1I am now a good student in my class. But you don 16’t I k s n t o a w r t e d seniorEnglish in the beginning, I found it difficult and quite different 17 what welearned in junior school. 18 _ the help of my teacher, I realized the 19 (important) of English, so I was 20 (determine) to learn English well. From thenon, every morning I recited English words, 21 (listen) to English tapes and did alot of 22 (exercise). My English teacher, 23 is good at 24 (make) herclass lively and interesting, is happy to see this.Now I have made such great progress in my English study that I am 25(much) interested in learning it than before.2I went to the seaside to spend my holiday last summer holiday with my family.One day,I was swimming in the river __16__ someone shouted, “Look out. There is a shark not far away! ”on hearing the shout, I was scared to __17__ (die) because I waswell aware __18__ its dangerous characteristic. “Just don ’t worry, Tom! ”my fat said to me, “but in order to avoid being harmed, let ’s go back to our hotel. ”We stayed in the seaside for about two weeks. Though the weather was __19__hotter than that in my hometown, I got used to __20_ and __21__ (feel) at home.Every morning, I got up earlier than my parents and went for breakfast ahead of time.Then I went to have __22__ chat with my new friend, John, who I happened to come__23__ during my holiday. John was a native and he was familiar with the seasidewell. He was a man __24_ good qualification. Soon we became very good friends.After we parted, we have been kept writing to each other. Now, I still often hear fromhim. We talked in our letter about things and persons__25__ we remembered in theseaside.3Sarah and Janet have been friends since they 36 (start) school. They doeverything together: study, read, watch TV, surf the Internet, play sports and listen tomusic. Anyone 37 has a problem can ask the other for help. When Sarah was in the38 (three) grade, some of the other students made fun of her 39 she was shy.Janet told the other students to stop 40 (make) fun of Sarah, and she helped Sarahovercome her shyness. In the fifth grade, Janet had 41 (difficult) in her mathsclass. She studied hard, 42 she just couldn t’u nderstand the homework. Sarahhelped Janet 43 her homework and 44 (patient) explained every exercise toJanet. After six months, Janet did much better and even got 45 A in the mathsexam.4Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world ’s greatcities are located on rivers, and almost ___16____ country has at least one riverflowing through it ___17____ plays an important part in the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history, people ___18___ (use) rivers for transportation.The ___19___ (long) one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline ofEgypt is the Nile. ___20___ transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops,and chances for fun and recreation for the people ____21___ live along their banks.___22___, large cities and industries ____23____ are located on rivers often makeproblems. ____24___ the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, thewater in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. People arelearning the ____25___ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean if theywant to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource.5I felt upset when I 16__________ (tell) that I would have to leave the company. Inorder to find 17__________ new job to support the family, I read almost all thenewspapers 18__________ set down almost all the telephone numbers in ads19_________ my notebook and tried to call almost all the companies that needed newclerks. Not until 20__________ (find) a job in a small town near Townsville did Icalm down. My new boss, Mr. Brown, was one of my schoolmates 21__________ Iwas getting along well with at school. Both of us were 22__________(excite) to seeeach other and we spent the whole afternoon 23__________(talk) about things andpersons that we remembered at school. He asked me to give24__________ someadvice on how to enlarge his present business and he was 25_________(entire) happyabout my advice.6A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy ”at a big firm.The HR manager ___31__ (interview) him, then a test: clean the floor. “You a hired, ”he said, “give me your email address, ___32__ I ’ll send you the application t fill. ”The man replied “I don ’t have a computer, ___33__ an email ”.“I ’m sorry, ”said the HR manager, “that means you do not exist. And ___34__doesn’e txist cannot have the job. ”The m a n_l e_f_t35__ no hope at all. He didn ’tknow what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10 KG tomato crate. He thensold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he ___36__ (success)in doubling his capital. He repeated the operation 3 times, and returned home with$60.5 years later, the man is one of the ___37__ (big) food retailers( 零售商) in theUS. He started to plan his family ’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.He called ___38__ insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When theconversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied: “Idon’t have an email ”. The broker replied ___39__ (curious), “You don ’t have anand yet have established an empire! Do you imagine ___40__ you could have been ifyou had an email?The manthought for a while, and replied: “An office boy! ”7There was once a boy who had a temper. His father gave him a bag of nails andtold him that every time he lost his temper, he ___31__ hammer a nail into the back ofthe fence.The first day the boy ___32__(drive)37 nails into the fence. Over the nextfew weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered ___33__(gradual) decreased.He discovered ___34__ was easier to hold his temper than todrive nails into the fence.Finally the day c ame ___35__ he didn ’t lose his temper. He told his father andhis father suggested that the boy now___36__ (pull) out one nail for each day so thathe was able to hold his anger. The days passed and the boy told his father that all thenails were gone.The father took the boy ___37__ the hand and led him to the fence. He said,“Lookat the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you saythings in anger; they leave a scar (疤痕) just like the___38__ on the fence. It won ’t matter how many times you say I am sorry, ___39__ wound is still there. A verbalwound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare. They make you smile andencourageyou ___40__ (success). They lend an ear, and always want to open theirhearts to us. ”8An old man who lived in a small street in the city of Mumbai had to put up___31__ the nuisance烦( 心事) of having boys play cricket outside his house at night.One evening when the boys were ___32__ (particular) noisy, he went out to talkto them. He explained that he was happiest ___33__ he could see or hear boys playinghis favourite game, cricket. He said he would give them 25 rupees (卢比) each weekto play in the street at night.The boys were thrilled. They were being paid to do something they enjoyed! Atthe end o f the first week they ___34__ (knock) at the old man ’s door and asked him to pay them, and so he did.The second week when they asked for ___35__ (pay) he said he had run out ofmoney and sent them away with only 15 rupees. The third week the man said he hadnot ___36__ received his pension and gave them only 10 rupees. The boys were very___37__ (disappoint) but there was not much they could do about ___38__. Thefourth week the man said he could not afford to pay them 25 rupees ___39__ he hadpromised, but would give them 5 rupees each week without fail.This was too much for the boys.“You expect us to play seven days ___40__ week for a merely 5 rupees! ”they yelled. “Go to blazes. ”They stormed away and never played on the street again.9Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got toknow a little girl ___31__(name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and seriousdisease.Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion（输血）___32__ her 5-year-old brother, ___33__ had miraculously survived the same diseaseand had developed the antibodies needed to fight the ___34__(ill).The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if hewould be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment___35__ taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I ’ll do it ___36__ it can save Liz.___37__ the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, aswe all did, ___38__(see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then ___39__ face grewpale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away? ”Being young, the boy had___40__(understand)the doctor; he thought he wasgoing to have to give his sister all of his blood.10For this month's young World magazine. I interviewed 19-year-old Asian popstar Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing todeal with her 66 (shy). Now she's not shy anymore and enjoys 67 (sing) in front crowds.I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explainedthat there are many good things, like being able 68 (travel) and meet new people all the time. “Ididn't use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go. ”69 (however), too much attention can also be abad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I never dare tobe 70 (care) about what I say or do. And I have much 71 (little) private time now because there are always guards around me. ”What does Candy have to say to all 72 (that) young people who want to become famous? “Well, ”she b e g7i n3s(slow), “you have to be prepared to giveup your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Manytimes I 74 (think) about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot oftalent and hard 75 (work) to succeed. Only a very small number of people makeit to the top. ”11Bullying ( 欺凌) is doing things to hurt other people. It is a serious problem at school.Miah-now a 22-year-old girl, still (61)(remember) how she was bullied in juniorhigh school. “They kicked me, put sticks in my hair and took money from me. Even worse, I (62)____(make) to eat rubbish. I (63)never (63) ________ (forget) those moments. “Miah is not the only case. I saw another bullying situation when I was a student. Some students bullied a handicapped智( 力低下的) girl every day —hitting, pushing,and kicking her. They just enjoyed (64)(do) it. The girl didn ’r tealize that people(65)______ (hurt) her. She couldn ’e tven tell the teacher. The situation lasted for along time.Bullying at school is getting worse, so, many people (66)(try) to startanti-bullying (反欺凌) programs. Students in many schools have already takenactions. They (67) _______(create) anti-bullying clubs. Many students have joined theclubs. They work with teachers to show students how to stop bullying. Some otherprograms have proved to be successful, too.In Wales, two girls came up with an idea to stop bullying on the school bus. Theycreated a bus pass (乘车证) and made four rules for students: no bullying, noswearing (骂脏话), no smoking and no shouting. Whenever a student broke a rule, hewould get a mark on his pass. When a student h a d o u f r marks, he wouldn ’t be allowedto take the bus anymore. The bus pass idea worked. It (68)(stop) bullying on the bus.In Michigan, some students tried to stop bullying with friendship. They madeDVDs. They gave the DVDs to students in their school (69) ________(teach) themhow to be good friends. This idea worked, too. After that, there was less bullying attheir school,School programs like these (70) ________(help) bullies learn to behave properlyand they can also help prevent school bullying. I think it will come to a stop ifeveryone does some things.12When I was a child, my parents often took me to a run-down house in a thickforest. No otherchildren ever stayed there. I didn ’evten have the choice of playingwith a brother or sister.I could never 42 (understand) what the attraction of the house was, evenfor my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book.The woman in the house, my father ’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook.One day, when I was hanging around the garden behind the house, I noticed awooden house. It was clearly abandoned废弃的)and 43 (hide) completelybehind tall trees and huge grass.As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Iwas about to turnaway when I saw an old man 44 (stand) at the door. I was much scared.“Please don ’t tell them you saw me, ”he said. “They never use this place, and Ihave nowhere else to live. ”“Don’t worry, ”45I s a(i d n.o t tell“) a I nyone. Butare you all right out here? Imean-do you have enough to eat? ”The old man 46 (shake) his head and said that he hadn ’t had a big meal for ages. I decided to put this right as soon as I could. The same evening, I took a smallplastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, I emptied some of thefood into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man,whose name I had discovered was Taff. I had never seen anything else as lovely as thesmile on Taff ’s face when h4e7(eat) the food. From then on, my visits to theold house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.13Space vegetables are grown from seeds(种子) that have been taken to space.When they 1 (bring) back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that arebigger and 2 (healthy) than normal (正常的) vegetables. But some peopleworry about 3 (have) space vegetables. They think that space vegetables mightnot be good for us and could make us 4 (get) sick because of the radiation辐( 射)in space. However, people should not be afraid because space vegetables ale veryhealthy. Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are 5 (care) chosen. Whenseeds come back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe 6(eat).Space vegetables are 7 (good) than normal vegetables. For example, space8 (tomato) stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal ones.After genetically modified ( 转基因) food 9 (appear) in the market, peopleworried that they were eating 10 (know) things. For example, if nut genes 坚(果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic (过敏) to nuts might get sick fromeating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, nobody 11 (do) anything with the genes of space vegetables until now. This 12 (mean) that no new genes have been put into them.So there is no risk of eating something unknown.14A special red bridge was found in the Lake District, Britain. The whole bridgeused no glue or bolts 螺(钉). It was completely made of paper!The bridge was a piece of art work. It 64 (start) to open to the public inApril, 2015. The bridge was made of 22,000 pieces of paper and it 65 (be) fivemeters long.The bridge became a popular tourist place. The tourists wanted to test whether itwould hold their weight. “Thered bridge really 66 (stand) out in the wild countryside and makes you 67 (want) to touch it or even walk over it, ”said a visitor.The special paper bridge was an art project by an environmental artist namedSteve Messam. To build the paper bridge was not easy at all, and he spent three years68 (develop) the bridge. He used old principles (原理) from Roman times 69(build) it. He said the 4.5 tons of paper made the bridge much stronger than oak ( 橡木). Even after heavy rain, the bridge wasn ’t influenced at all.The paper 70 (produce) by a paper factory. After the exhibition (展览), allthe paper was recycled.。