In the USA the high school graduation ceremony is of great     1    (important). 12th-grade students, or seniors, who are about 17 or 18 years old, look forward to     2    (attend) this event.

The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June,     3     usually includes music, awards, and a guest speaker. After the speeches, students walk to the front of the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster. Students start preparing for graduation a long time     4     it happens. They order rings designed     5    (especial) for their class.

    6     tradition is to have their photographs taken. These photographs are used for the class yearbook, which is a     7    (print) book about all the students in the school. Students have special cards called announcements printed to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation. The cards often include     8     invitation to the ceremony. If you receive it, you should send a present     9     money to the graduate. A few weeks before the ceremony, the students     10    (measure) for the cap that they will wear at the ceremony. After the ceremony, families usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives. It’s a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.

When I was in elementary school, I didn’t like going to school.     1     was difficult for me to read and write and I always couldn’t answer the teacher’s questions     2     (correct). I cried a lot at school because I     3     (laugh) at by my classmates. My parents would always get mad at me. I felt very upset(心烦的) and wasn’t     4     (interest) in study.

But then one day, I decided     5     (change) my attitude to study. So I ended up paying more attention in class     6     I started to practice my vocabulary and speaking skills. Also, I always     7     (go) to my teacher to ask for help when I had any trouble. I started to do better in Grade 3.     8     I was in Grade 4, I was still improving. By Grade 5, I had become the top students in class.

Now, as I’m     9     senior high school student, I know it might be difficult at first. But like my past in elementary school, I know if I keep     10     (work) and don’t give up, I will be successful.

Do you want to learn a foreign language ? Choose one of the most     1    (use) languages suggested below to learn.

In most countries all over the world, English is the most widely used second language. Whether a person is traveling to a foreign country or communicating     2     people from other countries for business purposes, English is one language which will come in handy at every step.

Spanish is the language of business in about twenty     3     (country). There are many jobs in the United States as well as in many other countries, which specially ask for people     4     know how to speak and write Spanish.

The Chinese economy is booming! In the future, China    5    (become) the economic world leader, which makes    6    the perfect time to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language     7    (speak) by millions of people.

French     8     (recognize) as one of the top languages to learn,     9    (simple) because it is a chief language in northern and western Africa. Anyone trying to understand European history can benefit a lot from     10    (learn) this language.

Back in 1995, Jack Mark made his first trip to the US and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”, he saw that no results came up relating     1     China. When he then searched for “China” and still saw no results, he decided     2     (set) up a Chinese website – the seed for Alibaba had been sown.

Ma     3     (simple) wanted his company to have a     4    (globe) and interesting name, and realized Alibaba is a story     5     (know) across the world. AS an added bonus, Ma said because it begins with A, it also appears top of lists.

The company     6    (found) in 1999 and since then has grown from 15 employees to over 30,000. Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40 million     7     (job) for China. It floated on New York Stock Market in September 2014 for $ 25 billion, the largest IPO on earth.

Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China and is aiming for 2 billion consumers and 10 million small businesses to use     8     company outside of China.

Ma became the richest man in China,     9     the company he founded floated on the stock market in 2014 with a value of around $ 140 billion –the     10     (large) public offering in history.