- The little boy showed no signs of w____ from playing his video game.
- This job i____ helping the elderly to use the online community services.
- That chocolate bar really ruined my a____ for dinner.
- Do you have any s____ plan for the weekend?
- A mousetrap is a useful d____ for catching rats in the house.
- Because of the p____ of the instructions, she had no idea what to do next.
- I really a____ your help during my troubled period.
- The serial killer is so v____ that the police have vowed to hunt him down.
- My friend bought the house on an i____.
- The MRT blue line has been e____ to Nangkang and Tucheng.
- ____ it is sunny or rainy, Jack has his head buried in books.
(a)No wonder (b)Whether (c)No matter (d)When - I found ____ difficult to communicate with the visitors.
(a) it (b) that (c)this (d)there - ____ is that such a primitive society would design these magnificent structures.
(a)What amazes (b)More amazing (c)More amazed (d)To our amazement - He grabbed me ____ the arm.
(a)on (b)across (c)by (d)in - Only ____ there is a will ____ a way..
(a)by... is there (b)where... is there (c)with... does there (d)which... has there been
(a)a number of (b)back to dust (c)deserting (d)faith (e)fear (f)the love of ease(g)the love of wonder (h)the soul (i)timidity (j)unfailing
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It means there predominance of courage over <16>, of adventure over <17>. This is often exists in a man of sixty more that in a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by <18> years. We grow old by <19> our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles <20>. Worry, doubt, self-distruction, and <21> --- these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit <22>. Sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart <23>, the sweet amazement of the stars and the undaunted challenges of events, the <24> child-like curiosity about what comes next, and the joy of the game of living. You are as young as your <25>, as old as your doubt.
(a)disappointed (b)enjoyed (c)favorite (d)happily (e)merely
(f)noisy (g)paycheck (h)promised (i)reward (j)run out of
An old man lived in a small side street of Mumbai had to put up with the nuisance of boys playing cricket and making a lot of noise outside his house every night.
One evening when the boys were particularly <26>, he went out to talk to them. He explained that he had just retired and was happiest when he could see or hear boys playing his <27> game, cricket. He would therefore give them 25 rupees each week to play in the street at night. The boys were thrilled, for they could hardly believe that they were being paid to do something they <28>!
At the end of the first two weeks, the boys came to the old man's house and went away <29> with their 25 rupees. The third week when they came back, the old man said he had <30> money and sent them away with only 15 rupees. The forth week, the man said he had not yet received his <31> from the government and gave them only 10 rupees. The boys were very <32>, but there was not much they could do about it.
At the end of the fifth week, the boys came back again and knocked at the old man's house, waiting for their <33>. Slowly, the door opened and the old man appeared. He apologized that he could not pay them 25 rupees as he had <34>, but said he would give them five rupees each week without fail.
This was really too much for the boys. "You expect us to play seven days a week for <35> five rupees!" they yelled. "No way!" They stormed away and never played on the street again.
(a) E-mail is different.
(b) I can zap a message to Kenya whenever I want to, and it gets there almost in a second.
(c) The time and distance, as a matter of fact, influence the letter-writer.
(d) The downside is, I might be less likely to say something deeper.
(e) I will also take more care with my style, trying to write in a way that is interesting and worth reading.
Many people say that email is just a faster way to deliver letters. The fact is that letter writing and email are completely different processes. Handwritten or typed, letters travel in envelopes through actual space and time getting from one place to another. <36> If I am writing on paper to my brother in Kenya, I will be less likely to complain about the breakfast I had this morning. I will probably write about my relationships and some things that I've been thinking about. <37> People tend to regard letters as important. My brother might save my letter; he might read it back to me years from now.
<38> It is instant, traveling from point to point. If you don't print it out, the message doesn't physically exist. With email, geography is no obstacle and time is not important. <39> The ease of this kind of writing and sending probably makes for a different kind of communication. I can complain about the breakfast I had this morning or rattle on about friends and movies. That is because I am not so focused on style and profundity. <40> My brother might glance at my mail, have a laugh, and then delete it.
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