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.

With my cellphone dead, I had to ask strangers for help.    1     (我看见一位美丽的女士), approaching her hopefully. She     2     (故意不理我) and strode past me     3     (好像我是个怪物). Then an impatient­looking man     4     (一位宽肩膀), wearing a cheap T­shirt and dirty jeans, seemed to notice me. He didn’t hesitate to take out his phone and     5     (乐意帮助我). Dancing in his eyes was the kindness. “Thanks a lot.    6     (因为我以貌取人，我必须向您道歉).” He just grinned.

    1     (我终于鼓起勇气) to knock at Mort’s door. “Could you lend me some money?” I whispered in a trembling and hesitant voice. I     2     (坦诚地告诉他我的爸爸发生了多么可怕的事情), who     3     (身体迅速变得虚弱) due to a serious illness. Mort     4    相信我), saying that he was more than pleased     5     (利用这个机会帮助我).     6     (感激的泪水模糊了我的双眼). I set off for my home, a stream of warmth flowing in my heart.

Having quarreled with her husband Tom, Jane boiled with anger and she     1     (打算独自去找一个更好的宿营地). An hour later,    2     (令简震惊的是她在树林中迷路了). Jane sank to her knees, with tears of regret clouding her eyes. Clutching her hair, she uttered a cry of regret. Tom and the police     3     (一直在森林里搜寻简)by helicopter. Finally, they found Jane. Tom stormed out of the helicopter, rushed forward excitedly and hugged Jane tightly,     4     (告诉她他非常担心她).

Tom walked out of the store quickly,     1     (既开心又担心). He was concerned that he would     2     (让他的妈妈失望) and his mother would be annoyed. Thinking twice, he resolved to return the book to the store. He     3     (深吸一口气), walked into the store and     4     (尴尬地拿出书), saying “Please     5     (请原谅我没有付钱拿走了这本书).” To his shock, the owner didn’t criticize him but promised to give the book to him on condition that he would work in his store for 2 days. Upon arriving home, Tom told everything to his mother. The mother put her arms around Tom,     6     (流下了高兴的眼泪).

Only then did I know the truth—my family was in need of money. Wrapping my sweaty hands tightly around the bills,     1     (我的心在痛). Shame conquered me as my hands started to tremble. I     2     (说服了自己把钱贡献给我的家人). Reaching into my pocket, I took out the money and gave my dad the money     3     (当他有空的时候). The tension I felt disappeared, and I     4     (对自己很满意). What I learned was the true meaning of growing up and from then on I     5     (被激励要更加努力学习).

Mary put on a dazzling show.     1     (沉浸于她迷人的表演), the audience forgot to applaud when she finally finished it. While waiting for the final result, Mary’s parents     2     (极为激动). When Mary was announced the winner, the audience     3     (热烈鼓掌). While awarded the prize, Mary expressed how grateful she was to those who had helped her and promised to put on more great works and     4     (不辜负观众的期望).

One night a hotel caught a fire, and people in it ran out in their night clothes.

    1    (幸运地), nobody was hurt.

Two men stood o    2     and looked at the fire.

“Before I came out,” said one,“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don’t think of money when they’re     3    (害怕的). When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills that I could find. No one will be poor because I took them.”

“You don’t know my work,” said the other.

“What is your work?”

“I’m a policeman.”

“Oh!” cried the first man. He     4    (思考) quickly and said,“And do you know my work?“ “No,” said the policeman.

“I’m a writer. I’m always telling s    5     about things that never happened.”

It was the final sprint (冲刺) of the Santa BarbaraXV Grand Prix cyclo-cross race in Spain. Fans lined the road to the finishing line, cheering on the     1    (运动员).

Ismael Esteban, in third place, was just ahead of another cyclist, Agustin Navarro, with only 300 metres to the finishing line. Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in     2    (视野). And all the cyclists began to speed up with all their s    3     to cross it. Then, suddenly Esteban got a puncture (轮胎上刺破的小洞).The audience was anxious and     4    (好奇的) about what he would do. Would he give up or continue when facing the     5    (挑战)? Ismael Esteban didn’t give up and then tried to find a     6    (解决方法) to the problem. He threw his bike over his shoulders and ran towards the finishing line. Just a few seconds later,fourth-placed Navarro caught up with him. Surely, he could simply overtake Esteban and come third. But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him. The two cyclists reached the finishing line with Esteban ahead by foot, Navarro just behind him. Navarro had let Esteban finish in third place, while he came fourth. The audience really     7    (钦佩) Navarro for his show of sportsmanship and cheered the cyclists. Navarro said,“I didn’t want to win that way.” Later, Esteban,who won the bronze m    8    tried to give it to Navarro. However, Navarro refused,and his response was:“Offering me the prize was worth more than what I did for him.”Tonya, a big fan of Esteban,    9    (评论道),“The two cyclists’ sporting gestures make a deep i     10    on us and this is sportsmanship at its very best.”

My brother is really     1    (勤奋的).He often works in his office far into the night. Recently, he and his team have decided to have another     2    (造纸的)factory set up in this town.They found that there were more     3    (新建的) houses in this village than in that one, and a lot of     4    (过路人)were     5    (成年人).In order to find some suitable workers, they decided to hold an     6    (800米的)race next week.