This is my first day at senior high school. Before going to school, I was a bit anxious but curious. I wanted to make a good first    1    (impress) and hoped to achieve excellent results, so I    2    (exchange) some ideas with my father. He told me not to be frightened,     3     (say) there’s a lot to explore at senior high. First of all, I should be confident     4    try to be outgoing, which can help me to make some friends, although people have different personalities. Besides, I should develop good learning styles. For example, I should still concentrate in class,    5    (especial) on the experiment and revise in time, which is certain     6    (help) improve my performance. What’s more, I should take    7     (note) when teachers explain some important knowledge and if I have questions, I shouldn’t feel awkward to ask the teachers for help. Additionally, I should behave well    8     campus, and try to be polite to anyone.

I had my first maths class in the morning. The class was a bit difficult but the teacher was kind and friendly,     9    told us some practical strategies of learning maths. In general, I had a     10    (wonder) day.

We all know that there are millions of English speakers     1    (global). Even outside of countries like the U.S. and the U.K., many people can speak and understand English. There are about 60 countries     2     have English as their official language.

Why is this? It all has to do with history and the key is the British Empire. Throughout the centuries, the British Empire expanded (扩大) and     3     (rule) over many different countries. In many cases, the people they ruled over    4     (force) to speak English and some of these countries still speak English,     5    the fact that it isn’t their main language.

Is it really worth     6     (put) all that time and effort into learning English? Well, English is an important language for all kinds of professional (专业的) and     7     (person) goals. It is also     8    good means to help connect us with other people around the world. Whether you are starting out in English, or you need some motivation (动力) to keep going, understanding the importance of the language will help you reach    9     (fluent) and change your life greatly. So it is wise of you     10     (learn) English well, no matter where you are from.

Next week I’m travelling to Australia to visit a friend there. I have also read about some iconic     1    (site), I can’t wait     2    (see) all of them. On Oct. 1^st, I’m there in Sydney. Since I arrived, my friend     3    (bring) me to my first open-air barbecue and has also shared many different but yummy meals     4     me, so my first impressions of Australia have been all about food. On Oct. 3^rd, my friend and I have arrived in Katherine. We’re here to learn about the life and customs of the Aborigines.     5    (survive) in this vast land on the ocean, the Aborigines had to be in close contact with nature. This shows in their music,     6     celebrates the natural world and the spiritual world around them. Most of their     7    (music) instruments are really just sticks found on the ground, among which there is     8     amazing instrument called the didgeridoo. On Oct. 6^th, it’s almost time for me to say goodbye to Australia. After being here for a while, my biggest     9    (impress) is the complicated mix of peoples and cultures.     10    (person) speaking, what I like most about Australia is the people themselves. After experiencing Australia, I have to say that I agree with the tourism slogan: There’s nothing like Australia.

As teenagers grow up, it can be easy for some of them to become     1     (involve) in tobacco or alcohol abuse, or other bad habits. It is essential to prevent harmful habits from     2     (dominate) a teenager’s life.

It is not easy to change bad habits because we are what we     3     (repeated) do. According to the research, we must first learn about the “habit cycle”, taking action in response     4     the cue. The cue     5     (act) as a signal to do something,     6     rewards us with the good thing or feeling.

To facilitate positive     7     (change) in our bad habits, we must first     8     (exam) our bad habit cycles, trying to adapt them and replace     9     negative routine with something more positive.

Many of us try to change bad habits quickly, and if we are not successful straight away, we often feel discouraged. In fact, to change     10     (they), a person must get some training. There is no “magic pill” in the world. You have to think about your bad habits and decide on some changes.

Learning is one’s own business, which cannot rely on others. It is one’s lifelong task, which cannot be     1    (finish) in one move.

A successful learner is an     2    (independence) one, who has both a determined will and amazing patience. He will make efforts     3    (create) favorable conditions. It will certainly be     4     great help, if there are enough books and     5    (equip), as well as instructions from     6    (he) teachers and friends.     7     the most important factor in learning     8    (lie) in one’s own effort.

To learn is     9     hard-working and persevering business. Persistent efforts can make up for a lack of talent and     10    (able) one to get a great deal of progress in learning.

Most of the Christmas traditions in Greece are     1     (slight) different from the West. Children travel from house to house on Christmas Eve singing carols (颂歌) and offering their good wishes. In return, they will receive sweets, coins, small gifts and other things of appreciation.

In major cities and towns of Greece, decorations     2     (make) with brilliant lights hung across the streets. Shops are decorated with all the usual Christmas     3     (decoration). A number of rituals (仪式) are connected with the     4     (celebrate) of the festival.

During the day, the mother of a family sprinkles (撒) some holy water in each room     5     (scare) bad spirits away. The bad spirits are supposed to do bad things like putting out fires and making milk go off. Besides,     6     time to time priests (牧师) go to the houses sprinkling holy water around so that bad spirits dare not to come any     7     (long).

In most Greek homes, an evergreen tree is decorated with a star placed on top.     8     is known that the main Christmas meal is roasted lamb and pork along with salads and vegetables. In addition, people enjoy     9     (they) by eating Christmas desserts like Melomakarona, egg-shaped biscuits     10     are made from flour, olive oil and honey.

Before the traditional New year, a shipment of prepackaged Luosifen (螺蛳粉),    1    iconic dish known for its unpleasant smell, left for some countries in South Asia.

Luosifen enjoys great     2    (popular) on Tmall and Taobao, as people all over the world prepare for a stay-at-home holiday due     3    the COVID-19 pandemic. The instant rice noodles, nicknamed the “durian of soup”,     4    (produce) in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang     5    (autonomy) region. Liuzhou Luosifen features rice noodles     6    (soak) in spicy soup and topped with ingredients     7    (include) pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

In the past two years, the street food     8    (enter) mass production, which not only gives the industry a promising future     9    conquers the taste buds of domestic and international foodies. On a single day, more than 200,000 buyers placed orders for the dish in     10    (compare) with less than 20,000 last year.

A 17-year-old American boy     1     (name)Tim Doner has attracted worldwide attention by mastering 23 languages, including Chinese, in just a few weeks. He     2     (become)famous after he posted videos showing off his skills on Youtube, including one in which he was seen speaking 20 different     3     (language). Experts have regarded him as a talent     4     can speak quite a few languages.

Tim wishes everyone would learn more than one language and not just as     5     school subject. “Knowing a language     6     (be)a lot more than knowing a couple of words out of a dictionary,” Tim says. Languages are for communicating     7     people, learning about their culture, and     8     (understand)how different people think. “Open up your mind to the fact that language represents a cultural world view,” says Tim. “You can translate words     9     (easy), but you can’t quite translate meaning.” Or, as Nelson Mandela said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to     10     (he)in his language, that goes to his heart.”

More and more people are     1     (use) online shopping apps during the epidemic (疫情) and it has become an important way to buy vegetables. However, online shopping     2     (have) both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of these online shopping apps are     3     (clear). First of all, it is convenient to     4     (buy) vegetables online because we can surf the Internet at any     5     (time) anywhere. Besides, there is no doubt     6     discounts on the platform are also attractive. However, its disadvantages can’t be ignored. Staring at the screen is harmful to     7     (we) eyes. Worse still, we don’t have many opportunities to go out, which can also     8     (cause) us to exercise less.

As for me, there are more advantages than disadvantages when shopping online. Just click on the screen and I can     9     (quick) get the fresh vegetables, which brings great convenience to my life. I have been using this online shopping app for over two     10     (year). It is of great help to me.

We always have colorful dreams. When people are faced with a setback, most of     1     will feel upset and complain about it. Whenever there is an activity or a competition, I would like to take part in it, but     2    (fail) make me frustrated.

One rainy day after I had failed once more, I walked along a path.     3     path was so muddy that I could hardly walk even a little     4    (far). What was worse, I fell down. I burst into tears because of exhaustion under great pressure. For a long time, I just sat where I fell down.     5    (look) at the footprints I had left behind, I thought of walking on the path in the sun. Thinking of that, an idea     6    (occur) to me. There will be no footprints     7    (leave) on sunny days, but on rainy days there will be. The more heavily we fall down, the deeper our footprints will be.

Certainly, a smooth life is what we long for, but how can we see the rainbow     8     experiencing a rainy day? Frustration is sure to slow our advancement,     9     because of it, each of our steps leaves a print. Those who live     10    (smooth) can leave nothing behind. They can never experience the same enjoyment as those who succeed after having failed for many times.