William Weaver was one of 14 black students integrating（使融合进入）the all-white West High School. A teacher told him that he “didn’t belong here”. He had a test and the teacher stood over him and then just took the paper away and said, “________ is up. ” The first report card he got was ________ F’s. So he started to think maybe he didn’t belong here and that he was ________       .

One evening he was at home and Edward Hill, his science teacher from the ________ school, came by to visit. Weaver told Mr Hill that the white school were trying to ________ him away. Mr Hill asked Weaver to come to his old school after ________. So every day waiting for him would be Mr. Hill with other teachers and they ________ him. Once he got past those F’s, he stopped ________ himself. But no matter what he did, he was never recognized at that school. Weaver never had a ________ with a counselor（辅导员）about going to college. But, to his ________, he got a letter telling him he had been awarded a scholarship. Weaver ________ it and went on to attend Howard University.

Many years later, Weaver came across Mr Hill and told him, “Mr Hill, if I had not got that _________, I don’t know what would have happened. And I don’t know ________ I got the scholarship because I never even applied for it.” Mr Hill said, “I know, because I filled in the ________ and sent it off for you. ”

So Mr Hill stepped in and changed his life, ________ at that time Weaver didn’t realize how much he was being helped.

My mother always told us there is no use crying over spilled milk. That means you should not get angry when something bad happens and cannot be changed. She also told us you have to break some eggs to make an omelet (煎蛋卷). This means you have to do what is necessary to move forward.

My mother believed you are what you eat. A good diet is important for good health. She would always give us healthy food. She liked serving us meat and potatoes for dinner. The meat and potatoes can also mean the most important part of something. It describes someone who likes simple things.

People always said my father was the salt of the earth, because he would never pour salt on a wound, or make someone feel worse about something that was already a bad experience. However, sometimes he told me a story that seemed bigger than life. So I had to take it with a grain (粒) of salt. That is, we could not believe everything he told us.

My manager at work does not always know what is going on in our office. Yet she is right about one thing: there is no such thing as a free lunch. Something may appear to be free, but there may be a hidden cost. When we fail to see problems at work, the manager tells us to wake up and smell the coffee. We need to pay more attention and fix the problem. I once made a big mistake at the office and felt silly. I had egg on my face.

Over the weekend, my friend invited me to watch a football game on television. But I do not like football. It is not my cup of tea.

I hope I have given you food for thought, that is, something to think about.

Cassy made a plan for her and Emmeline. No one wanted to go to the attic（阁楼）in Legree’s house because everyone thought it was full of ghosts and Legree was afraid of ghosts. Cassy’s room was under it. One day, Cassy moved all her furniture to a room very far from it. When Legree asked why, she replied, “I can’t sleep. There were noises in the attic, every night, from midnight until the morning.”

“Noises in the attic?” said Legree, worried, “Who is up there?”

“I don’t know,” said Cassy and she went to her room.

Then she put things in the attic that made strange noises when the wind blew. The slaves heard them and started talking about ghosts. Legree became scared of passing near the stairs to the attic.

Then one night Cassy and Emmeline ran away. They stayed near the house and waited. When Legree left to look for them with his slaves and dogs, Cassy and Emmeline went into the attic.

Legree was angry when he came back and he was sure that Tom knew something.

“Tom,” said Legree, “tell me where those two are, or I will kill you. Speak!”

“I have nothing to say,” said Tom.

“Are you telling me that you don’t know?”

“I know, Master, but I can’t tell you.”

Legree hit Tom and kicked him again and again, until he thought Tom was dead. Then he left. But Tom was not dead.

Cassy and Emmeline stayed in the attic for days, until Legree stopped looking for them. Then one night they escaped again and nobody followed them. They were free.

Two days later, a young man arrived. He was George Shelby. When he received the letter from Miss Ophelia, he went looking for Tom to buy him back, but it took a long time to find him.

Legree took George to see Tom. Tom was lying on the floor, waiting to die. When George saw him, he felt sick.

“Uncle Tom, my poor, poor friend!”

Tom opened his eyes. “Master George! You remembered me! It’s going well.” said Tom and then he closed his eyes forever.

When George turned, Legree was standing behind him. “Who cares about a dead slave!” said Legree. George hit Legree so hard that he fell to the ground. Then ________.

76. 初中三年的学习生活即将结束，请你根据下图的内容要点提示，为学校英语俱乐部写一篇英语短文，给七年级新生在学习生活上提几点建议，并祝福他们在未来的学习生活中过得愉快。

Welcome to our school! In junior high school, life will be different from before. Here are some suggestions about the study and life for you._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________