For Rachael and Leigh Barman, there is only one wish on their Christmas list this year- --that their sick daughter Paige should survive/live until December 25. Fifteen-year-old Paige suffers from ___76___rare brain disease, ____77___affects as few as 12 people in the world, and could kill her any day _____78___warning(警告).

And her condition has gone even ____79____ (bad) in recent months. Her parents filled the family home with Christmas decorations ___80____ September 1st so that she could enjoy the rest of her life. Since then, she has ___81___ (regular) opened Christmas presents and received visitors---but s he sleeps for up to 19 hours a day, her parents knowing that each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up.

    Mrs. Barman ____82_____(describe) dealing with the condition as “like being on death row” as she never knew if ____83_____ daughter would wake up the next morning.

    The mother said: “She always loves Christmas and my heart was _____84____(break) when I see her suffering like this. Our best Christmas present would be having Paige with us at Christmas. No matter ____85____ she leaves the world, we make sure that she is always happy.”

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    I was at the grocery store today and the lady infront of me could not find her money．I saw her face；she had a ____61____(pain) look，and said“I can't pay for my groceries”．

    I then told the cashier，“I'll pay for it．”It was $7 and 56cents．So I took out my charge card．____62____ lady looked at me and said“Oh，no！I can't．”I told her not ____63____ (worry)．She ____64____ (final)took the bags still looking worried，and said to me“God Bless you and may you receive ten fold．”She left ____65____ I paid for my groceries．

    As I walked out of the store，she ____66____(be)on the side with everything out of her purse．And she told me“I've found my money．Oh my God，please forgive me．The reason why I was so worried was ____67____ I thought someone had stolen my money from my locker at work and all of it was ____68____ (lose)．”Then she said that she ____69____(need) to repay me，and I told her that she had already repaid me ____70____ doing so．

__61__ the first day of school, Martha, a teacher, did something that can't __62__ (forget). With the __63__ (permit) of the principal, she took all of the desks out of the classroom. We walked in and found no desks. We asked where they were, only to be told we couldn't have desks until we told her __64__ we earned them. Since nobody could make the right answer, we had the __65__ (one) three periods with no desks. At the last period, Martha gathered us, saying "Throughout the day, no one has really understood how you earn your desks. Now I'm going to tell you. "

    Then she opened the door, and as she did so, 27 veterans (老兵), __66__(wear) their uniforms, walked in, each one carrying __67__ desk. They placed those desks in __68__ (row), and then they stood along the wall.

    Martha said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here __69__ (responsible) to learn and to be good students and good citizens (公民) because they __70__ (pay) a price for you to have these desks, and don't ever forget it. "

__61__ the first day of school, Martha, a teacher, did something that can't __62__ (forget). With the __63__ (permit) of the principal, she took all of the desks out of the classroom. We walked in and found no desks. We asked where they were, only to be told we couldn't have desks until we told her __64__ we earned them. Since nobody could make the right answer, we had the __65__ (one) three periods with no desks. At the last period, Martha gathered us, saying "Throughout the day, no one has really understood how you earn your desks. Now I'm going to tell you. "

    Then she opened the door, and as she did so, 27 veterans (老兵), __66__(wear) their uniforms, walked in, each one carrying __67__ desk. They placed those desks in __68__ (row), and then they stood along the wall.

    Martha said, "You don't have to earn those desks. These guys did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here __69__ (responsible) to learn and to be good students and good citizens (公民) because they __70__ (pay) a price for you to have these desks, and don't ever forget it. "

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    Having been in ____61____ old age may not sound exciting．But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people worried about ____62____ (get)older．

    The findings were from a survey of more than 500，000 adults in the United States，____63____ The Gallup Organization questioned by telephone in 2010．At that time，the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty—five．

    The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness，sadness and ____64____ (anxious)．They also asked about mental or emotional stress The research team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five although they tried hard ____65____(change)．Stress levels dropped ____66____(obvious)after people reached their fifties.

    Happiness ____67____(be)highest among the youngest adults and those ____68____ their early seventies．The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older．____69____，woman at all ages ____70____ (interview)r eported more sadness，stress and worry than men．

"What would it be like if we had no electricity?" I asked at the dinner table when I was 12 I'd just finished 61.________ (read) some science fiction books that had sparked the idea. We had an interesting 62.________ (discuss) and Dad agreed that we could try 63. ________ (turn) off the power to the whole house for a weekend to see how we'd go.

    A few weeks later, an unusually and 64. ________ (strange) early snowstorm knocked the power out for three days. Be careful what you wish for! We had 65. ________ chance to learn just how 66. ________ (depend) we were on electricity. We built a fire for warmth and cooking (Morn even made French toast over the fire); we collected water from the spring and melted snow; we played games and read books. We 67. ________ (light) candles at night and everyone went to bed early. It was fun. We knew this outage would be over in a few days and so a lot of household tasks were set aside to wait 68. ________ the lights came back on. But I wonder what would happen now if the power went out for a day or two. If 69. ________, everyone would have to share skills and resources. I for sure need to build up friendships with farmers and hunters 70. ________ can bring me food. And I'd probably get out of the city to a place where there's some flowing water and garden space.

Most students do an IQ test early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is .  61   determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing .  62  （well） than them, they usually believe that those students have .  63   higher IQ and that there is nothing they can do.  64   (change) facts. However, new research into EQ suggests that success is not .  65   (simple) the result of a high IQ.

While your IQ tells you how.  66   (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery, who.  67   (invent) the term EQ, gives the following description: At work, it is IQ.  68   gets you promoted. Supported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when .  69   (predict) someone's future success, their character, .  70   measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.

62 The Children __________(dance) under the tree over there. Why not go to join them?

63 ----Dr Wu _________(give) us a talk on the history of China tomorrow, won’t he?

   ----Yes, he is going to tell something important to us.

64 If he ______(work) hard at English, his English will get better sooner or later.

65 Parents must make their children _______(not study) for long hours. It is no good to do so.

66 Many young people enjoy ________(listen) to popular songs. But the old don’t.

67 I meet my friend Jay in the street yesterday. I ___________(not see) him for a long time before.

68 Since scientists invented the computers, many things __________(can do) with them.

69 In the last three years we ___________(learn) about one thousand English words.

70----I decided __________(buy) some flowers for my English teacher on Teachers’ Day next week. What about you, Lily?

----I’ll send him a book instead.

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  New books and old ones arrived at the British Museum a hundred years ag0，and more

people 61(come)to read them.The old reading rooms were 62(crowd).The air

was bad and readers got terrible headaches.The librarian，Panizzi，wanted poor students.as

63 as rich men·to be able to learn He got a free copy of every new book for the British

Museum.Soon，there were three rows 64 books on every shelf and hundreds of books on

the floor.Something cheerful happened Panizzi 65(he)designed the famous round

Reading Room，with a beautiful high roof and forty kilometers of 66(bookshelf).Some

of the equipment was unusual Cool air came up through small holes in the tables.Hot air in

tubes under the floor kept readers' feel warm When the new Reading Room opened,there

was a party with drinks 67 a large breakfast on the desks You can imagine 68 won-

derful the new Reading Room is!Since 69 , many famous men have written there.And

the readers can enjoy all kinds of books 70(comfortable)in the new Reading Room.

One day, Bruce invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he     61     (find) that he had run out of salt. So Bruce called to his son，“Go to the village and buy some salt，but pay a fair price for it: neither too much     62    too little.”

His son looked surprised.  “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but

    63     I can pay less, why not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very     64     (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Bruce said.

Bruce’s guests,     65     had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Bruce replied，“The only reason     66     a man would sell salt at a lower price would be that he was very eager for money. And anyone who made use     67    this situation would be showing a lack of respect     68     the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t possibly destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only     69     very small amount of unfairness in the world，but everyone added a little，always    70     (think) that it was only small and not very important，and look what the world is like today.”