1 . A day I wish to forget. That would be the day when everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

I reached ____________ at the usual time. The first lesson was in the science laboratory. Mr. Kanan ____________ and explained the experiment we were to carry out. My partner Ru Ern and I set to work. Halfway, we noticed a couple of ____________ flying around us. This was the first time we noticed insects in the lab. One of the mosquitoes landed on my arm. Instinctively, Ru Ern smacked my arm hard to ____________ it. It made me drop the bottle of ammonia (氨水) I was holding. The bottle broke and the ____________ smell of ammonia spread all around us making us choke. Everyone dashed out of the lab. The lab assistant had to clean up the mess. Mr. Kanan was quite angry at our ____________. Ru Ern and I wished the ground would open up and swallow us. But no, we had to suffer the killer looks ____________ at us the rest of the day.

With the disaster keeping me preoccupied, I ____________ forgot about the inter-house basketball semi-final in the afternoon. We played against Red House which was a(n) ____________ opponent. We were neck to neck right till the final minute and then the golden ____________ to win was given to my team because of a foul (犯规). Everyone watched ____________ as I took the free throw. As the ball flew towards the hoop, I held my breath. The ball hit the metal ring and bounced away. How could I have ____________ it? But I did. My team members’ ____________ was unbearable to me.

I ____________ home as quickly as I could. I wanted to go to sleep and wake up to a new day, hopefully, a day when everything would ____________.

2 . “Dear students, school will start next week. Tomorrow morning, everyone can sign up voluntarily to clean up and welcome the new term with a clean environment,” the head teacher said in our WeChat group. I didn’t _________ to sign up, because I hadn’t seen my classmates for four months. I wanted to do something for them.

The next morning, I took buckets (桶), cleaning powder and other _________. After a(n)_________ COVID testing routine, I entered the school gate. The campus was full of vitality (生机). In the early summer campus, the tall trees were luxuriant (茂盛的), the air was filled with the light fragrance of flowers, and the _________ grassland had been paved into a green _________.

When I stepped into the classroom, a person _________ me face-to-face. Although he was wearing a mask, I _________ him as head teacher at a glance. He smiled and gave me a warm hug. Then, the other students in the class also arrived one after another. It had been a long _________, and we were very happy to meet again. We smiled and clapped.

Then we _________ tasks and put our enthusiasm into cleaning up the classroom. Some students wiped the blackboard and took out rubbish, and others swept the floor or __________ the tables and chairs. Everything was being put in perfect order. I wiped the glass up and down several times with a piece of __________. The students from the other class also joined our team, helping us to __________ water and mop the floor. Although it was hard, no one __________. Sweat __________ made everyone’s clothes wet, but two hours later, when everyone saw the classroom clean and bright again, we all laughed happily.

Although we’ve experienced many challenges during the pandemic, there is still constant __________ between teachers and students. As long as we work together, we will be able to overcome all kinds of difficulties in the warm family of our school.