It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s daughter. Everyone expects you to be _______ or perfect. However, I’m the daughter of a famous astronaut. My father is so special and so good at _______ he does. Even in middle school, he was class president and captain of the soccer team.

One morning, my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition _______ the whole school. “I hope we have a _______ right here in my class,” she said. When I got home, I started to think about _______ to write. “My father is an astronaut.” No, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others _______ him. How did I see my father? I saw him sitting with _______ in the dark after I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged me for _______ when my dog Mica was killed by a car. Yes, there were the things I was going to _______ about. To me, he was not just a famous astronaut. He was my dad.

My parents and I ________ to the school on that Saturday night. There were so many people in the hall! The third prize was announced (宣布) and it was not me. The second prize was announced. It was me! I went up to the front and read my ________, “My Father’s daughter”. When I finished, people stood up and ________. I went back and found my parents among the people. My father was blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother’s face. Dad cleared his throat ________ put his hand on my shoulder, “Dear, this is the proudest moment of my life.” It was the proudest moment of my life, ________. I thought to myself. Maybe I’ll ________ be a hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was special just to be my father’s daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith live in a small house in London with their children. Mr. Smith is an engineer and he is busy with his work every day. His wife takes care of their children. Sometimes Mr. Smith comes back from work very late. At that time, his wife and the children are sleeping after reading books. So he opens the front door of his house with his key and comes in very quietly.

One night he comes home very late. But he can’t find his key. He rings the bell. Nothing happens. He rings it again. Again nothing happens. Nobody moves inside the house. Mr. Smith knocks at the bedroom window. He calls his wife’s name. He shouts but she doesn’t wake up. At last he stops and thinks for a few minutes. Then he begins to speak like a small child, “Mother,” he says. “I want to go to WC.” He speaks very quietly but at once Mrs. Smith wakes up. Then he speaks to her, and she opens the door for him.

The following is a notice. You can find the information about a sports meeting. Look through them and see what you can take part in.

Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all bananas provide different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plant, however, is considered a herb (灌木) rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem (干，茎). The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like “hands”. A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas “fingers”. Each bunch (丛) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren’t the sunny yellow color of bananas. Farmers pick them when they’re green. That’s how they’re shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you’ve got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today, Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Each year, every American eats 16.5 pounds of apples, 7.6 pounds of grapes, 11.6 pounds of oranges. Do you know how many bananas? It’s over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

Beijing Opera is the most typical of all Chinese traditional dramatic art forms and the largest Chinese opera form. Having a history of about 200 years, it is developed from absorbing (吸收) many other dramatic forms, mostly from the local drama “Huiban”, which was popular in South China during the 18th century. It is a scenic (戏剧的) art including music, performance, literature, aria and face painting.

Theatrical art forms in many other countries do not present singing, dancing and spoken parts in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer has no speaking role and does not sing either. Traditional Chinese drama, including Beijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment which includes spoken parts, singing, dancing and acrobatics.

Besides its presence in China, Beijing Opera has spread to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers of all time, was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.

“You will be puzzled (困惑的) all the way through and a little bored from time to time; but you will be charmed and interested. You will be strongly attracted to Beijing Opera even if you know nothing of the dramatic background.” This is how one American traveller described his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera is China’s national opera and it is full of Chinese cultural traditions. Welcome to China and enjoy Beijing Opera!

I’m writing this email because I want you     61     smoking, and it’s too difficult to talk about it face to face. I’ve looked up a lot of information about smoking and I’ve found out about its dangers. Do you know thousands of people     62     from smoking every year in our city? I don’t want you to be one of them.

Every time Mum     63     you to smoke outside, you think she’s just being difficult. Well, I don’t think so. Not many people like the smell of smoke in their house or on their clothes. Also, doctors have found that more and more people who don’t smoke are falling ill. It     64     by secondary smoking, which can make Mum and me ill too.

I know it is very difficult to stop smoking, but you must try. Please     65     the doctor and ask him for help. We will do anything we can to help you. Please don’t smoke!

Your loving daughter,

Anna

76. 假定你是李华。某英文报“My Hometown”专栏面向中学生招募小记者，请你用英文给报社写封自荐信。要点如下：

Yours,

Li Hua