When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could   1  this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my   2  I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “  3  You are going to college (大學(xué)).” I was very   4  when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later,   5  took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends   6 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I   7  I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we   8  the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (門衛(wèi)) and one minute later we were   9 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was   10 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the   11 ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage(婚姻) is even  12 !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard   13  I could get into a good college. I   14  studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our   15  to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

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(he,  the,  grow,  high,  until,  one,  fail,  loud,  speech,  when)
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 【小題1】__________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 【小題2】__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 【小題3】__________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but【小題4】__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 【小題5】__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome【小題6】__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 【小題7】__________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.
He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a【小題8】__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 【小題9】__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 【小題10】__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”

More and more people like traveling for their holidays. Some people like  1, so they like to visit some old places. Some people like to breathe (呼吸)fresh air, so they like to go  2 . Some people like sea or swimming, so they like to go to the  3. In many countries, the travel agency (旅行社) can help you  4your holidays. You can5 the travel agent (代理人)what kind of holidays you like,  6 you want to go best, and how much money you are going to  7 . Then the travel agent will give you some 8 about where to go, how to get there, where to live and what kind of activities you can do there. So there are many different kinds of  9 . For example, one of the holidays is called “Package Holiday”. That is, you just pay the money, and the travel agent will plan  10 for you: the ticket for the train, bus or plane, the hotel, the activities and so on.

1.A. math          B. music         C. history

2.A. shopping      B. climbing      C. skating

3.A. seaside       B. rivers        C. lakes

4.A. order         B. book          C. plan

5.A. say           B. ask            C.tell

6.A. where         B. when          C. how

7.A. take          B. spend         C. have

8.A. message       B. suggestion     C. information

9.A. jobs          B. places        C. holidays

10.A. nothing      B. everything    C. vehicles

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