tectsa
ora
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aturallifebutweare
tsatisfiedwithwhat
aturehasgive
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a
etbaga
dthe
i
apaperbagTheora
gei
sidetheski
i
sidetheplasticwhichisi
thepaperbagmustwo
derwhereitis
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dthe
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dit
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twa
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everagai
seetheleathershesprotecti
g
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gtotheauthortheuseofprotectivewrappi
gs______A．ca
bewastefula
du
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glookfu
y
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st
aturallife
7、Howdoesthewriterfeelwhe
heu
packsthefoodfromthe
supermarketA．SurprisedB．I
teresstedC．frighte
edD．excited
8、whatca
bethebestprotectivewrappi
gfortheora
geA．PlasticB．A
etbagC．itsow
ski
D．Apaperbag
9、theu
derli
edword”it”i
paragraph5refersto______
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B．thewaxedpaper
C．thecardboardbox
D．thedecrativewrappi
g
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kofhisrelativewhoboughtasofaA、sheshould
otbuyaleathersofaB、sheshould
otcoverhersofawithaclothC、sheshould
otallowtheleathercovertogetdirtyD、sheshould
otforbidthevisitorstoseetheleather
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highoffice
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EuropetheGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasu
shadeA
dtheumbrellawasi
commo
lyusedi
a
cie
tGreeceButitisbelievedthatthefirstperso
si
Europetousetheumbrellaas
fprotectio
agai
sttherai
werethea
cie
tRoma
sDuri
gtheMiddleAgestheuseoftheumbrellapractically
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itwasco
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gla
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thce
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weightItwas
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