2 . I’m Mike. I graduated from Sunshine Junior middle school last June, and I’m now ________ in a senior high school of Yucai in Beijing. This autumn, I will ________ my second year.

In the summer one year ago, I remember being extremely excited yet nervous, as I was about to begin my high school ________. I was also quite ________ at the idea of being away from home for so long for the first time in my life. As I said goodbye to my parents at the high-speed railway station, I felt a mix of ________ and upset. I was travelling to a different city by myself, with a suitcase beside me, and the ________ to have an unforgettable high school experience.

At school, there might be ________ times. What if I don’t make any friends? What if my classes get stressful? How will I do my laundry? Yes, I’ve been there too, and ________ these questions. Don’t worry, you’ll make friends. Just learn to ________ the right people.

Classes will, most ________, become intense, especially towards midterms and exams. But it’s all right, we all can ________. You will have a lot of people around you who can help.

It’s ________ to worry about things like these. You’ll slowly ________ that you’ll take on these ________ as you go, and that they won’t be as terrible as you had ________.

4 . 23-year-old Taleigh Loven walked downstairs to her graduation party last October. She was ______ balloons, treats and congratulations from her family. What didn’t cross her mind was her ______ wearing the same graduation cap as she did. ______ him carrying a certificate (证书) with his name on it, she instantly burst into tears.

Mike Loven, 47, decided four years earlier that he was going to restart his study in Grand Canyon University, the ______ school his daughter had just been ______ to. A few weeks later, Mike was taking his first______ course while Taleigh was getting settled in her dorm — with no ______ that Mike was a fellow freshman.

“There was no real reason for ______ it a secret from the family—I merely thought the _______ would be fun,” Mike said. “I work a lot and I’m always on my computer, so no one ______ knew that I was working on stuff (材料) for ______ all those years.”

The ______ part about the whole thing, Mike said, was during ______ midterm seasons when his family would constantly ask him for help with tricky (棘手的) school-related issues. He had his own ______ as well, but he couldn’t tell them. That, he said, ______ many late nights at the computer.

5 . Every weekend, my father would go to the park to feed the homeless with other volunteers. I really didn’t understand my father’s _____   into it. But I was glad I didn’t have to _____   him, because I knew how much trouble my father had just getting everything ready.

Then, one Friday night I was   _____ a whole wonderful weekend by myself again when my dad came in.

“I need your help tomorrow. Some _____ won’t make it.”

“Dad, I can’t.” I protested (抗议), but _____.

When we arrived, people were already there _____us. I was _____   that my dad knew most of them by name and even what each one needed. While my father was feeding them, I started handing out some _____. It was at that time that I _____a girl about my age was barefoot (光脚). I looked into her clear eyes for a moment, ______   believing someone of my age could live like this. It was lucky that we took some ______. “Thank you!” she cried happily when I ______her the shoes. I felt very ______inside as I watched her leave.

Now I ______why my father did so much to help the homeless. I could ______   he loved seeing their smiles of happiness. I did too.

6 . Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new_______ in high school.  

_______, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be _______ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _______ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart _______ as the list ended without her name. Feeling _______, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework. 

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was_______. She moved on to English and history, and was _______ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those _______. Feeling better, she decided not to________ math for the time being. 

Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much________. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to ________ at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mom had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond ________ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the ________ fish you can be.”

7 . A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a _______on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she _______it.

For most people, that would be the _______ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just_______ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the _______ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I _______ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really _______ me.” Carrell thought the letter would _______ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, _______ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s ________,” said Carrell.

The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ________ you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to ________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are ________ for what James Carrell did.” We often forget the power of ________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a ________impression.

8 . “Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect ________of Chinglish. Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal (照字面意思的) translation of the Chinese greeting with a ________English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American________. I was too ________to believe her. So I did a ________on Google. Much to my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages ________the expression “long time no see” in them. This sentence has been ________ used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is a little informal, it is part of the ________ that Americans use daily. However, if you ________this sentence in Microsoft Word, it will tell you that the grammar needs to be________.

Nobody knows the ________ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully ________a world-wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese________by quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a common sentence in the real world ________the popularity of these movies.

Some people compare America to a huge pot of stew (炖菜), in which language is usually the first thing to be ________ .

10 . When I was little, I loved Irish dancing but I didn’t have the chance to continue. So when Aofie-Mai was seven, I started sending her to ___________ classes. I want to ___________ her every possible chance. I suppose I’m living my dream ___________ her.

At first, it was just for fun, but she is naturally ___________ and has won prizes and medals (奖牌). She dances four times a week and has between 15 and 20 competitions a year. She even won a world medal in a team dance ___________ she was nine, which is a great ___________. It’s a very expensive hobby. We can’t ___________ family holidays any more, so whenever we’re traveling around the UK or Ireland for ___________, we treat it as a break (休息). My ___________ comes too, sometimes, but because he’s self-employed, he doesn’t ____________ for days off. Additionally, each trip costs around ￡1,200.

It’s a crazy world of false eyelashes (假睫毛) and so much make-up (化妆), but the girls __________ it. I found the heavy make-up a bit ____________ at first, and still think there’s no ____________. The dresses are beautifully made and cost around ￡2, 000 each. We go to a designer called Eire Designs by Gavin Doherty ____________ they’re top quality. To have a Gavin ____________ is amazing.

We do make too many contributions. I no longer have a social life and I hardly have any time for myself. My husband and I hope she sticks to it, though, because it teaches discipline, hard work, helps her fitness and builds friendships with her teammates. I do fear adding up the cost (费用). I often think about what I could do with that money, but I love seeing her on the stage.