【推荐1】Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new_________in high school.

_________, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be_______for her to be chosen. Two hours later, the_________read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart_________as the list ended without her name. Feeling_________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was_______. She moved on to English and history, and was_________to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to_________math for the time being.

The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school__________. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as__________as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough__________for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled__________and left. “Why is high school so__________?” she sighed.

Later in__________class, Jenna tried to figure out the problems that had given her so much__________. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to__________at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to__________. High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond__________a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the__________fish you can be.”

【推荐2】It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter vacation. Actually, it was my first day at my new school. I felt very nervous and was _______ about lots of things. A girl on a bike passed me and _______ fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. Without thinking, I went over and helped her to stand up. She said, “Thank you,” with a _______ and then rode away. The _______ “Thank you” warmed me greatly. This _______ event made me feel less nervous about my new school.

Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the _______ and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I was _______ again. Soon the first class started. I couldn’t find my textbook. As I was wondering what to do, a _______ appeared in front of me. “Let’s _______,” the girl next to me said. I looked up. It was the girl I helped that morning. What a surprise! From then on, we became good friends. __________ her also helped me find a friend.

【推荐3】Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi’an. He asked his students to hand in their_________through a QR code.(二维码) “When students finish their homework, they_________it on WeChat. Then each student makes his own QR code and gives it to_________.” said Mr Guo. “So I can check their work everywhere using my computer_________telephone. The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. _________Guo scans (扫描) his students’ QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework_________more creative with many pictures, music and even videos. Guo’s students like the_________way and think it is interesting. “We are living in the information age. Many students like to work_________computers which makes learning more fun,” said Tom, a student of Guo’s. Mr. Guo thinks the_________is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share. It is worth__________to use new technology in education. He doesn’t want his students to fall behind the__________.

However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend__________time on computers. But in fact, it’s unnecessary. For Students, they still need to__________information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They__________use the code when they hand in their work. Also __________teachers, it allows them to check the students’ work at any time. And it’s also an easy way to share homework with other students.

【推荐1】All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ________, the girls start to have a ________ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys ________ hardly talk about it. As for me, I ________ for my photos to be taken by the sea.

When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ________ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ________ by taking photos in a different way, ________ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ________ she responded, “I will make no ________ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ________ that she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either.

I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ________ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ________ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ________ your look by making you appear any you want to. ________, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was ________, Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to ________ your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ________ photos.”

It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ________ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos — they are ________ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ________, which will always stay in my heart.

【推荐2】Western people always give us an impression (印象) of being independent. My experience told me that they are good at teamwork, too!

During my visit to Valleyview Secondary School, what I heard most often was words _______ these: “Please do _______!”, “Four students a group.” or “Change and form a new group.” In Canada, classes are full of _______. Students act in groups both inside and outside the classroom. Their stress on team spirit really _______ me. Here is what I saw:

Students were _______ to take an exam in this class. They used PowerPoint to make presentations (展示). I was quite interested in such a high-tech _______ of examinations. And the students were once again _______ into groups and once again took me by surprise.

Each group had three students. One was to control the computer, the second to _______ a reporter to ask question, and the third the spokesman to give the _______. Students chose the roles themselves. “I’m __________ in the computer, my friend Darcy is talkative (爱多说话的) and Alan appears handsome, __________ we make a great group!” a boy said to me __________ after the exam.

How was the students’ performance __________? “According to the whole group’s work, of course.” I got the answer from the teacher. Each student has his strong points and __________. I thought about the question for a long time after the class: is it fair to __________ every student with the same paper? Canadian schools introduce cooperation (合作) into their exams. A student __________ to take the job that he thinks he is good at, and he works with his __________ to try to be the best in class. Isn’t it a good way to judge students?

We all know that cooperation is __________, but how to develop this ability? I do think we can learn __________ from schools in Canada. Maybe it’s a good idea to __________ group activities!

【推荐3】There is a tradition in my school.Every year，before the Grade 9 students graduate，all the students in _____ grades，from Grade 7 to Grade 8，will gather together on the ground in front of the teaching building and cheer on the Grade 9 students who are standing upstairs.Only when I took part in the activity，did I understand the real _____ of the school tradition.

I was in Grade 8 at that time._____ that special day，all the Grade 9 students stood in the hallways and _____ at the younger students below.We all shouted loudly together，“Believe in yourself！You are sure to _____！”

Soon _____ will be my turn to be blessed(祝福)in this way.It also means I will have to say _____ to my school._____ it will be sad，it will still be one of the brightest times of my life to be cheered on by so many students.

I’m sure our teachers and parents will be _____ us because we have grown up and can ______ problems by ourselves.

【推荐1】Joe and Della were a new couple who were both interested in art — one in painting, the other in music. They lived in a small flat, leading a happy life.

But one day they found that they had spent all their money. One afternoon Della told Joe that she had found a _________ and was to give her three music lessons a week. For that she could get fifteen dollars a week. But Joe was not __________ because he didn’t want to stay at home, playing with his art while Della was at work. He wanted to earn some money too.

Every day they parted in the morning and __________ in the evening.

A week __________, and Della brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little __________. Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket. They were both __________ to have so much money at hand.

The next week, Joe __________ home another eighteen dollars but Della came home with her right hand in a bandage (绷带). Joe asked Della what was the __________. Della said, “It was because of an iron — I mean a plate of soup spilled on my __________.”

“What do you do every day, Della? Do you ___________ give music lessons?” Joe asked. “Tell me the __________!”

Della cried. She told Joe that she was working in a laundry (洗衣店), __________ shirts. A girl accidentally __________ an iron (熨斗) on her hand and she got a __________ burn. But Della asked Joe how he had guessed that she wasn’t giving music lessons.

Joe told Della that he worked in the engine-room of the same laundry where she worked. They both let out their __________ and laughed.

【推荐3】Pen pals Jill Stretton and Cathie Alexander live half a world apart. However, they’ve _________ a faithful correspondence (通信) for seven decades.   

The long-lived letter-writing relationship _________ in 1950 when 12-year-old Stretton from Australia was given Alexander’s _________ by a friend. Back then, it sometimes took six weeks for a long-distance letter to reach its _________, but the pair established an instant rapport (融洽) after their first _________ that has grown stronger with time.   

They felt as if they had truly _________ with one another, sharing life’s moments through their letters, _________ the two women didn’t meet in person until 1982. “She is just like one of the family,” Stretton said. “And we are still together as we ever were 70 years ago. That is quite _________ for people who’ve lost confidence in everlasting friendship.”

Stretton and Alexander have never stopped _________ to one another. Along with hopes, dreams, photos, and family updates, through the years, their letters have contained their sweet life __________ — weddings, birthdays, graduation and so on.

While they __________ write letters, with the development of technology, Stretton and Alexander have slightly bowed to the times. For longer messages, they’ve turned to the Internet, but they agree that nothing will __________ a handwritten note. “Now, we do __________ to send postcards rather than write long letters because we email each other now,” Stretton __________ honestly. But letter writing plays the most important part in their friendship.

The two women’s story proves that the __________ is nothing when it comes to true friendship.