1 . Although sometimes it may seem impossible     1     as a family, you can     2     to improve the situation. The key to     3     is regular and honest communication.

Friendship has a double advantage — happiness    4     meaning and a trouble shared becomes     5    .Naturally, this kind of openness results from a close friendship.     6     , we feel free to share our joy and sadness in full measure.

We often     7     to recognize other people’s weaknesses than our own. As a result, if     8     only by our own feelings, our judgements     9    . On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions that we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems over with a friend, we have to put our thoughts into words first. This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more     10    of our problems.

I can’t wait to describe to you     1     senior high school life is like. The path before you leads to a world full of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking.     2    , for those of you with a positive mind, opportunity lies in each challenge. When you rise     3     the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth.

The awful night     1    , and the dawn greyly broke on THE LACT DAY OF POMPEII! The crowd looked upwards, and saw, with     2    , a huge cloud shooting from the top of the volcano. It took the form of a huge tree: the trunk, blackness, the branches, fire! This fire moved and changed in colour with every moment: now it was wildly bright, now of a     3    red, and now again it burnt with     4    .

The cries of women     5     ; the men looked at each other, but were silent. At that moment, they felt the earth shaking     6    ; beyond in the distance, they heard the crash of     7    . A moment later, the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, cark and rapid, like a river; at the same time, it threw out a shower of ashes and huge pieces of burning stone! Over the empty streets—over the forum—far and wide—with many a noisy crash in     8    —fell that awful shower!

Each turned to fly—each running pressing pushing against the other. If, in the darkness, wife     9    husband, or parent room child, there was no hope of their meeting again. Each     10    and fearfully on. So came the earthquake...and so ended life in Pompeii.

Tu Youyou has become     1     of the PRC to receive a Nobel Prize，    2     to the fight against malaria，one of     3     in human history.     4     of qinhaosu，malaria patients all over the world now have had a greatly     5     of survival.

Born in 1930，in Ningbo，Zhejiang Province，Tu studied medicine at university in Beijing between 1951 and 1955.     6    ，she worked at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine，    7     of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

“What is potential?” you may ask.     1    , potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will     2    , what medical advances you will make or what     3     technologies you will develop! The possibilities are endless, and I have-confidence in your ability to     4     to your family, to your community and to our country. Over the next three years, you will discover your potential while you develop as a student and as a person.

To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to     5     our school resources. Take advantage of your classes, learn from your teachers and classmates, and make use of our     6     There are also a lot of school activities for you. Join a club or two, and     7     different sports.

    8     are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.