第I篇
I’m David. My home town, Bao Loc, is just (1)________ small town in Vietnam. But for (2)_______ (I), it’s really a paradise (天堂).
The weather is very comfortable. It’s not very hot or cold. In the centre of the town, there is a (3)__________(real) beautiful lake. You can lie on the bank to see the white clouds in the blue sky or count the stars at night. You can also go there just (4)_________ (have) a rest when you have a lot of things to think about. One of the most famous (5)________(place) is Dambri Waterfall. You can enjoy the beautiful waterfall if you come. Don’t forget to take some beautiful pictures (6)________ your camera.
Bao Loc is very small. It often (7)________(take) you 45 minutes or 1 hour to go around this town. It’s so small that people here know each other. They are very (8)__________(friend).
There is tea and coffee in Bao Loc. I think you (9)________(like) them very much if you come. Why does Bao Loc become a paradise (10)_________ my family are here and they always make me feel warm and safe.
第2篇
Kyleigh Bass is a 10-year-old girl. She comes from (1)____________(American). She broke the national record by (2)__________ (finish) 2,110 sit-ups (仰卧起坐) in 90 (3)___________ (minute). Kyleigh’s goal was 2,002 sit-ups — one over the earlier record of 2,001.
“I wanted to break this record (4)__________ I’m a competitive (求胜心切的) person and I like to be at the top,” said Kyleigh.
She (5)________ (work) hard all through the winter. But she had a stomachache this time. Her parents encouraged her to keep going. Kyleigh (6)_______ (late) said that her mother inspired (激励) her. Her mother just finished her (7)_________ (one) half-marathon. “When she was running her first half-marathon, she got hurt at Mile Ten. However, she pushed through it and finally she made it,” the little girl said. “This inspired me. It’s a mind thing. If you think you can do it, you (8)____________(make) it.”
Her mother, Michelle, said that she was proud (9)_______ her daughter. The PE teacher Bill said, “Kyleigh is (10)_______ hero. I hope that I can work out half as hard as she does.”
第3篇
Many public places now offer Wi-Fi, also called the wireless network or 802.11 network, as a free service to people. Many people use WiFi (1)__________ (connect) their computers at home. Some cities are trying to use it to provide (2)_______ (they) people with the free or low-cost Internet. In the near future, the wireless network may become so large that you can get on the Internet anywhere (3)_______ any time.
Wi-Fi has a lot of advantages. Wireless networks are easy to set up and not expensive. They’re also not (4)_________ (easy) noticed. You may not even notice it when you’re in a hotspot (热点). Then, we’ll look at how it (5)________(allow) information to travel over the air.
A wireless network uses radio waves, just like mobile phones, televisions and (6)___________(radio). In fact, communication (通讯) across a wireless network is like two-way radio communication. Here’s how it happens. (7)________(one), a computer’s wireless adapter (适配器)translates data into a radio signal and sends it out by (8)__________(use) an antenna (天线). Then, a wireless router (路由器) receives (9)________ signal and decodes (解码) it. The router sends the information to the Internet using a wired Ethernet connection.
This also works (10)_________ the router receives information from the Internet, translates it into a radio signal and then sends it to the computer’s wireless adapter.
第4篇
Amy lives in an apartment on Bridge Street. (1)________ (she) room is on the third floor. She is a (2)________ (music). She is good at playing the piano, (3)________ she practises playing it for at least two hours every day.
Mr Smith is the owner of the building. He lives on the (4)________ (one) floor. He is a retired (退休的) banker. He is a little deaf, but he loves listening to the radio. He always turns (5)_________ the radio early
in the morning.
A family of four live on the second floor. Mr Green (6)_________ (teach) English in a junior high school. Mrs Green is (7)__________ engineer. They have two sons. Mrs Green thinks that the two boys (8)_______ (be) noisy. They play the drums after school every day. When Mrs Green tries to stop them, they make even (9)___________ (loud) noises.
Amy says that she enjoys (10)________(live) in the building. She thinks life like that is full of fun.
第5篇
When you’re in a foreign country, you’ll find there are cultural differences between your country and theirs. It’s called “culture shock (文化冲突)”. If you learn about the cultural differences, you’ll get used to local life (1)_________(easy). Just as the old saying (2)________ (go), “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
For example, we greet others by (3)__________(shake) hands while the western people do by hugging. We eat (4)_________ chopsticks while the western people use knives and forks to eat. There are also some differences for diet. People in China would like “colour”, “taste” and“sweet”. But the western people prefer nutrition(营养).
In addition, the western people are (5)___________ (difference) from us in the topic of value. They think a person’s (6)_________ (able) is the most important. But in China, maybe sometimes, we judge (判断) a person by (7)__________ (he) looks or clothes.
In (8)_________ word, every place has its own culture. Thanks to the different cultures, our world has (9)_________ (become) more colourful, more interesting and more attractive. (10)____________ we’re facing all kinds of cultures, we should show our respect for each of them. Then the world will be more and more beautiful.
第6篇
Lozada and Luis are twin brothers in San Antonio. On Thursday afternoon, the brave 7-year-old boys shouted for help when a bad man wanted (1)________(steal) their mother’s car.
The twins’ mother said she was on (2)________(she) way to the market that day. A bad man wanted to drive her car away. The twin brothers were (3)______ the car then.
“She (4)________(forget) the baby bottle, so she walked back to take it. When she came back, the car was lost,” a policeman said. He added that the twins didn’t want to go (5)_______(quiet). They began (6)________(shout) for help and hitting the man.
“I hit him with a toy snake,” little Luis told the reporter.
(7)________(lucky), the bad man let the twins off in a street in Las Palmas, about 10 (8)________(mile) away from their home. The twins met their mother on Thursday evening.
The mother bought (9)_______ toy snake for the twin brothers on Wednesday. She told the reporter, “I didn’t want to buy it for them, but I guess God knew that Luis was going to use it one day.”
The mother said she was a little bit familiar (熟悉的) with the thief (10)________ she’d seen him around her neighbourhood. The police said the thief had shown up around that area to find chances from time to time.
第7篇
English has become an official (官方的)language all over the world. Many of us have known it, but (1)__________ (actual) there are some interesting facts you’ll want to know. Here are some of (2)_________ (they).
◆The oldest word (3)________ English is “town”. You may think of more old words used in old English, (4)________ believe me this word is older than any other word in English.
◆Not even in the USA, English now has become the most spoken and official language of other (5)__________ (country) too. Millions of people around the world are English speakers, but they are not native Americans.
◆So far there (6)_______ (be) many arguments (争论) about the fact that which is the (7)_________ (long) word in English. Now Oxford Modern English says“pneumonoultrami croscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis” to be the longest word. It has 45 letters.
◆A common fact is that there is (8)________ sentence you can type again and again on the QWERTY keyboard to learn (9)_________(type). The sentence is: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
◆English has the most vocabulary and it (10)___________(include) more than 1 million terms which can be used. But according to a survey, we only speak 6,000-8,000 of all those terms now.
第8篇
The English Study Fair is going to be held next month. The fair will take place (1)__________ the 17th to the 19th of March at the National Education Centre.
We’ve got lots of (2)____________(difference) things for you to see and hear. Many kinds of self-study textbooks will be on show, and there will also be some(3)___________(speech) by educational speakers about the best ways to study English by (4)__________(you). In addition, you (5)_______(see) lots of DVDs about English or American films on sale.
You can come to the fair between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets cost 5 dollars for (6)________ adult and 3 dollars for a full time student. You should book(预订) the ticket online (7)___________ the price can be a little lower. Parking (停车) must be difficult around the National Education Centre, so you’d better (8)_________ (take) a bus or walk there. I believe our fair will (9)________(sure) interest you. Also, it will be helpful for you (10)________ (learn) English. We’re looking forward to seeing you there.
第9篇
People have different ideas about numbers in different countries. In China, people believe that some numbers can bring (1)________ (they) good luck, and some often go with misfortune (不幸). For example, the number 6 (2)__________ (usual) means doing things successfully. The number 8 means making a fortune, and the number 10 means perfect. But the number 4 means death (3) __________ its pronunciation (发音) is similar to that of the Chinese character “死”. So some Chinese people try their best not (4) ____________(choose) their phone numbers, license plate numbers or house numbers which include the number 4.
In Western (5)__________ (country), the number 13 is thought to be the (6)_________ (lucky) number. Some buildings don’t have the thirteenth floor. Instead, people go from the (7) ____________(twelve) floor to the fourteenth floor. So are some house numbers. When the number 13 (8) _________(go) with Friday, it means the unluckiest day. There is (9)________ famous song called Black Friday.
In fact, there’s no clear relationship (10)_________ numbers and luck. We should believe in our own ability instead of lucky numbers. Just as a saying goes, “Man proposes, God disposes.”
第10篇
Computers have brought many changes to the world. They’re thought to be one of (1)__________________(important) inventions in the 20th century.
(2)_______ the development of science and technology, more and more people have (3)________ (they) own puters can not only calculate at (4)______ very high speed, but also be connected to the Internet (5)________(get) information from the outside world.
Computers play an important role in our daily (6)_______(life). They can do a lot of things. (7)________ you’re getting on the Internet, you can find the answers to your questions. Also, you can shop online without (8)______ (go) puters provide us with lots of convenience. There is no doubt that people can have a better life with computers.
However, some people worry that computers may take the place of human beings. Then most people (9)________ (have) no jobs in the future. But I don’t think this will (10)____________(probable) happen. Even though computers can do some difficult work that we can’t do, they are nothing but machines.