John once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞耻) on his family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.
When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信号) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原谅) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (丝带) in the big apple tree near the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go far away.
As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put his hand on the young convict’s shoulder, "There it is," His eyes was filled with sudden tears. "It’s all right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."
【小题1】According to the passage, the white ribbon in the big apple tree means ________.

根据汉语意思填空（每空只能填一个词，每空0.5分，共8分）

1.Why are they ________ __________ _________ disappearing?

  为什么他们有消失的危险？

2.We watched,amazed as fire ________  ________ on the outside of the spaceship as the earth's gravity increased.

   我们惊奇地看着，随着地球引力的增加，宇宙飞船的外层燃烧起火。

3.As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain _________ __________.

   事实上，我在英国上岸是偶然的。

4.Please __________ me _________ forgetting your birthday.

   请原谅我忘记了你的生日。

5.What you said __________ me __________ my sad story.

   你所说的使我想起了我悲伤的故事。

6.The owner doubted the fellow _________  _________ couldn’t afford the meal.  

店主怀疑那个穿着破烂的家伙付不起帐

7.________  ________  _________, red is not your colour. 

   说实在地, 你穿红色不好看.

目前，越来越多的中学生利用暑假上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象，存在两种不同观点。请你根据下表提示，以Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?为题，写一篇短文，反映表中内容，并简要阐述自己的观点。

注意：（1）层次清晰，连贯流畅；表达灵活，但不要逐字逐句翻译；

（2）词数：150 词左右（文章开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

（3）参考词汇：巩固—strengthen (vt.) 独立—dependence (n.)

Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?

More and more middle school students are going to all kinds of training classes or having family teachers during the summer vacation. There are two different opinions about it.

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Young Jack moved to a new house. When entering his new bedroom, he saw that it was full of toys but it was tidy. That day he played all he liked, but went to bed without tidying up.
The next morning, when Jack got up, he found all the toys had been put back in their proper places. He was sure that no one had entered his bedroom, but the boy didn’t pay much attention to it. The exact same thing happened that day, and the next day. But on the fourth day when he went to get his favourite toy, the toy jumped out of his hands and said, “I don’t want to play with you!”
Jack felt surprised, but the same happened with every toy he touched. Finally, one toy said to him:
“We don’t want to play with you. You always leave us so far away from our proper places. You don’t know how arduous it is for us to climb back up onto the shelves, or jump into the box. We feel most uncomfortable and unhappy. You don’t know how uncomfortable and cold the floor is! We don’t play with you any more if you don’t promise to leave us in our proper places before you go to bed.”
Jack remembered how comfortable he felt in his bed and how bad he felt when he had once slept in a chair. He realized how badly he had treated his friends, the toys. He asked for their forgiveness(原谅)， and from that day on he always put his toys nicely in their proper places before he got into bed.
【小题1】when Jack moved into his bedroom,           .

目前家长为孩子请家教是一种普遍现象。前几年多见于初、高中学生，现在有些小学生也请家教。父母们如此舍不得花钱和忍心占去孩子的时间，究竟是为什么呢？某中学生英语报正在征文，了解其中原因。请根据下面所给的标题和首段内容，分析慢、中、快三类学生请家教的原因并说明你对家教现象的态度。
1．慢等生：catch up with sb. ; become dependent on sth.依赖……
2．中等生：surpass vt.超过
3．快等生：more competitive 更有竞争力的