In the USA the high school graduation ceremony is of great     1    (important). 12th-grade students, or seniors, who are about 17 or 18 years old, look forward to     2    (attend) this event.

The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June,     3     usually includes music, awards, and a guest speaker. After the speeches, students walk to the front of the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster. Students start preparing for graduation a long time     4     it happens. They order rings designed     5    (especial) for their class.

    6     tradition is to have their photographs taken. These photographs are used for the class yearbook, which is a     7    (print) book about all the students in the school. Students have special cards called announcements printed to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation. The cards often include     8     invitation to the ceremony. If you receive it, you should send a present     9     money to the graduate. A few weeks before the ceremony, the students     10    (measure) for the cap that they will wear at the ceremony. After the ceremony, families usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives. It’s a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.

Once there lived a rich man     1     wanted to do something for the people of his town.     2     at first he wanted to find out whether they deserved (值得) his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed     3     very large stone. Then he     4    (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of     5     complained about the stone but not tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,     6    (say) to himself: “The night     7    (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along       8       (late) in the dark and will fall against the stone.”                            

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his     9     (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!     10     the stone, he found a bag of money.

My husband and I were paying a visit    1    my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter     2    (order) dishes and I stood with my parents. My dad is 90 years old．He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant,     3    (wait) to sit at the first table that was     4    (convenient) than others. A woman who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a     5    (puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said, “Me?” She     6    (nod) and said, “Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said, “Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in     7    hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes     8    (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat. I always believe that there are     9    (natural) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son,     10    is a really lucky guy.

Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Sydney. He didn’t like to work on his father’s farm and hoped     1    (find) a job in a big city. He went from one company to     2     but no one wanted him. With little money     3    (leave), he got to the station, sad and     4     (tire). All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of     5     last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a     6    (cry) baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he     7    (do). After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn’t know where to go.     8    (sudden), an old man came and said, “Young man, I have seen     9     you did to the woman. I am the     10    (own) of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?”

Great Britain is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the 16th century, Wales    1     (join) to England. In the 18th century, they were linked to Scotland. They were united     2     (peace) instead of by war.     3    , just as they were going to get Ireland     4     (connect) to form the United Kingdom, the southern part of Ireland broke away, so only Northern Ireland was joined to the Great Britain.

England is     5     (large) than the other 3 countries and for     6     (convenient) it was divided into three zones: the South of England, the Midlands and the North. Most of the population are settled in the South, but most of the industrial cities lie in the Midlands and the North.

The United Kingdom has a long history to explore,     7    can help you understand much more about the country and     8     (it) traditions. London is the capital city     9     the great historical treasures. It has the oldest port built by     10    Romans in the 1st century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.

Chinese teenager Quan Hongchan won the gold medal for the women’s 10-meter platform diving at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

Quan is the youngest of 431 athletes    1    China sent to Tokyo for the Olympics. If the Games had gone on as scheduled last summer, she would have been too young    2    (meet) the minimum age (14) to compete in the diving competition. Now, she’s made Olympic history.

Each of Quan’s dives was the highest of the five rounds of competition at the 10-meter platform. Two scored perfect 10s from all seven    3    (judge). Only one judge found a flaw (瑕疵) with her final dive,    4    (award) her a 9.5 next to six 10s. But it didn't count, because    5    diving’s scoring system. The two highest and two    6    (low) scores are thrown out and multiplied by the dive’s degree of difficulty.     7    (eventual), only the three middle 10s counted on her final dive and    8    (add) up 96 when multiplied by the 3.2 degree of difficulty.

At such    9    young age, Quan was relatively unknown until winning the 2020 Chinese national championship at 13 years old. She    10    (be) a 17-year-old veteran (老手) when the Paris Olympics start in 2024.