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Nowadays,   (1)  the development of IT, online shopping is becoming more and more  (2)  (popularity) than ever before. Those   (3)  stay at home can buy whatever they want. At the same time, it causes a series of   (4)  (problem). One of them is that people spend more money because they can be   (5)   (easy) attracted by the discount.

My wife is addicted to   (6)  ( shop) on the Internet. There are bags of things   (7)  (send) to our house by the delivery man every day. I have already reminded her   (8)  (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I said and   (9)  (reply) confidently, “It can save me a lot of time to do housework. Besides,   (10)   convenient it is to prepare what I need.” Hearing her words, I was really speechless.

Rechel, 22, from Boston, rescued her father by magically   (1)   (lift) an SUV from his leg.

Adam was repairing the Jeep’s brakes(刹车）of his daughter’s when the jacks keeping the car overhead   (2)   (fall) down and one of the axles（轮轴）landed on his leg. Rachel heard her father’s howls （嚎叫）of pain from outside the house and ran to his rescue.

Rachel saw that the car,   (3)   weighs around 2,500 kg, was crushing her father’s leg and in order to free   (4)   , she lifted the vehicle with her bare hands.

Rachel said she didn’t know   (5)   she managed to lift the large vehicle from her father’s leg, “I ran out   (6)   the house and I saw him under my car. So I just went and lifted   (7)   wheel arch to set him free,” she said.

Doctors and nurses arrived and Adam was rushed to hospital where X-rays were taken. He made a  (8)   (luck) escape and came away with just a few cuts.

Adam said his daughter was his “hero” and that it was still unclear how Rachel managed  (9)  (gather) the strength to lift a Jeep.

She added that she was glad her dad wasn’t   (10)   (bad) harmed and that she was happy she only had a sore back.

One of the most frightening natural 61. ________ （disaster）is a violent earthquake. In 1976, there was a great earthquake 62. ________ (occur) in Tangshan, China. More than 240,000 people were killed and another 164,000 people were injured. About 90% of houses and buildings in Tangshan 63. ________ (destroy) as a result of it.

Drop to your hands and knees. Cover your head and neck with your arms. This position protects you 67. ________ falling and provides some protection for important organs (器官). If you can move 68. ________ (safe), search for cover under a strong desk or table. Hold on to any strong shelter until the shaking stops. Stay away from glass, windows, and things 69. ________ could fall.

Do not go out of 70. ________ building during the shaking. Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings try to leave.

Do not use the elevators.

J.K. Rowling was born in England on 31^st July, 1965. She wrote her first book, Rabbit,   (1)   six

years old. At school she liked English and other languages, and she chose   (2)   (study) French in university. She graduated   (3)   university and worked as a secretary and a teacher.

    At the age of 26 J.K. Rowling went to Portugal and became   (4)   English teacher. She wanted to be a writer and wrote some stories about a boy   (5)   (call) Harry Potter. She got married and had a baby daughter.   (6)   soon after, she divorced (离婚) and went to Scotland. There she lived in a small apartment with her daughter. She taught French in a school, but she   (7)   (real) wanted to make the Harry Potter stories into a book. This was a very difficult time in her life because they had no money. It was in a café   (8)   she wrote the first Harry Potter book.

    In June 1997 the first Harry Potter book became famous and J.K. Rowling’s life   (9)   (change). Soon there were more Harry Potter books, and films too. Children loved her books and J.K. became a highly   (10)   (success) writer.

 In my last semester of college, my favorite professor made an   (1)  (announce) that he would be teaching a study-abroad course over the winter break in Cambodia. The more he talked about the opportunity, the more   (2)   (interest) I became. I left class, thinking I might    (3)  (actual) do it.

    My immediate excitement gave in to excuses   (4)   the weeks passed.The trip would be expensive, I would have less time to spend with my family over the break and so on. In short, I was   (5)   (terrify) of taking the risk.

On the day I made my   (6)   (decide)，I suddenly felt as if I had seen myself clearly. Why was I so scared to take this chance? How could I let fear get   (7)   the way of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Besides, I had always dreamed of travelling the world and   (8)   (study) abroad was a major point in my life. So I took the challenge and   (9)   (fly) to Cambodia.

Now, looking back to my experiences in Cambodia, I cherish them very much. It has taught me   (10)   (conquer) fears, big or small and have a faith in myself.

We have neighbors whose adult son has been living with them since   (1)  (lose) his job over 5 years ago. He is the 5^th child of 6 and he has struggled throughout his life.

His dog died in early July and the loss has affected him   (2)  (deep). He built his daily life around the do walks and made relationships in the neighborhood with other dog   (3)  (walk).

His parents do not want him to get another dog because they want his schedule to be more flexible    (4)  (find) a job and want him not to worry about walking the dog. It is    (5)   hard situation. I can see he is depressed and lonely without his dog.  

First I tried to help by including him with my family for walks with our dogs. Then I   (6)   (think) maybe something else would help.

So I drove him to the local humane society,  (7)   is a direct and fairly short bus ride from his place, and he agreed ___  (8)   (volunteer) to help walk and love the animals there. He refused at first but after only one week he has already told us about   (9)   much they need his help. He seems to have a purpose. I am pleased that he got himself out and I am more pleased that he feels    (10)  (use) and valued. That is so important for all of us.

When I was an eleven-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class! Just imagine how   (1)  (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer — something to pride myself in. But the hard part   (2)  ​(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from   (3)  ​paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech   (4)  ​my memory and in front of such a big audience ! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs   (5)  ​(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time  (6)  ​(pass) by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back，  (7)  ​(give) out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After   (8)  ​seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up，I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear.   (9)  ​(determine) to be successful , you will overcome it. Overcome it，  (10)  ​we will be able to achieve our goals.