“Ding...”the alarm went off, John yawned    1    turned around, considering: “Sleep one more minute, one minute does no harm. ”

One minute    2    (late), John got up, washed his face quickly and went to school in a hurry. While    3    (reach) the crossroads, John saw the green light flash.    4    , the light turned red before he could put his feet on the zebra line. “Oh, if only I could be a minute earlier.”he sighed.

After several minutes’    5    (wait), John finally went across the road. Then when he was rushing towards the coming bus,he pitifully saw the bus leaving in front of    6    (he)eyes. John sighed again: “If only I could be a minute earlier.”

John waited and waited, but without luck, no buses showed up again. Finally, he decided     7    (walk) to school.

Unfortunately,the class had begun when he    8    (reach) the classroom. John lowed his head and went to his seat    9    a red face. Pointing to her watch, Miss Li said: “John, you are twenty minutes late today.” John felt    10    (terrible) regretful.

When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl     1     (call) Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully passed     2     interviews for a famous women’s university in the USA.

    3     hearing the news, I told the girl that I admired her very much. Then, she smiled at me and said the words     4     I will never forget: “You can also do it ! If you have dreams, you should realize them. Without action，dreams are still dreams.”Her words gave me so much     5     (encourage). She encouraged me to take action to realize my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time     6     (prepare) an article for a competition.

After several days' hard work, I finished it and handed it in. Day in and day out, I kept waiting and waiting,    7     I heard nothing. I was very     8     (disappoint) then.

One day, however, a classmate of mine pointed to an English newspaper and said     9     (excite),“Emma，your name is in the newspaper!”My heart beat heavily. With shock and joy, I picked up the newspaper. The thing I thought was     10     (possible) had really happened.

It is in your daily life that you always get into a situation     1     your parents control hundreds of things for you when you are     2     kid, such as the clothes you wear, the food you eat, where you go and whatever can keep you     3    (comfort). It is a good thing. Kids need this kind of protection and help because they are not old enough to take care of     4    (they) and make decisions     5    (correct). But with you growing older, the part of being a teen is developing your own identity, which is different     6     parents’. Different attitudes towards events like parties may lead to     7    (argument), because your parents will always be concerned about you and keep you safe, no matter how old you are. As a result, your parents felt it hard     8     (get) used to the new situation without     9     (know) your latest news. What kids should keep in mind is that in most cases, your parents can understand what you are going through because they     10     (be) teens once.

Throughout our life we likely suffer from various illnesses. When you are ill, you must be unpleasant because of your body    1    (usual) becoming hot, and there are pains all over your body. You may have no desire to work and just stay in bed,     2    (feel) very sad.

What     3    (make) us ill? It is germs（病菌）.Germs,     4     can’t be found with your naked eyes, are everywhere. They are very tiny,     5     you can still see them with a microscope. There could be    6    (thousand) of them on a very small thing.

Germs are always in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So you won’t be allowed     7    (drink) dirty water by your father and mother.

Germs exist in water and often they     8     (find) in air and dust as well. If you cut your finger, if some of    9    dust from the floor goes into the cut, some of the germs will go into your finger. Your finger will become big and red and you will feel very     10    (pain). Sometimes the germs will enter into all of your body, and you will have pain everywhere.

There was     1     story about a high school cross-country race in Texas in 2016.

Cross-country     2     (be) actually the name of an event where the runners compete on the ground instead     3     running in a circle on a flat surface. Some cross-country courses send runners around a waterway, through the woods or up and down hills.

The high school cross-country race     4     (take) place in Texas. It     5     (name) the Gingerbread Jamboree (姜饼聚会) at that time. About 20 high schools sent runners there. The course was five kilometers long.

A camera set up next to a wide mud pit (泥坑) recorded some     6     (amaze) scenes. The slow-motion video showed one runner taking off like a high-jumper, taking hold of his knees and then landing on the mud pit. But that was not all. Just seconds     7     (late), while other runners managed     8     (stay) clean and dry, another runner jumped and dived chest-first into the water.

About 1 million people have watched the video since it came out on Facebook. One thousand people left     9     (comment) on the Facebook post (帖子)，    10     is called "Dear Cross Country. . . Welcome Back".

Many students may feel    1    (stress) because of their parents. Most parents have good intentions,     2    some of them aren't very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in    3    (adjust) to college, and a few of then seem to go out of their way to add to their children’s    4    (difficult).

For one thing, parents are often not aware of the kinds of problems their children face. They don't realize that the    5    (compete) is stronger, that the required standards of work are    6    (high), and that their children may not be prepared for    7    change. They may be upset by their children’s poor grade.

At their kindest, they may     8    (gentle) ask why John or Mary isn't doing better. Whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten     9    (take) their children out of college or cut off living expenses.

Sometimes parents think it night and natural that they determine     10    their children do with their lives. They forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way.

Henry is carried out to sea by a strong wind but     1     (spot) by a ship, on which he earns his passage by working without pay. As a result, he is brought to London. Feeling hungry, he     2     (wander) alone on the streets, hoping for     3     job.

Then unexpectedly he is     4     (invite) to a large and beautiful house by two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver. They give an envelope     5     a bank note in it to him.

They have made a     6     (secretly) bet on whether a man can survive   a month in the city with a million-pound bank note. Henry is the person they want.

He feels surprised at first and doesn’t want     7    (accept) it, for he just wants an honest job from them, not     8    (they) charity. The two brothers persuade him    9    take it at last, however. Though feeling very     10    (surprise) about the matter, Henry promises them not to open the letter until one and a half hours later.

The Chinese New Year red envelope (红包) is one of     1     most popular Chinese traditions for children on the Chinese New Year. They receive red envelopes with money inside! Little kids     2     (usual) learn the words “hong bao” in Mandarin (普通话) very quickly.

The red color     3     (stand) for good luck for the Chinese. Traditionally the envelopes are decorated with gold letters and messages of     4     (happy) or Chinese lucky symbols like the Chinese dragon, the phoenix, etc. Nowadays, in     5     (keep) up with the times, you can find anything from Mickey Mouse to Hello Kitty on the red envelopes.

Generally, kids     6       are unmarried all get red envelopes during the Chinese New Year from their grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents of course. Close     7     (friend ) also give red envelopes to children during the festival. Who gives money and how much money     8     (give) mainly depend on the personal relationship and the age of the kids. And     9       is quite common for an adult     10       (receive) a kid’s greeting for a red envelope during the Chinese New Year.