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Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very c1．, so he b2． it. When he g3． home, he put it on. It was all right and he was p4． with it.

In the afternoon, he went to work i5． his garden. It soon began to r6． and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran q7．, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink（收缩）! It got smaller and s8．. Mr Brown tried to take it off, b9． he couldn't.

配对阅读，请阅读以下左栏五个人的喜好，然后从右栏的七条信息里中找出与之相匹配的信息。

A Christmas Carol is a famous novel w1． by Charles Dickens. It t2． us the true m3． of Christmas: the i4． of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.

The story is about an old man n5． Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only t6． about himself, and doesn’t treat others n7．. He just cares about w8． he can make more money. And he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees Marley was p9． after he died. That night, three ghosts v10． Scrooge. They t11． him to see his childhood, how others are spending Christmas this year and the f12．. Scrooge is so scared t13． he wakes up in his bed and f14． out it is already the next morning on Christmas Day! He d15． to change his life and p16． to be a better person. He now treats everyone with kindness and w17．, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true s18． of Christmas!

假设你所在的社区正在开展“爱护美丽广州”的环保行动，请你根据以下提示结合自身情况写一篇文章。

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There are three branches of medicine. One is called “doctor medicine” or “scientific medicine”. Scientific doctors try to 1． sicknesses, look for logical patterns, and then find out how the human body works. From there they figure out what treatments may work. This kind of medicine is believed to 2． from the 4th century BC. Although nowadays it is successful, in the ancient world this approach probably did not cure many patients.

The second kind of medicine is called “natural cures” or “folk medicine”, in which 3． educated people try to cure sicknesses with various herbs(草). These folk healers also use observation and logic, but they are not aware of it. They try things 4． they find something that seems to work, and then they keep doing that. Folk medicine flourished 5． before the development of scientific medicine and was more successful in ancient times than doctor medicine.

The third kind is called “health spas” or “faith healing”. Sometimes this is as simple as touching the holy man and being immediately 6．. Other times, a magician may make you a magic charm, or say a spell, to cure you. Some religious groups organize special healing shrines (神坛) for the sick. In these places people rest, get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food, drink water instead of wine, and exercise in various ways. They also talk to the priests and pray to the gods. If you are feeling 7． or you have been working too hard, going to these places may be just the right thing to make you feel better.

Do you look like your parents? What genetic traits(遗传特性) did your parents pass on to you? Was it their eye color or their height? It could be their sense of humor or their musical talent. Or maybe it was their fear of mathematics.

A research at Ohio State University in the US has found that genetics are partly responsible for children’s math skills and anxiety about math.

Scientists studied over 500 sets of twins to find out how genetic affect math anxiety. Over a period of 10 years, the twins completed math tests and filled out surveys about their levels of math anxiety. They found that fraternal twins (twins with different genetics) had different levels of skill and anxiety about math. Identical twins (twins with the same gene set) has similar levels.

This shows that people’s fear of math is partially affected by their genetic makeup(基因构造). Math anxiety has a strong effect on a child’s abilities. University of Chicago found math anxiety can cause the same feeling as being physically hurt.

This anxiety means that some students are not willing to study math as much as they should. Therefore, they become even worse at math and less confident in their skill. This only adds to their fear.

But if you’re bad at math, don’t try to blame(责怪) it on your parents. Math anxiety is till rare—genetic-factors explained about 40 percent of people’s math anxiety. The environment, including school and family, is also part of the equation(影响因素).