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Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said___ was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months_____（early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We _____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, ___ for the week after. I didn’t understand ___ this would happen. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was_____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on ____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an ____(amaze) room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little____（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.

In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工）who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil the field to his house. As the field was quite far off, the potter forgot (take) the rope with which he tied the donkey every day, so he decided to lie down holding the donkey’s ears while sleeping. But this way, neither the donkey the potter was able to take a rest. A saint(圣人），happened to be passing by, saw them. When the potter told the saintthe problem was, the saint said, “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. Pretend to tie him using imaginary rope. I promise you he won’t run away.” The potter did so.
He left the donkey and went to take a rest. When he (wake) up, to his surprise and relief, he found the donkey (stand) at the same place.
Soon the potter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. (luck), the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the problem.The saint said, “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie(松开）him? Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter followed the saint’s advice with (please).
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter went home happily with his donkey.

When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how ________(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ______. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part _____(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from_____ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ______my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs _______(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found ______back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After_______seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the_____(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___ ___we will be able to achieve our goals.

Time flies! This is ＿third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school __ (organize) many activities. What impressed me ____ (much) was an activity __ (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we __ (send) to a farm___ we learnt to plant potatoes. ___ (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After __ (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some cut potatoes _ pieces, and____put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back.

I don’t know what it is. No matter_____ I go to a post office and no matter where the post office is, I always find______ (me) standing in line behind someone who has a lot of business to do.
One day, I had to buy a couple of stamps, but I had to wait behind an old lady who took fifteen minutes_______(finish) a form that a child could do in one minute.___ ____( feel) that I could not stand waiting in such a line any longer, I decided to join_______ one. It seemed twice as ______as the first line, but at least it was moving. It turned out to be the worst choice I had ever made. As soon as I _____（lose）my place in the first line, the one I joined slowed to a stop. I had no choice____ to wait behind a schoolboy who was taking half an hour to choose a new set of postcards. At last it was my turn. I nearly jumped for joy. Then the clerk behind ______ counter, a middle-aged fat guy, stood up, pushed forward a printed sign saying “Position Closed” and _______(say) without a smile, “Sorry, going to lunch.”