The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was____except my room which was as bright as the daytime. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the____light, I looked sadly at the huge pile of books. I was going to have my____the next day."When can I go to bed?"I asked myself. I didn't answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12."Oh, dear !"I cried."ten more books to read before I can go to bed ! "We pupils are the poorest creatures in the world. Dad does not____me on this. He did not have to____ so hard when he was a boy．

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too____to ____to work hard next time,Amen."____were heavy,so heavy that I could____open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell_____.

The giraffe is a living animal on land. It has a very long neck and four long and thin legs. Its front legs are ________ than its back legs. ________ adult giraffe can be five metres tall. It can run very fast — about 30 miles an hour. It is brown and yellow.

Giraffes ________ in Africa. They can live up to 25 years in the wild. They do not like being alone and they live in groups of six or more. To find food, they travel far away ________ don’t have a fixed (固定的) home. They spend most of a day ________. The leaves, flowers and fruit at the top of trees ________ their main food, and they ________ eat grass and plants.

A mother giraffe is pregnant (怀孕的) for about 15 months and only has one baby. ________ gives birth while standing up. So a baby giraffe’s first experience in the world is to fall several metres ________ the ground! Within one hour of being born, the baby giraffe is on its feet searching for milk from ________ mother. The baby giraffe can weigh 60 kilos at birth and it stops growing when it is ten years old.

Do you know what Oscar is? When did it start? Maybe you can find the background of the awards in the following passage.

The awards started in 1929. Their full title is “The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards”. The Academy is a group of people who have worked in the film industry for many years. They decide who will receive the awards. The awards are often referred to as the “Oscar”. This is a nickname given to the awards by a lady called Margaret Herrick. She was once the director of the Academy and she once said that the little gold statue reminded her of her uncle Oscar!

The Oscar is always an exciting event. Each year, at least one unusual thing happens. When the Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni won an Oscar for best foreign film, he danced on stage! When Gwyneth Paltrow, the star of Shakespeare in Love won the Oscar for best actress, she could not make her acceptance speech because she was crying so much with happiness!

In 1987, Roberto Benigni won the award for best director for a film about the last emperor of China. Since then, Chinese film and actors have started to make an impact at the award. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a huge success and it won the award for best foreign language film in 2001. It also won several technical awards for its amazing “flying” people. We expect to see more awards for Chinese film in the near future.

It’s time for the Oscar again. Once more, the stars will dress up in their finest and go to Kodar Theater. There, they will find out who had won the awards for best actor, best actress and best director. Millions of people watch the awards every year to find out who the winners are. Some people watch it to see the stars crying and laughing as they receive their awards.