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　　A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

　　Dean Bluey from Dallas, Texas, was a school boy who has much 　　1　　 in computer．One day, he 　　2　　 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying“Help!Pain!Help!”．“The message was from Finland, 　　3　　 kilometers away from America．”

　　“I didn't know 　　4　　 I should do,”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first．　　5　　 the message kept coming．

　　“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,”Dean explained．He 　　6　　 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library．She was ill．What was 　　7　　, there was no phone around her．Her only way of communicating with the world was by email．Dean got in touch 　　8　　 the police immediately．And they realized that the situation was quite serious．They called the police in Finland．Then an ambulance rushed to the library．　　9　　, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly．

　　“I'm glad she's OK,”Dean said．“It's hard to believe, but 　　10　　 saved her life．”

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　　Denny Crook was a famous photographer．He traveled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes．

　　“I'll do anything to get a good photo,”he often said．“I'll go anywhere at any time, even if it is 　　1　　．”

　　And he told the 　　2　　．He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars．If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it．

　　He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always 　　3　　．”I'll travel for my work, not for 　　4　　,”he told her．“You won't enjoy yourself, and I won't have 　　5　　 to look after you．Sometimes there's not even anywhere to 　　6　　, and I have to sleep outside．I often don't have a good 　　7　　 or a bath for days．You won't like it．”

　　“Denny, I'm not a child,”his wife didn't 　　8　　．“I can look after myself．Please take me with you the next time you go overseas．”

　　Denny did not say anything, but he 　　9　　 about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa he said to his wife,“You can come to Africa with me if you want to．I've got to take photos of wild 　　10　　 there．It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable．”

　　His wife was very 　　11　　, and at first she had a very enjoyable time．

　　Then Denny went to off to 　　12　　 some lions to photo．His wife went with him, but before long they became separated．She walked down one path while he walked down the other．

　　Suddenly, Denny heard her 　　13　　．He ran back and saw her running toward him．A huge lion was chasing her．

　　Quickly Denny took his camera out of its case and 　　14　　 it at his wife and the lion．

　　Then he shouted,“　　15　　, woman!I can't get you both in the picture!”

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　　Of all the things we eat and drink, water is the 　　1　　 important．The human body can go 　　2　　 food for a long time, but two 　　3　　 three days without water could make people 　　4　　．

　　A lot of people don't understand how 　　5　　 water the human body needs 　　6　　 well and many people don't drink enough, esecially in 　　7　　 weather．Most people drink 　　8　　 they are thirsty but in fact they need more water, expecially when they take 　　9　　．

　　A man's body is 65 to 75 percent of 　　10　　．If we don't have enough water．We fell tired and may become ill．

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　　April 27 is a special day in Britain．It's called Take Our Daughters to Work Day．It was 　　1　　 to Britain in 1994 from America．On that day thousands of girls take a day 　　2　　 school and go with one of their parents to their work places．By doing this, it can 　　3　　 girls more about the society where they live．

　　Now the girls can have a close look at 　　4　　 their parents are doing．This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a 　　5　　．Mary experienced a day of work at her mother's office．This helped her 　　6　　 her mother's work better．She said that this made her feel more confident about her future．

　　Schools and many companies 　　7　　 the activity, too．Some schools 　　8　　 make the day a necessary part of school life．

　　Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be 　　9　　 than common girls．　　10　　 parents can set good examples both at work and at home for them, they will do better than others．Take Our Daughters to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction．

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　　A young man was about to finish school．For a long time he had 　　1　　 to get a beautiful sports car．He knew his father could well 　　2　　 it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted．

　　Then on the morning of his graduation(畢業(yè)), he was called to his father's room．His father told him how 　　3　　 he was to have such a fine son, and told him how 　　4　　 he loved him．He handed his son a beautiful gift box．　　5　　, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible(圣經(jīng))with his name on it．Angrily, he raised his 　　6　　 to his father and said,“With all your money you give me a Bible?”He then 　　7　　 out of the house, leaving the Bible．

　　Many years passed and the young man was very 　　8　　 in business, and had a beautiful home and a wonderful family．　　9　　 that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him．He had not seen him 　　10　　 that graduation day．Before he could go, he received a 　　11　　 telling him that his father had died．He had to go home immediately and take 　　12　　 of the things that his father left him．

　　When he began to search through his father's important papers, he saw the still new Bible, 　　13　　 as he had left it years ago．He opened the Bible and began to 　　14　　 the pages．As he was reading, a car key with a tag(標(biāo)牌)dropped from the back of the Bible．On the tag was the 　　15　　 of his graduation, and the words“PAID IN FULL”．Sadness and regret(悔恨)filled his heart．

　　Homesick is a compound(復(fù)合的)word made up of HOME and SICK．You know what each 　　1　　 means on its own, of course．But do you know the meaning 　　2　　 they are used together?The definition(定義)of homesick is SICK FOR HOME．It means you miss your home．

　　Now think for a minute 　　3　　 SEASICK．If you change the word HOME in the definition to the word SEA, would the definition 　　4　　 SEASICK?Does seasick mean SICK FOR SEA?It means something quite 　　5　　．Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA．When you are 　　6　　, the only place you want to be is at home．When you are seasick, 　　7　　 you want to be is at sea．

　　Have you ever 　　8　　 a person being heartsick?Heartsick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart．People are heartsick when they are 　　9　　 deep inside as if(好像)their hearts are broken．

　　And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and 　　10　　．Perhaps you may write definitions for them．It must be helpful to know something like this in your English study．

　　Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college．In 2007, 　　1　　 he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to 　　2　　 his tuition fee(學(xué)費(fèi))and college costs problem．Hayes 　　3　　 everyone could afford to give him a penny．

　　He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene．Hayes wanted each of the newspaper's 　　4　　 to send him a penny．Greene thought the idea sounded 　　5　　 and agreed to do it．

　　“Just one penny,”Hayes said．“A penny doesn't 　　6　　 anything to anyone．If everyone 　　7　　 is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a 　　8　　 under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor．That's all I'm 　　9　　．A penny from each of your readers．”

　　In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund(基金)had around 2.3 million pennies．Not everyone sent 　　10　　 a penny, many even sent dollars．Money was 　　11　　 from every state in the United States．So, Hayes 　　12　　 his ＄28,000 target(目標(biāo))and went on to get 　　13　　 for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois．

　　Perhaps the last 　　14　　 is best left to his father, Bill Hayes：“When Mike first told me about his 　　15　　, I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he's smarter than I am．”

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　　These days, cars arc designed using computers．Let's look at how a new car is created．

　　First, several 　　1　　 talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have．Then they sit down at their computers and 　　2　　 many sketches．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of 　　3　　 are developed on the computer．You can change the size, shape or colour of any part on the computer to see 　　4　　 the car would look and then you can choose the best design．

　　Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed．Part of the inside of the car is 　　5　　 so that the designers can sit in it．They can feel if there is enough 　　6　　 inside and if they can reach 　　7　　．Then some cars are built-there are more than 15, 000 parts of a car to 　　8　　．

　　When everything is known to be 　　9　　, the cars are made in the factory．Again, computers are used to make sure that all the parts are 　　10　　 as they are needed．The factory usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops．

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　　When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward．This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time 　　1　　 its owner or taking it to the police station．

　　There was once a young boy 　　2　　 found a woman's purse in a shopping centre．Inside the purse there 　　3　　 some money and the woman's driving license．Her name and 　　4　　 were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived．That evening he went to her house and 　　5　　 her door．When she opened it, he said,“I found your purse,”and handed it to her．

　　“Thank you very much,”she said．She opened her purse and took out all the money．She wanted to give the boy a small reward, 　　6　　 there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that ＄20 was too 　　7　　 to give the boy．“I'm sorry,”she said,“but I don't have any small 　　8　　 to give you．”

　　The boy said,“That's all right,”and he went away．

　　A few days later he found 　　9　　 woman's purse．It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived．He went to her house and said“I found your purse,”and handed it to her．

　　“Thank you very much,“she said．She opened her purse and took out all her money．

　　“That's 　　10　　”, she said,“Before I lost my purse I had a ＄100 bill and a ＄20 bill in it．Now I have a ＄100 bill, a ＄10 bill and two ＄5 bills．”

　　“Yes,”the boy said, and smiled．