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Module1British and American English are different in many ways. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. Hundreds of words, part of which are not so well-known. Are not used or used with a different meaning. Grammar and prepositions are another two areas besides spelling and pronunciation. But it is doubtful whether these differences are so important . some experts believe British and American English are moving closer because of the nonstop communication between them. On the other hand, English is being spoken with different accents. However, no matter how many “ Englishes “ there will be, the users of English will all be able to understand each other.M2Timoteo Apaza, a 46-year-old ____volunter____,works as a human traffic signal. Holding a large round __board__ which is red on one side and green on the other, he stands on the bend to __direct__ the traffic without pay. Sometimes, __passers-by__ five him tips. Many people wonder why he does it.As is known, La Paz is the highest capital in the world. Because of its high altitude, __transportation__ and communication are quite hard there. Many roads are in bad __condition__, which leads to frequent accidents. Once, he drove a lorry going down the road that is so dangerous and __ fell__ 300meters down the mountain at a __bend__. Fortunately, he __survived__it. Then, one night, he was called out to help people out of a __crashed__ bus at the Devil’s Bend, which finally made him decide to help others and take up this job.M3The Steam boat__On__ a rainy midnight, we sailed down the river__on__ a raft, noticing a steamboat half __in__and half __ out__ of the water. We paddled over and climbed __on __ __to__ it, hoping to get something useful. But I found that two men, one of __ whom__ held a gun, were just going to kill a man__lying__ on the floor, __tied __up with rope. I decided to save the man, so I __persuaded__ Jim to help me paddle away the men’s boat __tied__ to the steam boat. When we were a __safe __distance away, I began to __regret__ doing that.M4The Magic of the MaskThink of carnival, and you ____ crowds, costumes, and confusion. “Carnival”____ from two Latin words, ____”no more meat”. People saw carnival ____ a last ____ to have fun at the end of the winter season.The most famous carnival in Europe was in Venice. For weeks ____, people ____masks did what they wanted without ____, so that many crimes went____.The government realized this problem and made ____to solve it. Masks were ___ completely. But in the late 1970s the tradition was ___ by students.Today, carnival in Venice is ____ for five days in February. As you____ through the streets, you see thousands of masks. However, nobody takes them____. If the masks come off, the magic is lost.M5A Life in SportLi Ning was called the ____ of gymnasts. He won__106__gold medals in all and was chosen as one of the greatest sportsmen of the __ 20th__century by sports journalists.After he __retired __, he began a new career__as__ a businessman, launching a new brand of sportswear and chose his own__name__ as the brand mark.Li Ning’s sports clothes came __ onto__ the market at just the right time and gained __success__quickly. In just a few years Li Ning won more than fifty percent of the ___market and his company has slao grown internationally. But Li Ning’s __goal__was not to make money when he retired. In 1991, he opened a school for gymnasts to help young people to __achieve__ their sporting ambitions. If you are a great sportsman, anything is _possible__,as Li Ning’s advertising slogan says.M6Saving the Antelopes__on__ a freezing cold day in January 1994, Jiesang Suonandajie gave his life__to__ save the Tivetan antelope. By the 1990s the __number__ of the Tibetan antelopes had __fallen__ from millions of them to about 50,000.The reason is that the __wool__ of the Tibetan antelope is the most expensive in the world. For poachers the ___profits___ can be huge.Often at night, whole herds of antelopes are shot and skinned on the __spot__, and then the wool is taken to __India__ to rich countries in North America and Europe. In the 1990s the Chinese __government__ began protect the antelopes actively. Over the next ten years about 3,000 poachers were __caught__ and 300 vehicles __confiscated__. __Meanwhile__, in those countries __where__ the shawls are sold, police are getting __tough__ with the dealers. Since 1997 the antelope population has slowly begun to __grow__ again.。