7 . Once upon a time in a small ________, there lived a young boy named Jack. He was known for his ________ and adventurous (冒险的) spirit. Jack’s village was at the foot of a large mountain. The villagers ________ what was on the other side of the mountain, but no one had ever ________ it.

One day, Jack decided to climb the mountain. He packed some food, water, and his grandfather’s old map in his backpack. With ________ determination (决心), he began the journey.

As he climbed higher, the air grew cooler and ________. Jack faced many ________, like slippery rocks and deep ravines (沟壑), ________ he didn’t give up. He kept going. When he reached the mountain’s peak, he was met with a breathtaking view of a beautiful valley filled with colorful flowers and surrounded by lush forests.

In the valley, Jack discovered a hidden village. The villagers there were ________ and shared their delicious food with him. They told him stories of their peaceful life.

After spending time in the valley, Jack ________ to return home. As he climbed down the mountain, he shared his incredible journey with his fellow villagers. And he realized that his adventurous spirit had been truly rewarded.

Are you one of those students who are just good at math? If you are, you should highly consider joining your school’s math ________ and competitions.

But, why? Why should you “waste your afternoons with math?” It’s because you’ll gain so much ________ this. You’ll get to experience some amazing things that many of your classmates will not get to. Even though they may seem or look ________, it’s not all that bad.

Math club gives me precious memories.

Some of my most favorite memories of the days back in middle school were through math club-Math Counts-and competitions. I ________ being so excited to stay at the hotel with my friends, unable to sleep that first night because of the nervousness of competing the morning after.

________ makes perfect.

I learned this simple idea through all those Friday afternoons spent with my Math Counts team, practicing for two hours ________. With the same goals in our minds-go to state and qualify for nationals-we practiced hard. And even after the practice, some students stayed around trying to work out the problems.

Having a good time with my friends.

Even though we were those “nerdy” kids who were simply good at math, we were just like all ________ middle school kids when it came to having fun. We took breaks together going to the school vending machine to buy a bag of chips and ________ around in the hallway. I remember the morning of the competition, we had a snowball fight (even though we weren’t supposed to), and a snowball knocked my glasses ________ my face. Because of the heavy snow, it took 5 minutes for 10 kids to find the pair of glasses.

Skills for future.

So, why join math clubs? By doing so, you will gain confidence, learn from your mistakes, and know what it feels like to be pressured. ________, I’ve never had trouble in any of my math classes in high school because I gained the ability to learn and digest the new math skills very quickly.

10 . 假如你是Chris，你学校学生会主席想要让学生们的学校生活更加丰富多彩，现在向全校学生征集建议。请根据下面海报要求，给学生会主席写一封建议书。

I’m a student in Grade 8. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This is my ideal school life. I hope my ideas will be helpful to you.

Yours,

Chris