr Grey is convinced that his opinions are realistic and that his research is very important．If aging is a disease, he says, we must try to cure it．

         A.At the same time, people’s bodies will stay young and healthy．

         B.Scientists succeed in solving the problem of aging long ago．

         C.A lot of scientists think his ideas not realistic．

         D.When our bodies change as we get older, this is like a disease．

         E.New deadly diseases may also be cured, if we can stop the aging process．

         F.It seems that everybody must get old and die．

         G.In this way, a person could easily live to be 1,000 years old．

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Linguistic（语言学的） Puzzles

       How did language begin? What was the world's first language? Do all languages come from one, original language?   71  .

       In the 4th century BC, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote this account: Psamtik I an Egyptian King, wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was．  72  ．He told his servant to find two newborn babies．When the servant had found them, the king gave them to a shepherd （牧羊人） and said, "Keep these babies with the goats．Take care of them, but do not talk to them．Listen for any words that they say．" The king wanted to find out what language the children would speak if they were left alone．He said, "The first words they speak will come from the original language of the world．"

       _73   ． He told the king．who asked his scholars about this word．They told him that the Phiygians, who lived in an area which is now Turkey, called bread "becos．" The king said, "Then Phiygian is the oldest language．" Today we know that the king's conclusion was wrong．We don't know why the children said "becos"．

        74 . Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same "family" and that they started from the same parent language, Proto-Indo-European．Linguists think that it had split into several different languages, including Greek and Sanskrit, between 2000 and 1000 BC．Other languages, such as English and Spanish, developed from later splits．

       75_  . Two questions that interest linguists are: How does language change? Why does language change? If you like solving mysteries, historical linguistics may be the job for you．

       A．Nowadays, we study the origin of language more scientifically

       B．He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea

       C．The King was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him

       D．Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families

       E．People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2 ,000 years

       F．One day, while the babies were babbling to each other, the shepherd heard them say "becos"

       G．Linguists have classified many language families, and they are still trying to categorize others

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       Speaking in public is most people’s least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all alraid of making foods of ourselves.   66   .

       But stop biting your finger-mails. Public speaking is easy. It’s just plain talking, and you talk all the time. Although I’m basically shy (honest!). I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. And I can tell you that public speaking is not a “gift” like musical talent．_ 67   .Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

       Your audience is going to come away with one or two of your main ideas．One or two．Not tenor 20．  68  ．And if you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, there's no way vour audience will．  69   ___—how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close．

       When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first．___70___．A strong close is critical; the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember．

       The standard length of a vaudeville act is usually 12 minutes．If all those performers singing and dancing their hearts out couldn't go on longer without boring the audience, what makes you think you can?

       A．Some people are bom to be good at making speech

       B．Anybody who can talk can speak in public

       C．Try to relax yourself before making the speech

       D．The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become

       E．It you can't express in a sentence or two what you intend to get across, then your speech is not focused well enough

       F．When you know where you're headed, you can choose any route to get there

       G．No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to get your ducks in a row

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       Speaking in public is most people’s least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all alraid of making foods of ourselves.   66   .

       But stop biting your finger-mails. Public speaking is easy. It’s just plain talking, and you talk all the time. Although I’m basically shy (honest!). I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. And I can tell you that public speaking is not a “gift” like musical talent．_ 67   .Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

       Your audience is going to come away with one or two of your main ideas．One or two．Not tenor 20．  68  ．And if you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, there's no way vour audience will．  69   ___—how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close．

       When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first．___70___．A strong close is critical; the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember．

       The standard length of a vaudeville act is usually 12 minutes．If all those performers singing and dancing their hearts out couldn't go on longer without boring the audience, what makes you think you can?

       A．Some people are bom to be good at making speech

       B．Anybody who can talk can speak in public

       C．Try to relax yourself before making the speech

       D．The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become

       E．It you can't express in a sentence or two what you intend to get across, then your speech is not focused well enough

       F．When you know where you're headed, you can choose any route to get there

       G．No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to get your ducks in a row