I know I`ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to       1     a lot more. I`m a bit worried about     2     the other students in my advanced course, and it`ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.

I recommend that you talk to your friend about his behavior. It is not unusual for teenagers of your generation to     1     computer games and the online world. But spending too much time online is unhealthy and makes it very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even     2     the Internet and cannot     3     school and family life.

Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from     1    —all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You do not even need a studio. A virtual choir helps connect     2     people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir     3     them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the     4     community. It has proved to be a positive     5     on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, "Music helps me to ... forget my problems. With music, I become someone else.

Customs play a significant     6     in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. With the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas, some traditions may fade     7     and others may be established. One example is the typical Chinese Spring Festival custom of     8     firecrackers to drive away the evil spirits and celebrate the new year.     9     , many big cities have given up this custom in order to     10     air pollution. Another example is Halloween, which slowly became an exciting festival for children, in spite of its religious origins.

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?

I am going to tell you an unbelievable thing     1    happened in my restaurant today.

This afternoon a poorly－dressed gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew     2    he was. We wondered     3    he was so hungry. We were surprised     4    he finished two orders of food in a very limited time.We doubted     5    the man was able to pay the bill. The gentleman asked     6    we would mind waiting for just a few minutes. Then we were shocked to see    7    he took out of an envelope—a million pound bank note.

I asked Mr. Clements    8    it was genuine. Mr.Clements said it was true because two of this amount had been issued by the Bank of England this year. He thought     9    the gentleman showed them couldn’t be a fake.

    10    a gentleman with a million pound note was in rags and ate in our small restaurant was a big puzzle to all the people there. I really couldn’t describe how excited I was.

Hi! My name is Adam and I'm a     1     at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big     2    . The first week was a little confusing.

The school adviser helped me chooses the    3     ones: math, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser     4     that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.

I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn't play well enough.     5    , I was unhappy, but I won't quit. I'll find a way to improve on my own so that I can     6     the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and     7     out food to homeless people in the community.

I know I'll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to     8     responsible for a lot more. I'm a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and it'll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.     9    , I'm happy to be here. Studying hard isn't' always fun, but I'll be well     10     for university or whatever else comes in the future.