Grandpa my heroMy grandfather had only one child and that was my mother. He always wanted a son but it never happened. ____1____. When my mom got pregnant, he thought he finally had a boy in the family, but it turned out that her first child was my older sister. When I was born, grandpa was very happy.He was the first person to give me a baseball glove and to play baseball with me. My first glove was as small as my whole hand is now. When grandpa gave me that glove, I was very excited. ___2____. It was my pride and joy.When I was five, I played on my first baseball team and grandpa was the coach. He wanted me to play one position, but I want to play another. _____3____. I tried so hard that I made good progress. Grandpa was very proud of me. Ever since then, he has worked with me to make me a better player.Grandpa has helped me become not only a better player, but a better person. ____4____. Today grandpa does not play baseball with me so often, but he still comes to every practice and game. He sits and watches my practices through rain and shine. _____5_____. I love him and hope he will be around for many more years to support me and baseball.4___.A. I was so happy I even slept with it at my side.B. He wanted a son because he wanted to teach him to play baseball.C. I owe him all my success in baseball and in my life.D. in order to make me happy, he let me play what I wanted.E. He was named our baseball team’s number one fan by my coach.F. My grandpa is still working at a store

Grandpa my heroMy grandfather had only one child and that was my mother. He always wanted a son but it never happened. ____1____. When my mom got pregnant, he thought he finally had a boy in the family, but it turned out that her first child was my older sister. When I was born, grandpa was very happy.He was the first person to give me a baseball glove and to play baseball with me. My first glove was as small as my whole hand is now. When grandpa gave me that glove, I was very excited. ___2____. It was my pride and joy.When I was five, I played on my first baseball team and grandpa was the coach. He wanted me to play one position, but I want to play another. _____3____. I tried so hard that I made good progress. Grandpa was very proud of me. Ever since then, he has worked with me to make me a better player.Grandpa has helped me become not only a better player, but a better person. ____4____. Today grandpa does not play baseball with me so often, but he still comes to every practice and game. He sits and watches my practices through rain and shine. _____5_____. I love him and hope he will be around for many more years to support me and baseball.5___.A.I was so happy I even slept with it at my side.B.He wanted a son because he wanted to teach him to play baseball.C.I owe him all my success in baseball and in my life.D.in order to make me happy, he let me play what I wanted.E.He was named our baseball team’s number one fan by my coach.F.My grandpa is still working at a store

Protecting the fewHow we live our lives affects the environment. The environment is all the things around you. All across earth, humans are ____1____the environment in small and large ways. We cut done trees to build houses. We plow fields to ____2____ crops. We pour waste into rivers, lakes and oceans. We use larger nets and bigger boats to catch ___3___numbers of fish. Activities like these affect plants and animal. They ___4___ affect things like the soil and water.Sometimes our actions make the number of a ____5___ plant or animal get larger. For example, if you planted roses in your yard, there would be more roses in your area.Our activities can also ____6___ to a smaller number of plants and animals. If a park were turned into an apartment building, what would happen to the plants and animals there? Well, they would ____7____ die or move to other ___8____. There would be fewer plants and animals.Pollution and other activities sometimes cause the number of a species(物种) to become so ___9___ that it cannot survive. A species that is in ____10___ of dying out is called an endangered(濒危的) species.A.changingE.hugeI.increaseB.growF.placesJ.smallC.leadG.certainK.survivalD.eitherH.alsoL.danger

The power of languageLanguage is something that defines (define) us as humans. When language is ____1___(use) well, it can bring out very deep feelings in others, and encourages others to take ____2___ ( act). Sometimes in poetry a certain phrase can bring __3___(tear) to the eyes and move us deeply. When we use language to express our true feelings to someone, it can open and ___4___(deep) the connection between us. Language is a very ___5__(power) tool. How we use language shapes our world. How we use self-talk ___6____(direct) shapes our experience of both ourselves and the world. How we deliver ____7____( communicate) shapes the way the world ___8___ ( respond) to us. We can use language more ___9___ (effective). And this clearly influences the health and power of our ___10___ (person) relationships and business relationships.

There was a time when most people expected to get out of school, find a job, and stick with it pretty much for the rest of their lives. Today, the opposite is true. People tend to change jobs fairly often, for various reasons. When you graduate from college, will you be committed to a lifetime career or job-hop often? Give your reasons.There was a time when most people expected to get out of school, find a job, and stick with it pretty much for the rest of their lives. Today, the opposite is true. People tend to change jobs fairly often, for various reasons. When you graduate from college, will you be committed to a lifetime career or job-hop often? Give your reasons.

Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive （有竞争力的） in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts （面部拉皮手术）, liposuction （taking fat out of the body）, and implants （putting artificial, parts into their bodies） to help them look younger. As companies downsize （缩编） and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties feel the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however.One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he'd given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "1 knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping （刮） away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn't walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen （肿胀的） and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation.Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned; "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.Cosmetic surgery is more popular in the US than anywhere else.

Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive （有竞争力的） in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts （面部拉皮手术）, liposuction （taking fat out of the body）, and implants （putting artificial, parts into their bodies） to help them look younger. As companies downsize （缩编） and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties feel the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however.One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he'd given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "1 knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping （刮） away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn't walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen （肿胀的） and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation.Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned; "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.Only women are interested in this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young.

Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive （有竞争力的） in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts （面部拉皮手术）, liposuction （taking fat out of the body）, and implants （putting artificial, parts into their bodies） to help them look younger. As companies downsize （缩编） and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties feel the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however.One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he'd given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "1 knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping （刮） away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn't walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen （肿胀的） and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation.Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned; "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.The way a man looks has little to do with the job opportunities he may have.

Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive （有竞争力的） in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts （面部拉皮手术）, liposuction （taking fat out of the body）, and implants （putting artificial, parts into their bodies） to help them look younger. As companies downsize （缩编） and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties feel the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however.One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he'd given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "1 knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping （刮） away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn't walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen （肿胀的） and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation.Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned; "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.There are hardly any risks involved in cosmetic operations

Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive （有竞争力的） in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts （面部拉皮手术）, liposuction （taking fat out of the body）, and implants （putting artificial, parts into their bodies） to help them look younger. As companies downsize （缩编） and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties feel the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however.One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he'd given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "1 knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping （刮） away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn't walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen （肿胀的） and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation.Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned; "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.The young woman was by no means satisfied with the eye operation.