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Dear Mr. White,I work at the Friendship Shop on Zhongshan Road(1) ______ where you have often come to  buy things. The other day　　  (2) ______ if you bought a vase at our shop with your wife, I made　　  (3) ______　　 the mistake about the price. You looked at two different　　 (4) ______　　 price of the same vase, one costing 30 yuan and the other　　(5) ______　　 21 yuan. You took the 21 yuan one so I accepted 30　　　　   (6) ______ yuan from you. I found my mistake only after you and　　　　 (7) ______　　 your wife have left. Will you please come to our shop to　　 (8) ______　　 get in your change or to return your vase and get a 30　　   (9) ______ yuan one instead? I apologize you for it.　　　　　　　　   (10) ______　　 　　I'm looking forward to your coming earlier.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours truly,　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   Fang Yun

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Allow me, first of all, on behalf of my teachers
and classmates give a warm welcome to all of	(1) ________
you come from London. It gives us a great pleasure	(2) ________
to have you in our school for a brief visit. You
will be glad to see how well we Chinese student are	(3) ________
getting along with their English learning. We think	(4) ________
it bridge to the friendship between us and the people	(5) ________
throughout the outside world. And you know, there are	(6) ________
still some students, most of which are boys of science,	(7) ________
learn English with much trouble. So we hope you would	(8) ________
give us some more advice on the language study.	(9) ________
Let me wish you a pleasant stay here. May your	(10)________
visit go successfully.

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A library is a place you can borrow books of all	(1) ________
kinds--school-books, story-books, dictionaries	(2) ________
and others. The librarian sits at his desk gives out	(3) ________
and taking down books. He is in charge of the library.	(4) ________
There have long rows of shelves, and in some libraries	(5) ________
we can go round and choose that we want. In	(6) ________
others we must write a number of the book, its title,	(7) ________
and the name of the author on a piece of a paper,	(8) ________
sign it, then hand it for the librarian in order to	(9) ________
borrow the book. We can usually borrow it for a	(10) ________
week, or perhaps two, before taking it back.

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    A boy doesn't become man at the same age everywhere  (1)_______ in the world. Many people in America felt that a boy　　 (2)_______ becomes a man since he is eighteen years old. It is　　  (3)_______ different for an Eskimo boy. 　　An Eskimo boy becomes a man when he kills his first  (4)_______ polar bear. The polar bear, that may be nine feet long   (5)_______ and weighs 1,000 pounds, is a very dangerous animal.　　 (6)_______ To kill one take a great deal of courage and skill.　　  (7)_______ The boy who can kill a polar bear developed the skills   (8)_______ and courage that needed to be a hunter and a man.        (9)_______ 　　Polar bears give the Eskimos meat for eat, skins    (10)_______ for clothing, and oil for heating and lighting. A boy  who can provide all these things has certainly become a man.

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   The Eskimos (爱斯基摩人) live nearby the North Pole.   (1)_____ They wear warm clothes all the year round. They make most (2)_____ of it themselves. They make it with the skins of animals. (3)_____ From skins, they make coats and hats and even boots.　　  (4)_____ 　　On this cold climate, trees can not grow. The Eskimos (5)_____ has to build their houses from skins, earth, stones, or   (6)_____ snow. When they go hunt, they live in tents of skin. When (7)_____ they are off in a storm and can't get back home, they　　 (8)___build houses of snow. They leave these snow houses when(9)_____ the storm is end.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    (10)_____

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Zhang Hua, our monitor, study very well, and he is always	(1) ______
ready to help others. We all very like him.	(2) ______
One day on his way to home Zhang Hua saw an accident.	(3) ______
A schoolboy fell off his bike and had his leg breaking. With	(4) ______
tears in his eyes, he could do nothing but waited for help.	(5) ______
In no time Zhang Hua took out from his pockets the handkerchief	(6) ______
he newly bought. He wiped the tears off the boy's face,
and sent him to the hospital with care in the hurry.	(7) ______
Several weeks later the boy was quite all right. While they	(8) ______
met, they shook hands firmly. The boy could help dropping tears.	(9) ______
Oh, Zhang Hua! You are a good example for us to follow.	(10)______

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Every morning Tom goes to work by trains. He	(1) ______
always buys a newspaper, it helps to make the time	(2) ______
pass more quickly.
One Thursday morning, he turned on the sports	(3) ______
page. He wanted to see the report about an important	(4) ______
football match the night before. The report was such	(5) ______
interesting that he forgot to get off at his station.
He didn't know it when he saw the sea. He got off at	(6) ______
the next station, and had to wait long time for a	(7) ______
train to go back. Of course, he arrived very late	(8) ______
at the office. His boss were very angry when Tom	(9) ______
told him why he was late.
"Work is very more important than football!" he shouted.	(10)______

短文改错 　　A professors' grandson asked his grandfather,　　   (1)_______ "Grandma, why did you say that all the false things　　 (2)_______ are ugly?" "That's certain true. Could you give me　　  (3)_______ a example to disprove (反驳) it?" "Oh, yes," the　　　　(4)_______ grandson, climbed on one of his grandfather's knees,    (5)_______ said pridely. "Look at yourself, when you put　　　　   (6)_______ on your false teeth, you look like younger and　　　　  (7)_______ lively; when you take them, your cheeks look　　　　    (8)_______ hollow and shrivelled (干瘪的) , that's real ugly.　　  (9)_______ Isn't this enough disprove it?" The　　　　　　　　　　 (10)_______ professor could find no answer.

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    Although today he is considered one of greatest　　　　 (1)____　　 inventors in the memory of man, but Thomas Alva　　　　　　 (2)____　　 Edison failed to completing even his first year in　　　　  (3)____　　 elementary school. At an age of twelve, he decided that　　 (4)____　　 he disliked mathematics.As a practical and self-educated    (5)____　　 man, he cared about theory and abstraction (抽象).　　　　   (6)____　　 He is often wrong, especially in his　　　　　　　　　　    (7)____　　 explanations of the scientist principles (原理)　　 　　　　 (8)____　　 on which his inventions based. However, he invented    　　 (9)____　　 two thousands of devices which enriched the industrial      (10)___　　 economic, and social life of the whole world.