I still remember my middle school life in Tianjin yet. I was then 1. _______
in a school for students from Tibet. As we were all left home 2. _______
at early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We 3. _______
had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by us. However, 4. _______
we seldom felt lonely or helplessly. We enjoyed our happy life. 5. _______
At weekends, we would play basketball, swimming in the pool 6. _______
or go for a picnic. We were living in a big family. We treat 7. _______
each other as brothers and sisters. If any one of us had any 8. _______
difficulty in our life and study, the other would help him out. 9. _______
It has been five years when we graduated, but those memories 10. _______
are as sweet as ever before.
Nowadays millions of people of all age take pleasure in a 1. _______
hobby which is both interested and fun. And every year 2. _______
more and more people start a stamp collection of your own 3. _______
and discover an interest which can even last lifetime. Starting 4. _______
your collection of stamps are easy became they are everywhere. 5. _______
Holiday and birthday postcards from relatives and letters 6. _______
from friends can all provide you for stamps from all over 7. _______
the world. So once you’ve started collecting seriously, you 8. _______
will probably want to join in the Stamp Collectors’ Club 9. _______
which exist to add more stamps to your collection. 10. _______
During the summer of 2001, I started reading books
in English, mostly stories. I would learn a lot of new 1．_______
words from these books, but I had terribly problems 2．_______
memorizing them. I had to look up to the same word 3．_______
many times, for which was quite troublesome. I realized 4．_______
I do need a way to remember all this vocabulary. It was 5．_______
a great achievement for myself. I started writing down 6．_______
words from books that I read. I would come back from 7．_______
school, and then sit for an hour and two. I wrote down 8．_______
new words and added it to my collection. By the end 9．_______
of last year，my collection has grown to 3,000 words. 10．_______
On Thursday I will have to decide what I want myself 1. _______
to do over a weekend. I am thinking of making a trip 2. _______
to London, and visit the British Museum and some 3. _______
parks. But I have spent lots my money, so I cannot 4. _______
even go out of town. I may go to a film, or a concert. 5. _______
Yes, a concert can be very excited. You can watch your 6. _______
stars while enjoying your favorite music. So then, a 7. _______
concert cost so much. I may just listen to music, I have 8. _______
some records giving to me as birthday gifts. If I listen 9. _______
to my own records, there are no need to spend money. 10. _______
All right. That' s what I' m going to do.
Dear Ralph,
I’m a newcomer here of a small town. I would 1. _______
describe myself as shy and quietly. Before my classmates, 2. _______
it seems always difficult for me to do things well as 3. _______
them. I'm sure they will laugh to me and see me as 4. _______
a fool. So I feel unhappy every day. 5. _______
Besides, I have few friends. I don't know that they 6. _______
don't like to talk with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other 7. _______
very well in class, but after class we become stranger at 8. _______
once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t 9. _______
seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do? 10. _______
Yours,
Xiao Wei