1 . As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I cheered as hard for________as they did. A dramatic incident, however, following a game in which I was a referee(裁判), changed my ________on victory and defeat.

It was a league championship basketball game between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was________ by Dan O’Brien, and Yonkers by Les Beck The gym was ________, and the noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and ________competed. Yonkers was leading by one point as I________ at the clock and discovered there were but 10 seconds to play. New Rochelle, in possession of the ball, passed off and shot. The ball________ around the rim(篮筐边沿) and off. The fans________. New Rochelle recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The noise was deafening.

I looked at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadn’t heard the final buzzer(终场哨) because of the noise. I ________with the other official, but he could not help me. So, I________ the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, “Sir, the buzzer________ before the final tap-in(托球入篮) was made. Yonkers won!”

I had to tell O’Brien the sad news. His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up and said, “I’m sorry, dad. The________ ran out before the final basket.”________ , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, O’Brien’s face lit up. He said, ”That’s okay, Joe. You did what you had to. I’m ________of you.” The two of them then walked off the _________together, the coach’s arm around his son’s shoulder.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Yours,

Li Hua

Yours,

Li Hua

8 . Dear Principal (校长) Stanton,

The date for our yearly Desert Path Pride Spirit Week is rapidly coming and the Student Union has been discussing some new ideas about how to celebrate school pride this year. Since Spirit Week is the week before scheduled testing, we would like to suggest combining (结合) student festivities (庆祝活动) with preparation for testing. We want to assure you that all activities would focus on learning while providing fun for those to take part.

Our plan for the week is as follows:

Monday—Math Day would include fun math games in the classrooms and school-wide activities such as guessing the number of bricks in a building, recording times at relay races, and competitions for multiplication facts.

Tuesday—Reader’s Roundup would focus on books and authors. Students and teachers can come dressed as their favorite author or character from a book. This day would be great for the contest of “Best Reader”. Older students can share reading time with younger aged students.

Wednesday—Writer’s Day would show student writing from the competitions (held a week ago) for types of writing like poems and stories. Of course there would be prizes given for excellent writing in each type.

Thursday—No Fear Day would be where we have our exciting assembly (集合) to get us ready for testing. The Student Union could even put on a short play showing how all of us at Desert Path are ready for test week.

These are just a few of the ideas we are asking you to consider. We would like to have the opportunity to meet with you and discuss our plan and to hear what ideas you may have for Spirit Week. Please let us know when you can schedule some time to meet.

Respectfully yours,

The Student Union

Last week, our class was     1     duty in the cafeteria for student self-management. On the first day, I     2     (shock) to see so much leftover food thrown away by students. What a waste! Being concerned about it, my classmates and I had a heated discussion on how     3     (solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up,     4     holding class meetings, putting up wall newspapers and charging a fine for wasting food. Finally, we all agreed that wall newspaper would be     5     (good) choice.

The next day, we put our idea into reality. Towards lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria,     6     (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and     7     (express) their support. To my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I found the trays returned after lunch all empty     8     any leftover. Food     9     (save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I felt relieved and proud of     10     we had done.