London is a beautiful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs ___(1)___ the city from west to east. So the city has __(2)___ parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places. The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot __(3)____ the city is near the sea. People say that London is a foggy(多雾的) city and it often __(4)___. It is true.

    Last year, when I ____(5)___ in London, I met one of the ___(6)___ fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening came, the weather got ___(7)____ worse. The fog was as thick as milk. ___(8)__ the buses and cars stopped. I had __(9)__ an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there ___(10)____.

Mr. Clarke works in a middle school. He  (1)  maths there. He works hard and is often  (2)  . He has no children and his wife   (3)   at home alone. She likes talking but she can’t talk with   (4)  when her husband is at school. And when he comes back, she talks a lot. Sometimes she  (5)  him up at midnight and begins to talk to him. It   (6)   the man not go to sleep for a long time. Mr. Clarke _  (7)  it, but he doesn’t know what to do.

  Yesterday morning, Mr. Clarke  (8)   unwell. And it was half past seven, he was still   (9)  

  “What’s wrong with you, dear?” asked the woman.

  “My head   (10)  now,” Mr. Clarke said with a worried look, “Please   (11)   our school. I can’t go to work today.”

  “OK,” the woman said and began to talk to him by the bed again. Mr. Clarke had to get up and   (12)  

  By lunch time the man came back. His wife asked, “Did you go to the   (13)  this morning?”

  “Yes, I did.”

  “What did the   (14)   say?” 

  “He looked me over and said I was in great need of quietness. He told me to   (15)   and furnished (供给) you to take the medicine on time,” said the man.

  “I’ll remind you to take them on time,” said the woman.

  “No, they’re not for me, but for you!”

A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress (压力) management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, "How ____  (1)  ___ do you think this glass of water is?"

   The students began to think and ____(  (2)  ____ Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.

   "It does not matter on the real ____  (3)  ____. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ____  (4)  ____ it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a ____  (5)  ____. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ____  (6)  ____ for a while before holding it up again."

   "If we carry our burdens(负担) ____  (7)  ____ sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to  ____  (8)  ____ the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on."

   So ____  (9)  ____ you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

   Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to ____  (10)  ____ ourselves.

   Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

Big Ben is the nickname for the great clock in London．It is one of the ____  (1)  ____ interesting places in London.

    ____  (2)  ____ name of the clock was given in honor of (纪念) Sir Benjamin Hall．He was in charge of the work when the clock was built ____  (3)  ___ 1856. This man did much building work in London ____  (4)  ___ years ago. This clock has four ____  (5)  ____. No matter where you stand, you can read the ____  (6)  ____ on the face of Big Ben. Each face is as ___  (7)  ____ as a double-decker(双层) bus. The hands of the clock are about ____  (8)  ____ metres long. It is about the size of one person standing on the top of another person. Big Ben ___  (9)  ___ at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦). The huge clock ____  (10)  ___ a loud noise every quarter of an hour.

    The clock is a landmark (地标)of ____  (11)  ____ and London. When a reporter hopes to ____  (12)  ___ show he is in London on TV, a popular way is to show a picture of Big Ben．Big Ben also appeared in many films, ___  (13)  ____, the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective. ____  (14)  ___ New Year's Eve, millions of people listen to Big Ben with the radio or TV．Sound goes more slowly than radio waves(无线电波), ___  (15)  ___ people may hear the bell strike(撞击)thirteen times if they are a little far from Big Ben.

  I’m Huckleberry Finn. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of me. You will hear a lot about me and my   (1)  Tom Sawyer.

Some days ago, Tom and I found a pile of gold that robbers had hidden in a cave.   (2)  got ＄6,000 each. That’s a lot of money!

Judge Thatcher put that money in the bank for us and gave us one dollar a   (3)  . That’s enough for me to spend in one day, but Tom can always think of something to spend money on.

I lived by myself for some time   (4)   my father ran off. I had no idea where he went. But the Widow Douglas took   (5)   on me and took me in to live with her. She thought I didn’t behave like a gentleman. She always reminded me of my   (6)  . “Huckleberry,   (7)   behind your ears when washing your face.” “Huckleberry, don’t eat with your fingers, use the knife and the fork   (8)  .” “Huckleberry, clean your shoes before you come in.” It seemed that she could never say my   (9)   without some reminder.

And she made me wear new clothes. They were so small that I could   (10)   breathe in them. I didn’t like the way she was trying to make a   (11)   of me. So I   (12)  in my old clothes.

I didn’t go far before my best friend Tom found me. “You have to  (13)  ,’ Tom said, “I’m thinking about starting a band of robbers. We need you to be a part of it. Only respectable people can join us.” I didn’t much like that plan,   (14)   I went back anyway.

The widow cried when she saw me. “Oh, Huck, I was so   (15)   when I couldn’t find you. My poor boy!” She put fine clothes back on me.

Mr Black is my uncle. He is 30 ____  (1)  ____ old. He likes ____  (2)  ____. He is good at ____  (3)  ____ basketball. He works in a sports club. His job is to teach the students ___  (4)  ____ to play basketball. He ___  (5)  ____ far from the club. He has a car, ____  (6)  ____ he doesn't drive his car to work. Usually, he goes to work ____  (7)  ____ bike. He thinks it is good exercise and be can ____  (8)  ___ there early when many buses and cars are ol1 the street.

    Every morning, Mr Black ____  (9)  ____ at 6:30. Then he takes a shower and eats ____  (10)  ____ good breakfast. At 7:30, he ____  (11)  ____ his bike to the club. It usually takes him about an hour ___  (12)  ____ to the club.

    Mr Black doesn't come home ____  (13)  ____ lunch. He has ___  (14)  ___ at the club. Lunch is from 11:30a.m, to 1:30 p. m.

    He begins his work at 2:30 in the afternoon and ____  (15)  ____ it at 5:30. Then he goes back home. He cats dinner with his parents at home.

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   Hello, everyone! Welcome to Class 2. I’m your English teacher. Now let   (1)   tell you our class   (2)  . First, you can’t be   (3)   class. You must arrive   (4)   time. Second, you must bring your English books and notebooks to every lesson. Third, you must   (5)   English during (在……期间) the pair work activities. If it’s   (6)    for you, you can ask me   (7)   help. Fourth, you must use green pens to correct (改正) your exercises. You mustn’t use red   (8)  . Fifth, if you have any   (9)  , you must put up your hands. You can’t talk or stand up without permission (未经允许). These are all the rules. They are good for you,   (10)   you must follow them. I hope we can have a good time every day.

Tom and Matt cleaned their house last night, because their parents are  (1)  for a visit the next day.

However, when they come home from  (2)  today, the house is very untidy. The books and magazines they left on the sofa are now on the floor, and the shoes are in pieces!  (3)  , Tom and Matt think a thief（小偷）breaks into their house when they are at work. They go to their bedroom to see if  (4)  is stolen, but nothing is  (5)  . Matt’s money is  (6)  on his desk, and Tom’s  (7)  watches are in his bookcase.

They can’t understand  (8)  nothing is missing and the house is so untidy. Tom and Matt  (9)  calling the police, but they don’t  (10)  nothing is missing. They walk around the house one more time to  (11)  everything is there. Then Tom looks closely  (12)  the floor--- there are four muddy paw prints（泥爪印）! The paw prints are headed towards the balcony（阳台）. When they  (13)  them, they see an open door and a very  (14)  dog hiding（藏）in the corner. Tom realizes that he forgets  (15)  the balcony door before he leaves for work in the morning. The mystery（秘密）of the untidy house is solved!

Everyone has a story about friends. When I was very young, I   (1)   Robert. Robert was my first good friend. He had lots of health   (2)   but he never felt upset. He always wore smiles(微笑) on his face. He loved life and everyone   (3)   him. When we were little kids, he moved away, and I never saw him again. I   (4)   him very much.

   One Sunday morning, I was busy doing some housework when the   (5)   rang(响). It was Robert’s mother. His mother only called when there was something important! I felt   (6)   and time seemed to slow down. I   (7)   Robert’s health. His mother told us that Robert was in hospital   (8)  . My parents decided to see him. I wanted to go with   (9)  , but my mom said that I must stay at home with my little sister.

   Half an hour later, my mom called home and told me that everything was   (10)   again. I felt relaxed and wished to see him soon.

When you are free, you can go outside to play on the street .You can also stay at home to surf the Internet.   (1)     do you think is safer? Maybe some people think surfing the Internet at home is   (2)  . In fact, surfing the Internet at home is not safe. So you should be  (3)   when you surf the Internet. Here is some  (4)   for you .

Be careful about strangers on the Internet, just as you  (5)    strangers on the street. Of course, we know the strangers are the persons whom we don’t know

If someone says some dirty words to you, don’  (6)    and just leave .You should  (7)    tell others about your real name, home address or telephone number. They are your personal information. If you tell others about that, that may get you   (8)   danger.

Never  (9)    to meet someone you know on the Internet. He/She might be a bad person! Don’t make too many net friends. If you have free time, you should  (10)  time with your real friends in your real life.