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    .

There is a colorless tiger. He seems like something out of an old black and w    1     movie. His lack (缺乏) of color makes him so famous that the world’s great painters want to come to his zoo to t    2     to put some color on him. But the colors always just drips (滴) down off his skin (皮肤).

Then along comes a p    3     called Van Cough. When he travels around, he likes to paint     4     (happy) with his brush. He never puts any paint on his brush, and he doesn’t u    5     canvas (画布) or paper. He paints the air.

When going into the tiger’s cage, he begins saying some words to the big animal, and     6    (move) his dry brush up and d    7     the tiger’s body. Later, people can see c    8     on the tiger’s skin. Everyone wants to k    9     what the painter’s secret is. He says to them that his brush is only good for painting real life and he needs no colors. He can do it because of the words he kept s    10     to the tiger: “In just a few days you will be free again, you will see.”

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.”

Dave wanted a pair of trainers badly, but his family was too poor to afford it. So when he read in the local newspaper that there would be a 1000-meter running race, of which the prize was a pair of trainers, he jumped at the opportunity. Day and night, he trained hard for it. On the sports day, a crowd of people gathered on the play field and there was     1     (兴奋的嚷嚷声) in the air. After doing some     2     (热身伸展运动), Dave heard the whistle. All at once, the runners set out like lightning and soon they were a blur. One after another, the other runners     3     (飞驰而过). Dave     4     (感到肋部疼痛) and his breath     5     (开始呼哧呼哧地喘). But he     6     (咬紧牙关) and pushed on. Now, it was the last lap. Dave gathered all his strength, gave himself     7     (额外能量的迸发) and ran like mad. One…two…three…Dave overtook all the others. As the crowd     8     (惊讶地看着), he     9     (向……发起最后冲刺) the finish. Yes, Dave was the champion! Although he was     10     (气喘吁吁), Dave grinned, holding the precious pair of trainers tightly to his chest.

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.