The Machu Picchu tour is a four-day walking tour,    1    will take you on amazing paths through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you can explore this ancient city and you will be amazed by    2    (it) dry stone method of building.

At Cusco,    3    capital of the inca empire in the past, you will experience the unique Spanish and local Indian culture, including    4    (visit) the museums, admiring the architecture, enjoying the excellent local food and shopping at the local markets.

During the summer vacation, I took part in     1     16th Natural English Contest (竞赛), in which I was listed in the top 10 and     2     (gain) valuable experience.

I never expected     3     (go) that far. And I had never thought about standing that high on the stage.     4     at that moment, I set out for the long ride. All I had to do was try.

Preparing for the contest, practicing a 3-minute speech, and overcoming stage fright (怯场), I spared no effort to take part in the competition.

One of my     5     (teammate), my good friend in my school, gave me lots of encouragement and advice during the contest. Her ideas were new and powerful and she stayed quite calm when she was fighting against her     6     (compete). She was like my coach,     7     showed me how to search for related materials online and how to express my own view     8     (logical).

Thanks     9     the contest and the help of my friend, I now feel relaxed on stage and confident when     10     (talk).

Three months ago, I moved to Italy with my parents. One day, after playing badminton, I was about     1    (leave) the club when I saw Amma. She’s an old lady in her late 60s, and she is responsible     2     cleaning the floor of the club. At that time, she was talking to the boss of the club,     3    (ask) for some cash. Her hand was in pain and she wanted     4    (see) the doctor. The boss gave her some excuses and escaped     5    (quick).

I felt bad for her.     6     I had never talked with Amma before, I walked to her and opened my wallet. I knew I didn’t have much money, but I gave her whatever I had in my wallet. In my     7    (break) Italian, I tried to say “Amma, please take the money and see a doctor”, but I didn’t know if my     8    (express) was correct. She seemed to have understood me and said “Thank you!”.

When I went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, surprisingly I found one bill,     9     was more than enough for my meal.     10     next day, I came across Amma, and even though it was very dark in the street, she recognized me and waved to me.

When I was young, I was not popular     1     my classmates. If you’d asked me, I would have told you I was against bullying (霸凌).

But one day, I was in the classroom,     2    (chat) with my friend Lizzie, when Kristina walked up to me. She was one of the bullies so I prepared     3    (me) for more insults (侮辱). I looked at her, feeling     4    (frighten) . But she said that she was sorry for what she     5    (do) to me.

I accepted her apology. Later, we became friends, laughing at people,     6     even pushing them. People were noticing me in     7     way they never had before.

Then one day, Lizzie came up to me and     8     (shout), “You’ve become a bully!” That night I was awake thinking for a long time. The next day at school, I apologized to Lizzie and told her I would never hurt her     9    (feel) like that again.

    10     took me a while to earn back her trust, but eventually we got back to normal.