“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.

(课文缩写)Li Daiyu and Liu Qian were on a trip     1     Canada to visit their cousins in Montreal. They decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada. The thought of crossing the whole continent was     2     (excite).

Danny Lin, their friend, was waiting at the airport. He was going to take     3    (they) to catch “The True North”, the cross-Canada train. On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip. “You are going to see some great scenery. Going eastward, you’ll pass mountains and the thousands of lakes, and forests, as well as wide rivers and large cities. Some people have the idea     4     you can cross Canada in less than five days, but they forget that Canada is 5,500 kilometres from coast to coast. Vancouver is Canada’s warmest part. People say it is Canada’s most beautiful city,     5    (surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Skiing in the Rocky Mountains and sailing in the harbor     6    (make) Vancouver one of Canada’s most popular cities     7     (live) in. Now, its population     8     (increase) rapidly. The coast north of Vancouver has some of     9     oldest and most beautiful forests in the world. It is so wet there that the trees are     10     (extreme) tall.”

3 . I feel upset because I have a strange neighbor. She lives in a house with     1    (dust) curtains    2    (hang) before dirty windows. I wonder if it is because she has no friend     3    she has developed the habit of setting down a series of facts she has gone through in her diary.

She seldom goes    4    (outdoor). However, one day I happened    5    (meet) her when she was walking the dog in the park     6    dusk. She was much     7    (concern) about my new novel. It was the first time in a year that I     8     (communicate) with her face     9    face. We didn’t stop talking until the sky was     10    (entire) dark. We had got to go home immediately because a thunder storm was on its way!