Ben Franklin began to publish almanacs in 1732．He pretended that they had been written by a person called Richard Saunders．“Poor Richard”as Franklin called him ，and his almanacs soon were known all over the colonies．These little pamphlets② have been translated into almost every known language．

Once a beautiful and dissolute British actress wrote to propose marriage to Bernard Shaw．She said he was a genius，so she did not mind his old age and ugliness．And if they could combine the beauty of the woman with the talents of the great man，that would be greatly harmonious．“With your wisdom and my appearance

Sometimes people come into your life and you come to realize that they were meant to be there，to serve some sort of purpose，to teach you a lesson，or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become．You never know who these people may be（possibly your roommate，neighbor，co-worker，long-lost friend，lov

When Mr．Bingley，a rich young bachelor，rents Netherfield Park，one of the neighboring estates，excitement stirs in the Bennet family，which includes five marriageable daughters．The flighty Mrs．Bennet immediately begins plotting which daughter to marry off to the unsuspecting Bingley．Her long-suffering husband sugg

A leisurely drive one Kancamagus Highway showcases the best of the Granite State
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Among my experiences as a college president is the all-too-frequent phone call in the night that begins：“One of your stu- dents is in the emergency room with alcohol poisoning．”The whole country got a similar wake-up call in June when it was

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    海洋深处生存着各种各样的生物，就鱼的种类来说就让我们眼花缭乱。现在如果给你一次机会，借助先进的仪器、设备，让你数清楚海洋中有多少种鱼，你愿意试一试吗？本文介绍了海洋生物学家是如何探测海洋生物种类的。
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After moving to a small town，I took several pairs of shoes to the shoemaker to be fixed．
Within a week I picked them up and put them away in my closet．
Four months later my husband and I were invited out to dinner．I unboxed a pair of high he

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世界上最长的河流尼罗河，伟大的人类文明多发原于河流两岸，但人类历史上最为绚丽、神秘的是始于尼罗河的古埃及文明。
The longest river in the world，the Nile， flows through the north-western area of Africa，and then into the Mediterranean Sea①．
Great civilizations have always flourished alongside rivers，but

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set; and surely virtue is best, in a body that is comely, though not of delicate features; and that hath rather

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Directions：Read the following two passages carefully，then answer the questions in the fewest possible words．