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阅读下面短文,在空白处填一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
I'm thinking about what I'm going to do this summer holiday. Maybe I'll get a job. If I get a job, I'll have enough money to buy some new things. I'd like to have some new 1. ______ (dress) when I start school again in September. I can also buy some books or some music CDs. I 2. ______ (real) love jazz. I can buy some more CDs for my jazz 3. ______ (collect). Or I can use the money to pay for the tennis lessons. I'd like to learn to play tennis much 4. ______ (well). Or maybe I can use the money to pay for the piano lessons. I'd like to learn to play 5. ______ piano too.
If I don't get a job, I 6. ______ (visit) my grandparents in San Francisco. They live in a 7. ______ (beauty) house near the beach. My grandparents are always very nice to me. They'll let me sleep late. I won't get up 8. ______ 10 o'clock every day. I'll eat delicious food because my grandmother is 9. ______ excellent cook. She always cooks my favourite food. I'll also go to the beach with my grandparents because I like 10. ______ (swim) in the sea. My grandparents like to go to the museum but I don't enjoy it so much. So I think I'll stay at home to watch TV.

答案： 1.dresses 2.really 3.collection 4.better 5.the 6.will visit 7.beautiful 8.until 9.an 10.swimming

根据对话内容,用方框中所给单词或短语的正确形式填空。
make friends with take deep breaths besides strong jump
(N: Nick T: Taylor)
N: Dr Taylor, I'm Nick from Popular Science. Nowadays people are easily distracted(分心的). How come?
T: It's “the monkey mind”. You feel it hard to stay focused, like a monkey 1. ______ from thought to thought.
N: Yeah. Many people get mad with themselves for having so many thoughts.
T: It's common to feel like this because humans have around 6,000 thoughts per day. So accept it and 2. ______ your monkey mind. What if your monkey mind isn't a problem? Perhaps it can remind you to be curious and kind towards your mind.
N: Um, I see. 3. ______ that, what else can we do to calm our brain?
T: When the monkey mind is getting busy, give it a job to do. Use your senses, like watching a flower, listening closely to the birds, smelling the air or 4. ______. Notice how your thoughts and feelings change.
N: That's to say, try to focus our attention first. When our mind is calm, we can start our work again.
T: That's true. In the daily life, developing habits helps make your brain 5. ______. Try drawing, reading, playing chess or else and see what works. Then keep practising to strengthen your brain's power.

答案： 1.jumping 2.make friends with 3.Besides 4.taking deep breaths 5.stronger