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Do you know the word brunch? In the west, many people like to have brunch—late breakfast or early lunch. People u  1   have brunch between 10.a.m and 2.p.m on Sunday because they p  2  to get up late after a w  3    hard work or want to enjoy brunch with their parents, children or friends. That is a relaxing and interesting way of eating for most f   4   .

Today brunch has become most p  5   in big hotels. One can either ask for or c   6   it himself. To make it look like b 7  breakfast and lunch. People choose to have l  8   of dishes. You can often see the f  9  food on the table：meat, eggs, fruit, v   10   , orange juice, tea and bacon..

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Here’s a story about Ming’s life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r   1   in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, One of hundreds that move up and down. For about six years he has not once been on l   2  , but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f   3   . he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v   4   him.

Ming’s father is a fishman, but he never u   5   a line or a net , Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings have been put around the birds’ n   6   so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b 7  the fish to people. And the people reward(奖励)them with a fine big fish as soon as their work is f   8   . Ming loves watching the cormorants, but better still he likes going s   9   with his mother. The shops, of course, are boats very like his o   10   .    

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Do you have a pet? Are you i___1 in taking care of animals? Girls and boys who like animals may want to study to be animal doctors, They’re often c___2 “vets”. Many of them work in animal h___3. Others may work on farms or at a z___4. Some study animal diseases and try to find w___5 to keep the animals from getting i___6. They do studied in m___7 for animals, Vets listen to an animal h___8. They check its ear, eyes, mouth and blood, They o___9 on animals when they need to. They may give the animals shots(注射)and tell the pet’s o___10 what food is best. 

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British Milkman Steve Leech saved some shops and flats(公寓)with milk and won a National Bravery Award(国家勇敢奖).

Leech, 35 years old, said that when he was sending out milk as u___1 along Pine Street, he s___2 heard a loud strange sound behind him and then he saw smoke coming out of a shop in Comwall, Southern England, “That must be a fire, I  t___3”, Leech said, “Then I quickly d___4 to do something, So I p___5 the door in and then I s___6 for the people inside. Then I started pouring milk e___7. He used 320 pints of milk to stop the fire, when firefighters r___8 the shop, the fire was under control(控制).

Leech helped save the l___9 of eight people in the flats above the shops, “It was hard work o___10 all those bottles. But was even harder trying to tell my boss where all the milk had gone” Leech said jokingly. 

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Jim Burden was back at the office after a two-week holiday aboard, “Did you have a nice holiday?” asked his friend, Dick. “A nice holiday? I make a big m___1 this time, I should have stayed at home .” said Jim.

“What h___2 then?” asked Dick.

“Well, it was one of the w___3 holidays I ever had, The h___4 I stayed at was a busy road and could hardly sleep for the n___5, The food they gave us made us ill and the d___6 were expensive.

The places we visited were f___7 of tourists and we were l___8 in the sunshine for quite a few hours. But tell me, how did things go with you?

“Maybe I was l___9 than you. I had no trouble at all.” Was the answer. “I had b___10 to do so I stayed at home.”