1 . So this is it — senior high school (高中) at last! I’m not outgoing (外向的) so I’m a little _________ right now. I want to make a good first _________. Will I make any friends? What if no one _________ to me?

I just had my first maths class at senior high school! The class was difficult, _________the teacher was kind and friendly. He _________ told us interesting stories, and everyone laughed so much! I also found most of my classmates and teachers friendly and _________.

This afternoon, we had our chemistry class (化学课) in the science lab (实验室). The lab is new and the lesson was great, but the _________ next to me tried to talk to me the whole time. I couldn’t concentrate on (专注) the _________. I really wanted to tell the guy to be _________ and leave me alone.

What a day! This morning, I was __________ that no one would talk to me. But I was wrong. I didn’t feel __________ or frightened (害怕的) at all. I miss my friends from __________ high school, but I believe I will make new friends here, and there’s a lot to __________ at senior high. I feel much more __________ than I felt this morning. I think that tomorrow will be a __________ day.

4 . Lifeart is a student-run organization which was _______ by one of my best friends at my school in Boston, US. It sells _______ by our friends and classmates and raises money for cancer (癌症) research. To collect more money, we set out onto the streets of Boston to sell our painting to the public last spring.

We came to the subway station in order that we could get more _______. Things didn’t go well at first. It was _______ that day, so our paintings kept being blown away. All of us were quite_______ and were slow to ask people if they would consider buying our paintings. We were also worried about being driven away.

One of our girls, Luna, tried to talk to our first customer. Although he did not buy anything, it gave some _______ to the rest of us. With every new customer Luna brought to our little stand (货摊), we had more courage. I also stepped forward and talked to a Korean woman _______. I felt a bit embarrassed when she said that she didn’t have time. But thanks to this short conversation with the stranger, my courage _______. I kept talking to more people, including some Chinese people. At the _______ of the day, we sold about 20 pieces of paintings. It might not be as much as we had expected, __________ the courage that we got made up for the day’s shortcomings (不足).

6 . Standing on the edge of the plane, my tandem skydiving (双人跳伞) instructor, Bill, turned to face me. “Do you have any last words?” he asked. “Yes,” I said, joking. “I hope my parachute (降落伞) opens .”

I’d never felt more alive as Bill and I _________ and started our free fall. As we reached 4,000 feet, I felt a parachute open. This, I was told, would slow us down for a smooth _________. But why were we still traveling so fast? I could hear Bill swearing as he tried to_________ whatever had gone wrong.

Worse still, our emergency parachute unexpectedly got _________ on something. At that moment, I just felt so _________ that I’d even invited my family along to experience sorrow instead of watching my wonderful performance.

We _________ the ground. An unimaginable pain shot up my back. Feeling weak and tired out, I gathered all my strength, and turned to face Bill. He started screaming. From my neck down, I could hardly move. My mother couldn’t help crying as we were placed into a(n) _________ from the hospital.

After years of treatment, the deep physical and mental pain is _________. I heard Bill made a full _________ and returned to skydiving.

I was always terrified of being myself and doing the things I wanted. Now I’ve learned I need to be fearless. There’s nothing like falling from 15,000 feet without a parachute and surviving. It forces me to __________ every day!

7 . Xie Jun is a middle school student, studying in Grade 8 in a middle school in Changsha, Hunan. He has had lots of _________ since he was little. But as time goes by, there is only one dream still in his mind.

When he was a child, he heard of rockets and spaceships. _________, he didn’t know what they were. From his father, he started to know that scientists make _________ to carry people and things into space. From then on, he became very interested _________ space. Every time he sees beautiful stars and the moon in the sky at night, he gets very excited. He is always dreaming that he can fly to space to _________ the Earth one day.

Xie learned that the first man flew into space in 1961, and later, _________ astronauts made it successful to travel into space. Some even landed on the moon. He knows not _________ can travel into space. More importantly, _________ he can fly to space, he must be trained specially.

Xie knows it’s not easy to realize his dream, but he decides to try _________ best. He says, “I’ve had this dream for many years. It brings me a lot of __________ and always makes me study harder.”

9 . Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift,_______ a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and _______.

As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts _______ some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too _______. For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very _______.

Gift giving is different in different _______. Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone _______, because many people have enough things and don’t want _______ gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a _______. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to ________ too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.   

Different people have very different thoughts on this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?

10 . My name is Miranda Gibson. I have been at the top of a tree for five months now. Some people might wonder________on earth I would choose to do that.

I have walked through this forest many times. On December 12, 2011, ________rolled into the forest and the destruction (摧毁) began. I couldn’t________the thought that these forests would be________ forever. So, on December 14, 2011, I packed up my life, ________of my job plans, and climbed 60 meters to the top of this tree. I have been here ever since.

Life in the tree top can be________at times. I have times when I feel frustrated (沮丧的) and wish I could________, to anywhere, just have a ________of scenery for a minute! There are times too, when I feel terribly________.I miss my friends and family.________these times, I find myself loving the________.

Living on the tree has been inspiring. I am willing to________ here for as long as it takes,________I honestly hope it won’t be too________before I can put my feet on the ground below and stand in a forest that will never be________.