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Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creature, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets?

For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to such up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.

Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white. One form even has vivid purple tentacle. Usually the creatures are cucumber-shaped-hence their name-and because they are typically rock inhabitants, this shape, combine with flexibility, enables them to squeeze into crevices where they are safe from predators and ocean currents.

Although they have voracious appetites, eating day and night, sea cucumbers have the capacity to become quiescent and live at a low metabolic rate-feeding sparingly or not at all for long periods, so that the marine organisms that provide their food have a chance to multiply. If it were not for this faculty, they would devour all the food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.

But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Its major enemies are fish and crabs, when attacked, it squirts all its internal organs into the water. It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles. The sea cucumber will eviscerate and regenerate itself if it is attached or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.
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It’s silly of him to spend a lot of money buying ______.

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Next week, when there will be an English club held here, I will give you more information about it.

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Her style of dress accentuated her extreme slenderness.

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I suggest the room ______ before Christmas.

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It is time every student ______ harder for the coming exam.

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Many of the important products obtained from trees, one of the most important is wood pulp, which is used in paper-making.

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There ______ a number of reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire

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An important point to remember if you like spending time out in the open air is that the human head doesn’t work very well outdoors if it becomes too hot, cold or wet. That’s why a hat is a good investment, whenever you are planning to go out and about. Surprisingly, a single waterproof hat with a brim will do the (39)______ adequately in most conditions.

In cold climates, the problem is that the head is (40)______ heat all the time. As much as fifty to sixty per cent of your body’s heat is lost through the head and neck, (41)______ on which scientist you believe. Clearly this heat loss needs to be prevented, but it’s important to remember that hats don’t actually keep you warm, they simply stop heat escaping.

Just as important is the need to protect your neck from the effects of bright sunlight, and the brim of your hat will do this. If you prefer a baseball cap, (42)______ buying one that has a drop down ‘tail’ at the back to stop your neck getting sunburnt.

And in wet weather (43)______, hats are often more practical than pooling up the hood of your waterproof coat because when you turn your head, the hat goes with you, whereas the hood usually does not.
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It’s important to project a(n) ______ image during the interview.

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Pitchforks were once carved entirely from wood, but today the have steel tines and wooden handle.

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James could not tell his parents about his many animal friends in the forest and the exciting things that he saw, but he found another way to express himself.

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An important point to remember if you like spending time out in the open air is that the human head doesn’t work very well outdoors if it becomes too hot, cold or wet. That’s why a hat is a good investment, whenever you are planning to go out and about. Surprisingly, a single waterproof hat with a brim will do the (39)______ adequately in most conditions.

In cold climates, the problem is that the head is (40)______ heat all the time. As much as fifty to sixty per cent of your body’s heat is lost through the head and neck, (41)______ on which scientist you believe. Clearly this heat loss needs to be prevented, but it’s important to remember that hats don’t actually keep you warm, they simply stop heat escaping.

Just as important is the need to protect your neck from the effects of bright sunlight, and the brim of your hat will do this. If you prefer a baseball cap, (42)______ buying one that has a drop down ‘tail’ at the back to stop your neck getting sunburnt.

And in wet weather (43)______, hats are often more practical than pooling up the hood of your waterproof coat because when you turn your head, the hat goes with you, whereas the hood usually does not.
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Poor management brought the company to______ of collapse.