Matt Suter's dream was to see a real live tornado（龙卷风）. His dream (A)came true last March. Matt visited Tornado Alley in Kansas, (B)American. He didn't see any tornadoes in (C) first week of his visit. Then, one night, Matt (D)woke up because of the sound of the strong winds outside. He got up and (E)looked out of the window. As he watched，the huge funnel（漏斗）of a tornado appeared not (F)far from Matt's campsite. Rubbish flew through the air.(G)Nothing broke the window and hit Matt on the head. He fell out of the camper. The (H)winds picked Matt up into the air and carried him four hundred metres away. Matt had a few cuts（伤口）(I)and nothing was serious. He was very lucky (J)be alive.

Do you like the idea of cooking dinner for friends? Here     31     my ideas for planning a dinner for friends. I hope you find them useful.

First, think about     32    people you want to invite. Don't invite too many—I think four people is     33    good number.

Next, ring or email to invite your friends and all agree on a night that's good for     34    .

After that, decide    35    your menu. Only choose the food that you know     36    to prepare. Don't choose those new and difficult     37    . Your friends know that you are not a chef and your house is not a restaurant.

    38    , on the day of the dinner, you need a lot of time to prepare everything—the food and the table. The weekend is good because you have all day to prepare. If everything is ready     39    your guests arrive, you can enjoy the dinner much more.

    40    for friends can be easy and fun. I hope these ideas are useful for you!

Deserts do not stay the same size. Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller. The world's biggest desert, the Sahara, is in A     41    . Right now, the Sahara Desert is growing fast. Do you know the reason? In some places, people farm too much. In other places, animals eat all the grass. Or people cut     42    the trees. These make the soil weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.

Why is it a problem? People can't plant anything in the desert. People can't build houses, hospitals, or schools in the desert, so they must l    43     their homes. They must live s    44     else. What can we do? We can plant more trees and farm less to make the soil str    45    . Maybe the Sahara Desert will stop growing.

Joyce and Helen decided to climb Bear Hill. They agreed they would try it the next day. It was a big hill. And it was hard to climb.

"I don't think you'll get to the top," Helen just smiled. “You're too lazy and slow.”

That night, Joyce went to bed early. "I'll wake up earlier than Helen, "she thought. "I'll climb it by myself."

The next morning, Joyce got up at five while Helen was still asleep. She started climbing Bear Hill. It was very steep（陡峭的）. At times, the hill almost seemed to go straight up. Twice she almost fell. She was afraid to look down. It seemed so far to the ground.

She was out of breath, but at last she reached the top. She gave a big yell（叫喊）. Then, she saw a note pinned（钉住）to a tree. The note read:

Helen

At first, Joyce was angry. But then she decided not to be angry. After all, both of them made it. She went down the hill to find Helen.

BROTHER

I had a little brother

And I brought him to my mother

And I said I wanted another

1.________________.

But she said, "don't be a bother（麻烦）”

2.________________.

And I said this little brother is very strange.

But he said one little brother

3._________________.

And every little brother

Misbehaves（举止失礼）a bit he said.

So I took the little brother

4.__________________.

And I put the little brother

Back to bed.

Today's farmers markets have roots（起源）in history. The earliest farmers markets go back about 12,000 years! This is when farming first started. Famers would meet to trade their extra crops（额外的农作物）. Today's famers markets are a bit different. Farmers sell their crops directly to shoppers.

Farmers markets are good for farmers. When farmers sell crops to grocery stores（食品杂货店）, they share the money. When they sell to shoppers they keep all the money. Also, farmers get to know the shoppers. This is good for business. People start shopping from the same farmers again and again. Farmers markets are good for shoppers. They can buy healthy crops. The crops come from nearby farms. It does not have to travel far. This means they are fresher. They taste better.

Farmers markets are good for communities（社区）. Farmers do not travel far to the markets. This means less air pollution from trucks. Shoppers are likely to stop in other nearby shops, too. This is good for the businesses. Farmers markets are a good meeting place for neighbours. They also link（连接）people from the country and the city. This gives the farmers and shoppers a sense of community.

Our eyes are very important. They help us to do almost everything. For example, we can use them to read a newspaper or to look for a friend. But not many people know how our eyes work.

The human eye is very complex（复杂的）. Your eyes do many things when you see something. For example, what happens when you look at a flower? First, the light hits the flower. Then the light comes into your eyes. A special part of your eyes catches the light. Another special organ（器官）reads the light. It sends this information to the brain. Once the information gets to our brains, we can see!

However, some people have eyes that are not very strong. People can become blind for many different reasons. Sometimes, the problem happens when something in the eye stops the light from coming into the eye. At other times, part of the eye doesn't work and information is not sent to the brain. Many people need to wear glasses because they have trouble seeing. Usually, this is because part of the eye doesn't catch and send light properly to the brain. Do you know anyone who has trouble seeing?

As we know, eyes are very important. We use them in many    61    ways. But do you know how your eyes work? In fact, it's our eyes and brain that have to work    62    to let us see something. That is to say, they must both work correctly. If they do not, we will have trouble    63    . For example, some people can't see something because their eyes can't catch and send light properly to the     64     . However, in order to see well, these people can     65    . Do you know anyone who has eye problems?

Handan（邯郸）was the capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period（战国时期）. A young man in the State of Yan heard that the State of Zhao was more powerful than the State of Yan, so he was much interested in the State of Zhao. Then he crossed over mountain after mountain by himself and got to Handan. When he arrived in Handan, he felt that the State of Zhao was indeed more stable（安定的）than the State of Yan. ①Even the way of walking of the people in the State of Zhao looked better than that of the people in the State of Yan. He made up his mind to learn how the people in the State of Zhao walked in Handan. ②No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to learn the gait（步态）of the people in the State of Zhao. He even forgot how he walked in the State of Yan. In the end, he had to crawl（爬）back from the State of Zhao to the State of Yan.

76. George是一名英国工程师，毕业后一直在非洲工作。上个月他刚刚辞去了非洲的工作，准备回国发展。请你根据下面的图片和文字信息，帮他写一封求职信。

I learned from an advertisement that your company is in need of an engineer. I would like to apply for the job.

Thank you for your consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

George

77. 每个人在成长过程中都会遇到各种不同的烦恼，随着烦恼的增多，压力就会增大。为了更好地解决中学生的心理压力问题，你校举办了以“How to deal with pressure”为主题的英语演讲比赛，请你准备一篇发言稿，和大家分享一下你缓解压力的好办法。