It was Olivia’s first day at Rockford Public Schools. She felt very excited, but at the same time, she was a little nervous. The new school, with 900 students in her grade, is much     1     than her old school, where there were just 330 students.     2     she sat down at a table in her new school’s dining hall, she wasn’t yet sure how she would feel about being at the school.

    3    , she wasn’t the only new one at the school. To help the new students from junior high schools feel better, this special activity was     4     for them.

Rebecca, a new school counselor (辅导员), was     5     for the activity. “I know what it is     6     to be in a new place and I want the students to know they’re not alone.” she said. After Rebecca introduced     7     and other school workers to the new students, she announced that the students could talk freely and ask them any questions. The     8     of the student council (学生会) were also available to answer questions about the school, Soon the room was filled with sounds of     9    .

The activity was very successful. Some students said they couldn’t     10     to study in such a wonderful school. As for Olivia, she felt a sense of belonging. “It’s a really special place. And I believe l will have a good time at the school in the following years,” she said.

3 . 假如你是李华，初中即将毕业，请根据下面要点，给你的初中英语老师 Mr. Li用英文写一封不少于40词的感谢信。

4 . Jason Smith is the headteacher of a middle School in Warren Township, Indiana. An eighth grade student John entered his office after refusing to take his hat off in class. “I sat down with him and asked him why and what happened. He said he just got his haircut and didn’t like the way it looked. He thought his hairline looked a little funny.” Mr. Smith said. So, he offered to cut the student’s hair, if he agreed to go back to class.

“I’ve been cutting hair most of my life. I played college basketball, cut my teammates’ hair before games, and I’ve been cutting my son’s hair for 17 years. So, I had professional clippers (理发剪) at home.” I said, “If I go home and get my clippers and line you up, will you go back to class?” He said, “Yeah, I will.” Mr. Smith said.

Mr. Smith is being praised by many people online after the story and photos were posted on a social networking website. And guess what happened after that. The student thanked the headteacher, apologized for his behavior and then went to class. While asking students to obey the rules directly may seem easier to have a good order in class, Mr. Smith says he knows that to a middle school boy, it is better to understand their needs and listen carefully.

7 . Have you ever paid attention to your school’s security guards or dining hall staff? Would you say “Good morning” to your school’s cleaners? For high school student Ding Jiacheng, it’s a problem that many students ignore (忽视) the important jobs done by these non-teaching workers. He wanted to make a change.

The boy from Hangzhou International Foreign Language School, together with several other students, worked on a project called “The Invisible (隐身的) are Significant”. They hoped more students would see and respect the “invisible” staff on campus. The project won a prize at China Thinks   Big, a competition held by Harvard University and Tsinghua University to encourage teenagers to study social issues.

“My team members and I sent questionnaires (问卷) to 158 students,” said Ding. “In one question, 56 percent of the students said they would greet those non-teaching workers, while only 17 percent strongly believed that every student should do so.”

The team also studied relationship between students and workers. “When most students follow the rules of their teachers, one-third of the students go against the rules of the dormitory attendants (宿舍管理员),” said Ding. “It shows that students treat non-teaching staff differently from teaching staff.”

The main reason, according to Ding, is that students know little about the work done by non-teaching staff. They also have few chances to communicate with them. Therefore, Ding’s team shot videos to show staff working around campus. They also held a basketball match between students and non-teaching staff to increase their relationship.

“We’ve also made a series of stickers (贴纸),” said Ding. “We hope these cute images will help young people like the non-teaching staff more.”

“The activity helped me understand that we can all make a positive impact (影响) through our creative ideas,” Ding said.

Water is one of the most useful things on earth. We drink it, wash with it and cook with it. However, it can be harmful ________.

This was something that happened to me a few months ago. It started as a normal (正常的) school day. It was summer and the ________ was really hot. We were studying for our tests when a ________ came. The sky went dark and the rain started to beat heavily against the windows. The storm went on and on. Then, the rain started to come through the roof (屋顶) and ________ on the desks in the classroom. Our books were getting ________. Suddenly there was a loud noise. We didn’t ________ what it was at first. Then, water came across the floor of our classroom. The school was flooded (被淹没). We all felt very ________ and some of the girls started to cry.

Miss Miller was calm. She told us all to ________ hands. We slowly walked out of the classroom in a line of people and came to a safe place. We didn’t leave there ________ the water was gone. Our school was in a mess. Together we ________ every classroom. Everyone felt tired but lucky!