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I don't photograph wild animals very often, 1. wild horses are an exception. I first learned about Alberta's wild horses 20 years ago. Ever since, I had wanted to see and photograph them. A friend of mine, who also loves wild horses, 2. (hear) about my wish in March 2017, and I was fortunate enough to be able to accompany him to see the wild horses in the Williams Creek area of Alberta. It was 3. unique experience.
We spent a day there 4. our first visit and have been back to the same area three more times since then. Once we were so lucky to see more than 100 horses there. I managed to capture a great shot of a pony 5. (run) and jumping for the sheer joy of it, 6. I felt so proud of. The pony was having such fun all by 7. (he) while the rest of his herd grazed peacefully.
Having been out with the horses several times now, I hope to visit them again—as often as possible! They're magnificent and 8. (true) nurture my soul. I'm so thankful for the privilege of having the opportunity to spend time with them. These horses are born wild and free, and deserve always 9. (remain) so. 10.(photograph) like me quite value the chance to get close to the wild horses.
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We all know how good nature can make us feel. The sound of the ocean, the smell of a forest and the way sunlight dances through 1. (leaf) help us to relax and think more clearly. The idea 2. humans own a deep biological need to connect with nature has been called "Biophilia", 3. (mean) "love of life and the living world". Yet, according to the United Nations Population Division, so far the number of us going to urban areas 4. (grow) sharply. By 2050, it is estimated that a shocking sixty-eight percent of the world's inhabitants will live in cities. Cities are wonderful places — full of 5. (excite), innovation and energy.6. living in a city can be stressful. And the more we live in them, 7. more stress we have, leading to increases in mental illnesses 8. depression and loneliness. The good news is that the global science community continues to explain the medical benefits of nature on the brain. Through conducting research and sharing information with different organizations, new ideas are being carried out that encourage us 9. (step) out of the fast street and reconnect with nature in a 10. (rapid) changing world.
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Car registration plates (牌照) are just a series of numbers and letters, right? Well, yes…but not for everyone.
France was the first country 1. (introduce) plates in 1893. Early number plates differed 2. shape and size, and were made of lots of different materials, including iron, cardboard and even pressed soybeans. In fact, it was not until 1957 3. car manufacturers and the governments agreed on standardized plates. 4. was first registered in the UK was A1. The letter “A” showed the number was from London, while the number “1” showed it was the first number issued. At the moment, number plates 5. (consist) of a sequence of letters and numbers are applied in the UK.
Different EU countries also use different arrangements of numbers and letters, and 6. (they) systems have changed many times because these letter-number 7. (combine) keep running out. In the past decades, some number plates 8. (become) extremely valuable, particularly those that spell out words. 9. (basic), numbers on the plates can be used to represent words or parts of words. For example, “NVERLA8” means “Never Late”. And the most 10. (expense) number ever was “M1” which an anonymous buyer has acquired for ￡331,000.
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Twelve animal head statues of the Chinese zodiac (生肖) are well-known treasures from Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace. After Anglo-French troops broke 1. the Old Summer Palace in 1860, numerous national treasures, including the 12 animal head statues, 2. (take) away.
On Nov 13, a red bronze horse-head statue, 3. was donated by Macao-based collector Stanley Ho, returned to Beijing. “The 4. (break) link of historical memory is thus re-connected,” Liu Yuzhu, director of the NCHA, told China Daily. "The return of these relics holds the Public's collective emotion. People's cultural 5.(confident) can be strengthened. It will also encourage more compatriots' (爱国者) devotion, both at home and abroad,6.(preserve) the cultural heritage of our country better.”
In 7. Past 70 years, the Chinese government and many compatriots 8. (spare) no effort to reclaim (拿回) lost Chinese relics and artifacts from overseas. Due to their efforts, the horse statue is the 9.(seven) of the 12 animal statues to be returned from overseas, Now ,the search is on for 10.(remain) five: a dog, a rooster, a dragon, a sheep and a snake.
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Whether you are someone who smiles a lot1.not, there is always room for improvement. Research 2.(show) that when someone smiles, a number of feel-good neurotransmitters are released(释放)in the body and these are linked with lower heart rate, lower blood pressure, better sleep and 3. (little) stress. It would appear that 4. physical act of smiling makes our brain think we are happy — even if we are not and just like that, it brings about a physiological response that makes5.(we) feel better and more relaxed.
I think we have experienced how infectious a smile can be and we 6. (attract) by the energy of shiny happy people laughing. So while I appreciate there is not always something to smile about, I think that being able to smile at ourselves is a quality worth 7.(develop). Even an internal smile or a case of faking it until you make it is most8.(definite) a good investment to develop a sense of 9.(satisfy) from within.
My new thing for the next month or so is to try and smile more often. Why don't you try that too and let me know10.you get on?
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Since the start of reform and opening-up, Shenzhen1. (grow) from a small fishing village to a modem city, with its GDP 2.(increase) soaring from less than 200 million yuan in 1980 to 2.4 trillion yuan in 2018.
With a population of 12 million people, the 3. (south) city is known for its strong innovation capabilities. It is home 4. more than 14,000 national high-tech giants, including Hua-Wei and Tencent.
Wang Xiaoguang, a professor of economics at the National Academy of Governance, said in5.article published on Aug 3 in the Outlook Weekly, a magazine 6.(attach) to Xinhua News Agency, that many good examples of China's reform and opening-up originated in Shenzhen.
It has accumulated valuable experience for China's reform and opening-up7.modern construction, and has made significant 8. (contribute) to exploring the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Wang said.
The essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Party, 9. plays a central role in adjusting the overall situation, he said ,10. (refer) to Shenzhen as a good example of handling the relationship between market and government since China's reform and opening-up began.
