1 . “I couldn't survive without music,” says fifteen-year-old Steve. In the morning, Steve wakes up to his favorite _________ radio station. He listens to rock on the radio while he eats his _________.He puts on his personal stereo before he leaves the house and listens to cassettes on the bus to _________.

“Last week I put my headphones on in the maths _________,”admits Steve.“The teacher was really _________. She took my headphones away and I couldn't use them for a week. It was _________.” At home Steve does his homework to music—loud music.

“My mother _________ shouts ‘Turn it down!’,” says Steve.“She can't _________ how I can work _________ music on, but music __________ me to fix my attention upon my studies.”Steve would like to make music himself.“I'm learning to play the guitar. __________,it doesn't sound so good at the __________.But I'm going to keep Practicing!”

For __________ like Steve, music is a very important part of __________.Music is social. It brings people together at discos, parties and concerts. Fast, __________ music is full of energy. It helps people to forget their problems and have fun. Music talks about love, freedom and imagination. There are always new songs and new styles.

But Steve's mother agrees that music brings some problems.“Steve is a sensible(明智的)boy.” she says.“I don't think he would ever take drugs hearing rock. But I do worry about his hearing with all that loud music. And it drives me crazy!”

2 . From the time I lined up my dolls on the sofa in play school, I wanted to be a teacher. “Open your books,” I would _____my teddy bear and dolls. Then I would de lightedly teach them whatever new things I had just______at school.

For me,dream was one thing,and____ was quite an other. My family was too poor to cover my tuition. Finally, with others’ help, I attended a state university. However, I____ needed more money to pay for my other expenses, so I found a part-time job,_______test tubes in the science department. By then I believed that every dirty test tube I washed meant I was one step closer to my______.

When working as a substitute (代替) teacher in the lo cal area,I learned they were planning to______the biology teacher I had substituted for. I was sure the position was meant for me. However,the principal (校长) said,“You’re too______. This last teacher had a lot of discipline problems because of his age. We want someone older with more______.”

I cried all the way to work, disappointed and______Suddenly, a stranger who I met by chance asked me what had happened. I told him how much I wanted to teach and how upset I was to be______because of my age. Then I also shared some of my thoughts with him. He______ me,“Never lose heart. I believe you can make it.” The next morning my phone rang. It was the principal calling to offer me the _____ position. I was totally confused and asked him why. He explained “You made quite an impression on the chairman of our Board of Directors. He______that you should have this position.”A few weeks later, I stood by the door of my classroom, welcoming my_____ on their first day of school. When they were settled,I said with a smile, “Open your books.”

5 . At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started________out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling ________, she started jumping with both her hands ________ trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was so strong that everyone in her group also got ________. The lady finally________to push the cockroach away but it ________ on another lady in the group.

Now it was the turn of the other lady in the group to become ________. The waiter ________ forward to their rescue. In the relay of ________ , the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, calmed himself down and________the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was ________ enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Drinking my coffee and ________ the amusement, my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering if the cockroach had the ________ for their acting behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not ________? He handled it near to perfection in a calm state.

It is not the cockroach, but the ________ of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

6 . You may always hear about people who knew exactly what they wanted to do with their life from the time they were in kindergarten. I didn’t consider lots of career ________ when I graduated from high school. Like most students who earn good grades in maths and science classes, I found people ________ me to be an engineer. But all of that changed when I went to my ________.

I will never forget the feeling of walking into my very first Biology ________. I nervously found a seat and waited for the type of ________ you see in TV shows, old and strict. What I got was exactly ________ . Dr Espinoza was a caring and ________ teacher, and two terms of her classes made me fall in love with Biology. Her exciting classes made me realise that I had other choices besides being a(n) ________: heading for a career in biological research.

Due to Dr Espinoza, I found that scientists aren’t just what we ________ on the National Geographic Channel. They are real people who answer real questions and ________ real problems. This led me to seek out opportunities to do real science projects and see if I ________ it. While I was at university, I learned how to ask good questions, how to ________ experiments and collect data, and how to share what I learned with people.

Falling in love with ________ was a long process for me, but it led me to a job I love. Like the science itself, my journey towards being a scientist was ________, but helped along by many teachers and professors who ________ me the way.

9 . Once upon a time there lived a cruel lion in a thick forest. All the other animals were________ of him. One day the lion was trapped in a________ trap and no animal wanted to rescue him.

A man happened to come into the forest and saw the lion. The lion said, “I will die of ________if I stay here. Please help me ________.I promise your kindness will be rewarded. ” The man felt sorry for the lion and set him free. As soon as the lion got________ he let out a fierce roar. “I have been trapped in the cage for a long time. I am hungry. I will have to eat you,” said the lion, looking at the man. The man was disappointed. However, he was clever enough to say, “Alright, you can eat me. But let’s find someone and let him decide________ you are right in eating the person who has rescued you. ”

The lion was ________that no animal would speak against him, so he________. Just then a fox came and the lion asked the fox to be the judge. He said to the lion, “Sir, would you please ________me how it all happened? The lion was too willing. He entered the cage and closed the cage door. The fox ________bolted the cage from outside. And the ungrateful lion was ________ in the cage again.

The lion asked the man for help again,but the man knew the lion wouldn’t be ________ to him. He just walked away.   

When we’re________ by others. we should be thankful to others instead of returning bad for ________ . If we do that, we’ll be left to________ the consequence.