When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase packed and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I______ (leave).”
“If you want to run away , that’s all right,” she said. “But you came into this home ____ anything and you can leave the same way.” I threw my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.
“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your ___ back. You didn’t wear anything when you arrived.” This really angered me. I tore my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and shouted , “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but once you close that door, don ’t expect _
__(come )back.”
I was so angry that I slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch. ______ (sudden) I realized that I was outside, with nothing on. Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house. I ran to bide behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was sure the girls____
___ (pass) by. I dashed to the front door and banged on it loudly.
“Who’s there?” I heard. “It’s Billy! Let me in!”
The voice behind ____ door answered, “Billy doesn’t live here anymore. He ran away from home.” ___
__ (glance) behind me to see if anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, o’mon, Mom! I’m still your son. Let me
__!”
The door inched open and Mom’s smiling face appeared. “Did you change your ____ (decide) about running away?” she asked.
“What’s for supper?” I answered.
How can we students keep ourselves safe? Here are some tips.
On your way home or to school: Wait for the g_______traffic light, and look left and right before you cross the road. If you see a car coming, don’t cross until it really s_________
.Dress in b________
colors, so the drivers can see you clearly.
At school: When students around you begin to push, try to hold onto something, or stay in a safer corner. If you _________ down in a crowded place, cover your head w_________
both hands.
When there is a fire: Stay calm and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in s__________. If your clothes catch fire, drop to the ground and roll from side to side to _________
out the fire.
For eating: Wash fruit like apples or pears carefully before e_________them. Check the expiration dates and if your food looks or ___________ (闻)
bad, don’t eat it..
For riding on the escalator (自动扶梯)：Hold onto the handrails (扶手) and stand on the right side of the escalator because right arms are stronger. It is dangerous to run up and down on them. You may fall down because escalator steps are not _____________(设计) for running.
I had a disease，made my life difficult and demanding. This disease was called “and then I’ll be happy.”
I first (catch) it in middle school. During my younger years, I seemed to always enjoy each day of my life. During those middle school years, however, I started to look to the future more and more and enjoy today less and less. At first, I thought
_______(get) into high school and being a teenager would make me happy. Then the dream changed to being on my own in college. Next came having
______ great job. After that was the dream of raising a family. Then there was retiring and enjoying my life. Each dream postponed my
_____ (happy) a little further.
_______ (final), I realized that
______I kept going this way, I would never be happy. And I came
______(see)that it would be much better to be happy now than to live with this disease. So I began to keep a happy heart and loving soul rather
______ to wait for life to become perfect. These days I still occasionally suffer
_______ the disease, but I heal it by knowing that I can choose love and joy every second of my life.
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Charity shops are popular in the UK. The first charity shop_ ( be) opened by Oxfam in 1947. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. The shops sell different things from
old book to a famous brand handbag. Here are the reasons why I often go to charity shops.
First, things in charity shops are much _(cheap) than those in street stores. People give things to charity shops
free. Most of the things have been used _
they are well cleaned and _
(repair). So you can buy useful things with less money in charity shop.
Second, people give their own thing to charity shops instead of (throw) them away. Then other people who need the things buy them. It's good for the environment.
Third, is for charity work that charity shops are set up. The money earned in charity shops is for people in need,
(especial) for homeless and disabled people after the things in charity shops are sold, the owner will receive a letter telling him about that. That's the main reason why people like charity shops. So I hope there will be more and more charity shops in other__
(place)
【原创】Zheng Xiyu works at an office in Beijing's Central Business District. Every day, it takes her roughly 40 minutes to go to work by bus. But she is thinking of _ (switch) to a different way of transport-a bicycle. She's also adapting to a vegetable diet as Iivestock can make many contributions
today's most serious environmental problems. A recent survey shows that 78% of all the 17,000 people
(question) have developed environmentally_
(friend) habits in their daily lives. They are doing things, such as taking reusable shopping bags to the store and setting the air conditioner at
temperature above 26 C in summer. On many popular social networking
(website), people are advocating a low-carbon lifestyle.Their tips include using the stairs and public transport more frequently
_ using elevators and cars. They hope this lifestyle will become more than just a trend within certain groups. As the most populous nation on the planet with the world's
(fast) growing economy, China has become the second biggest emitter(排放者) of greenhouse gases. The recent extreme weather in the southern regions
(reflect) a serious environmental challenge.Experts say there is no time
(delay) with the effort to reduce carbon emissions.
【原创】Patience is of great importance in our daily life. Once I waited a bus to come at a stop. 30 minutes
(pass), but no bus came. Both upset and annoyed, I decided to walk on
(foot). But no sooner had I left
the bus arrived. I thought if I had waited for one more minute, I would have caught it. If I chose to take
next bus, I would have to wait for
30 minutes. Only then
(do) I realize my problem. Being impatient will
(possible) waste all the effort in
we have put . Now whenever I am close to
(lose) my patience, I’ll think of this experience.