In the small towns of the United States in the   1        (nineteen) century, the general store was   2       everyone bought the things he couldn’t make     3          grow at home. What the stores sold   4       (tell) a great deal about   5         life at that time. People bought tools that they needed for farm work; salt, sugar and  6       foods that the farm didn’t produce; articles of clothing that they couldn’t make    7     ; shirts for the men; or clothes for the children. Life was simple then. One feels that people were   8      (thank) for what they had and that they looked  9      with courage to whatever the future brought. It would be interesting to know how they would feel about the life today. Would it seem to them that life is too complex? Would they enjoy   10    (live) a life as we do now?

When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas time I went to a post office to send a letter. (1)      my surprise. I found people queuing some paces away (2)___   the person at the savings deposit (存款)window. Why so? Each did his business in turn (3)     the line never moved a step nearer. I was very curious, so I walked to the window to find out the (4)_____. There was a notice on (5) ____ was written “Thank you for your respect for others’ privacy”, a polite warning to keep people away from nosing into(干涉)others’ affairs. Money matters are (6)___as privacy in Western countries.  I was deeply impressed by the sight and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so calmly at a distance that they seemed quite used to the practice .The same thing happened at a public telephone box. Those waiting for their turns always kept their distance enough to be out of hearing.  It’s another typical example!
From then on, I took care to watch their ways of doing things, manners, and treatment shown towards others. I found the Germans always (7) ___________ (mind) of others’ privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing situation. For instance, they never asked about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, nor (8)______ ______ they comment on the clothes or jewelry others wore. Their laws forbid reading diaries (9)___ __________opening letters without (10)______ ______ (permit). That shows personal matters are not allowed to be disturbed.

Do you feel 1     difficult to be happy all the time? Now I’ll give you some tips(秘訣) 2       how to make yourself happy. One way is being   3      (self) because unselfishness is the key factor   4      (require) if you want to get along well with others. By   5    (say) being unselfish we mean we   6     not want everything our own way or demand the best share of everything. Another way is to look for good points in  7      people. You’ll find most people pleasant to get along with and it will surely make you happy. Third, you cannot expect to be too perfect,   8      don’t be too unhappy when you make a mistake. Everything will be OK if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while you are not  9      (bad) than others, chances you have may not be much better. In this case,  10      surest way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.

Good afternoon, principal, teachers and all students. It is my 1      (honorable) to be here to give a talk to all of you. I have studied in this school for five years. In these five years, I learned one precious thing important not only to me  2        to all of you here, and it is “reading”. I can always gain knowledge from reading. Reading doesn’t   3            up a lot of time but I gain a lot. Now I would like to share my reading experiences with you.
I once read a book Rare Air: Michael on Michael   4         (write) by the greatest basketball player in the history, Michael Jordan. While we envy his great achievement in the basketball and business aspects, few of us focus on his spirit of persistence. In the book, he talks about his experience of     5           he walks on the path to success. In order to join the NBA, he put in every effort to strengthen his muscle, to improve his skills 6             training hard. Because of his efforts, he successfully entered the NBA.
However, he did not stop his training. 7             , the training was even stricter,      8             prepared him to deny(否認(rèn)) the statement released by the public, “Michael is a weak guy!” While the criticism against him diminished(減少；減�。豢s減), he worked even harder to achieve his next goal — the championship of the NBA. Finally, he succeeded.
People honor Michael as “God of basketball” not only for his great basketball skills, but also mainly for his spirit of persistence. While we admire his spirit, we can follow(追求；追逐) his spirit as well. Michael should be our example; we ought to learn from him. As/So long as(只要) we work hard, nothing is impossible. Bear in mind that all of you have the same quality. Nobody is born wise. Putting in effort is the only but   9            (effect) way to advancement. My fellow schoolmates, before I go, I would like to encourage all of you that we should work as hard as we 10               . When you grow up, you may be the one who is admired by the community. My fellow schoolmates, let’s work hard together! Work for our future! Thank you.

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Many people like to read the (31) ___________________（late）newspapers. But  (32) _______________ is it produced so quickly?
The most important man may be the chief editor. He decides (33) ______________ to do. Every morning the (34)________________ (journal) are sent to cover the events. Sometimes they need a face-to-face interview with people (35) _____________ do telephone interviews. Meanwhile, the picture editor sends (36) _______________ (photograph) to take the pictures they need.
Later in the day, they pass the stories and the (37)_________________ (develop) photos to the editor. Then the chief editor will choose the most important news for the front page. (38)_________________ editors read the stories, make some necessary changes and write headlines for them. (39)__________________ the newspaper is printed and (40)_________________（deliver）to different places.

Gandhi, an Indian national hero, (31)         ______(honor) as the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved by the Indians.
He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got (32)    _____     (marry) at the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, (33)               he studied law for three years and then became a (34)               (law). On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.
In South Africa he (35)         ______ (surprise) found that the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an (36)       ______(organize) and started a magazine to fight for equal rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was controlled by the British.  He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and (37)        ______ (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians, ____________ (38)         (include) Gandhi, were put in prison. (39)       ______, the struggles never stopped. The British  government  had  to  give  in  and India won its independence in 1947. (40)    ______     (fortunate)，Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s (31) ________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her (32) ________________ (appear). Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (33) _____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people (34) _______________ (impress) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and (35) _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation (36) _______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in (37) _______________the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but (38) _______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing (39) _______________I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out (40) _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

Finishing their shopping at the supermarket, a middle-aged couple found their new car   31       (steal). They filed a report   32        the police station and a detective drove them   33       to the parking lot（停車場）to look for evidence.
To their   34         (amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it ,  35  _______  said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to send her to the hospital as soon as possible. Please forget the          36           (convenient). There are two tickets   37        tonight’s Rowan Atkinson concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored(恢復(fù)). The couple attended         38       concert. But   39          they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was           40           note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don’t I?”

A guest comes up to Mrs. Dale, the Duty Manager, telling her 31        (anger) about the Hall Porter’s Department. Since there are 32        guests present, the Duty Manager invites the guest to come to her office 33         (talk) things over.
The guest says that the Hall Porter yesterday 34           (promise) to get theatre tickets 35          a show in the city. He says that today, 36            he went to collect the tickets there was  37          porter on duty. The porter could not find any tickets for the guest, and could not find any record of the request for       tickets. It seems that the porter on duty today did not believe 38                the guest had made any request for tickets. The guest says that the tickets were promised,   38                 he has planned to go to the theatre that night, and that it is the 40                (hotel) job to provide the tickets.

Young people should travel not only to find out about the present 31           to find out about the future. A grand tour today should be the opposite of 32          it was in the past. It should not include museums, castles and ruins. It should go       33           human life is, to places that throw you images of the future. It should not be an escape of 34            (real) but a challenge with 35           .
Young people of today should go to the wildest, farthest, poor place they can think of. They should go to the wild places of Asia, Africa, and South America. Young people should go to 36         many such places as they can, 37           these places are closing up and in time they’ll become impossible.
The other area young people should travel 38  ____________  is the same sort of area within their own country, places that are a kind of 39  ____________  (know) land, 40   _______  as the Congo Basin.