1 . Teenagers spend more time at school than with their parents. So communication between them can be ________. Parents spend all day working. They don’t come back home ________ late in the evening. They can’t almost ________ their children. And the problem will become worse ________ the parents work in another city. The parents and their children ________ have the weekends or holidays to spend all together. Sometimes they don’t ________ have a chance to communicate together all the year around. This is quite ________ because we know how important communication is to people, especially to children. As they grow up, they need to learn ________ to communicate with others. So, school becomes a (n) ________ place to help children.

School is where teenagers learn to read and write, ________ they can learn good manners from teachers. School is also the place where teenagers can learn lots of communication ________.

As teenagers, we’ve all ________ what school means to us. Our teachers usually ________ us how important it is to get information from others. The things we learn at school will help us ________ some important decisions in life later.

It’s sure that school will ________ help for our future. So, in school, we should work as hard as we can.

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When I was ten, I got the news that my family were moving to Beijing. It was a big city, but I was a small-town boy from Shandong. I didn’t know ________ Beijing was. I didn’t want to leave my ________. The most important thing was that I was ________ in the new place.

When I just got to Beijing, I was afraid. I had ________ friends and I couldn’t get used to the new environment. For my first four years in Beijing, I was ________ how much I disliked the place. I learned more ________ life during that time than during any other time. Those four years opened my ________ to the outside world.

After four years in Beijing. I changed a lot. Finally, I ________ got used to the life and everything was OK. However, at the end of the fourth month of my fifth year, I got the news that our time in Beijing was over, and my family would return to Shandong. This made me a little upset, ________ I wanted to go back home in the past years. As a matter of fact, I already began to enjoy my life in Beijing.

The last day finally came. I ________ the plane sadly. But this time, I wasn’t afraid of the unknown future.

3 . My favorite TV program is a show called Survivor (《幸存者》). It isn’t on TV at the moment _______ it was on last year.

In the show, two teams of people are taken to a(an) _______. All of them have to sleep _______ because there aren’t any houses or hotels. They usually choose _______ really useful like a toothbrush since they can only _______ one thing with them. The people also have to find food by themselves. So they need to spend a lot of time fishing in the sea and collecting fruit from the _______. Every week one person has to _______. At the end, there are only two people on the island and one of them is chosen _______ the winner.

I really like Survivor because it’s very _______ and the people have to do things like hunting for food. I really ________ myself when I watch it. I don’t want to be on the show, however, I like living in a house!

4 . In a small village in India, there lived a man. He would do nothing all day but ________ in his tent. When he was awake, he would go out, beg for (乞讨) food, come back and do nothing.

One sunny afternoon, he was very ________. With a great difficulty, he got up, ________ a bowl and went out to beg. By begging the whole day, he ________ got a pot full of milk. He hung this pot on the ceiling (顶棚), lay down on his bed and started ________ again.

“This pot of milk is going to make me rich,” he thought. “I can make butter from the milk. Then I will be able to make cheese. I will go to the market and sell the cheese,” his dream ________. “With the money I get, I will buy two chickens. They will have eggs every day. Soon I would have a large number of chickens.”

“Then I will continue my business. I will buy cows and have my own farm. Once I make a lot of ________, I will employ (雇佣) some people to work on the farm. I can also open a sweet shop in the middle of the market. I will make sweets out of the cow’s milk, and I’ll sell them there, too.” the man kept ________.

“How ________ I am,” he thought. Lost in his thoughts, he kicked out his foot, broke the pot and made himself wet by milk. He saw the broken pot and ________ angrily. He lost whatever he had.

5 . You’re going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you’re in high school. These things will give you ______ of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!

Find your passion (激情) and what kind of person you are. Whether it’s dance, basketball, _____ drawing, the important thing is that you have ______ something you are interested in.

Talk to people you don’t usually talk to. Meet new people, find new friends and even talk to the people you don’t like. It will show what ______ person you are. You never know what will happen ______ high school.

Take part in ______ one contes (比赛). This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.

Get a job. This will help you see ______ it’s like to have responsibility (责任) . It can also help you make a little money to spend on ______.

Take a trip with your friends. It doesn’t ______ where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.

Do you best at school. Don’t ______ get lazy. Working hard now will help you in the future.

6 . I noticed a dad and his son at the park. His son wasn’t able to communicate, but he seemed ______ sitting in the sand. The dad explained to me that his son could only make some sounds. The boy had been in speech therapy (言语治疗) for years. After so much time in therapy, the boy was able to make eye contact (接触) for a few seconds and the father was happy by the ______! He told me how ______ the therapies for his son were and what a pleasure it was to see all of the years of hard work pay off. The father and son connected, and those few seconds of eye contact ______ everything to that dad!

As we talked about therapy, the dad ______ me that his goal for his boy was to someday be able to go for ice cream together. He said his father used to take him out for ice cream and he hoped he could do the same with his child. ______, the son stopped putting his fingers in the sand, looked at his father and said, “Hi.” Seconds later the boy went back into his own world. The dad wanted to say something, ______ he couldn’t. His love for this boy was so great that the words would not come. What did come were ______. Those tears expressed how proud he was of his son. A father loves his child more than words are able to express.

This event touched me deeply and made me ______ my relationship with my own father. I hope that as they communicate further, more and more memories will be created for them to ______. I believe the feelings held by all fathers—their hard work, their love, their pride, and their tears of love-are all the same.

7 . Ray had a wonderful family and lived very happily. He had four grandchildren, and they all came to see him ________ their holidays. One day, Ray was preparing to welcome them as usual: cleaning the house and cooking delicious food. While he was working, he lost his favorite watch which was a gift from his deceased (已故的) wife. Ray loved the watch very much, and he was very ________.

When his grandchildren arrived, they ________ him they would find the watch. One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, where did you see the watch last ________ it went missing?”

Ray replied, “Maybe in the barn (谷仓)!” The children searched there for more than two hours ________ could not find it.

One of his grandsons wanted to search the barn ________, and Ray asked why he was going there. The little boy didn’t explain but asked ________ to follow him. A moment later, he rushed back to his grandfather, “I found it!” he shouted. Ray was surprised and asked ________ he made it. The little boy replied, “I stood in the barn alone, making no noise, and tried my best to keep silent. After a few minutes, I heard the sound of tick tick. At last, I ________ the watch from the hay (干草).” After hearing his words, Ray hugged the little boy and thanked him very much.

The story tells us if we stay calm (冷静的), we can come up with an ________. What the boy did also shows the power (力量) of silence.

8 . My 6-year-old brother, Jonas and I were home watching cartoons while Mom and Dad were out shopping. I went to get some drink and ________ my brother in the living room. Suddenly, I heard ________ break. I rushed into the living room and found my brother had broken my mom’s favorite vase (花瓶). He stood frozen, saying it was an accident.

Seeing his worried face, I didn’t want him to ________ trouble, and decided to help. I ________ ran and got some glue (胶水). Not knowing ________ Mom and Dad would return, I had no time to ________. I carefully glued all the broken pieces together.

The vase ________ at last. Just when I thought it was over, ________, the real disaster (灾难) came. I glued my hair to the vase! My hair was now ruined (破坏). “My beautiful hair,” I cried. Realizing I had no way to ________ my hair from the vase, I cut it. Although I ________ my little brother I could deal with it, I had butterflies in my stomach (紧张). I placed the vase in the same place, hoping Mom ________ discover it.

When hearing a key turn in the front door, Jonas ran away, leaving me alone. Seeing my strange hairstyle, my parents sensed something ________. Finally, their eyes fell on the vase. “How did you break the vase?” she asked. As a big sister, I took the blame (责怪). At that moment, Jonas appeared with a look of ________ and guilt (内疚). “I broke it ________. It was not my sister’s fault.” After knowing the truth, Mom was deeply ________, taking us in her arms. This vase becomes a symbol of our honesty and love.

10 . It was a hot, sunny day in a national forest. Unluckily, my best friend, Daniel, and I got _________. When we realized that we were separated from our group, we tried to find a safe place to _________ our tents at once. We found a small area next to a river. Then we started a _________ with some leaves.

While I was watching over the fire, Daniel brought more leaves. He put them in the water and then slowly threw them into the fire. The _________ leaves created a lot of smoke. Then we started to write some short notes, saying “WE ARE LOST! If you find this _________, you will find us up the river. We are keeping up a smoky fire. Please find us!” They were made _________ paper boats and sent down the river, one every five minutes. We hoped that these boats would get somebody’s _________.

Supposing our group was well on their way, we wanted to be ready for them. Daniel and I started to _________ two hollow logs (空心原木). Our small fire still produced plenty of smoke. Soon we heard someone shouting far in the forest. We were very _________. It must have been the smoke that worked. Now it was time to start beating the hollow logs we found. We enjoyed this part so much __________ we got to sing and shout along with the beat. Soon after, we were discovered by our group and we went back to our camp with an exciting story to tell.