Matt is a primary school student who loves playing with little animals. One day, when he was on     1     (he) way to school, he saw a homeless cat sitting in a box. It was a black-and-white cat with bright eyes. The cat was so cute     2     Matt couldn’t help playing with it.

The longer Matt played with     3     (a/the) cat, the more he liked it. The little cat followed him as he left for school. Matt then decided     4     (take) the cat to school with him. He put the cat in his schoolbag     5     (and/but) went to school happily.

After Matt entered the class, he told some     6     (classmate) about the cat. As he opened the schoolbag to show them the cat, it suddenly jumped out and     7     (start) running around the classroom. It even jumped onto the teacher’s desk! Everyone in class was     8     (excited) than ever before. Just at that time, the teacher came in and caught the cat     9     (quick). Matt felt embarrassed and his face turned red.

To Matt’s surprise, the teacher came up to him     10     a smile, saying, “ Matt, it’s nice of you to lend a helping hand to homeless animals, but you are not allowed to take it to school.

Tony gave Claire a new hairstyle and improved her makeup. As he was not     1     to accompany her to the shops, he wrote out a list of things that he would need for his work on the house... She had an     2     to paint her nails, then she went into an expensive clothes shop. The     3     there was rude to her, so she rang Tony and told him she was being treated badly... Claire thanked Tony,     4     him that he was a “dear” ... Although it was completely innocent, Claire felt     5    .

Senior secondary school is a new start. Studying is definitely a big part of my life. I     1     . Biology is my favorite subject, and my target is to prepare myself for my degree in biology at university. I     2     so that I can have more free time to do other things that I’m interested in after school.

Paul jumped up and rushed onto the court. And clearly,     3    . The other team just couldn’t keep up with his energy and speed. He made shot after shot, and the crowd couldn’t stop clapping and cheering.

When the game ended, our team had won by two points.

“Well”,     4    , “you’ve just earned your place on the team, big guy!”

Keep running. Running trains your mind as well as your body. There will be time when you want to give up. But hang in there and tell yourself that it will get easier with time.     5     all the sweat and hard work were worth it in the end.

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things…. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room.     6    . It was obvious…When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that     7    . Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained     8    

During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a quiz with a question: “What is the first name of the woman, who cleans the school?” Surely this was some kind of joke. I     1     (see) the cleaning woman before, but how could I know her name? I handed in my paper,     2     (leave) the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. “Absolutely.” said the professor. “You're likely     3     (meet) many people. They all deserve your attention and care.”

I've never forgotten that lesson.