Amy, a famous piano player has shown her musical     1     (天赋) since childhood. She is c    2     of playing     3     (各种各样的) songs on the piano, especially those full of     4     (活力；能量). Her aim is to release her own album and she even wants to     5     (表演) on the international music stage. Unfortunately, she had a serious d    6     several years ago, and from then on her head often ached. However, she didn’t give up playing the piano and still tried out for a lot of music     7    (竞赛；比赛) across the country. As a result, she won a lot of     8     (奖项) and had an o    9     to play the piano abroad. Nowadays, she has gained both fame and fortune, but she still leads an     10     (普通的；平凡的) life.

For me, education has three main o    1    . Firstly, it is to gain knowledge. Obviously, certain kinds of knowledge are necessary not only to     2     (追求) certain careers but also to contribute to the world.

Helen’s parents got a s    1     teacher recommended to them, a woman named Anne Sullivan. Anne was a teacher and former student at a school for the blind in Boston. She’d had     2     (视力) problems early in life as well so she could r    3     to Helen’s difficulties.

Advertising agencies used to create this kind of advertising and it could be very     1     (有效的). But then they realised that it might not bes    2     for a marketplace where products and services are in direct     3     (竞争) with each other. Particularly now, in modern times, advertisements need to a    4     and hold the attention of the public. For this reason, it’s now normal to see advertisements that     5     (由……组成) of pictures or words from experts to show people how good the product is.

When the project ended in 1980,     1     (被视为一个巨大的成功).     2     (这些国家不仅找到了一条未来发展之路) that did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that    3     (国家合作是可能的) to build a better tomorrow.

The spirit of the Aswan Dam project is still alive today. Perhaps the best example is shown by UNESCO,     4     (该组织实施了一项计划) that prevents world cultural heritage sites around the world from disappearing. If a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the global community can sometimes provide a solution.

The “Top 10 Singers” Competition

Days before the “Top 10 Singers” competition, I was making predictions about who might w    1     (获胜，赢). Everyone was preparing for it. The competitors from my class g    2     (抓住) every chance to practise, and some even composed their own m    3     (音乐，乐曲)!

The great day c    4     (到了). The singers from each class p    5     (表演，演唱) their songs. Some of them were accompanied by a friend on the p    6     (钢琴) or guitar. Most of the songs were in the pop s    7     (风格). Some were adaptations of t    8     (传统的) songs. Some were simple songs w    9     (而) some were rather complicated. The singing was beautiful and two h    10     (小时) was gone before we realized it. Ten students were s    11     (选为) as the top singers of our school, but I think every one of us deserved a p    12     (奖励，奖品) for our efforts.

The competition was extraordinarily s    13     (成功的). It was great fun and we all e    14     (喜欢) it. More importantly, such activities reflected our dreams and our passion and transformed our u    15     (理解) of life.

Li Rui is crazy about reading books. In his spare time, he reads different kinds of books that     1     (与……有关，填词组) different topics, among which Chinese culture is his favorite. Last night, when he     2     (拿起，填词组) a book from the desk with its title reading “the Chinese language”, he couldn’t help burying himself in it. According to the book, at the very beginning, written Chinese was simply     3     (以……为基础，填词组) some pictures. Some symbols     4     (追溯到，填词组) the period of the use of longgu were carved on the animal bones and shells by ancient Chinese people. By the Shang Dynasty, these symbols had become a well-developed writing system and    5     (vary) dialects and characters appeared. This, however, changed when Emperor Qingshihuang united the seven m    6     (very large or important) states into one unified country. The Chinese writing system began to develop     7     (朝一个方向，填词组) and became an important m    8     (a way of achieving or doing sth) to connect the present and the past of China. Gradually, Chinese characters developed into an art form, earning     9     (高度重视，填词组) globally. Nowadays, an increasing number of students from foreign countries make full use of this amazing language to show great     10     (appreciate) of China’s culture and history.