My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headteacher

of a school for boys at the ages of thirteen and

(1)________

eighteen. I know that he was a kind man at heart,

because when I am young, he gave me presents, and

(2)________

set me on his knee(膝盖) , and spoke me stories .

(3)________

But I believe the boys at his school afraid of him.

(4)________

At school , when he walked into a room fill of

(5)________

noise boys, there was silence at once. When he

(6)________

looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes,

that boy went to red in the face, and looked

(7)________

down at his shoes . If a boy brought him poor, careless

(8)________

work, my grandfather picked up the boy's book

and throw it across the room, shouting, “Do it

(9)________

all again, and bring it back the first thing in

the morning !”If the boy was late, or if he forgot

to take the work, he had to do it again, and again, and

(10)________

yet again.

　　John was a very famous pianist. When he was a small boy,

1．________

he once played at a party at home of a rich man. He was only

2．________

eight years old. But he has played the piano for several years.

3．________

At party, he played a famous piece by Beethoven (贝多芬).

4．________

He played wonderfully.

　　The famous piece have in it several very long rests.

5．________

In each of these rests he took his hand from the piano and

6．________

waited. For him this was very exciting. But it seemed that

7．________

the mother of the rich man thought different. Finally,

8．________

In one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him

9．________

on the head with the smile and said, “My boy, why don't

10．________

you play us what you know well?”

　　When I was 16 years old, I got a learner's permit to

(1) ________

learn drive a car. I got the permit just before my family

(2) ________

was going to the country for holidays , for I started

(3) ________

practising driving on country roads. It must have been easy,

(4) ________

since it wasn't much traffic on those quite little roads.

(5) ________

One thing wasn't easy about it was that my father proved to

(6) ________

be a very nervous teacher. “Not go so fast!”“Left!”“Right!”

(7) ________

…were ringing in my ear all with the time. Finally I was

(8) ________

ready to take my drive test. I started to put on my directional

(9) ________

signal (信号) since I moved out, and then ignored (忽视) a stop

(10) ________

sign at the first intersection (交叉路) I came to. Of cours, I

failed. I took a few driving classes after that and finally passed the test in London.

　　Last year was my first Thanksgiving of my own

1．________

house . I have never cooked Thanksgiving dinner

2．________

before , so I wanted to be special . I spent a

3．________

lot of time cooking, and to my surprised it

4．________

came out looking perfectly ! I realized that I had

5．________

forgotten soft drinks at the store but I ran out to

6．________

get it before guests arrived .

7．________

　　I was away for no more than 15 minutes. When

8．________

I returned back, I found my turkey on the floor

9．________

surrounding by a greedy cat and a dog with turkey

10．________

bits in their mouths .

　　Making friends is a skill like most skill, it

1．________

improved with practice . If you want to meet people and

2．________

make friends, you must be will to take some action. You

3．________

must go that there are people , you won' t make friends

4．________

staying home alone .

　　Join a club or group, talking with that who like

5．________

the same things as you do are much easier. Or join someone

6．________

in some activity.

　　Many people are nervous when talking to new people,

7．________

After all meeting strangers means facing unknown. And it' s

8．________

the human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about strangers .

9．________

　　Try to act self - confident (自信) even if you felt that way

10．________

when you enter a room full of strangers . If you see someone

you' d like to speak to, say something. Don't wait for the other

person to start a conversation .

　　Making friends will take time and effort . And there are a

lot to do to develop friendship.

　　Jack London was a famous America writer. He was born

1．________

in January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. His family

2．________

was very poor, Jack had to leave school to make money. He

3．________

worked hard in many different jobs.

　　Later, Jack returned to school, so he didn't stay long.

4．________

He wrote. “Life and pocketbook were all too short.”

5．________

　　In 1897, he went to the Alaska to find gold. Instead,

6．________

he found idea there or his books and stories. He came back

7．________

to home and started to write. His writings were successful,

8．________

and he became rich and famous in twenties.

9．

　　Jack London was not a happy man, however. In poor health

10．________

he died in 1916. He was only 40 years old.

　　My Murphey gave me all telephone lists, that told us

1．________

all classmates names and their telephone numbers. We had

2．________

homework of call the persons in English. We had to call

3．________

the person and to ask four questions at least. A few days

4．________

late we talked about the content of the telephone. And I

5．________

was happy because of my partner wrote down his opinions.

6．________

Last night, about 10 p. m., I got a phone call of Henry.

7．________

He apologized to me for having been late to call me as

8．________

he went out with the member of her club and couldn't call

9．________

me at the appointed time. After we talked in Japanese a little

10．________

we decided to talk in English. At first, I thought it was hard

to make myself understood but when he could make out

what I wanted to say, I felt delighted and satisfied.