Once upon a time there was a little cook. Her name was Caroline and she lived in a town. She was very cute and beautiful. Her eyes were as______ as the stars. Her lips were so pink that even the roses were interested by them. In the town, there was a king ______was always sad and easy to get angry. He did not have _____ cook in his palace because of his strange character. So he could only eat junk food while Caroline cooked nice meals for the poor kids in town.

One day, Caroline had______ great idea. She decided to go to the palace _____ to the king. When she rang the doorbell, the king opened the door _____. Caroline took a deep breath and asked the king with a nervous smile, “ Can….Can I use your huge kitchen to cook meals______ kids?”

The king thought for a second. Then he agreed to let Caroline______ his kitchen for two hours. Caroline jumped for joy at once. She picked______ vegetables from her family’s vegetables garden. Then she ______ all of them to the palace.

After a while, the king smelt the smell of cooking_______ from the kitchen. So he wanted to go in to see ____ Caroline cooked food. _______Caroline saw him, she asked him to taste the food that she was cooking. ____ delicious food it was!

From that day on, the people in that town had a happy king. They________to the parties in the palace. And the king shared his big table full of delicious food with the poor.

I am glad to learn that you have been chosen to study in China. Your dream has come true!

I can well remember that you ________ China for the first time when you were nine. Ever since you returned, you have been interested in Chinese culture and have put a lot of ________ into learning Chinese. When you first started to learn Chinese, I ________ it was nothing but a passing fad (一时的狂热). However, you didn't ________ halfway, but kept on learning and did a good job in the HSK (汉语水平考试). Now you finally got what you had ________ for a long time. You got the chance to ________ life in China for one year. You should have it, my son, for chances only come to those who are ________.

When you study there, you will have to face ________ in everyday life that you have never experienced before, but after a year abroad, you will return with a new ________ at life—and at yourself.

Your mum and I are both ________ you. Keep it up, my son!

Love,

Dad

Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk，” Clara said.

So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her，she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness，” a passenger reported.       

“Clara was amazing,” an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. “You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.”       

Cook’s reply: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”       

A       B                            C       D

David Beckham was born in 1975, in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football, he played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award（奖金）. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for the schools of Essex and also for his county team.

In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995, he played his first football leagues game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won it both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996-1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper the goal, it was a wonderful goal and Beckham sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose,. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

What are you holding in your hand while you are taking the examination? Right. A pen.

Though it is small, the pen has changed the history, improved the trade of countries, recorded events, carried news, and done far more work for human beings than all other tools.

Progress without it would have been almost impossible. The invention of the wheels, the introduction of steam engine(蒸汽机), the use of electricity, all these have changed the lives of millions of people, but the pen has done more. It has taken away mountains, and it has prepared the way for all progress and development of the society.

In the past the pen did all the work if you wanted to keep any writing for some time. The lawyers took up their pens and wrote the law of the country from the days when papyrus(纸莎草纸) was first used. The most famous letters in the world were written with a pen. It was with a pen that the greatest thinkers of all time wrote down their thoughts.

The pen is very utilitarian. We cannot sign a bill or write a letter or buy a house without our pen. An agreement is worthless till our name is written with a pen. The writers encourage the world with it. The students take their examinations with it as well.

Our coming into the world is recorded with a pen. Before we have been at school, our name is written on the name list with a pen. We cannot be married till we have signed. A pen records the important events in our life.

Let us remember that we hold in our hand the most powerful instrument which man owns. The pen is a magic tool. Whenever you use it, enjoy it.

Shawneen Mountain is a perfect place for skiing. Lifts（电梯）can help tourists get to the top of the mountain in 3 minutes. The following is the price table of the lift tickets.

Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you form a healthy attitude. But how can we be more confident? Here are some suggestions:

Speak louder. When you are not confident, it’s hard to do what you want to do well. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you.    46    . Your voice can help you become more confident.

Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed.    47    .

Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things that you did during the day to see how many things you did well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh?     48    .

Get rid of(消除) fear. Fear goes along with failure.    49    . Try to start again and believe you can do better.

Pick up a hobby.    50    . In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

64. 随着电脑的普及,许多中国学生逐渐忽视书写。针对该现象,请你根据下表提示,用英语写一篇短文向校刊投稿,阐述书写的重要性。

Nowadays many Chinese students no longer pay much attention to handwriting. They believe their keyboards can do the work. However, I think that handwriting is still important.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________