When I was nine years old, I wanted to keep a pet fish. After months of _______, I finally had enough money to get one. I named it Bob, I put _______ beautiful toy house with windows in the tank (鱼缸) so that Bob could swim through. Sometimes, I would draw pictures of _______ fish and sea plants and tape them to the side of the tank, so Bob wouldn’t get lonely while I _______ at school.

However, _______ a month, I noticed that the tank was getting dirty. My dad asked me _______ it into the kitchen. He wanted to make sure I knew _______ to do so that Bob wouldn’t get hurt.

First, my dad told me to reach _______ into the tank and take the house away. _______ I took my hand out of the water, I noticed that the water was a lot ________ than I thought.

“ That’s smelly! ” I said. “ Let’s hurry up and ________ the fish out of the water, Dad! ”

“ Not so fast, Ben, ” Dad said. “ We need to save some of the old water, ________ Bob needs a place to stay while we clean the tank. ”

“ Why? ” I asked.

“ Running water from the tap can be harmful to fish, ” Dad explained. “ That ________ we can’t put Bob into fresh water right away. Instead, we need to put him in a cup with ________ of the dirty water for a while. ” …

All seemed so easy. I hoped the next time I would be able to clean the tank all by ________.

David is a 15-year-old boy and he is crazy about space. He always wonders how space stations work. For him, a space camp is ________ than any other camp in the world.

At the age of seven, David had ________ first astronaut (宇航员) training experience. He and his parents ________ to a Family Space Camp. They had a taste of what it was like to travel ________ space. Everything was magical. ________ excited David was!

David has been to many space camps over the last eight years. Last month, he went to ________ new space camp. It had a lot of fun training programs, ________ he enjoyed all of them. There he was often asked ________ he liked space camps so much. “I feel like a real astronaut in the space camp, and I don’t even need ________ the earth,” he said.

These experiences have influenced his life. Now David ________ space science. He has made up his mind to be a space engineer in the future.

4 . Wang Yiyi is an excellent Beijing Opera (京剧) artist. She was born and raised ________ village in Hebei province. She loved singing and dancing ________ she was a little girl. She was her music ________ favorite student. One day, the teacher told her ________ a test. If she passed the test, she could enter a Beijing Opera school.

Wang Yiyi passed the test ________ and became a student of that school. She worked ________. Students in the school ________ to get up at 6:45 a.m. to practice their basic skills. But she got up at 6:00 in the morning. And she was always the last one to go to bed. Sometimes she was tired that she felt like crying, she would find ________ quiet place and cried aloud. She ________ herself that she still had a long way to go and that she should keep practicing…

Years went by. Finally, ________ hard work paid off. She got into her life as a Beijing Opera actress.

5 . It was a beautiful spring day in a forest in ancient China. High up in a tree, a mother bird was watching _______ six baby birds come out of the eggs lovingly. Five of them were strong. They chirped loudly. But _______ last one that came out was not strong at all. This little one _______ Little Six. He was weak and quiet. He was not fast enough _______ the worms (虫子) Mama Bird brought back. Little Six ate _______ food, so he was always hungry. And he didn’t like that.

Little Six didn’t have a strong body. _______ he had a strong will. He decided _______ he would get stronger. He would do exercises and flap (拍动) his wings every day.

Every morning, Little Six would rise _______ the sun even came up. When his brothers and sisters woke, Little Six had already finished all his exercises. Morning after morning, he practiced _______ his wings, and they were getting stronger and stronger. He always got the first worms Mama brought back home.

All through the spring, Little Six woke up ________ than his brothers and sisters. Week after week, he worked harder than they did. He ________ eat big meals and did not go hungry any more.

After a couple of months, all the baby birds had grown well. Mama Bird brought them together and ________ them to fly. ________ everyone’s surprise, Little Six was the first to start flying!

“Chirp! Chirp! ________ at me!” Little Six cried ________ while his brothers and sisters still fought hard, trying to fly up.

Last month, a new bridge was first opened to the public. It’s ________ hanging bridge for walkers in the world. Guess how long ________. It is 516 meters—over five football fields long.

Workers started to build the bridge in May, 2018. ________ cost $2.8 million and took over two years to complete. The bridge runs ________ two mountains. At its highest point, it is 175 meters off the ground. Far, far below is a big rushing river. Along the river, there is ________ eight-kilometer-long wooden walkway. People could enjoy the scenery (风景) and watch ________ there.

Now the city is hoping that the bridge ________ lots of tourists to the area. The website for the bridge describes the walk across the bridge as “the most exciting 510 meters of your life.” Many tourists, they believe, will come ________ the fantastic experience of walking across.

Some people ________ to check out the bridge before the opening. Jerry was one of them. He said ________, “I was a little afraid, but there is no other bridge like this one in the world, it was so worth it.”

8 . 根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个语法正确的答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

Dear Jennet,

How is everything going?

After a week ________ Guangdong, Eric and I arrived in Hainan. However, ________ didn’t enjoy ourselves after getting here. On the first day, my bag ________ at the airport. It took us two hours to get it back. On the second day, I told Eric ________ an umbrella before going to the beach, but he forgot it. By the end of the day, he got terribly sunburned. He felt very painful and couldn’t fall ________. So we had to go to hospital. When we returned to the hotel, it was already 2 a.m. ________ a bad day it was! Now, he regrets ________ he didn’t listen to me.

Today, we are going to ________ famous restaurant to try some seafood. It’s said that the restaurant ________ free drinks for customers since it opened in 1997. I will take some ________ of the dishes to share with you.

I have to go now. Eric is asking for me. Write soon.

Love,

Minmin

My name is Amelia Grant. I live in a small city. There, my father has an oil factory. At the age of eight, something terrible happened while I ______ playing near an oil well. It made me lose most of my hearing.

A lot has changed for me ______ then. For one thing, I cannot hear music like before. I used to love listening to my mother sing songs. When I first lost my hearing, I was sad that I ______ never again hear my mother sing. But now I put my ear to her chest ______ the vibrations（震动）of her voice. Now, I feel music instead of hearing it.

Also, I have to go to ______ different school in another city—Texas School for the Deaf. It is over 300 kilometers away from my hometown. The teachers there are kind, ______ I can only see my parents during holidays. I miss them very much.

During ______ last winter holiday, my daddy gave me a book you wrote, The Story of My Life. From it, I learned a lot about you. When you first became deaf and blind, you had a hard time showing people ______ . Because of this, you would sometimes get mad and make ______ noises. Now I know your feelings and I ______ by your book. I’m going to write to you in a few days to tell you more.

Yours,

Amelia Grant

Susan went on a trip to Hastings with her classmates last Friday. They were very excited _______ it was their first school trip.

The night before, Susan prepared (准备) things for the trip. She put _______ sweater in her bag because the weather was still cold. She also took some hamburgers, cakes, juice and candies.

Susan didn’t sleep very well that night. She got up very early the next morning. She got dressed, brushed her teeth and _______ breakfast at 7:15 a.m. Then she took her bag.

Her father drove _______ to school. Susan met her classmates outside the school. They waited for the bus for 10 minutes and when it arrived, everyone got on it very _______ .

The ride took about two hours. They spent most of the time _______ , so it seemed very short.

When they arrived in Hastings, the sun was bright, but it was a little cold, so they _______ swim in the sea. They visited the castle (城堡) and took photos in the park. Susan bought a T-shirt _______ her brother in a store. They left at 7 p.m. and got home at about 9 p.m. Susan was really _______ , but she liked this school trip. ________ wonderful the trip was!