Jack didn’t woke up until seven. As soon as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  2. ________

he put off his clothes, he started running　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3. ________

towards his school. He ran as fast as he can　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  4. ________

so that he might miss the first lesson. But it was　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    5. ________

quite after he entered the schoolyard. It　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

seemed there was nobody in the school besides　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 7. ________

the guard. Jack was wondering how it was so　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   8. ________

When he saw the word on the blackboard.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________

It was Sunday!　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     10. ________

childhood he have developed the habit of carrying a 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  2. ________

little book into his pocket. He used to read whenever　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  3. ________

he was not doing something else. He found a book　　　　　　　　　　　　   　　　　　　  4. ________

especially useful during periods of waiting: waiting meals，　　　　　　　　　　　　    5. ________

buses, doctors, haircuts, telephone call and　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

for something to happening. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　7. ________

That was why he found fifteen minutes a day for　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________

reading. That was how he read her twenty books a　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________

year-one thousand books in a lifetime. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　10. ________

your parents got mad, try to have a conversation with them　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2. ________

about it. Remembering not to shout at them. They usually　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3. ________

will try to change, but they will take some time because　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4. ________

they get angry all their life, and that is all they know. You　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    5. ________

might have to change for your method a couple of times.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

Do any nice things for your parents that they don’t expect　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  7. ________

like cooking, doing the dishes, washing clothes, or clean　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    8. ________

the floors. If this doesn’t work, bring in friend that you　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9. ________

feel comfortable, and have him or her help you.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10. ________

Not far the hotel there was a shop with all kinds　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    2. ________

of clothing hang up. When we went into the shop,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     3. ________

a woman came up and asked that she could help us,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  4. ________

so we said that we would like to look around on our　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  5. ________

own. She looked at us rather strange. Not having　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

found anything we needed, we thanked the woman　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    7. ________

and was left. Suddenly my husband started to laugh,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8. ________

pointing to the small sign in English, which read:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________

“DRY-CLEANING SHOP. As you are a smoker, please　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10. ________

 don't smoke here.”

Look back at my childhood experience, I think　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  1. ________

that three reason might explain the fear. The first　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2. ________

reason is that I was not allowed to go near the water　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  3. ________

when I was a child, for my mother had unreasonable　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4. ________

fear of it. So, even as a child I was taught see the　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5. ________

water as something danger. Second, my eyes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

became bad ones when I was five. If I took off my　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   7. ________

glasses in the water, I couldn’t see anything, but this　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8. ________

increased my fear. The worst part of your experience　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________

is that as a child often I see a neighbor drown. Since　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  10. ________

then I have been more frightened.

other day. I went out play with my dog for　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2. ________

a few minute, and noticed the dog barking (吠)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 3. ________

at a big tree. Before I realized that it meant, it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    4. ________

started to dig a hole at the base of the tree.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    5. ________

Suddenly a large rat rushed out the hole, ran across　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

the garden and disappearing into some waste ground　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  7. ________

behind the garden. Surprising at this unexpected　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    8. ________

incident, the poor dog was too slowly to react. It ran　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9. ________

to the fence, but without some result.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   10. ________

way, he stopped in a small town in Southern Switzerland. The Englishman　　　　　　  2. ________

traveled in a carriage inside that there was a carriage watch. This　　　　　　　　        3. ________

was earliest kind of watch. A native shop assistant happened to see　　　　　　　　  4. ________

the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman for it.　　　　　　　　    5. ________

“It is a carriage watch,”said the man.“This machine says the time but now 6. ________

it isn't working.”At once the shop assistants offered try to repair it. So　　　　  7. ________

the traveler handed to him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man.　　    8. ________

So it was not surprised that he managed to repair it. He even remembered　　    9. ________

how it made. As soon as the traveler had gone on his journey,　　　　　　　　　　　　 10. ________

he made a watch exactly the same type.

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, the 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. When he got to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   7. ________

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

finally asked him why. “I find it great fun," she 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.”

difficulty in supporting his large family. He had　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  2. ________

often visited Mr. Baker on Sundays, told him about

his troubles and asked for two and three pounds,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3. ________

One day, before telling Mr. Baker a long story of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    4. ________

his troubles, Hank asked for five pounds. Mr. Baker,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  5. ________

a man with a kind heart, found difficult to refuse　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. ________

the money, though he himself was poor. Then he

said,“I don’t understand your difficulties, Hank.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    7. ________

I will like to help you, but I’m not going to give　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________

you five pounds this time. I’ll borrow you the money,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________

and you may give it up to me next time you see me.”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10. ________

Hank took the money, but he never appeared again.

has enough time for that she wants to do. Like many other girls　　　　　　　　　　  2. ________

about her age, she spends hours on the telephone, talks to her　　　　　　　　　　　　 3. ________

friends. She often goes out on the weekends, and she looks after　　　　　　　　　　　　   4. ________

children for other families to get some money. But, of course,　　　　　　　　　　　　 5. ________

during the school years she herself has a lot homework to do.　　　　　　　　　　　　 6. ________

During the football season, Sandy is more busier than usual. She　　　　　　　　　　　　    7. ________

and other pretty girls are cheer leaders. They jump up and down　　　　　　　　　　　　    8. ________

together, cheering when the team have played well. When the team　　　　　　　　  9. ________

is not playing so well, the girls try their best encourage the players.　　　　　　　　 10. ________

The cheers are usually not long. But it takes a long time to

practice shouting them together.