Well，we’re here in New York at last!
Our flight left at 2:30pm and for the next hours everything was great. But when we were about 30 minutes away from New York，there was a ________ (暴风雨) in the city．The pilot told us that we had to
l in Washington DC and the airline was going to take
________by bus to New York．However, we couldn’t get
_______the plane in Washington DC because there were too many planes
________ (到达) at the same time．It had to fly in circles for three hours before we finally
l the plane．
The airline then i us that we’d have to stay in a hotel and set off for New York the next morning．So off we went to find the bus to the hotel．We found the bus stop and then stood in the rain
________ (焦急地) waiting for the bus．40 minutes later, we reached the hotel but there was only one room
a for my brothers and I．So we had to share one single bed．
________you can imagine，we didn’t get much sleep．
What a journey!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
First aid is of _____ (important) in our life. There is no doubt ___
___ it is necessary to know some knowledge of first aid as dangers lie everywhere and accidents happen from time to time.If a person has an accident, he needs medical care before a doctor can__
___(find) . But in the process of first aid,
the injured will be properly treated _
___(depend) on your knowledge of first aid . As ___
__ famous journalist, Yan Song leads a very simple life. But he not only has a good nose ___
___news, but also has __
__(admire) professional first aid skills, because he thinks if we know ___
__about first aid, perhaps a life can be saved.
Everybody should know some first aid in order to save other people's lives. Let’s take delight in ____(acquire) skills of first aid.
One year ago, I was great trouble. I worked hard at English and devoted all my spare time to
（practise）it. But I failed to pass the mid-term examination,
made me greatly disappointed. So I asked my grandpa for advice when I got home.
(hear) what I told him, he said, “To some extent, examination
(result) are sometimes unexpected by your study level. You can’t judge your progress by one examination.” He encouraged me
( work) hard for a long time to check my results. I
(take) my grandpa’s advice. Now I realize
the process of learning is much more important and my English is much better
before. From my experience, I feel that we
listen to opinions from old people.
Plumb was a successful US pilot in the war against Vietnam. However, once his plane(destroy) by the enemy and he was forced to jump out.
(luck), with the help of the parachute（降落伞）he landed safely, but he was caught by the enemy and put
prison for 6 years.
One day, many years after the war, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restauranthe found a man staring at him.
Plumb looked back but didn’t recognize him. The man stood up and said, “You are Captain Plumb?” Plumb looked up at him and nodded. The man said, “You were pilot soldier in Vietnam. You landed into the enemy land with the help of your parachute.”
(embarrass), Plumb asked, “ How did you know all that?” The man continued, “Because I packed your parachute and
worked well.”
Plumb stayed awake that night. He wondered many times he had either walked past his life saver without saying anything
ignored him completely.
Think about this for ourselves. We sometimes completely ignore the people around, who help us out when we need them badly. They are just the man who was just there packing parachutes.
When I was a teenager, I used to skateboard on the playground. It seems that skateboarding is an(entertain) hobby a lot of American teenagers take great interest in.
I had a skateboardwas bought not too long ago. But since I don’t skateboard any more, I made a
(decide ) that I should go to a skateboard shop and give
to some kid. I know I would have been so excited if someone had done that for me when I was younger.
So I drove to the local skateboard shop and waited outside for about ten minutes. A boy and his dad(be ) about to walk into the shop when I stepped up. I asked him if he’d like my skateboard. He asked how much it was. I told him it was free---as long as he used it!
His eyes lit up and I could seeexcited he was.
(hand) him my skateboard, I walked back to my car. His dad kept asking me if I was
(real) giving him my skateboard,
I kept saying ,“Yes!”
I think his dad wasexcited than he was. I was very happy that I could give someone a very nice skateboard.
As human populations grow, animal habitats often begin to . The good news is
in many places around the world, areas are now being
just for animal use. These wildlife
allow animals live in their natural or wild habitats.
B
Every living thing in nature to survive. Most plants are threatened by animals and people, as
as by other plants, and may have to live in difficult conditions. Plants survive by adapting
life in different environments, and by
successfully with
living things.