1 . When I was in the seventh grade, I volunteered at a hospital. Most of the time I was with Mr. Gillespie who was in a coma (昏迷). He never had any visitors, and _______ seemed to care about him. I spent many days there _______ his hand and talking to him.

I was away for a week to visit my parents. _______ I came back, Mr. Gillespie had gone. I was not brave enough to ask where he was, for _______ that they might tell me he had been dead.

Several _______ later, I became a college student. One day, when I was at the bus stop, I _______ a familiar (熟悉的) face. When I _______ who he was, I asked him if his name was Mr. Gillespie, and if he had been in hospital about five years ago. _______ an uncertain look on his face, he replied, “Yes.” I _______ how I knew him in the hospital. His eyes were ________ tears (眼泪). Then he gave me a(n) ________ hug (拥抱).

He told me that he could hear me talking to him and ________ me holding his hand. He thought it was an angel (天使) who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie believed that my ________ and touch made him full of hope.

Although I haven’t seen Mr. Gillespie since then, he fills my heart with ________ every day. I know that I made a difference to his ________. More importantly, I will never forget him and what he did for me: he made me an angel.

2 . 搜搜你的房间，看看有没有从童年开始就一直陪伴着你的东西呢？也许是一本书，也许是一个玩具……请以“My Favorite Thing from Childhood”为题写一篇文章，描述一件你最喜欢的物品。

My Favorite Thing from Childhood

My favorite thing from childhood is

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6 . As we all know, fresh flowers can make a room look and smell good. They also have some magic power (力量).

Martin was in hospital for weeks after falling from a building in 2011. He was very sad and began losing hope. Martin’s friends and family members came to visit him. They brought him fresh flowers each day. Then something wonderful happened. Martin’s condition started to improve, and he looked towards the future with more hope.

Martin soon realized that other patients (病人) around him didn’t get the same kindness. This made him go from room to room, giving away his flowers to them. The results were amazing. He watched people’s sadness turn into happiness.

After leaving the hospital, Martin couldn’t forget the power of his flowers. Six months later, to help more people, he started a project (项目) called the Simple Sunflower Project. He collected used flowers from some events like weddings (婚礼) and then the flowers were given to people in hospitals and the old people’s homes. In the first year, only no more than 100 people got the flowers. But in the following 12 years, it gave away flowers to about 30, 000 people.

Many studies have found that fresh flowers as well as plants are good for people’s health. Flowers could make the patients less stressed and happier. Patients with flowers had shorter hospital stays as well. Flowers make a great difference.

8 . Health and Illness

Now many people have very stressful lives. Doctors say the stress and not having enough sleep can cause a lot of illness. Read what some students say about their health and illness.

Our country has developed quickly during the last forty years. Because of it, many Chinese people’s lives have     1     a lot ever since.

Yang Xiuping, 40 years old, is from a village in Guizhou. She spent her childhood     2     in the green mountains and helping her parents with farm work every day. She had many sweet childhood     3    , but life was not easy for her family at that time. She wondered     4     to leave her village to make a living or not. In 1993, Yang left her village and went to Shenzhen. In Shenzhen, Yang worked in a(n)     5    . About seven years ago, she returned to her     6     and set up her first company (公司). Yang has turned from “a village girl” to “a boss” over the years.

Chen Shumin, 43 years old, is a teacher from a school in Shanghai. When she started to     7     at the school, there were only farmlands around the school.     8    , a subway line has been built and there are many shopping centers there. Chen said, “Many years ago, people lived in     9     houses sharing toilets and kitchens. They had little     10     space. At that time, I never thought I would have such a(n)     11     life. Now we are all used to living in a big apartment.”