On the first day of my first grade, I stood by the door with butterflies in my stomach. I     1    (voice)my biggest concern to my mother. “How will I make friends?” She handed me advice. “Be yourself. “ For the past 20 years, I have lived by these words. Soon I will graduate and become part of the real world. Nervously    2    (face) challenges，I know I will whisper to myself     3     two simple words “Be yourself”.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.

Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and asks his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me     1       you see. “

“I see millions of stars. “ replies Watson.

“And what do you deduce from that?”

Watson thinks     2     (careful) for some time. “Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells me that there are potentially billions of planets. According to the scientific measurement of time, I deduce the time is probably a quarter past three. According to the current atmosphere, I forecast that we     3     (have) a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes is silent for a minute. “Watson,” he says, “someone     4     (steal) our tent!”

5 . 课文填空。

③Life-long commitment and, indeed, the survival of society itself rely on people seeing beauty __________ __________ __________ __________ . The human race would soon die out if we could only see beauty (9) __________ __________ __________ __________ limited criteria.

6 . 课文填空

②One afternoon, hundreds of unlucky passengers who had been expecting to __________ __________ __________ to New York were told it had been cancelled. One unfortunate counter agent was dealing with all the passengers when an angry man, who had been queuing for some time, __________ __________ __________ __________ the front.

When this happens, he smiles and nods, indicating that everything is fine. When the waiters are not looking, however, he __________ __________ __________ the raw meat anywhere he can reach—the sugar bowl, the tiny flower vase, inside a bun and under a plate.

①With these severe restrictions on her communication, Helen’s behavior was __________ __________. She was stubborn and angry, and often broke things when she __________ __________.

Now that Helen understood __________ __________ __________ __________, she was very eager to learn more and use it as much as she could. Children who can see and hear learn language easily but for Helen, it was a __________ __________ __________ __________ process.

The Safe (保险箱)

----- A Rich Man Finds the Best Way to be Truly Rich

Once upon a time, a rich man hired a great mathematician (数学家) to find him a way to make him more money. The rich man was so g    1     that he even built a giant safe and his dream was to fill it with gold and jewels.

The mathematician worked on the problem for months. One night he said to the rich man “I’ve done it! My idea is perfect! You’ll be wealthy b    2     your wildest dreams.” The rich man was d    3     to hear this. Before he left on a long journey, he promised the mathematician double pay to run his business for him.

When the rich man returned, he found that all of his wealth was gone. Very angry, he asked the mathematician to explain. The mathematician told him he’d g    4     everything away to people in the neighborhood.

The mathematician said “There is a limit to how much wealth one can get by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us a    5     our goal. By helping o    6    , you could gain the most!”

Disappointed, the rich man went away. As he was walking, every neighbor he met was so thankful to him that they o    7     him anything he needed.

Over the next few weeks, the man saw the mathematician’s idea really w    8    . He was received with great honor w    9     he went. Everyone did all they could to help him.

He no longer dreamed of keeping his wealth in a safe. I     10     he shared it with hundreds of friends. He was now truly rich.

9 . John Carter was rescued from the sea near his holiday home yesterday. The accident happened while he     1     (walk) along a steep cliff at the edge of the sea. He was blown off by a strong wind and     2     (fall) into the sea, 30 meters below. Luckily, a woman saw him in the sea soon afterwards and she called the police rescue service. Mr. Carter was taken to hospital with a     3     (break) arm. “I’m very lucky to be alive,” he said. “I can’t thank the woman enough.”