Henry: I heard you've been painting for a long time.

Claire: Yes. Though I'm not a very good painter, I attempt 1. ________ (paint) as well as I can.

Henry: I love painting too. There is an art gallery around the corner. A collection of Canadian arts is on 2. ________ (exhibit) there. Do you feel like going to see it?

Claire: Sure.

Henry: Is 3. ________ okay to look at the works of the Group of Seven first?

Claire: OK. But who or what is the Group of Seven?

Henry: The Group of Seven is a group of seven Canadian painters4. ________ painted Canadian landscapes in the 1920s and 1930s.

Claire: Look at these 5. ________ (wonder) paintings of the outdoors. They must have been painted by the Group of Seven.

Henry: Right. These artists loved to paint the wilderness.

Claire: To tell the truth, I can't stop looking at them.Iwishmypaintings6.________ (be) as good as theirs.

Henry: I believe they will be in the future. It seems 7. ________ you like them very much. Actually, one of their works is in my house.

Claire: 8. ________ did you get it? Did you buy it?

Henry: No. Mr. Smith from Toronto University gave it to me as a present. He had taught there 9. ________ (faith) for 40 years.

Claire: What 10. ________ coincidence! He was also my father's teacher

Long ago, children in the 1. ________ (industry) areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the beauty of the countryside. Thatˈs 2.________ the woods and fields were too far from the city to permit people 3. ________ (make) a round trip between morning and nightfall. Whatˈs more, factory workers 4. ________ (have) no extra money to send their children on country holidays away from home.

In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea 5. ________ changed the

situation. He decided to turn his little schoolhouse 6. ________ a dormitory for the

summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking 7. ________ (equip) along could stay there for a very small amount of money. The idea was 8. ________ success. A few years later the schoolhouse became too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there. So, another dormitory 9. ________ (build) in an old castle nearby. This was the first youth hostel (青年旅社).

Today young students and workers of every country can meet in hostels. They spend a week 10. ________ more there, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the area.

The weather was terrible that night. The summer thunderstorm had knocked out the power. Luckily, there was enough candle light flickering(闪烁）on the kitchen table. With the candle light, I could see the card I was writing to my husband's    61   (cousin) in Finland.

Dear Heli and Rislo,

You are on my mind tonight because we are using the candles you gave us when you visited us two years ago. There was a horrible summer thunderstorm this evening and the power went   62   , and your candles were just    63   we needed. They have lit our dinnertime, the bedrooms and now I    64   （sit）by one in the kitchen ...

What I didn't say to Heli and Risto is that we never burned the candles before because they, well, smell like a campfire. And so they stood in iron candlesticks until we needed them.

I'm so    65    (thank) that we had candles on hand that dark night. And I'm equally as thankful that I had a beautiful card on hand, too, or I would    66   （let）the opportunity to keep in touch with faraway family escape. It would have turned into another one of those moments    67   the thought of sending a card crossed my mind but never actually happened.

The candle burned slowly. After I finished my card to Finland, I enjoyed    68   （look）through the rest of my ‘‘Someone Cares" greeting cards. The air was fresh and cool, and I had cards and enough light to write. I    69   (find) a birthday card for my nephew's 10th birthday, a thinking-of-you card for my aunt, and a fun greeting card for an old friend and I began writing. Candles and cards were two things that made a thunderstorm    70   the perfect storm.

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.

Mr. Brown was tired of living in the big city

&; “That `s exactly ___65____ I need,” Mr. Brown said to himself. So he called the house agency and arranged to go by train the next day ____66__ (have) a look at the house.

   The house agency met him at the station and they started walking. It ____67____ (take) them at least 15 minutes to get to the house. When they finally arrived, Mr. Brown said ____68___ (angry), “I should be very ____69___ (interest) to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in ____70__ newspaper.

    Usually there are certain reasons why people donˈt cook more often. Today I would like __61____ (give) you some wisdom about how to make __62_____ most of the time you spend in the kitchen.

    Think ahead. The painful moments for me are ___63____ Iˈm already hungry and thereˈs nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. A little time planning ahead usually ____64__ ( save) a lot of work later on.

    Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make full use of ___65__ and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? Make three or four ____66____ (loaf) instead,  __67____ takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.

    Try new things.This may surprise you, ____68__ one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to come up with new ideas that can work well with your ___69____ (appetising) and schedule.

    __70___(hope), that gives you a good start. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

Tim: Hi, Susan. How are you? I’ve been wondering when I’d run into you. What are you busy

     with?

Susan: Nice to meet you here, Tim. I   61   (pick) some Christmas gifts for those who work with me, but it’s really   62   headache.

Tim: Maybe I could give you some   63  (advise). Firstly, you’d better   64  (divide) them into different groups. Who are the people that are your friends as well as your workmates? And who are the people you don’t know well   65   you see pretty much daily?

Susan: OK. Then what should I do?

Tim: For the friends, you want to get them   66  (person) gifts. Do they like chocolate?

Susan: This is   67   I always give. But I know Mary is on a diet.

Tim: Does she like fruit or coffee?  68  , think of a gift that you know your friend likes.

Susan: Well, I think fruit is helpful to keep fit. How about the rest   69  them?

Tim: Leave cards in their mailboxes or on their desks.

Susan: Christmas cards?

Tim: Yes. You can afford that. More   70  (important), it shows them that you are thinking of them.

Susan: Thank you for your suggestion, Tim. You really have saved me, and my money as well!

Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. She 61_______ (fly) in a wonderful carpet,  62_________(talk) with an antelope in Tibet . The antelope told her they 63___________(hunt) because of their fur which can be used 64___________(make) sweaters for people like her. Later, she flew to Zimbabwe , 65___________she talked with an elephant and got to know the farmers there no 66____________ hunted them. That’s 67_________the government decided to help and the farmers 68___________ (final) made a lot of money. At last she arrived at the thick rainforest and a monkey told her “ No rainforest, no animals, no drugs. ” Although in the end everything was 69__________(go), she 70____________(learn) so much!