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Everyday Garden Solutions
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Quick Overview
The Gardener’s Problem Solver offers a wide range of gardening topics, from planting seedlings to how to kill pests. Each of these 500 most-commonly asked questions is answered by a panel of experts from the National Gardening Association.
Everyday Garden Solutions
$15.99
Quick Overview
The Gardener’s Problem Solver offers a wide range of gardening topics, from planting seedlings to how to kill pests. Each of these 500 most-commonly asked questions is answered by a panel of experts from the National Gardening Association.
Stop & Drop Diet
$15.99
Quick Overview
Want to drop up to a pound a day? Stop feeling bad about your weight. And stop starving yourself. The Stop and Drop Diet offers a mix-and-match 3-phase meal plan that’s designed for fast weight loss along with balanced nutrition for good health. You don’t have to give up your favorite foods. Just follow this easy guide to lightening up by making little changes to your breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Stop & Drop Diet
$15.99
Quick Overview
Want to drop up to a pound a day? Stop feeling bad about your weight. And stop starving yourself. The Stop and Drop Diet offers a mix-and-match 3-phase meal plan that’s designed for fast weight loss along with balanced nutrition for good health. You don’t have to give up your favorite foods. Just follow this easy guide to lightening up by making little changes to your breakfast, lunch, and dinner!
Better Health Can Be
$23.99
Quick Overview
Better Health Can Be seeks to bring current research information to those of any age or gender on the quality of life that we all should strive for. You should read, learn, and then do it every day! It supplies you with the balanced supplements to take, foods to eat, information of certain foods, healthy, tasty recipes, a wine list that is good for you. Read, learn, and then, whoever you are, do it. You and your loved ones will live better lives!
Better Health Can Be
$23.99
Quick Overview
Better Health Can Be seeks to bring current research information to those of any age or gender on the quality of life that we all should strive for. You should read, learn, and then do it every day! It supplies you with the balanced supplements to take, foods to eat, information of certain foods, healthy, tasty recipes, a wine list that is good for you. Read, learn, and then, whoever you are, do it. You and your loved ones will live better lives!
Mind Stretchers
$10.99
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Activate your thinking muscles. It’s too easy just to turn on the TV and let the images of the day wash over us, leaving brain cells unchallenged and a bit sad. Keep your brain happy with this mind stretching collection of puzzles. Crosswords, word searches, logic and numerical games—they are all designed to inspire and stimulate the mind. So turn off TV and turn to Mind Stretchers—you’ll be entertained, learn new things, wake up your brain and it’s definitely more fun than watching the news.
Mind Stretchers
$10.99
Quick Overview
Activate your thinking muscles. It’s too easy just to turn on the TV and let the images of the day wash over us, leaving brain cells unchallenged and a bit sad. Keep your brain happy with this mind stretching collection of puzzles. Crosswords, word searches, logic and numerical games—they are all designed to inspire and stimulate the mind. So turn off TV and turn to Mind Stretchers—you’ll be entertained, learn new things, wake up your brain and it’s definitely more fun than watching the news.
1.If Jim suffers from overweight, which book will he choose to read?
A. Better Health Can Be B. Mind Stretchers
C. Everyday Garden Solutions D. Stop & Drop Diet
2.How much does it cost to order Better Health Can Be online?
A. $14.39 . B. $23.99.
C. $21.59. D. $10.99.
3.By reading Mind Stretchers, you can ________.
A. know more about gardening
B. exercise your mental muscles
C. improve the quality of your life
D. get a fast loss of your weight
目前，快餐在中国很流行，请参考下面给出的信息写一篇以“FAST FOOD” 为题的英语短文。
快餐的优点：
| (1) 方便、节约时间； (2) 既可在快餐店里吃又可带回家吃；…… |
快餐的缺点： | (1) 营养不均衡 (2) 能量太高…… |
建议： | …… |
注意: 1、词数 120 左右； 2、行文应连贯，内容应完整；3、开头语已为你写好。
营养（nutrition）
Fast food is becoming more and more popular in China, especially among children and teenagers.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧) ，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线 (\) 划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者 (从第11处起) 不计分。
In the afternoon of May 20th, a charity sale activity held on our school playground. In order to organize a meaningful activity, we made fully preparations. Although it was a hard work, students actively take part. Some students brought various book, daily necessities, and others offered to design posters for the sale. The activity was a great success. The money raising from the activity would be donated to Project Hope. We might not have enough money or things to donate, but you all should take part in this kind of activity and do something to help others. More than one student whom took part in the activity think that the charity sale activity means a lot.
单词和语法填空（原题，词汇范围为人教版必修三Unit1-3单元。）
1.Mohandas Gandhi is the leader who helped gain India’s i __________ from Britain.
2.She showed us all the athletics __________(奖) she had won.
3.I am writing this letter to a __________ to you for the mistake I made in the work.
4.You have to b __________ the advantages of living in the country against the disadvantages.
5.The president __________(商量) with European leaders before taking action.
6.__________(好奇心) drove the girl to open that box.
7.Since time was __________(有限的)，I drafted out my speech in 10 minutes.
8.Henry earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand, which a _________ for his poor appearance.
9.She __________(发现，认出) her friend among the passengers who got off the train.
10.Tom went out to play football without his mother’s p __________.
11.Something terrible __________(happen) if Li Chang was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did.
12.You_________(tell) him, for I had told him about it earlier.
13.I made it clear _________I was determined to carry out the plan.
14.The reason why I like the new rule is __________it sets a good example to young athletes.
15.We have been prepared to do __________ it takes to save her life.
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ___his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always __ his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D．degree, __ to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the __ made through years. At the airport hehad to accept the routine customs(海关) check. The watch on his wrist was also required to be taken down for __. Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying __ for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a __ fake(假货). When he was __ of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, __ cost nearly 100,000, into pieces __ hearing Glen’s words. Glen was __. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined __. For many times of entry-exit __ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and __ him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if__ reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be __ by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after __ the plane for long.
After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep __ on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __, which he would remember as the __ of his success forever.
1.A. went up B. set up C. took up D. picked up
2.A. honors B. mentions C. brings D. owes
3.A. objected B. refused C. decided D. asked
4.A. books B. things C. pounds D. savings
5.A. inspection B. Look C. test D. experiment
6.A. it B. one C. them D. these
7.A. careless B. priceless C. hopeless D. worthless
8.A. afraid B. ashamed C. Proud D. hard
9.A. whose B. What C. which D. as
10.A. at B. On C. in D. by
11.A. shocked B. delighted C. disappointed D. satisfied
12.A. closely B. quietly C. quickly D. curiously
13.A. conditions B. chances C. experiments D. experiences
14.A. stopped B. warned C. urged D. hoped
15.A. found out B. came out C. sent out D. set out
16.A. hit B. charged C. praised D. blamed
17.A. boarding B. getting off C. flying D. observing
18.A. expression B. Idea C. thought D. impression
19.A. lies B. honesty C. goods D. bravery
20.A. choice B. lesson C. secret D. belief
Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day in the USA, falling on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November.
1.
Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their annual leave on Black Friday. Some people use this to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Shopping for Christmas presents is popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys.
Public life
2.Many people take a day off on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many organizations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Public transportation systems may run on their normal schedule or may have changes. Some stores extend their opening hours on Black Friday.3.
Background
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day, is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA.4.One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black marking on the road surface, leading to the term “Black Friday”.
The other theory is that the term “Black Friday” comes from an old way of recording business accounts.5.Many businesses, particularly small businesses, started making profits before Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
More recently, Black Friday has been exported to nations outside of North America such as the United Kingdom by major online retailers like Amazon or Apple. In 2011, IBM reported online Black Friday sales were up by 24.3%, according to a study that includes 500 retailers.
A. People’s activities.
B. History of Black Friday.
C. Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink.
D. A busy shopping day is a holiday in some states.
E. There can also be jams on roads to popular shopping destinations.
F. There are two popular theories as to why it is called Black Friday.
G. Black Friday is not a federal (联邦政府的) holiday but a public one in some states.
