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A

Paul Lucas can often be seen to be walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking 1.________ any shoes or socks, 2.________ Lucas doesn't mind at all. 3.________ likes to walk barefoot, and so do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Lucas 4.________ (start) years ago. Lucas' idea for this is to encourage others to live 5.________ (free)—free of shoes.

According to Lucas, the barefoot life has many advantages. 6.________ most important is simply that it feels good. He also says 7.________ walking barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet. 8.________ addition, the feet do not smell as much because they stay dry, making it hard for bacteria to grow. And, of course, 9.________ (walk) barefoot keeps your feet in good shape, so it's actually 10.________ (healthy) than wearing shoes.

B

Have you ever heard the phrase “play the ostrich”? What does this phrase mean? Since Roman times, ostriches 1.________(say) to be stupid 2._______ they react to danger by burying their heads in the sand. This belief caused the popular phrase to be born: play the ostrich. It is often used to describe people who refuse to face 3.______(pain) facts. They prefer to ignore the truth. It is like children 4.______(stick) their fingers in their ears and crying: “I can’t hear you!” But do ostriches 5._______ (real) bury their heads in the sand when they are in danger? The answer is no for sure! 6.______ostriches are flightless birds, they can run as fast as 40 miles per hour. So, if they find 7.______ in danger, they will just run very fast.

It’s a false myth that we have thought of as 8.______truth for long. So, how did the phrase “play the ostrich” come from? Well, 9.______fact, ostriches swallow sand and pebbles to help grind up(磨碎) in their stomachs. This means that they have to bend down and put their heads into the sand to collect the pebbles. See? That’s 10._____ a false myth is born!

C

Alice, a shark that lives at the National Sea Life Centre in England, did not start out life as a vegetarian. When she1.________ (bring) in from Florida in 2009, she was happily eating any seafood. 2.________，that changed in a few months, and she suddenly stopped eating completely. Deeply 3.________ (concern), the centre officials took her in for an X-ray, 4.________ showed that a fishing hook was hiding deep inside her mouth. So they took her to see a doctor who realized the only way to save the shark was performing 5.________ rather risky operation. 6.________ (fortune), things went really well.But just when everybody was happy about the shark's recovery, the history-making shark began changing her eating habit, instead, 7.________ (prefer) to use her sharp teeth to eat vegetables! Although this may sound good, it is not really good 8.________ Alice's health because vegetables cannot provide enough protein that she needs to survive. Shark experts all over the world are confused at Alice's 9.________and they guess that 10.________ may have something to do with the wound the hook caused. But unless she speaks up, nobody is really going to know the real reason.

D

Ma Wendi is used to curious glances 1.________ she walks six dogs at the same time. They are not all hers. 2.________ 25-year-old veterinary graduate is a full-time dog walker.

“I have to take care of twelve dogs at most，” said Ma. She charges 500 yuan a month per dog, and most customers leave their dogs at her house for a week. The3.________(busy) time is around Spring Festival, because many people go back to their hometowns for family reunions4.________go travelling.

“5.________ (compare) with people who have to be in their offices during the day, I don't have to get up early6.________(squeeze) into the subway carriages in rush hour, and I still make a decent salary, ” she said.

“But it's a tiring job. I have to work whenever there are dogs at home, and no time to enjoy 7.________. Sometimes I want to go out for a meal or shopping, but I can't do so8.________I worry about them, ” she said.

Ma knows9.________the dogs' names, and when she calls one's name, the dog instantly knows she 10.________ (refer) to it.

E

It was my first trip to India, alone. One day, as I 1.________ (walk) through a local market, a ten-year-old boy came over and begged me to buy a book, 2.________ had the words “Interesting India”on its cover. I bought it, thinking that when I returned home, it would remind me 3.________my wonderful Indian adventure. The book claimed that India's people were very welcoming of tourists, and never tried 4.________ (cheat) them. As I read I felt deeply touched by these warm words.

Suddenly, a monkey came down from a nearby tree, snatched the book from my hand and took 5.________ away, along with my bag which contained all my belongings. I couldn't do anything 6.________ stand and stare. Then a man approached me and asked 7.________ I wanted my belongings back. He said it would cost me five US dollars. I had no other choice 8.________ (leave), so I agreed to pay, but only after my bag was returned.

He blew a whistle and the monkey immediately threw the bag down. I picked it up and gave him the money. I later learned that9.________ man made his living this way: tricking tourists. This was the 10.________ (bad) thing I ever experienced in “Interesting India”.

F

It was a city in Hubei Province. On International Children's Day, some orphans from the Wuhan Welfare Institute for Children 1.________ (take) to the park. An elderly westerner was with them. The children were eager to tell him everything that was going on. They held him by the hand and never hesitated to call 2.________ grandpa. This man was Professor William Dorrity, from Florida，USA.In 2003, 3.________ Professor Dorrity and his wife retired, they came to Wuhan and started to work as volunteers at the Welfare Institute.

The couple have been working hard 4.________ (improve) the conditions at the Welfare Institute since they came. They often take children on day-trips, 5.________ (bring) along with

them all kinds of food for the kids to enjoy. They recently bought audiphones for four orphans 6.________ hearing problems and small tape recorders for three blind children. They also bought a wheelchair for ten-year-old Tan Jun, 7.________ suffers from a brain problem. With the 8.________ (arrive) of spring, the couple took the children for 9.________ outing. “We love China and we love children，”Dorrity said, “ 10.________ we are happy to do this.”

G

Two things I did may have caused people 1.________ (think) that something is wrong with me. The first was when my wife asked me to have the sitting-room clock 2.________ (repair). I drove into the market place of our little town and, clock under arm, entered a shop. Only it was the meat shop. 3.________ my thoughts far away, I stood staring into the shopkeeper's eyes. I 4.________his customer for a long time and the good man smiled at me.

This went on for several very long seconds before I realized where I was. There is no doubt that I should have calmly bought a pound of meat, 5.________ I merely nodded briefly and left. The other man in my town who probably thinks I am mad is Mr Smith. Some years ago he was the manager of Mead's Shop, and he and I knew each other quite well. One day he 6.________ (stand) in the doorway of his shop when I passed. My brain was on some distant problems and my eyes stared into space.

“Hello, Mr Herriot.” I heard his voice. I turned a blank gaze on him—I just had no idea 7.________ he was though his face was familiar. Then I saw 8._______ word “Mead”in foot -high letters above the shop window.

“Good morning, Mead, ”I cried heartily and continued my way.I had gone only a few steps before I realized that my greeting had been 9.________ (polite). I turned back and said to him again, “Good morning, Mister Mead.”

It was only when I have turned at the corner of the street that I realized, too late, 10.________ his name was Tony and the time was late afternoon.

H

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