Experiments have proved that children can 1 (instruct) in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at 2 (hold) their breath under water even before they can walk. 3 (baby) of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long 4 they are so accustomed to swimming 5 they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young 6 (swim) is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, 7 most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children 8 cover the whole length of the pool 9 coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage 10 among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
Thirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese 1 (kill) right below their windows. She was 2 neighbor. Yet 3 of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.
John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the reasons 4 people didn’t act. They found that a person has to go through two steps 5 he can help. First he has to notice that it is 6 emergency(紧急情况). Is the smoke coming into the room 7 a leak in the air conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it really smoke from a fire? It’s not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and 8 important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally 9 (responsibility). He must feel that he must help, 10 the person won’t get the help he needs.
We often think of future. We often wonder __1________ the world will be like in a hundred years’ time.
Think ___2_____ space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon ___3_____ (set up). Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as __4______. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, __5______ (permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting __6_______ planets. Great progress will have been made _____7___ medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
__8________ the world will have been developed — even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities; __9_______ floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already had plans of this kind. And there will be cities __10______ the sea.
Why is setting goals so important? __1._________ goals can help you do, be, and experience everything __2._______ you want in life. Instead of just __3._______(let) life happen to you, goals allow yourself to make your life happen.
__4.________ (success) and happy people have set lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s __5._______ having a map to show you __6.__________ you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and __7.___________ (set) goals. __8.____________ (success) people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and __9.___________aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are _10._____________one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
London was awarded __1_______ 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday, __2_________ (defeat) European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to British capital __3________ the first time since 1948.
__4_______ Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated (淘汰) in the first three rounds London beat Paris 54 : 50 on the fourth ballot(投票表决) of the IOC.
In London crowds cheered and waved flags as __5_______ watched the announcement from Singapore __6_______ a giant screen in Trafalgar Square and in the east London area __7______ the main Olympic complex (建筑群) will be based.
Blair spent two days in lobbying(游说) in Singapore __8______ leaving to host the G8 summit (8国峰会) in Scotland. “My promise to you is that we will be your very __9_______ (good) partners,” Blair said.
It’s the fourth bid (申办) from Britain after __10__________ (fail) attempts(尝试；企图) by Birmingham for the 1992 Olympics and Manchester for the 1996 and 2000.
Without proper __1________(plan), tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places __2_________ are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourism creates too much traffic, the inhabitants will become __3________ (annoy) and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists __4_______ to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. __5_________ is important to think about the people of a destination country and ___6________ tourism affects them. Tourism should help __7________ country keep the customs and beauty that attracts tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and ___8_______ (happy) of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism __9_________ (grow) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work __10________ the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
