2 . Shi lives with her family in Fuxin, a city in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Shi and her _________ Li, have devoted themselves to providing _________ education to their students. They encourage their students to attend after-school activities _________ science, technology and innovation.

During the past dozen years, Shi has _________ her students as they have taken part in various contests. Several of Shi’s students have received _________. Given her achievements, Shi has been named the most excellent teacher.

Li has a(n) _________ impressive resume (履历). He is a professor _________ coal mining (开采) in a university. He often goes into the most _________ places in the mines while _________ scientific research. He measures data and collects samples, and then he __________ above ground to complete his __________ and calculations, and to design plans to solve the problem at hand. He __________ to his students in how to concentrate on one’s __________ and overcome difficulties.

Encouraging their students to __________ various contests is one of the ways Shi and her husband have tried to __________ their students. In this way, the students have obtained a sense of achievement, and their __________ has driven them to study harder.

Shi says education is like a __________ one takes in search of “treasures”. She __________ it is important for teachers to discover each student’s interests and advantages, learn to __________ their interests and advantages, and encourage the student to live a __________ life he or she longs for.

4 . I was the only new kid in the karate (空手道) class. Everyone else knew a lot of the moves and had yellow or orange _________, standing for their levels.

I had a total beginner’s white belt and felt extremely _______ the whole way through the class. I tried my hardest to _______ along, but everything was much _________ than I thought it would be. _________, as I was putting on my shoes, I was thinking, “There is no way I am ever coming back to karate!” And that’s when I _________ Elizabeth.

“You did great!” I said. “I was so stupid!”

“That’s how I _________ at first, too,” she said. “If you want, I can help you _________.”

I agreed and since then we’ve been amazing friends.

Not very long ago, Elizabeth had to _________. I felt very sad after I heard about the terrible ________. Elizabeth and I had to come up with a _________. We were actually pretty _________ with our solution. Here’s what we did.

First, we asked my mom to take a(n) __________ of us together and help us print it out regular size and tiny size. We put the regular photos in special frames (框架) that we __________ with “Friends Forever”. Then, we ________ the tiny picture of us in half and put the half with the other’s face in our own locket necklace (小盒式项链).

So __________ Elizabeth lives miles away and I only get to see her __________, our Friends Forever picture frames and locket necklaces really do ________ with the “missing-you” part.

Being __________ from your friend doesn’t have to be as bad as it seems right now. Photos, __________, phone calls, e-mails, and great memories can really and truly make a friend seem closer than he or she is.

5 . Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his ______ time, he likes to get out in the country and take some ______ of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his ______. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him ______ he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm ______ belonged to(属于)his uncle in the afternoon. They ______the night there, so that they could ______ out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm ______ the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember _____ he was. He turned over ______ and looked at the clock. It was 5 o'clock. Then he _____ that he was at the ______ and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got ______ quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the ______. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It _____ good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk ______, because they didn’t want to _______up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle (保温瓶) ______ hot coffee and took some sandwiches _____ Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera _____ and started out.

6 . John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night.He fell into the _______ of smoking a year ago.He smoked so much that he_______had a cigarette on his lips.He_______ while he read，while he watched television and _______ while he drank a cup of coffee or tea.He smoked nearly forty cigarettes a day, but he was _______about it.

John's friend，Frank，_______many times to _______ him not to smoke.“Smoking is bad for your _______!” he said, “You’d better give it up.”But his advice didn’t _______.

Before long，John ________ that he often got a bad cough，________ he went to see a doctor.The doctor________ him carefully and asked whether he often smoked.John told him the ________.Then the doctor told him that his cough was ________ by smoking and he wouldn’t get any better unless he stopped smoking.

“If not,” said the doctor, “you will never ________ from your cough and some other illnesses may also be caused.” John became ________ and made up his mind to give up smoking.At the beginning，it was very ________ for him.Every ________ when he wanted to smoke，he got something to eat.At last，he was not ________ smoking at all.And he no longer had ________ .