【推荐1】In the USA the high school graduation ceremony is of great    1    (important).12th-grade students,or seniors,who are about 17 or 18 years old,look forward to    2    (attend) this event.

The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June,    3    usually includes music, awards,and a guest speaker.After the speeches,students walk to the front of the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster.Students start preparing for graduation a long time before it    4    (happen).They order rings designed     5    (especial) for their class.

    6    tradition is to have their photographs taken.These photographs are used for the class year book,which is a     7    (print) book about all the students in the school.Students have special cards called announcements printed to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation.The cards often include an    8    (invite) to the ceremony.If you receive it,you should send a present    9    money to the graduate.A few weeks before the ceremony, the students    10    (measure) for the cap that they will wear at the ceremony.After the ceremony,families usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives.It's a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.

Starting this September, freshmen at Tsinghua University will have to take swimming courses. They won't receive their degrees until they pass the test    1    (success). Exceptions will be allowed for students with certain physical or mental conditions, if    2    (prove) by medical staff.

Actually, viewing the ability    3    (swim) as a must for students is not something new to this university. It was a    4    (require) in the early 20^th century. Later it    5    (drop) due to a rising number of students and a lack of facilities（设施）.

As for    6    new rule, opinions vary greatly. Some students welcome it, saying it's a necessary skill    7    can save lives, while others argue that it’s not reasonable to link degrees

In response to the negative reviews, Liu Bo, head of the Division of Sports Science, gave the following explanation.    9    a water sport , swimming does less harm to joints（关节）and muscles and is helpful in improving students' endurance.    10    (consequence) it's beneficial to students in the long run.

On the first day of her work, Sally found that a class full of problems was waiting for her. She was told six teachers     1     (quit) before her. When she walked into the classroom, it was chaos：two boys were fighting in a corner，yet     2     rest of the class seemed not to notice them; some girls were chatting and some were running about with paper, food packages and other garbage     3     (leave) everywhere.

Sally walked onto the platform,     4    (pick) up a piece of chalk and wrote on the blackboard：“Rule 1：We are family！” All students stopped     5     (look) at her. And she continued with Rule 2，Rule 3... In the following weeks, Sally worked out 10 class rules and posted them       6     the wall of the classroom. She patiently explained all the rules to the students and required everyone to follow them.

    7     (surprise), Sally was not driven out like the former teachers；    8    ， she won respect from the students. Over the years, she has witnessed gradual changes in the class. At the graduation ceremony, just     9     she expected, she was very proud to stand with a class of care, manners and     10     (confident)．

You know that Grandparents Day,     1     (take) place on the Sunday after Labor Day every year, is a holiday for celebrating your parents' parents. You might send them a card, or give them a call. But how did the holiday come to be?

In 1956, West Virginia native Marian McQuade was trying to plan a celebration for the elderly    2    (member) of her community. She made the sad discovery that many of the senior citizens in the nursing home didn't often receive visits from their families. So she set out     3     (choose) a day to honor and appreciate grandparents.

Grandparents Day became     4     official holiday in 1978. It's not     5    (actual) just for grandparents, but it's also to give grandparents an opportunity to show love     6     their children's children. Many families have     7     (meaning) ways of celebrating the holiday. Even if your grandparents live far away, that doesn't mean you can’t celebrate with them. Danielle Kirsch    8     (celebrate) by trying a new activity every year with her grandmother Elsie. This year, they will be painting together. Molly Arnold's grandmother is no     9    (long) around, but she still found a beautiful way to honor the holiday. She created a charity in memory of her grandmother,     10     passed away from Alzheimer's disease.