The night of the party arrived. The clock struck eight. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire     1     Tony for the rest of the night. At that moment, Tony took her in his arms,     2    his face close to hers. She heard him     3    that he did not want to leave her the next day, and     4     he felt more than just the desire to please her.

My mother had never used a mobile phone until she    1     (receive)one for her birthday this year. Since then, she has been    2     (addict) to the Internet, using different kinds of     3     (软件) applications. She spends a lot of time each day    4    (explore) websites and chatting with other people online. She has set up her own email    5    (账户)and she does most of the shopping online through a dvice. Instead of going to supermarkets, nowadays she just     6     (press) a button and then her orders are     7     (deliver) the next day. At first, my father had some concerns     8     she was spending too much time in virtual worlds, but now he sees how happy she is. She even    9    (下载)some materials that can help my father with his work, so now he’s very happy, too! We are all very    10    (自豪的)of her as she has proven that it’s never too late to learn a new skill.

Bogues was only one 1.6 meters tall,     1     made him the shortest player ever in the NBA. Guess what? Paul was only 1.6 meters tall, too! Paul knew that     2     shorter than other players meant that he had to practice more. During all those hours of doing jumps shots on his own, he used Bogues as his     3    , Paul once said, “If Bogues could make it, why not me?”

Our coach was not so sure. Paul had to     4     many times just for making the team. He was still usually on the bench, being just a replacement, which was really tough on him. Everyone knew Paul had real skills, and was someone who worked really hard and had a strong    5     to play for the team. This week, The lions were playing our main competitors. The Bears, a team whose record this season had been perfect. They hadn’t lost a single game.

Hector stood in the front of his fifth-grade classroom as one of the last two competitors in the Room Five Geography Bee. His o    1     (对手) having missed the last question, it was Hector’s turn. If he answered his question correctly, he would be the Room Five champion.

“Where did I put that second sheet of questions?” Mr. Adler w    2     (私语) while searching through a thick pile of papers on his messy desk. Mr. Adler, though a great teacher, had a r    3     (名声) of being disorganized with a long history of misplacing things. “Oh well, I apologize for the d    4     (延误),” said Mr. Adler after what s    5     (好像) like a long time. “Hector, please tell us the c    6     (首都) city of Brazil.” Hearing the question, Hector smiled. Then, there was the answer.

Later that day in the courtyard, many classmates c    7     (祝贺) Hector. Wearing a proud smile, he g    8     (同…打招呼) and thanked them all. Oh, the sweet taste of victory.

As it was getting late, the courtyard became deserted. But Hector still didn’t want to l    9     (离开). Then he saw Mr. Adler c    10     (穿过) the courtyard and holding a half-open bag full of papers. As he h    11     (匆匆) past, an envelope dropped out but Mr. Adler was unaware. He turned a corner and d    12     (消失) out of sight. Hector picked it up. On the envelope were the words “Fifth Grade Geography Bee Questions and Answers”. Hector s    13     (盯着看) wide-eyed at the envelope. Before he even had time to reflect on the consequences, he opened it and read the questions.

As soon as Hector had done it, he k    14     (知道) it was the wrong choice. He’d c    15     (作弊) and whatever he did now, he couldn’t change the fact. “What if Mr. Adler thought I s    16     (窃取) this morning’s questions too?” Hector thought. “He’d take away my Room Five victory for sure.” Little did he know that one of the best days in his life would be turned into the worst so quickly. Torn by his conscience, Hector was t    17     (完全) at a loss what to do.

Before he realized it, Hector found himself standing in Mr. Adler’s room. He saw Mr. Adler searching for something on his messy desk. “Mr. Adler, are you looking for this?” he asked, holding the open envelope. “Oh, that’s e    18     (正是) what I’m looking for!” Mr. Adler said, “but what on earth is the matter?” Looking at the confused e    19     (表情) on Mr. Adler’s face, Hector got up the c    20     (勇气) to tell him the truth. To his surprise, Mr Adler actually p    21     (表扬) him for his integrity and wished him good l    22     (运气) in the next day’s competition.

The next day the entire school came to watch the Fifth Grade Geography Bee. Besides being g    23     (内疚的), Hector was puzzled at Mr. Adler’s reaction yesterday. But soon he felt relieved to find that the questions had been changed. He could i    24     (想象) Mr. Adler working late last night to prepare the new questions, grateful from the bottom of his heart for what Mr. Adler had done for him. When it was his turn, he c    25     (集中) his mind and answered all the questions correctly, becoming the final’s champion. The final gave Hector the sweet taste of victory again.

​I wonder if it is because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so    1    about everything to do with    2    . I can well remember that there was a time    3    a deep blue sky, the song of the birds and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed since I came here. For example, one evening, I    4    awake until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon. Another time five months ago, I    5    to be upstairs    6    dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs    7    the window had to be shut. The dark rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me    8    in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face. It’s no pleasure    9    through these curtains    10    before the very dusty windows, because nature is one thing that really must be experienced.

When I was a freshman I joined Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education     1     (社团) at my college. Trying to help injured or sick creatures can be heartbreaking, for     2     (存活) is never certain. However, when it works, it surely b    3     the creatures and us.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Mutton town. She had found a young owl on the ground by a    4    . When I arrived, I saw a 2-to-3-week-old owl. I soon examined the chick and it seemed fine with only     5     (不严重的) injury on its wing. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree. A basket was found. I put some pine branches m    6     with grass into the basket to make this nest comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now what the chick needed was     7     (情感的) company. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. It was i    8     to attract the chick’s parents and encourage our chick to start calling as well.

Much to my r    9    , the homeowner called next day, saying that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and what i    10     me most was an active chick accompanied by its lunch in the nest. The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

......Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady     1     a tight black dress. She did not     2     look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes     3     on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating……

...he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The     1     day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was     2    , he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor     3     the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he     4     about a certain patient…