5 . People use body language to send messages to others. It is very ________ because others can understand you easily when you use body language. When you are talking with others, you are not just using words, but also using ________. For example, waving one’s hand is to say, “Goodbye”. Shaking hands means welcome, and clapping hands ________ congratulations (祝贺). Nodding the head means YES, but shaking the head means NO.

Different countries have ________ body language. For example, when in ________, France and Arab countries, people kiss each other when they meet, ________ men in China or Australia shake hands. People in Puerto Rico like touching each other, but people in Britain do not touch each other. People in Arab countries like ________ close to one another when they are talking, but English people must keep a distance away when they are talking. It is very important ________ the meanings of gestures and movements in the foreign country. ________ they will help you communicate with people and make you stay there much more ________ and comfortable.

6 . Our class took a trip to Nanjing these days. We were very excited. It was our first trip to Nanjing. We arrived there on Monday afternoon. We stayed there for one ________. We didn’t have much ________ time during our visit.We were busy. On Tuesday, we ________ the museum. The next day, we went to the Confucius Temple. It’s ________, and we had a good time.

However, one day it was really dangerous for Zhang Fei. On Saturday, we ________ the bus to Nanjing Dongshuiguan Ruins Park. There were many people on the bus. After ten minutes, we got off the bus. ________ we found Zhang Fei wasn’t with us. He was on the bus! He didn’t get off. Our teacher ________ the bus. At last, the ________ stopped the bus and Zhang Fei got off. He became very ________ on the buses after that. Zhang Fei will never ________ the bus trip. We came back to Hefei on Sunday evening.

7 . Sunday was going to be the birthday for me and my other two classmates. As we were born in the same month, we decided to have a big party to ________ it.

On that evening, we ________ all our classmates. We prepared a lot of food and drinks. After singing the birthday song, we ________ the delicious cake together. We sang more songs and played games. Then someone told ________ stories, and everyone laughed. Three hours ________ quickly. Because we had to go to ________ before 11：00 pm, we ended our party at 10：00 pm. Before we left, our classmates gave ________ of us a birthday card with their best wishes. Finally we took some pictures together. What a great time we had! At that moment, I ________ love and happiness.

Before the party, only my ________ could remember my birthday, and I had never had such a big party and so many friends’ wishes. ________ I wanted to say to my classmates, “Thank you, and I will never forget this evening, especially each of you!”

8 . Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. In his short life he finished _____ 300 works.

Xian was born in Macao, China in 1905. He learned to play the violin when he was 13 years old. _____, his violin was so cheap and badly made that he _____ not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not _____ playing it and soon showed his talent. In 1931, he was _____ of the first Chinese students who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he _____, Xian became the school’s best student and won several prizes for his talent.

Later, he came to Yan’an to _____ music at a college. There were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, but Xian still wrote some of his most important music there. The Yellow River Cantata is his most famous _____.

In May 1940, Xian was sent to a foreign country to write music for movies. Life was very _____ then. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness ______ October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian’s music, however, lives on in the people’s hearts.

9 . Do you hear of Double 11 Shopping Carnival (狂欢节) (Nov.11) in China? Many people even your parents, probably _____ late that night. They want to buy _____ and useful things online. Well, the USA also has a _____ like it. It is Black Friday. It is one of the biggest _____ days in the USA.   People want to start shopping for some gifts, so they go shopping on this day to _____ money. People call it Black Friday because shops used to record sales _____ black ink (墨水). So when there is a lot of black ink on a page, that means the shop _____ a lot. Shopping on Black Friday takes place at real _____. It is different from Double 11 Shopping Carnival. _____ stand in line for a long time. Sometimes they fight over things because there are only _____ things left. Televisions, computers and video game systems are some of people’s favourite things to buy.

10 . Once upon a time, there was a swan (天鹅). She lived in a lake. A woman with her two daughters lived in a small house _____ the lake. They lived a hard life. Sometimes they _____ money to buy food.

The swan was _____ to see that. She _____ to help them. Every day she came to the woman’s house and left a golden feather (羽毛) without _____ anything. The woman sold the feather _____ bought food. She was happy because her life was _____ than before.

But the woman became greedy (贪婪的). One day when the swan _____ the woman caught (捉住) her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers _____ common (普通的) feathers.

The swan said, “I come to help you, but you want to kill (杀) ______. I will never come back. Never be greedy.” With these words, the swan disappeared (消失).