A few months ago, after returning the U. S. from Germany, I took　　   1.________________

part in a college course in French. Since I have learned　　　　   　　　　　　  2. ________________

to say German well in Germany, I thought it might be　　　　　　　　  　　   3. ________________

interested to begin studying another language. At the　　　　　　 　　　　　　  4. ________________

first class, a teacher asked us to do a pronunciation  　　　　　　　　　　 5. ________________

exercise in it he would say a word or two in French, and    　　　　　　  6. ________________

each student would do their best to copy(模仿). When it   　　　　　　  7. ________________

got to me, he kept having me to say more words, and I   　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________________

finally asked him why. “I find it great fun,”he explained　　        9.________________

it. “In 25 years of teaching at school, it’s the first time 　　   　　       10.________________

I’ve heard an American speak French with a German accent(口音). ”

When I first learned to write in English, I ran into many　　　　　　 1. ________________

difficulties. The main problem was in that I always thought　　　　　　　　　　 2. ________________

in Chinese and tried to translate anything into English. 　　 　　　　　　  3. ________________

My teacher advised me to keep my diary. I followed her    　　　　　　  4. ________________

advice and should put down 100 words or so each day.    　　　　　　  5. ________________

Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was　　 　　　　　　　　　　 6. ________________

learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote 　　　　　　  7. ________________

a little story and showed to my teacher. She liked it　　 　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________________

very much and reads it to the class. All said the story was 　　　　　　  9. ________________

a good one. Their word were a great encouragement to me. 　　　　　　  10. ________________

A lot of seagulls often flew to an airport　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　        1. ________________

in England and keep flying about over it. In　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    2. ________________

order to make planes take off and fly safe, 　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　    3. ________________

the guards of the airport tried different way　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    4. ________________

to drive the seagulls away, but they failed.

A day an English girl　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    5. ________________

singer naming Jane came to the airport and　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    6. ________________

sang by chance. Suddenly the seagulls

were disappeared because they　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　　　　　　　　　    7. ________________

afraid of Jane’s voice and flew away. 　　　　　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　    8. ________________

That was said that other singers had also　　　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________________

been asked to sing there and the seagulls　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　    10. ________________

were not afraid. Only Jane’s could work.

Football is the best popular game in 　　　　　　  1. ________________

England; one has only to go to one of the

important match to see this. Rich and poor, 　　　　　　　　　　 2. ________________

young and old, one can see them all there,

shouting at one side or the other. To a　　  　　　　　　  　　   3. ________________

stranger, the most surprised thing about　　　　　　 　　　　　　  4. ________________

football in England is knowledge of the　　　　　　　　　　 　　   5. ________________

game even the smallest boy seems to

have it. He can tell you the names of　　    　　　　　　  6. ________________

players in the important games. He has

pictures of them and know the results of   　　　　　　  7. ________________

large numbers of matches. He will tell you

whom he expects will win such　　　　　　  　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________________

a match. His opinion is  　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 9. ________________

usually as good as those of men three or

four times his age. Do you believe this?    　　　　　　  　　   10. ________________

Like most of my schoolmates, I have neither brothers nor　　　　  1.  ________

sisters-in any other words, I am an only child. My parents　　　　  2.    _______

love me dearly of course and will do all they can make sure　　    3.    _______

that I get a good education. They did not want me to do　　　　    4.    _______

any work at family; they want me to devote all my time to　　　　  5.    _______

my studies so that I’ll get good marks in all my subject. We　　　　 6.    _______

may be one family and live under a same roof. But we do　　　　    7.    _______

not seem to get much time to talk about together It looks　　　　　　 8.    _______

as if my parents treat me as a visitor and a guest. Do they　　　　    9.    _______

really understand their own daughter? What things are in　　　　    10.  _______

other homes, I wonder.

Rick and Teri took out loans(贷款)to pay college. Those 　　　　　　　　　　    1. ______

spent years to repay. And yet, they have realized that having　　　　　　　　　　 2. ______

college degrees making them able to earn salaries far　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3. ______

above that their high-school educated parents earned. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   4. ______

The wage(工资)gap between college and high school graduates　　　　　　   5. ______

continue to widen. “I was the only one in my family who　　　　　　　　　　    6. ______

finished from high-school, "said Rick's father, “I really　　　　　　　　　　     　　   7. ______

Wanted to go to school, but there was just not money. ”　　　　　　　　　　　　  8. ______

But he able to help his children get college degrees. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   9. ______

But he’s struggling with how to save for their education. 　　　　　　　　　　   10. ______

Postcard always spoil(抢夺)my holidays. Last summer,  　　　　 1.__________

I left for to Italy, I visited museums and sat in　　　　　　  　　　　 2.__________

public garden. A friendly waiter taught me a few　　　　　　       3.__________

words of Italian. Then he borrowed me a book. I read　　　　    　　   4.__________

a few lines, and I did not understand a word. Every　　　　　　   5.__________

day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly,　　 　　 6.__________

but I sent some cards to my friends. On the last　　　　 　　      7.__________

day I did a big decision. I got up early and　　　　　　　　   　　 8.__________

made thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day　　　　　　　　   9.__________

in my room, but I did write a single word!　　　　　　　　   　　 10.__________

Every morning Steve goes to work on train. As

1.________

he has a long trip, he always buys newspaper. It helps

2.________

to make the time passing more quickly.

3.________

    One Tuesday morning, he turned over the sports page.

4.________

He wanted to look the report about an important football

5.________

match the night before．The team of his town won the match．The report was so interested that he forgot to

6.________

get off at his station．He did not know it until

7.________

he saw the sea．He got off at next station，and

8.________

had to wait a long time for a train to go back．Of course，he arrived very late at the office．His boss was very angry when Steve told to him why he was late．

9.________

    “Work is very important than football!” he shouted．　　　　　　　　   10.________

People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday’s presents. One

1. ________

present was a bottle of oil- to help keeping

2. ________

Big Ben running. Big Ben is a clock in London. Big Ben is the great clock

highly up in

3. ________

a tower, the building in London where laws are made there. People like to see Big Ben’s

4. ________

friendly face (The clock has four). They like

5. ________

to hear the chimes (钟声) each 15 minutes. They

6.________

like to hear the big bell beating the four.

7. ________

“BONG BONGBONG”. Radio sends the noise of the big clock to

8. ________

the rest of the world. The BBC begins to send

9. ________

chimes in 1923. Ever since, Bit Ben had been a

10. ________

radio star.

Dear Zhang Dongming,

I am back at school now. How I want express my　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1．________

thanks to you for the vacation I spend with　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2．________

you and your family! At the vacation you taught　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    3．________

me how to swim, boat and fish. I was really appreciated　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    4．________

your taking time off work to take me around and show me　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5．________

so many places. Your mother is such good cook!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6．________

I think I must have gained 10 pound in just the week　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  7．________

I stayed with you. Surely I have had a boring vacation,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8．________

that will be remembered for tong.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9．________

I hope you to be able to visit me sometime.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   10．________

Thank you again. Let’s keep in touch.