As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that     1    winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He    2    the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.   He made people laugh at a time when they felt     3    , so they could feel more content with their lives.

Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall     4    . You may find     5    astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially    6    the family income was often uncertain.     7     his father died,     8    the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had,     9     his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing     10    everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him-his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were    1    , but today they are accepted as the beginning of    2    we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists     3    artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but     4    the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t     5    to paint objects as we see them with our eyes,     6    instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object,     7    color, line and shape to represent them. On the    8    hand, some paintings of modern art are so     9     that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can    10    what painting styles there will be in the future?

As a senior high school student, you must make     1     to improve your communication and problem-solving skills. Last but not least, always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. In time you will find yourself     2     into a well-rounded individual.

I was so angry that I avoided her during school all day, and I still don’t feel like     1     to any of her online messages. The     2     of this situation is killing me, and I’m at a loss what to do next.

This wonderful plane can     1     seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can     2     anywhere: on snow, water. … The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a     3     island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him….

I still cannot believe that I am     1     this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself     2    that I am really in AD 3008.     3    the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result, I     4     “time lag”. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your    5    time period.

I believe that human    1    is wrong. If we    2    with nature, we will have to deal with the    3    . Who knows    4    could happen? Human life would just become a crop to be    5    or a project for sale. The human race is    6    up the Earth’s natural wealth. We should be having fewer babies in order to    7    the Earth’s population, not cloning more. I feel sorry for the lady    8    cannot have a baby, but I would like to    9    out that there are many children in the world with no parents who would be    10    to have a mother.

Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good     1    , but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it     2    . Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds.    3    my surprise, he gave me the money immediately.

The     1    was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were    2     a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours     3    , someone had told the police that thieves would    4     to steal the diamonds.