【推荐1】Typhoons in the northern part of the world have girls' names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose. It was one of the f    1     typhoons to hit Hong Kong in ten years.

It began o    2     the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o'clock, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people's umbrellas away. It b    3     stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters were soon full of boats. Some very big ships went out to sea b    4     it was safe for them to be at sea in a typhoon. Kai Tak Airport closed. No p    5     could take off or land.

In Typhoon Rose, many people died and lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!

Yue Fei was a hero who lived during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As a general (将军), he led his army to w    1     many battles. In 1125, the Jin army from the north invaded (侵略) the Song kingdom and tried to take control of its central lands. Yue decided to fight the e    2    .

Before he set out, his mother asked him, “Right now the country is facing great difficulty, what do you plan to do?”

“Serve the country with utmost loyalty (精忠报国),” Yue said.

That was what his mother hoped her son would do. She decided to tattoo (给……纹身) the words onto her son’s back so he would not e    3    forget them.

His mother asked, “My child, tattoos are quite p    4    , are you afraid?”

Yue said, “Mother, a little needle (针) is nothing. If I was afraid of a needle, how could I face going to war on the front lines?”

Keeping these words in mind, Yue defeated the Jin army many times. Sadly, Yue was later framed (陷害) by Qin Hui and was k    5    . But his spirit was passed on to later generations.

I have some wonderful childhood     1     (memory). When I was young, I always played together with my cousins in my grandparents’ house. My grandparents had a large swimming pond (池塘) in     2     (they) garden. We spent many     3     (interested) summer days there.     4     fact, it was a fish pond before, but my grandpa made it a swimming pond after all the fish     5     (die).

Another memory of my childhood was about my fifth birthday. My parents held a party for me. My friends and I sang and danced     6     (happy) at the party. I got a lot of gifts too. Then my dad told me     7     (take) something out of the car. I opened the car boot (汽车行李箱) and saw     8     bike. I thanked my parents for     9     (give) me the gift that I wanted to have so much. I didn’t want to ask for something,     10     sometimes my parents did a lot for me. I thanked them very much.

My brother and I finished high school two weeks     1    . As a special gift, my parents took     2     to South Africa and went camping by the lake in a small village.

Late in the afternoon, we     3     up our tent in the middle of a field (田野). After finishing it, we cooked a meal     4     an open fire. We were all hungry (饥饿的) and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, we told stories and     5     songs by the camp fire. But some time     6    , it began to rain. We felt     7    , so we put out the fire and went into our tents. Our sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so we all     8     well. In the middle of the night, my mother     9     up and began shouting. The tent was full of (充满) water! We all jumped out of our sleeping-bags and hurried outside. It was raining     10    ! Unluckily, the wonderful night became a wet night.