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Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound．In one second，light travels about 300，000km．But sound travels only 344m．You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race．If you stand some distance away from the starter，you can see smoke comes from his gun before the sound reaches your ears．

This great speed of light gives US some strange facts．Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach US．If you look at the light of the moon tonight，remember that the light left the moon 1．3 seconds before it reached you．The nearest star is so far away that the light which you can see from it t0—night started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km per minute．In some case，the light from one of tonight’s stars started on its journey to you before you were born．

Thus，if you want to be honest，you cant say“The stars are shining to night”?You have to say“The stars look pretty．They were shining four years ago but their light has just reached Earth”．

Sunlight seems to________than the light of the moon．

说明：用英语记述下列内容，限100—120词。

假定你的朋友叫杨立，是优秀学生。校报请你写一篇介绍他的短文。他的基本情况是：

1)现在读高二，是班长，是全班学习最好的。

2)最喜欢学习英语和数学。

3)爱好体育，课余常踢足球，还是学校游泳队队员。

4)经常帮助别人。

注意：1)基本情况不可遗漏。

2)要有标题。

3)词数为100左右。

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How did Dickens see his childhood?

完成下列各对话，根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。打句号的地方，用陈述句；打问号的地方，用疑问句。

提示：Mrs．Brown和邻居谈天气，邻居说这里秋天有时下雨，建议她出门时带把伞，Mrs．Brown对此表示感谢。

Mrs．Brown：51________ today?Do you think We’11 have a fine day?   

Neighbour：It seems it’s going to be warm and sunny this morning，isn't it?

Mrs．Brown：52________ here in autumn?

Neighbour：It ts usually warm and sunny，but sometimes it rains．

Mrs．Brown：Oh，is that so?I hope it won’t rain today as I'll go shopping after lunch．

Neighbour：53________ with you if you go out．

Mrs．Brown：Umbrella?Do you think 54________ in the afternoon?

Neighbour：I'm not sure．But the weatherman says there will be wind this afternoon．

Mrs．Brown：Really? 55________ to tell me about this．Thanks．

Neighbour：You’re welcome．

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D

Popular British author，Charles Dickens’(1812—1870)family could hardly make ends meet．They could only afford to send one of their six children to school．Dickens was not that child．His parents chose to send a daughter，who had a talent for music，to an academy．

His lather was placed in prison for debts．And，being the oldest male at home，Dickens worked at a factory．His horrible experience there became the ruel for his future writing．His father was freed three months later，and Dickens was then sent to school．

From l836 to 1837，he wrote a series of stories．Thus the Pickwick Papers came into being，which brought fame to him．His works are Oliver Twist，Tale of Two Cities，David Copperlield and Hard Times．

“I do not write bitterly or angrily．for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am．”he once said．

His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became，as well as his writing career there areshades ofyoung Dickens in many of his most beloved characters，including David Coppeffield and Oliver Twist．“Minds，like bodies，will often fall into an ill—conditioned state from too much comfort．”he once wrote．

The book that called public attention to Dickens was________．

The phrase“shades of”in the last paragraph means________．

In“Are you pulling my leg or what?”，the phrase pulling my leg refers to________．