1 . Last Wednesday, Mr. Chen took his class to Space Museum. There _____ many things about space there. First, the children saw a film about space travel. They saw how the space shuttle _____ off in space and later landed on Earth _____. It was very exciting and the children felt they _____ in space themselves.

After the film, Mr. Chen took _____ to see some models of rockets and the space shuttle. The models looked very real,   but they were much _____. Then the children saw some moon rocks. Two Americans _____ on the moon in 1969. They put an American flag there. Then they took some rocks back to the Earth.

_____ the children left, they also watched a video show _____ people living and working in a space lab. The people _____ stay in the space lab for months.

When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books ________ me to a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. I enjoyed reading a lot. ________ parents couldn’t afford so many books, ________ I had to solve the problem myself.

There was a bookshop near my home. One day, I walked into   ________ shop and picked up a book. I didn’t know if I could read there without ________ any books. To make sure I wasn’t noticed, I just read ________ pages and then put it back. Luckily, no one noticed me. After that, I went to read every day. Several days later, while I was reading, the owner came up and asked, “You like reading?” I looked down and replied ________, “Yes.” “Don’t worry,” he said ________ a smile. “You may read books here ________ you help me clean the shop.” I felt quite surprised, “Really? It’s so kind of you!” I was very happy that I was allowed to read there. I became one of ________ writers in our school I even won some prizes in writing.

Now studying in junior high school, I can borrow books from the library. My hobby of reading is kept. It will make a big difference to my future career life.

3 . The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut. The driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat and _______ the engine. Inside were the worried parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green. The mother was holding _______ baby daughter, Ellen. The little girl had some food stuck in her throat and _______ hardly breathe.

The driver, Mr White, turned _______ his siren(警笛) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the _______ hospital. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the busy traffic. From the back of the ambulance, the parents were shouting at him to hurry since Ellen had almost stopped breathing. Mr. White knew he had no time _______ so he drove straight past the traffic lights.

Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver who was listening to his radio didn’t hear the ambulance. The lights were green, and he drove straight on into the path of the ambulance.

Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance, but it was too late. It hit _______ taxi. Everyone was shaken, _______ no one was hurt. Mr. White looked back to see _______ little Ellen was.

“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is breathing again!”

“It must be the crash,” said her husband ________. “It knocked the food out of her throat. The accident turned out to be a blessing.”

4 . Hi, my name is James. My Chinese name is Li Xiaoming. I am ________ English boy. I ________ in China with my parents now. I’m tall and strong. I have short brown hair.

Now, I study in No. 1 Middle School in Shanghai. I’m ________ Class 1, Grade 7. I’m the class monitor. I can ________ Chinese very well. I ________ math and music, too. I’m a member of the music club. I like singing Chinese songs. Zhang Jie is my favorite singer. I like sports very much. On weekends, I often play table tennis and basketball with my parents. Sometimes we go ________.

I have many good ________ at school. I often help them study English after school. ________ they think I’m a kind boy. They all like ________ very much.

Do you like me? Do you want ________ friends with me?

5 . Xiao Lin has a good friend. ________ name is Lucy. She’s from England and she is ________ English girl. Lucy can ________ Chinese well.

Xiao Lin and Lucy are in ________. They ________ to school five days a week. They stay at home ________ Saturday and Sunday. Lucy ________ China and Chinese food. Her favorite food ________ cake and rice. After school they like ________. Lucy likes to stay with Xiao Lin in China. They are good ________.

6 . Everyone changes in his or her life. Mostly these changes take place because of ________ experience. For me, high school was such an experience. High school ________ me about myself, that is the most important lesson I have ever learned.

I used to be quiet and shy, not wanting ________ my inner self(内在自我). I would never talk about ________ was on my mind. I was afraid that someone would criticize(批评) me ________ tell me I was wrong. I cared too much about what others thought of me.

Now I am no longer afraid to tell others ________ worries and let them know how I feel. I have changed a lot with the help of my teachers and friends. They taught me that it is not a big deal to fail in something as long as I have learned from my mistakes. By ________ the courage(勇气) to believe in ________, I have become much ________ in mind. The thought of a challenge used to make me feel afraid, but now I want to work even harder to deal with the difficulties that stand ________ my way. I have realized that the ideas I had in the past can now be contributed(贡献) to the world.

8 . Winter is the season that comes after autumn and before spring. Winter is usually the coldest time of year and in some places, it _________ cold, snow and ice. Here are _________ ways to tell that it’s winter.

The days are shorter and the nights are longer than any other season. December 21st is the first day of winter, because it is the _________ day of the whole year!

The sun doesn’t shine _________ in winter, even on the brightest days. Winter is a wet season, with a lot of rain or snow. Winter brings changes to people, animals and plants.

Trees and plants often go dormant (like they’re sleeping) or go away, _________ when you look outside, you’ll see more brown than green. There _________ no leaves on most of the trees.

Some animals hibernate (冬眠), while _________ store up food in autumn _________ in winter.

_________ is difficult __________ them to find food. Many birds fly from the north to warmer places for the winter. This is called migration. These ways can help animals keep active during the coldest time of the year.

9 . One day, 100 people were attending a speech. The speaker was making a speech about happiness. However, after a few hours, people began to lose their attention. The speaker thought of _______ idea. He stopped his speech and asked all of the people to take part in a group activity.

He gave each person a balloon in the room. Each person _______ to write his or her name on the balloon with a black marker（记号笔）. Then, all of the balloons were collected and moved to _______ room.

The 100 people were then let into the room and told to find the balloon _______ their own name. Everyone was _______ searching for their own balloon. People were bumping into and tripping（绊倒）over each other.

But after about five minutes of searching, no one could find their own balloon.

After seeing this, the speaker asked each person _______ a balloon and try to find the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started asking each other for their name. In just a few minutes, everyone had his or her own balloon.

“Can you see what _______ ?” the speaker said. “The balloons are like the happiness we look for in our own lives. Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring _______ happens to others. But sometimes _______ way to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness ________ you can find your own.”

10 . Do you always get lost? Don’t worry. When you want to go somewhere, it is _________ for you to find your way by using a map app on your smart phone than before. Your smart phone “knows” where you are and _________ tell you where to go.

This is _________ with the help of satnav(卫星导航) systems. A satnav system uses groups of satellites(卫星) to find out _________ people are. It sends information to a receiver, such _________ a smart phone.

On June 23, 2020, the Beidou Navigation Satellite System was sent up into space. Beidou, China’s own navigation system _________ finally. It is one of the four global navigation systems, along with US’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.

On July 31, Beidou started providing full-scale(全方位) global services. Now, more than 120 countries and regions _________ Beidou services. Since 2000, China has launched(发射) 59 Beidou satellites. Beidou can be used in areas _________ include farming, public services and business. It can position exactly within 10 meters. In the summer of 2020, people along _________ Yangtze River used Beidou-based device to monitor (监控) flood waters well.

Beidou also has a special messaging ability. It allows people to send text messages up to 1,200 Chinese characters in length __________ mobile phone services are broken by natural disasters. Therefore, it really helps us a lot.