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1. Since he fell off the bike, John (lie)in bed for nearly a week.
2. My sister (be)a singer since she left school.
3. I think TVs were (invent)before computers.
4. Tony is badly ill. We are all (care)about his health.
5. My parents got (marry)40 years ago.

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★★阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Water is very important to us. March 22 is 1. 30th World Water Day. China has 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of 2. (it)fresh water. Now even some cities in southern China are 3. (face)its most serious water problem. Compared with northern areas, southern areas have more rain and are close 4. more rivers and lakes. Why are they still short of water? Here 5. (be)some reasons. Firstly, in big cities, populations are growing fast, 6. people and factories need more and more water. Secondly, climate change is making the water problem 7. (bad). What’s more, water pollution makes it harder 8. (get)clean drinking water. Factories and farms also don’t make use of water 9. (full).
We can also try to save water in our daily life. For example, turn off the tap while we brush our 10. (tooth)and reduce(减少)our showers from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Let’s pay more attention to this resource and try our best to save water every day.

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