1 . Specialists(专家) say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock(文化冲击)” is the _______ these specialists use when talking about the _______ that people have in a _______ environment. “There are three stages of culture shock”, say the specialists. In the first stage, the new comers like their new environment. Then, when the _______ experience dies, they begin to _______ the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the new comers begin to adapt to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life _______ .

There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The _______ may be different. The public service systems—the telephone, the post office, or the transportation—may be difficult to _______. The most simple things seem to be big problems. The language may be _______ .

Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. ________ culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who ________ had any difficulties in their home countries and were ________ in their community(集体). Coming to a new ________ these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find ________ without a role, almost without an identity(身份). They have to ________ a new self-image.

Culture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation(迷失方向). This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying ________ all the time. They want to ________ themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a(n) ________ of safety. This escape does ________ the problem of culture shock in the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and ________ experience—these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

2 . Every summer, my parents, my six-year-old brother and I go to stay in a small house by a lake. I like to________ sandcastles (沙雕城堡) on the beach, or throw stones across the water.

On 15 July this year, I was crawling (爬行) along the shore of the lake on my arms and knees,________stones to throw, when my hand and knee felt________long and hard________in the sand. I pulled it out and saw that it was different from the sticks or rocks I found. One end had a point, and the other had a handle, so I pointed it up to the sky and________, “Daddy, I’ve found a sword”!

I felt like a soldier in ancient times. When Daddy________it to an archaeologist (考古学家), she said it was at least 1,000 years old. _________, they now think it’s 1,500 years old.

This month, the archaeologists finally came to ________the rest of the lake and they found a brooch (胸针) that is as________as my sword, and a coin from the 18th century. Then they________the news and I could finally tell everyone at school. I had to give the sword to the local________. Daddy explained that it’s part of___________and it’s important to share it with others.

Now, ________I go swimming in the lake, I will be looking to see ________I can find. It feels like that lake might be a little bit magic. On that day I felt a little bit magic,________.

3 . Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in a school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn’t have______

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture. people could see he was teaching his students by______ an entire computer on the blackboard.The photos showed the______level of education for children in Ghana. People were______ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly. He would come to school half an hour ahead of______every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was______off to start the next class, so he had to______it the next day! Owura’s efforts______when Microsoft took______of his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting in Singapore. He made a______about his teaching methods at the meeting and ______a standing ovation(欢呼) after the speech.

______,Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies______computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s______the world took care and treat them with ______

4 . A back injury drove Briton Rose Oliver to tai chi, which led her to her husband and then took both of them to China. Twenty years ago, Oliver’s back injury ________ her childhood dream of becoming a ballet dancer. But the injury did ________ her to tai chi, a martial art typically practiced in slow motion. Her original hope was to improve her ________ ; however, it turned out to bring her more. She later married her ________, Rey Nelson, who taught her how to play tai chi, and founded a school with him, teaching the martial art to more than 10,000 students over eight years.

In 2000, the couple moved to Shanghai. They taught ________ in universities and happily learnt tai chi under various masters to enhance their skills in playing. After years of practice, Oliver found her occasional ________ had disappeared amazingly. But her greatest pain ________ when her husband died in 2003, leaving her alone to follow their ________ passion for tai chi. She thought of ________. But she finally determined to carry on to honor her husband.

With the ________ of her tai chi “family” — the masters and students, Oliver spent her time outside tai chi teaching English as she did before and ________ cultural-exchange events. She founded the Double Dragon Alliance, which enables kung fu masters to teach martial arts to westerners and organizes seminars and events for them to ________ Chinese massage, acupuncture, traditional medicine, and calligraphy.

Because of her ________ to cultural exchange, Oliver was given the Shanghai Magnolia Award, an award given to foreigners who have made ________ contributions to the city. And she has been officially ________ as a member of the Order of the British Empire by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth — one of the highest honors to a citizen.

5 . Not being able to see someone you love for a long time is hard, but it does make a reunion (重逢) more special.

Owen and Stevie _________ several years ago at their school in Chicago. They became close friends and it seemed that nothing could _________ them. Unfortunately, their friendship was _________ three years ago when Owen and his family moved to Missouri. Owen and Stevie were _________ to keep their long-distance friendship. _________, it wasn’t easy not being able to see their best friend every day.

Recently, Owen’s dad was _________ for a business trip to Chicago. The two families naturally took advantage of this amazing _________ for a reunion. Instead of telling Stevie the great news, they kept the _________ from him. When the big day arrived, Stevie was _________ kept in the dark.

That day, Stevie’s mum __________ to pick him up early. Little did Stevie know that his best friend was __________ him in the back seat. When Stevie __________ his mum’s car with a basketball in his hand, Owen was hiding in the car. Yet the moment the door opened wide, so did Stevie’s __________!

“What are you doing here?!” Stevie said with a big __________.

“I’m __________ you in Chicago! That’s what I’m doing here,” Owen replied, then giving Stevie a huge hug.

“I feel like I’m dreaming,” Stevie said…

6 . Do you know what will happen in the future? Life in the twenty-first century will be very ________ , I suppose. Many changes will take place, but ________ will the changes be?

As we all know the population in the earth is growing ________. There will be a great many ________ in the world and most of them will live ________ than people in the twentieth century.

Computers will be much smaller and ________ and there will be at least one in every ________. And ________ studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

People will work ________ and they will have more free time for taking exercise, reading, watching TV and traveling all over the world. ________ will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to ________ countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our ________, too. May be no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables without pollution. Maybe people will be ________. Work in the future will be different, too. ________ and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, ________ people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

7 . Thousands of people online are involved in efforts to help an 8-year-old, cancer-stricken (患癌症的) boy from the United States to realize his dream. Dorian Murray of Westerly, Rhode Island, has been receiving_________from around the world in recent days.，

Dorian has been_________cancer since he was 4._________the disease had been brought under control after a series of_________treatments, a medical checkup early this month found that cancer cells (细胞) had_________to the boy’s brain. The family decided to_________treatment.

Dorian then told his father that before going to heaven, he wanted to be_________in China because it had the Great Wall, which he called “a bridge for people to walk on”. The_________between the boy and his father was posted on Facebook, where it was_________and commented on by thousands of Internet users, including many from China.

Some responded with____________taken at the Great Wall in Beijing, in which they held signs with words of____________, reading “D-Strong” and “You are very famous in China.” Some left messages below the post, saying “I hope you will____________soon.” or “We are delighted to make your dream come true.”

Dorian’s mother wrote that she was____________and deeply moved by the responses to Dorian’s____________. “Dorian has brought so much inspiration to people around the world! I couldn’t be more____________my son,” she said.