An earthquake may   (1)   some places at any time. Do you know what to do when it happens? Please let me tell you.

   When a quake begins and if you are outside, you must get into the open air and stay   (2)   buildings, trees and other dangerous things. If you are inside, you must stand in a corner,   (3)   get under a heavy desk or a table. If you are driving a car, or a bus, you must drive to   (4)   of the road and stop.

After an earthquake, you must try to talk to everyone in your family to see if they are   (5)   and see if gas, water, and electrical lines are   (6)  . Please don’t smoke or use lights. A gas line may be broken. You must keep the telephone lines clear. Don’t use your phone or drive your car  (7)   you are sure everything is all right.

Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher asked  (1)  students to draw a picture of something that they were thankful for. People celebrated the holiday  (2)  turkey and other traditional foods of the season. So, most of her students’ pictures were about them.   (3)  , Peter drew a different kind of picture. Peter was a different kind of boy. He always looked sad. Whenhe wasasked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a  (4)   . Other students were all very interested in the picture. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer,becausefarmers feed  (5)  . Another thought it was the hand of a policeman, because thepolice   (6)  and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God ... The discussion went on until the teacher almost  (7)   the young artist.

During the break, all children ran out of the classroom except Peter. The teacher came to Peter’s  (8)  , bent (俯身)down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy   (9)  and said in a low voice,“It’s yours, teacher.”She remembered the times she took his hand and walked with him here or there. She often said,“  (10)  my hand, Peter. Let’s go outside”or“Let me show you how to use your pencil.”Peter was very thankful for his teacher.

As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

At school, they have to follow the strict school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once (一旦) they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

“Many students can do nothing   (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

   “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.

Malls are popular for Americans to go to. Some people spend  (1)  much time at malls that they are called“mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.

People like malls for many （2） .They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually   (2)  , and the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.

The   (3)  mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750   (4)  . About 750,000 people shop there every week.

The first mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in   (5)  place(s). More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to   (6)  many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theaters. Some people even get their daily   (7)  by doing the new sport of“ mall walking.”   (8)  go to malls to meet friends.

In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about   (9)  in malls. Now people can actually live in their favorite shopping center.

Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn't have much money   (1)   she was very kind and happy.

One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very   (2)   and asked the old woman for help.

The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have   (3)  .” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to   (4)   some potatoes with him. He   (5)   her and then left.

Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman's door again and   (6)   her a bag of money. She was very   (7)  .

Smith said,“Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I   (8)   some potato plants. From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a   (9)   farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never   (10)   how kind you are to me.”

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and   (1)  themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   (2)  .

There are many different ways to spend our   (3)  time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby : it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very   (4)  , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth   (5)  of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   (6)   dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which   (7)   him＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However,   (8)   my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we   (9)  to do in our free time just for the   (10)   of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

The bicycle is one of the ___  (1)  ____ yet most useful inventions in the world. The surprising thing is that it was not ____(  (2)  ____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci(利奥纳多·达·芬奇)had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced ___  (3)  ____ long after he died.

   A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy(能源)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding ,Even so, in developed ____  (4)  ____, most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel ____  (5)  _____ if they ride to work. It's because ___  (6)  ____ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___  (7)  ____ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars and, in this way, the situation(情形) is made worse.  ____  (8)  ____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to build road only for bicycles, and to make ____  (9)  ____ so difficult and expensive ____  (10)  ____ drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bicycles.

When Imet mybest friend for the first time. I was studying for an important oral exam in the library and people there made a lot of noise. The more upset I got, the  (1)  it was for me to stay focused. The worst was that someone was even singing loudly behind me.

I   (2)   and glared (盯着) at the person. She looked like a friendly girl,   (3)  it made me even angrier.

I picked up my books, glared at her and said in a low voice angrily. “Thanks to your   (4)  ,I’ve been unable to study. You’re so selfish.”

When I got home twohours later, I found that I’d left my most important textbook in the library and the library was closed. I was so   (5)   that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. After making sure that I was Jane, the girl said that she had found my book and she got my phone number from the librarians’ files according to my name on the   (6)  . She said she could bring it around for me.

I was so   (7)  ! When I found she was the girl I had shouted at for singing, my face turned red and I said sorry several times for my rude behavior(粗鲁的行为). Jenny just laughed and told me she was glad to see that I’d also left my glare in the library! I couldn’t help   (8)  .

We got along reallywell and ever since then we’ve been best friends. I often think how   (9)  I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to forgive (原谅) my rudeness, I would never have   (10)   such true friendship.

China has changed so fast that it is hard to know when to start. I came to China in 1994 and _（1）_ here ever since, so I have seen the changes in China. Take one city, Shenzhen for example. When I first saw this city, it   (1)  _ beggars (乞丐) and lots of low rise buildings. Many of the _  (2)  _ had shack (窝棚) buildings on top of them.

   There were no birds and other little wild life. It was like entering a   (3)  _ planet. But in the past 20 years Shenzhen has been a rather modern city   (4)  _ huge high rise buildings and a stock (股票) exchange, also a very large shipping industry.

   Now the city is very green, _  (5)  _ the wildlife has returned. Finally I can hear the birds _  (6)  _ and this brings hope of a better China in the future.

   As China moves from being the "workshop" of the world to a more acceptable service industry and people live _  (7)  than before. The present leader is taking the country in the best possible direction and   (8)  _ is admirable (令人钦佩的).

   China has changed for the better and I've enjoyed every minute   (9)  _ I've spent there. I think the country will become more beautiful in the future.