1．Pawn shops are businesses where people bring their possessions to sell or to get a short-term loan. Pawn shops may be large or small, clean or dirty, but they are all full of stories. The United States has about ten thousand of them.2．In the past few years, pawn shops have been doing business with more people than ever before. That is because many lenders(贷方) now do business only with individuals having good credit records or a high-paying job.  Often, the individuals most in need of a loan have poor credit records. But they do not need a good job or credit record to get a loan from a pawnbroker(典当商). They only need to have something of value.3．When a traditional lender agrees to provide a loan, it may take days or weeks before an individual receives the money. But pawnbrokers will give a loan in just a few minutes based on the resale value of an object and without asking about the person's job or credit history.4．Many pawn shops specialize in jewelry. But most shops accept almost anything of value, including computers, musical instruments, guns, old coins and so on. The item itself acts as the security, or collateral(抵押物), for the loan. If the loan is not repaid, the object can be sold. Customers can get the object back at any time by repaying the loan plus the interest and fees they agreed to pay. Or they can pay the interest and leave the item at the pawn shop for a while longer.5．The National Pawnbrokers Association is a national trade group representing pawnbrokers. The association calls pawn-brokering "one of humankind's oldest financial institutions." It says pawnbrokers operated three thousand years ago in ancient China and in early Greek and Roman times.The pawn shop may keep the object for a longer time on the condition that _____.

ResourcesResources are found in nature. They make a better quality of life for humans. Soil, air, water, sunlight and trees are all examples of resources that humans use every day, whether they know it or not._____（26）A natural resource is a material fund in nature and used by living things. Air, rocks, metals, oil and salt are all natural resources. Renewable（可再生的）resources are resources that can be replaced._____（27）Trees that are cut down can be replaced quickly when seeds or baby trees are planted. Water from our bathtubs（浴盆）can be cleaned for use. Plants, wind and rain can help clean the air to make it safe to breathe even if it comes out of a car or a factory.Sometimes resources cannot be replaced after they are used._____（28）Once nonrenewable resources are all used up, nature will not be able to replace them. Oil, natural gas, soil and metals are all examples of nonrenewable resources.Coal is another example of a nonrenewable resource._____（29）Humans mine the coal underground and use it as an energy source. Once humans have mined all the coal from inside Earth, there will be on more for us to depend on._____（30）For example, wind and water turbines（涡轮机）are now being used to produce energy.（26）_____

ResourcesResources are found in nature. They make a better quality of life for humans. Soil, air, water, sunlight and trees are all examples of resources that humans use every day, whether they know it or not._____（26）A natural resource is a material fund in nature and used by living things. Air, rocks, metals, oil and salt are all natural resources. Renewable（可再生的）resources are resources that can be replaced._____（27）Trees that are cut down can be replaced quickly when seeds or baby trees are planted. Water from our bathtubs（浴盆）can be cleaned for use. Plants, wind and rain can help clean the air to make it safe to breathe even if it comes out of a car or a factory.Sometimes resources cannot be replaced after they are used._____（28）Once nonrenewable resources are all used up, nature will not be able to replace them. Oil, natural gas, soil and metals are all examples of nonrenewable resources.Coal is another example of a nonrenewable resource._____（29）Humans mine the coal underground and use it as an energy source. Once humans have mined all the coal from inside Earth, there will be on more for us to depend on._____（30）For example, wind and water turbines（涡轮机）are now being used to produce energy.（27）_____

ResourcesResources are found in nature. They make a better quality of life for humans. Soil, air, water, sunlight and trees are all examples of resources that humans use every day, whether they know it or not._____（26）A natural resource is a material fund in nature and used by living things. Air, rocks, metals, oil and salt are all natural resources. Renewable（可再生的）resources are resources that can be replaced._____（27）Trees that are cut down can be replaced quickly when seeds or baby trees are planted. Water from our bathtubs（浴盆）can be cleaned for use. Plants, wind and rain can help clean the air to make it safe to breathe even if it comes out of a car or a factory.Sometimes resources cannot be replaced after they are used._____（28）Once nonrenewable resources are all used up, nature will not be able to replace them. Oil, natural gas, soil and metals are all examples of nonrenewable resources.Coal is another example of a nonrenewable resource._____（29）Humans mine the coal underground and use it as an energy source. Once humans have mined all the coal from inside Earth, there will be on more for us to depend on._____（30）For example, wind and water turbines（涡轮机）are now being used to produce energy.（28）_____

ResourcesResources are found in nature. They make a better quality of life for humans. Soil, air, water, sunlight and trees are all examples of resources that humans use every day, whether they know it or not._____（26）A natural resource is a material fund in nature and used by living things. Air, rocks, metals, oil and salt are all natural resources. Renewable（可再生的）resources are resources that can be replaced._____（27）Trees that are cut down can be replaced quickly when seeds or baby trees are planted. Water from our bathtubs（浴盆）can be cleaned for use. Plants, wind and rain can help clean the air to make it safe to breathe even if it comes out of a car or a factory.Sometimes resources cannot be replaced after they are used._____（28）Once nonrenewable resources are all used up, nature will not be able to replace them. Oil, natural gas, soil and metals are all examples of nonrenewable resources.Coal is another example of a nonrenewable resource._____（29）Humans mine the coal underground and use it as an energy source. Once humans have mined all the coal from inside Earth, there will be on more for us to depend on._____（30）For example, wind and water turbines（涡轮机）are now being used to produce energy.（29）_____

ResourcesResources are found in nature. They make a better quality of life for humans. Soil, air, water, sunlight and trees are all examples of resources that humans use every day, whether they know it or not._____（26）A natural resource is a material fund in nature and used by living things. Air, rocks, metals, oil and salt are all natural resources. Renewable（可再生的）resources are resources that can be replaced._____（27）Trees that are cut down can be replaced quickly when seeds or baby trees are planted. Water from our bathtubs（浴盆）can be cleaned for use. Plants, wind and rain can help clean the air to make it safe to breathe even if it comes out of a car or a factory.Sometimes resources cannot be replaced after they are used._____（28）Once nonrenewable resources are all used up, nature will not be able to replace them. Oil, natural gas, soil and metals are all examples of nonrenewable resources.Coal is another example of a nonrenewable resource._____（29）Humans mine the coal underground and use it as an energy source. Once humans have mined all the coal from inside Earth, there will be on more for us to depend on._____（30）For example, wind and water turbines（涡轮机）are now being used to produce energy.（30）_____

How Old Are You?In English, when we meet people for the first time, there are some safe topics to talk about, such as weather, or which part of the country they come from. We wouldn't ask them whether they were_____（31）, or how much they earned, or how_____（32）they were．We learn these politeness rules very_____（33）on in life, from around age three. “How old are you?” asks Auntie Ann at little Jimmy's fourth birthday party. "I'm four", _____（34）Jimmy. And then he says, "How old are you?" But Auntie Ann won't say.  And_____（35）, Jimmy learns that one thing you should never_____（36）is ask a lady her_____（37）!This is one of the rules of polite_____（38）which is found in cultures and languages in many parts of the_____（39）, but not everywhere. In some Asian cultures questions about age are very_____（40）. It's just their way of being friendly.A. conversationB. ageC. marriedD. saysE. commonF. generallyG. earlyH. asksI. graduallyJ. doK. oldL. world

The InternetThe Internet is a global （globe） system of computer networks to serve billions of users worldwide. The Internet has reshaped most_____（41）（tradition） means of communication including telephone, music, film and television. This has given birth to new_____（42）（develop） of mass media.Newspaper, book and other print publishing are_____（43）（adapt） themselves to this new technology.The Internet has_____（44）（enable） new forms of human communications such as online chatting and social networking. Online shopping has_____（45）（grow） rapidly for major stores and small traders. The business-to-business service on the Internet affects the supply chains across all_____（46）（industry）.The origins of the Internet date back to research in the 1960s. The project was to build_____（47）（power） computer networks. It was supported by the US_____（48）（govern） in cooperation with private businesses. By the 1990s, the Internet was made a commercial _____（49）（produce） and became popular worldwide. As of 2011, _____（50）（near） a third of the Earth's population used the Internet.

某英语刊物邀请你参加题为“A gift for my father”的征文活动。以下是你的写作提纲：你想送给父亲什么礼物？为什么选择这个礼物？

Go for It!While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across quite a sight. It was not a world record broken, but a show of determination.The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started so they were disqualified（取消资格）. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is what's important.I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that he was not out for gold. His arms were flailing（乱摆）in an attempt at freestyle. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally be made his turn to start back. You could tell he was tired out.But in those few difficult strokes（划动）, the crowd had changed.No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shouted things like, "Come on, you can do it!" and "Go for it!" He did.When this young man finally finished his race, the crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man did his best.Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone raced. His country had been asked to Sydney as a polite gesture. But this man gave his all; he knew that he had no chance, but he competed because of the spirit of the game.I saw a world record being broken while watching the Olympics the other night.