1 . 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.

2 . 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.

3 . 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!”

4 . 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.

5 . 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.

6 . 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).

7 . The first cartoons appeared in newspapers. They told stories using ________. The first photographed cartoon film (in 1906) was about humorous ________. In the film, an artist ________ pictures of two faces on a blackboard. The faces came to life. They smiled and a small dog jumped through a ring.

There were lots of ________ in early cartoons. One famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat.

Walt Disney started to ________ films in the 1920s. Some of his earliest films were about a famous story, Alice in Wonderland, ________ in Disney’s films it was called Alice in Cartoon Land. Walt Disney’s most famous cartoon character was Mickey Mouse. He appeared in 1928, first in a black­-and-white film ________ sound, then very soon after that in a talking film and later in colour. The Mickey Mouse film with sound became really ________.

Today, over a hundred years ________, cartoons are still popular with people of all ________. They will probably be popular for many more years in the future.

My birthday is coming. On _____ day of this week, I want to have a birthday party. I hope you can come. But it is _____ difficult to find my house. Here is a _____, and it can help you find _____ my house is. You go out of your house, and go down West Street. Don’t _____ left and just walk _____. You can _____ a bus stop on your left. You can _____ the No.2 bus and get off at the fifth stop. Then you are on Garden Street. Go down the street and you will _____ a supermarket. There is a bank down the street on your right. My house is behind the ______.

Yours，

Tom

9 . This is a story about a famous American woman, Helen Keller. When she was only nineteen months old, she was _______. Because of the illness, she _______ not see or hear anything. When she was seven, a young teacher came and _______ her to read and write. Her name was Anne Sullivan. Later, Miss Sullivan took her to visit another teacher. That teacher taught her to _______. Helen put her fingers on her teacher’s face or mouth. _______ this way, she learned how to speak. Then she went to university (大学) and _______ writing books and helping the blind _______ the world. Her hard work made people all over the world love _______. She became popular and _______, and her story helped many people like her work harder __________ have a better life.

10 . Peter loves to travel to new places and meet new people. He does not like to travel on a package tour (跟团旅游). Instead, he likes to buy a guidebook for the place he is going to and _______ the information on the Internet. He _______ sees more benefits of travelling this way. Firstly, he doesn’t have to _______ too much for his trip. Package tours usually cost _______ because the cost of the travel agency (旅行社) and the tour guide is not cheap. Secondly, Peter likes the fact that he does not have to wait for the tour group to _______ photos or buy souvenirs when they go to a place.

However, Peter has had some problems travelling all by _______. Sometimes, he feels _______ and wishes that there are similar travelers with him to discuss his new experiences. Also, going to a different _______ alone can be difficult and even dangerous at times.

Once, Peter was in Thailand and he could not speak the language there. Someone stole his wallet on the train. Luckily, he was not harmed. But he didn’t get his _______ back because the police could not understand him!

________ he has had a few problems in the past, Peter still likes to travel all by himself.