I was wandering in the park when I spotted my friend, John,     1     (read) novels, which was why his writing skills were amazing. Those     2     (scene) described in his latest novels were always so vivid and the     3     (plot) were always beyond our expectation. However, though his mother was patient     4     him, she didn’t permit him     5     (spend) much time reading novels for fear that it would affect his studies. Indeed, he was always willing     6     (spend) large amounts of money on books every month. Moreover, once he learned about a book, he would never hesitate     7     (get) it.

My sister is a college student,    1     is studying in Peking University. I will never forget the days     2     I visited this university last summer.

She showed me around to see the various facilities, including the library     3     attracts me very much.There are more than ten thousand college students, all of     4     are fighting for their promising future,     5     I have never thought before.

She is a model from     6     I will learn, and I am determined to study hard to repay my parents and teachers     7     are working hard for me.

Ben is in     1     total mess now. They lost a football match and he thought the team members     2     (let) down by one member, the point guard. But his best friend shared his     3     (disappoint) with others. Ben was embarrassed and ashamed.

Now Ben is turning     4     Agony Aunt for help. Agony Aunt shares an old saying: “Loose lips sink ships.” She asks Ben     5     (apologize) to his teammate first     6     to talk to his friend because friendship is one of the     7     (great) things in the world. And most     8     (important), Ben should think about his own behaviour.     9     (fill) with anger, we tend to speak out our opinions quickly without thinking clearly.

Agony Aunt suggests Ben raise his     10     (concern) with his teach coach if he feels the teammate isn’t pulling his weight.

The daily list of my 18-year-old daughter, Julia, became a reminder of the     1     (important) of kindness to others.

I walked into the kitchen and saw Julia, who was mixing flour and milk     2     (make) muffins (松饼). “Chocolate muffins for you and banana nut muffins for Dad,” Julia said with a smile. The following afternoon, at     3     end of her shift at the grocery store, Julia picked up milk and other items she     4     (clear) knew our family needed. The next time she went to work, she got groceries for my mother-in-law,     5     lives across the street. Over the next week, Julia unloaded the dishwasher, made dinner and swept the floor — things I normally would have done — all without     6     (ask) to do so.

On Friday, I saw Julia’s to-do list on the kitchen table, on which the last item     7    (catch) my eye: “Do something nice for someone else.” I looked through the notebook, finding that every day’s list included that same task, so suddenly I remembered the muffins she’d made, the dishes she’d washed     8     the groceries she’d bought. “What a great girl!” I said to     9     (I). My daughter reminded me loving others by doing something nice for them is important, which is     10     important that it makes my to-do list each day.

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As a mother to three boys, I’m used to receiving my favorite soap as a gift for every occasion．It doesn’t require much effort, and my sons know that I love it．One day my son saw a magazine on my desk with Jane Goodall     1     the cover．I said, “She’s my favorite person.”The next Christmas, I was expecting my soap     2     my sons handed me an envelope．Inside was/a copy of National Geographic signed by Jane Goodall．I     3    (move) to tears.I will always cherish the magazine and thoughtfulness of my boys finding me the perfect gift．

“Friend is better than fortune. Friend is     1     (bad) than poison in some cases.” The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable, but they can       2     (explain) as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good     3     the second refers to all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.

My ideal friend is of course a good friend     4     goodness is shown below: he studies hard so as not     5     (waste) his golden time. At school he     6     (respect) his teachers and shares feelings with his classmates; on     7     other hand at home he honors his parents and loves his brothers. He treats     8     (true) to those who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him    9     a role model. With his help I am free from all difficulties.

Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the words “failure” and “    10     (lose)”.