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East Sunday I went out to the lunch with my friend George, who was very fat indeed. Hc likcs sweet food as well as those rich foods. Not only George enjoy eating but he is a good eater well. Whenever he eats out, he always eats a lot of food and spcnds too long tinle at a restaurant. Whcn we sat at a table in a restaurant, the waiter brought a tray filled of various foods. After caring a big meal, I told him that wc would muust leave because we had been there for three hours. But he insisted we must stay there. “We can’t leave now, for it’s already time for us.”

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Key: 1. 去掉the。2. was改为is。3. only后加does。4. ewll前加as。5. 正确。6. time前加a。7. of改为with或filled改为fult。8. a改为the。9. 去掉would。10. must改为should或去掉must。

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The Nile River is the long river on Earth. The Nile has two branches, the White Nile or the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile starts the eastern highlands. In the summer, heavy rains fall there. Then the river carries the water go north. So, once a year, the Nile in Egypt would fill up. When the river flooded the land, but it left the rich soil on top. That made the banks the Nile very fertile. Still, the river carried the floodwater on in the sea. That water was lost. To save it, the people build a dam. Now, the Aswan High Dam hold back the floodwaters.

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Key：1．long改为longest。2．or改为and。3．starts后加in。4．去掉go。5．正确。6．去掉but。7．banks后加of。8．in改为to。9．build改为built。10．hold改为holds。

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The important thing to be remember about social customs is not to doing anything that might make other people feel comfortable—especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man which gave a very formal dinner party. When the foods was served, one of the guest started to cut his peas by a knife. The other guests were much amused or shocked, but the host calmly picked his knife and began eating with the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest to feel foolish or uncomfortable.

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