In ancient China lived an artist（1） paintings were almost lifelike．The artist's reputation had made him proud．One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait（画像）done so he called all great artists to come and present their（2） （fine）work，so that he could choose the best．The artist was sure he would（3） （choose），but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor's chief minister，the old man laughed．The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River ﹣ perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world．
Filled with（4） （curious），the artist packed his bags and left．（5） he asked the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary （传奇的）artist，they smiled and（6） （point）down the river．The next morning he hired a boat and set out（7） （find）the well﹣known painter．As the small boat moved（8） （gentle）along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water．He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue．And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds（9） （surround）the mountain tops，he was reduced to tears．The artist was finally humbled（谦卑）by the greatest artist（10） earth，Mother Nature．
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
lin 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
lthe plane．
The airline then ius 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
afor my brothers and I．So we had to share one single bed．
________you can imagine，we didn’t get much sleep．
What a journey!
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. you want to meet people and make friends, you must take action. It is much
(easy) to communicate with people sharing your hobbies and interests. So join a club or a group,
you are likely to make new friends.
Many people are fearful when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means (face) the unknown. Actually, most of our fears about dealing with new people come
doubts about ourselves. We imagine that other people
(judge) us, finding us too tall of too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept what you are,
you’ll feel more comfortable.
Try to act with (confident) even if you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look
(direct) at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, don’t wait for him/her to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you’ll make friends with that person. takes time and effort to develop a friendship.
The air we breathe is freely available, withoutwe could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while
(sit) around and feel sorry for themselves.
breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make
magnificent life.
Opportunity is in the same way; it is everywhere. It is so freely available that we take it granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success; it must
(seize) and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so
(anxiety) to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s
(possible).
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. , it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. You must make use of it. That’s not up to the opportunity; that’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, but
matters is what you do with it.
Phyllis Rawlins’ house was destroyed after a tornado swept through her town of Kokomo, Ind., on Sunday. Last summer, she lost husband of over 40 years, Edgar. In the tornado’s rubble (瓦砾) , Rawlins searched
Edgar’s wedding ring. “Digging and praying. Digging and praying,” she told local station Fox 59.
“It was everything to me, because that’s one thing that I had,” she said.
Rawlins had been visiting family in Kentucky the storm came through. She returned to find her home
(complete) in pieces. “This was the house that love built,” she told WTHR.
Without her husband her house, she was determined to find the ring. But finding the exact position of it among the piles of rubble seemed to be
(hope).
Somehow, her brother (spot) something under a piece of the roof and called her over. The ring,
(bury) in the rubble, had turned up.
“It was a miracle,” Rawlins said. “We both just hugged each other, crying. That wasI had searched for,”
When all was lost, special ring he left was finally found.
“I’m very strong with my faith, and I know that God is in control of everything, the good and the bad,” Rawlins said.
Dear fellow students，
May I have your attention，please? Now I'd like to make a speech here．As we know，waste(become)a common scene on campus recently．Some pour the remains of a meal where there is still much
(1eave)；others
(simple)walk away after washing hands，leaving the water
(run)；students leave the classroom every day
noticing whether fans are switched off．Has thrift(节俭)，one of the national tradition
developed from our long history gone?
so，find it back!
We don't have to take great pains to control waste，but action and a grateful heart are needed；thank the water that runs through our fingers，and save it for poor Arabian or African countries struggling in water(short)；thank the light we enjoy because in poor areas，children share
dim lamp reading；thank all the paper we are able to use，for trees are cut down
(satisfy)our needs；thank everything nature can offer and everything we can own.
Live and act，so the tradition of thrift will never fade．