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Without plants, people couldn’t live.We eat plants._____1____.And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful.
_____2_____.Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes.Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.
_____3_____.That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers.That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.
Do you talk to your plants? _____4____Perter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called The Secret of Plants, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were plants in different places.While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas._____5____Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves.
A.Plants get energy from the sun.
B.Do you give them love and take good care of them?
C.After six months, the deserted plant faded away.
D.After six months, the beloved plant was bigger.
E.We take in oxygen that plants make.
F.Everywhere people need beautiful plants.
G.Imagine a world with no plants.
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025