United Nations Day The 24th of October is celebrated as United Day./It is a daythat belongs to everyone,/and it is celebrated in most countriesof the world./Some countries celebrate for a week instead of aday./In many parts of the world,schools have
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Americans like many people elsewhere in the world like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food,drink and conversation.Formal dinners in fine homes and hotals in US are much the same as formal dinnersanywhere inthe world.But as most pe
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Airplane Engines In 1945, a new type of airplane engine was invented. It was much lighter and more powerful than earlier engines, and enabled warplanes to fly faster and higher than ever. This type of engine was called the jet engine because it below
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Gardening Gardening is one of the oldest of the arts./The Chinese with their deep sensitivense to beauty/laid the foundations for a form of garden art/which was later to have great influences upon other lands./ The Greeks gave to the world a new conc
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How and Why We Sleep? It's apparent that everyone needs to sleep.However,most people vary think about how and why they sleep.We know that if we sleep well,we felt rested.If we don't sleep enough,we often felt tired and irritable.It seems there are tw
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The Railways in Britain The success of early railways, such as the lines between big cities, led to a great increase in railway building in Victorian times. Between 1835 and 1865 about 25,000 kilometres of track were built, and over 100 railway compa
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Old Age Many people mistakenly believe that old age is a time of increased illness and loneliness.In fact, people do not suddenly change when they reach the age of 60 or 65.Consequently,We should not expert more mental illness among the 60 to 70 age
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PART II DICTATION [15 MIN.] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readi
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Cars in the Future As big cars cause many problems,such as pollution, shortage of parking space,crowded trfafic,scientists are now trying to design some small cars that may some day replace todays big automobiles.If more people begin to drive such ca
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Why Some People Are Poor The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living.People with incomes below the poverty line are consisdered poor. As the general standard of living rises,the poverty line does,too.T
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