Is “sorry” the hardest word？Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove,     1    has apologized recently to his former French teacher     2    his bad behavior in class. It took him 30 years to express regret. In a letter    3    (publish) in a   magazine，Mr. Gove says：“It may be too late to say I'm sorry. But，as my mom told me，it's never too late to set the record straight.”

Researchers argue that people have too high expectations of the power of saying sorry. Some psychologists say in a study that    4    (receive) an apology isn't as    5    (help) as people think. Nevertheless，apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm(再次确定) the     6    (exist) of rules that need to be observed.

The Education Secretary's apology might have been accepted by his old teacher but he might get     7    (he) into trouble. According to Daily Mail，Mr. Gove's mother didn't know her son was causing trouble at school and she     8    (say)：“He would have been punished     9    I had known he was being so naughty.” Later，Gove said：“I can never express my apology to him face to face these days—it just goes through to his answering machine. But when I do     10    (eventual) speak to him，I will say sorry.”

2 . Are you a man or a mouse? When     1     (ask) this question, people want to know     2     you think you are a brave person or a coward. But you will never really know the answer to this question until you     3     (test) in real life. Some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real danger, they act like cowards.     4     think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like     5     (hero).

When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical     6     (call) adrenalin (肾上腺素) in the blood. With adrenalin in the blood system, you feel     7     (strong) than ever before.     8    , when you are absolutely     9     (terrify), the body can produce too much adrenalin,     10     makes you find you can’t do anything at all.

China’s women’s swimmer Fu YuanHui has created a sensation(轰动) online. It was not her swimming, however,    1     made her famous. It was her     2     (face) expressions and some of the comments she made afterward.

In the 100-meter backstroke     3     (compete), Fu swam in 58.76 seconds, which was fast enough     4     (earn) her a share of the bronze medal. When     5     (ask) whether she held back for the final, she replied “No, I utilized my ‘prehistorical’ power”. What she    6     (mean) was that she had spared no efforts. Since then, the so-called “prehistorical power”,     7     comes from “Hua QianGu”, has become very popular.

And when she was told the     8     (excite) news that she got a   bronze medal, she reached in exaggeration( 夸张) “Huh?” and then looked around     9     shock. Her reaction, and more importantly, her personality have made her one of the favorite Olympians     10       at home and abroad. One American swimming coach wrote on Twitter: Our swimmers are great. But Fu from China is easily my favorite. Another American wrote: Fu is the most adorable person on the planet.