When I was 10, Mom and I went shopping at the Central Market. As usual, she parked the car on the second floor. I followed her down the stairs and entered the department store. I was excited   (1)   there were not only a lot of people, but also many colorful   (2)   ( display) of goods. We shopped for 2 hours,    (3)    what we bought were only Mom’s high heels and my pen. It was about 4 pm, and we were on the fifth floor.

“Mama, my leg hurt, I want to go home,” I said and walked   (4)   (quick) to an elevator. Mom followed me into the elevator,   (5)    (press) button 3 absent-mindedly. The elevator slowly stopped. We walked out to the   (6)   (park) space. Mom went straight to block 2 that she felt familiar with, and I followed her.

“Oh, my God!” Mom shouted. “Where ’s my car? It has disappeared. Our car has been stolen!” Immediately, a guard came and asked us    (7)    had happened.

“My car has disappeared! I always park here,” Mom cried   (8)   (anxiety) .

“Are you sure you parked on the third floor?” the guard asked     (9)   (patience).

At the words, Mom was so embarrassed that she ran to the stairs as quickly as possible,   (10)   (leave) her completely confused son behind.

I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking    61    nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then,     62   Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man      63    (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I      64       (see) many like him before.

But the man wasn’t sitting down with a sad      65     (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing      66      (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing ____67_    he had.

“Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?” I asked.

“He bought     68    ,” she replied.

“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t     69   only important things. We need happiness, too.”

“I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life.    70    it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

It is sad but true ___61___ people die in earthquakes from falling furniture(家具) and bricks. Earthquake ___62___ (safe) is very important and there is more to it than just keeping buildings ____63___ falling down. So if your home is in ___64__ earthquake area, you should prepare carefully before the earthquake ___65____(come).

 First, make sure you buy a house which is earthquake safe, all pipes should be fixed to the wall and all walls should be especially thick and strong, you also have to make sure that there are bolts underneath your house. They are one of the most important ways of protecting a house. Make sure the building has no ____66__ (break) windows and is well repaired.

 Second, look at the objects in your house. Those in the living room, _____67___ are the most likely to hurt us, are computers, televisions and lamps. They can be tied to tables or stuck to them so they won’t _____68__(easy) move around. The kitchen, which is also very ____69____(danger), must have strong doors on all the cupboards. This is the place where many small things are stored that might fall down. The water heater should have a case round it too. Windows are a special problem. When they break, glass can cause many accidents. It is better to use safety glass if you can, especially for pictures.

 Always remember: “It is ___70_____(good) to be safe than sorry.”

Educated people in the twenty-first century may find it hard to believe that two hundred years ago people did not link illness   61   environmental problems. We all know that in London drinking  62   (pollute) water caused many deaths from cholera. So many thousands of people became  63   (terrify) every time there was an outbreak. John Snow was interested in its cause. First he marked on a map the exact places   64   all the dead people had lived. John’s investigation proved the dirtier the water,    65   (severe) the illness. He drew a  66   (conclude) that many of the deaths were near the water pump in Broad Street and cholera wasn’t spread in   67   cloud of gas . He   68   (immediate) told people to remove the handle from the pump. To prevent this from   69   (happen) again, John Snow suggested that the source of all water supplies be examined. Thus cholera   70   (defeat) in the end.

Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse,   61  lived in a big house wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit.

Delighted, the country mouse accepted the     62     (invite) and came to the city mouse’s house. He was greeted by the city mouse cheerfully. The country mouse was surprised    63  big the house was. The city mouse was pleased    64   led the country mouse to the kitchen. When      65    climbed up the table, there were a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese  66    it. But just as they began to eat, they heard   67  great noise. The city mouse cried, “Run! Run! The cat   68  (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid.  69   (breath) heavily after hiding in the mouse-hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, “I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live  70 (peace). Why don’t you come with me to the country? It is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”