Many people have the hobby of collecting things，e．g．stamps，postcard or antiques．In the 18th and 19th centuries，（1） （wealth）people travelled and collected plants，historical objects and works of art．They kept their collection at home until it got too big （2） or until they died，and then it was given to a museum．The 80，000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane，for example，（3） （form） the core collection of the British Museum（4） opened in 1759．
The parts of a museum open to the public （5） （call） galleries or rooms．Often，only a small part of a museum's collection（6） （be） on display． Most of it is stored away or used for research．
Many museums are lively places and they attract a lot of visitors．As well as looking at exhibits，visitors can play with computer simulations（模拟）and imagine（7） （they） living at a different time in history or（8） （walk） through a rainforest．At the Jorvik Centre in York，the city's Viking settlement is recreated，and people experience the sights，sounds and smells of the old town．Historical（9） （accurate） is important but so is entertainment．Museums must compete（10） people's spare time and money with other amusements．Most museums also welcome school groups and arrange special activities for children．
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.”
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.
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Christmas is no fun when you're poor. Twenty years ago I was a young, （struggle）, substitute（替补） teacher whose calls into work had been few．Money was tight, bills were due
my wife and I couldn't even afford to get Christmas gifts for each other．The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I had found
（sell）at half price in the supermarket．I opened the door and brought in the gifts I
（hide） in our old car's trunk．Then I handed
to my son and daughter．I watched with a sad smile as they did their best to tear off the wrapping paper．As they pulled out their toys, though, I noticed their faces lit up and
jumped up and down．My daughter
（happy） hugged her toy and then hugged her Mom and me as well．I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys
_ hours, and thanked God for the
（great） happiness I had ever been given．Till today I still treasure
gift of pure love that my son and daughter gave me that day．