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M: I'm so relieved. I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.
W: I haven’t finished mine . I had trouble (get) past the beginning.
M: How come?
W: I was really happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I just ____ write any more.
M: The same thing (happen) to me. You can talk to Mrs. Wilson about it.
W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the writing. But instead she gave me some good advice. She said the first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my mind even if it doesn’t make any _ _.
M: That's interesting. When I got (stick), I stopped to do else, you know, do some for one of my other courses.
W: Her methods seem to have worked for me. I have written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it on time, but I still need to go to the jewelry store.
M: You are going shopping?
W: I’m going there for my story. My detective story involves jewelry store robbery, so I want to go there in order to take a look at the cases are arranged and where the security cameras are placed.

Nowadays, millions _____ lonely singles are now going online instead. ______World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker(媒人).
Singles are flocking(涌向) to the Internet_____(main) because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant(重要的) other. Using dating sites(约会网址) is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene ______(just lead) them from one bad experience to ______ and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make ____ easy to avoid someone ____ you are not interested in. In the real world, ______, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite(尽管) all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare(声称) to be in their online___(describe). Safety is another concern. You are just ____(like) to find a criminal(罪犯) online.

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, ___practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to ____. Sometimes they may play to __in the street or subway______ they can earn some extra money for themselves or to __their instruments. Later they may __ in pubs or clubs, for which they are _____. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become ____!

The ___and important festivals are the ones that ___the end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children ___in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals ___include parades,dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important__ and social festival for Christians around the world. It the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, __cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

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 students cut potatoes __ pieces, some dug holes, and the others put the pieces of potatoes into the holes, put the earth back and pushed ___down hard.