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On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with butterflies in my stomach. I ________ (voice) my biggest concern to my mother. "How will I make friends?" She handed me advice. "Be yourself." For the past 20 years. I have lived by these words. Soon I will graduate and become part of the real world. Nervously ________ (face) challenges. I know I will whisper to ________ (I) the two simple words "Be yourself".
It’s great to receive your email. Now I’d like to tell you something
took place in my school yesterday. In the afternoon, we_
h______ a growing-up ceremony for our coming 18-year-old_
birthday. For _______ start we made an oath that
agrown-ups we should have a sense of duty for our society
from now on. Then we showed our tto our parents
_
who had gone through hardships to ___ us up and_
teachers who have been educating us(耐心地). And our
teachers also gave us cards(表达) their good wishes to
us. Finally, we put on w__________ performances, singing and
dancing. We learned a lot from the _________(活动). I think it’s
very important for us. I will remember the day in my life
Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very ______
____ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,____
___(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some
(surprise) conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves (concentrate),attention span, and the ability _____
____ (get) along with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured
as an inventor. For these notable persons, it appears
their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, ____
______will drew you toward success. Picture yourself
(vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
Former Chinese athlete, Jin Jing, made her 16(appear) in the National Stadium, 17(carry) Paralympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on September 6.
But now she’s back in the Bird’s Nest, and this time she’s not competing, or carrying a flame, 18working for the media. Jin said that she was a little regretful for not being able to participate 19the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Born in 1981, Jin 20(raise) in a common wage-earning family in Hefei, Anhui Province. Jin had part of her right leg amputated in 1989 because 21a malignant tumor on her ankle. She then became a member of she Shanghai Wheelchair Fencing Team on July 13, 2001, the same day Beijing was selected as 22host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
After an incident in Paris, 23she was part of the Torch Relay and a protestor tried to take away the torch from her while she protected the Olympic Torch with her body, she became 24(know) as the “Smiling Angel in a Wheelchair”.
Now she is still smiling, but this time from the 25side of the camera, as she watches Chinese athletes won another gold medal.
Charlie Chaplin developed his own manner of acting, the one that was to become world-famous. He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air he walked. During his first year, Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of
he wrote and directed himself. Chaplin’s earliest films were
(silence), because the equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed.
The (develop) of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about
(make) films with dialogue. Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue, but he added music. Chaplin’s later films, _
, were not well received. He made only six films
1940 and 1966 and only
first of these is still popular today. Before he died in 1977, he _
(honour) in a number of ways for
contributions to the film industry.
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It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people
(work) for free at the first modern games and
number of volunteers increased since then.
has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the
(big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.
There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific
(responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games
pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have
(fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer,
jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.