She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term___（1）______ (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as  ___（2）___ model in New York.

  Sarah_____（3）_____ (tell) that she could be Britain’s new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the next year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, ___（4）____ has taken part in shows along with top models, wants __（5）_______ (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her____（6）_____ (educate).

She has turned down several ____（7）______ (invitation) to star at shows in order to focus ___（8）__ her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree in engineering or architecture.

Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school____（9）_____ (come) first. I don’t want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is ____（10）_______   (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can’t model any more.”

My friend and I went to visit the best-known garden in our city   (1)  is far away from our school last Sunday. We were so excited the whole night before the trip that we hardly fell asleep, but we managed to get up early in order   (2)  (catch) the first bus. We chatted a lot on the bus, eager to get there as soon as possible. At the entrance of the garden we   (3)  (meet) some foreigners and we volunteered to show them around. Gladly, we became good friends soon. There was no doubt that the beauty of the garden was   (4)   description. It was well worth  (5)  (pay) a visit to. But   (6)   was not until you entered it that you found its designing style was so unique and   (7)   (amaze). It was   (8)   beautiful a place that it attracted people at home and abroad every year. The visitors thought   (9)   (high) of the garden, considering it one of the most beautiful   (10)   (place) they had ever been to.

In 1863the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible _  (1)  __(crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and __  (2)  _ work. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road, __  (3)  ___(lay) the track and then building a strong roof over__  (4)  __ top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.

   Steam engines __  (5)  _(use) to pull the carriages and it must have been__  (6)  _(fair)unpleasant for the passengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using__  (7)  _ every day.

   Later, engineers ____  (8)  __(manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道）, which became known to the tube. This development was only possible with the _  (9)  __ (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lifts. The central London Railway was one of the most __  (10)  __(success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.

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(1)Queen Esther, exposed the plot and gave the Jewish people the right to          （防卫）themselves against their enemies.

(2)When you know the hardships these retired players are undergoing, you will understand why they              （值得） to be honored.

(30After the Europeans s        down, they started putting up more buildings to survive.

(4) In 1930, a working-class Londoner named William Rust was _____________（任命） as the first editor of the Daily Worker, the newspaper of the Communist Party.

(5)After graduating from a New Hampshire                (提供食宿的)school that my father and his younger only sibling, Harry, had also attended, I went to Yale.

(6)He received a medal in r_____________ for his bravery.

(7)The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different a__________   to these problems. However, some are more successful than others.

(8) I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen, even if you have a very tight s______________.

(9)Ladies and gentlemen, please f______________ your seat belt for your own safety.

(10)DC company finally made a_____________（令人耳目一新的） change for its fans withWonder Woman.

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There are__（1）____（variety） kinds of theme parks in the world with a specific theme for each．The theme park you are ___（2）___（probable） most familiar with is Disneyland which can___（3）___（find） in several parts of the world，and it will bring you into __（4）____ magical world and make your dreams come true，whether you are travelling through space，visiting a pirate ship ___（5）___ meeting your favourite fairy tale．Dollywood is another unique theme park that is famous __（6）____ its culture．You can listen to country music，take a ride on the only steam-engine train still___（7）___（function） in the USA and so on．If you want to experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies，England's Camelot Park is a good place ___（8）___（visit）．With all these__（9）____（attract），no wonder that tourism is increasing _（10）_____ there is a theme park．

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   There was a silence at _______ other end and he awkwardly replied , “Well, same back at you!”

   I laughed and said ,”Dad, I know you love me, and when you are ready ,I know you will say .________ you want to say.”

   A few week ._________(late), Dad concluded our phone conversation .________ the words, “Paul, I love you .” I was at working during this conversation and tears were rolling down my cheeks ._______ I finally “heard” the love . As we both sat there in tears we.__________ (realize ) that this special moment had taken our father-son relationship to a new level.