When I was     1     teenager, I worked part-time at my uncle’s pub (酒馆). A man walked into the pub and     2     (order) three beers (啤酒), but just one of them was drunk by him. I was confused. The next day that man ordered three beers again and drank one of them     3     (quiet) at the table. He did the same thing every time he came to the pub.

One day, I asked the man why he ordered three beers and just drink one. The man replied. “It seems strange, isn’t it? You see, I have two brothers     4     live abroad at the moment. We have had an     5     (agree) that every time we go to a pub, each of     6     (we) will order two extra beers.

A few     7     (week) later, the man came to the pub again, but he ordered only two beers, not three as usual. I was     8     (confuse) and thought that one of his brothers might have died. But when I asked him why he just ordered two beers, the man said, “I talked     9     my brother Tom on the phone yesterday. He had promised to give up     10     (drink).”

After midnight it began pouring down. Suddenly，    1     the light of the lightning，we saw     2     steamboat in the middle of the river，and we were sailing straight towards it. Jim and I boarded that sinking ship,     3     (think) that we might find something useful on the boat. To our astonishment，we saw a light and some people in a cabin. Jim was too frightened to go on but I felt curious，wondering     4     was happening. So I put my head round the door and then I found two men. One was short，with a beard, the     5     was tall and had something in his hand     6    looked like a gun. They were going to kill a man lying on the floor,     7     (tie) up with rope. I had to find a way to save him. I found Jim and told him what I     8     (hear)．At the news,    9     looked terrified，but I persuaded him to help me take their boat away. As we paddled it away，we heard the two men shouting. By then we were a safe     10     (distant) away.

Max Bobholz was only 12 years old when he came up with the idea of creating a charity to provide baseball equipment for children in Africa.

While watching baseball, his favorite sport, on TV     1     2012, Max learned that teams from Africa didn’t have proper equipment to play baseball. They either made equipment themselves     2     had to share the very few items they had among all the children.

Max thought about all the bats, balls and equipment he and his friends had in their garages and homes. Then,     3     (inspire) by his baseball coach, Williquete, and those who were active in charity, he determined to take action and help. Thus, an influential charity     4     (set) up. Known as Angels at Bats, Max’s charity has donated over, 10, 000 pieces of equipment to kids in need since its founding! Besides donations, Max has traveled to Africa several times     5     (teach) the kids and donate equipment, developing Angels at Bat into     6     it is today.

Angels at Bat has now grown to include nine branches in eight     7     (state) around the USA. And it is the primary source of baseball equipment for the entire of Kenya.

Max was honored     8     one of the five CNN Young Wonders of 2018 for his inspiring spirit of giving and service. “Anybody at any age can make     9       difference. So if you are passionate about something, stick to it and through hard work, you can     10     (true) make your dream come true.” says Max.

Friendship is one of the most important     1     (thing) in everyone’s life.    2     is very difficult to find a better definition (定义) of friendship. A true friend is the person     3     can share all our sadness and all our happiness. In time of trial (尝试), he or she     4     (be) always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort.

Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very     5     (care) with our choice of a friend. We should     6     (choice) those people with a good character as our friends, but we must try to avoid     7     (make) friends with a bad man. Besides, we should forgive their mistakes and try     8     (help) them as much as possible.

A true friend can always be trusted, loved and     9     (respect). If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she will not tell others. Friends share their joys or unhappiness. They help each other when they are     10     trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. The most important thing is that a friend always understands you. In a word, when you have made a good friend, don’t forget him or her.

In 1850, an American lawyer, Bethune, bought a slave to work in his home. The slave, a woman, had a small child     1    (call) Tom, who was blind. One day, Bethune     2    (walk) around his garden when he heard music coming from the house. He went inside and found young Tom playing on the family piano. Bethung    3    (immediate) realized that the boy, who was only four, had special abilities.     4     asked a band of musicians to come to the house and play in front of him. Tom reproduced perfectly the music     5    he had heard. Tom was indeed an unusual boy.

In 1857, “Blind Tom” took part     6    his first public performance. The reviews was so good     7     Bethune took him on a tour of the US. Three years later, “Blind Tom”     8    (invite) to the White House to perform for the president. Over the next forty years, Tom performed     9    (enjoy) shows all over the U.S. and other countries. His concerts were    10     mixture of classical music and his own compositions.

A new football competition, Man V Fat,     1    (organize) recently in England. Judging from the name,     2     is easy to guess that players can only join if they are fat. They can only win when they lose     3    (pound) after each game. So, the aim of this competition is     4     (get) fat men to do exercise always.

Jay Ali, a bank manager, found it a perfect idea. He said, “I don’t want to go to weight loss classes     5     almost all participants are women there. And I don’t want to play football with my friends who are all     6    (fat) than me, so this gives me the perfect opportunity to exercise with guys who are the same     7    me. Here, no one judges me, so I don’t have to get     8    (embarrass)”. Mr. Shanahan from Staffordshire shared the same opinion, “I took part in the competition after getting fed up with (受够) weight loss classes which were     9     (main) filled with women.”

It seems that this football competition has offered fat men     10    amazing way to lose weight.

Cusco is a popular destination for     1     (tourist), because of its unique place in the history of South America. Cusco    2     (be) the capital city of the Inca Empire    3     was the most powerful in South America until 1500s. There are two     4     (especial) interesting things to admire about the Inca    5     (civilize). The first is the roads and     6     (path) they built to connect their important cities. These Inca roads were made    7     of two north-south highways and many small roads crossing the mountains east to west .The roads were for soldiers and their    8     (office) . Second, the Incas built wonderful cities full of amazing architecture—but there were no markets in these    9     (city). One of    10     (interest) questions of history is how the Incas lived without shopping.