Yesterday was my 18th birthday. As father and mother thought it was a big occasion for me, they suggested that I should (61) __________ (hold) a birthday party at home to celebrate it. For several days they had been busy (62) ________ (prepare) for this. By 4 o’clock I was pleased to see all my friends had come (63) ________ a lot of beautiful presents. Mother cooked us a big meal. We (64) ________ (spend) a wonderful night together, eating and talking (65) ___________ (happy). The most exciting moment was when mother put a big birthday cake on the table and all my friends began (66) ______ (sing) Happy Birthday. Seeing the 18 candle burning, I couldn’t keep back my (67)__  ___(tear). Without mother and father’s love, I would not lead such a happy life now. Mother asked me to make a wish (68) ___________ I blew out all the candles. After that, everyone enjoyed the sweet birthday cake and shared my happiness. I am 18 years old now, which means I’ve become an adult and have more responsibility. I’ll try (69)_____ (me) best to return my(70) ________(parent) love and live up to their expectation.
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　　More than half of all Chinese have a smartphone. They reach for it the moment they wake up， keeping it in hand all day. At    ​61        (party)， more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. In addition， too many people are using smartphones while        62        (drive). And as a result， many car accidents happen everyday on the road. Drivers confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. Smartphones are unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of        63        (them) and others. As many people take risks just        64       ​ (send) a text or check their messages， smartphones are        65        many ways very dangerous to people.

　　The smartphone        66        (affect) our desire　to communicate face to face with others. Besides， it is lowering people’s competence to communicate. In many cases， some people check or send text messages in the presence of a friend，        67        means that the person they are texting is more important. Most        68        (serious)， relying on smartphones to make friends does not give us        69        same advantage as making new friends in the real world. Face－to－face conversations will give us much        70        (strong) communication skills in the long run.

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  1   time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a   2  （calculate）machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums, I developed very slowly and it   3  （take）nearly two hundred years before I was built   4   an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was operated by an operator   5   used cards with holes, I could “think”   6  （logic）and produce an answer quicker   7   any person. In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book about how I could be made   8  （work）as a “universal machine” to solve（解决）any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both ___9____size and in brainpower. By the 1949s I had grown as large as a room. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by,  I was made smaller. First as a PC and then as a laptop, I   10  （use）in offices and homes since the 1970s.

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　　It is unfair for parents to blame schools for the ____1___ (fail) of their children's education. Many parents do not prepare their children for school， But I think it is up ____2____ the parents to take time to educate their children， beginning with teaching them the ABC， name， address， telephone number， and most ____3____ (important)， manners and respect for others.

　　Knowing how to read builds ____4____ (confident)， and a hunger to learn more， when you are a child. You can't wait until you get a letter from the child's teacher ， ____5____ (tell) you that your child is failing before you step in. You need to prepare that child as early as possible for school.

　　My daughter began reading at the age of three.　Receiving books in the mail ____6____ (strengthen) her desire to learn how to read then. Reading is the key. Once a child learns how to read， it will open up many ____7____ (chance) or self motivation to learn， and every－thing comes easy for that child ____8____ knows how to　read.

　　Just don't he ____9____ absentee(缺席的) parent. Once children get well ____10____ (educate)， that is something no one can ever take away from them.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Germany. He showed70.            (music) talent 71 .          an early age. He learned how 72.       (play) the violin from his father, 73.           was a singer.  Mozart met Beethoven and 74.             (impress) by him.

Beethoven met Haydn in 1971.After they had known each other for many years,  Haydn encouraged 75.         (he) to  move to  Vienna.  Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for 76.          rest of his life. As he grew77.      (old)，he began to go deaf . He became 78.         (complete) deaf during the last years of his life，79.            he continued composing.

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear __  (1)  ____ spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. ___  (2)  ___ ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success _  (3)  ___ language learning. __  (4)  __ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _____  (5)  ___(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and ___  (6)  __meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. __  (7)  ___we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of __  (8)  ___(advise) for those ___  (9)  _are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and ____  (10)  ___(write) the language whenever we can.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai for their struggles   (1)  ．the suppression（压迫）of children and for young peopleˈs rights,   (2)  ．(include) the right to education．

Yousafzai came to  (3)  ．(globe) attention after she   (4)  ．(shoot) in the head by the Taliban two years ago for her efforts   (5)  ．(promote) education for girls in Pakistan．

Through her heroic struggle, Yousafzai has become a leading spokeswoman for girls’ rights to education．According to the Nobel committee, at 17 she’s the   (6)  ．(young) ever peace prize winner．“I’m proud that I’m the first Pakistani and the first young woman or the first young person   (7)  ．gets this award,” she said in Birmingham, England．

She doesn’t believe that she deserves the award but considers   (8)  ．an encouragement to continue her campaign and to know that she isn’t   (9)  ．．

Awarding the Peace Prize to a Pakistani Muslim and an Indian Hindu _  (10)  ．_(give) a message to people of love between Pakistan and India, and between different religions．

James Long is holding a debate called “The economy or the environment — must we choose?” Lin Shuiqing,   (1)   environmentalist and Qian Liwei, an economist expressed their own opinions.

Mr. Lin holds the opinion   (2)   large areas of the world are damaged by industrial waste. In addition, many sea creatures are being destroyed ___  (3)  ____ fishing boats. Other types of waste flow into the river,  ___  (4)  _____(kill) river and sea life. The world’s population is approaching 6.5 billion. He advises people to cut back    (5)   production, reduce what we make and buy, expand our cycling industry, and meanwhile teach people about environmentally friendly ways of living.

While Mr. Qian thinks economic development is not definitely bad for the environment. Through working side by side with environmentalists, __  (6)  ____ thinks a healthy environment and a stable economy should be possible at the same time. But he does agree that recycling may be the key to __  (7)  _____ (help) both sides. People need more effective laws to preserve the environment   (8)   still allow the economy to grow. Those factories  __  (9)  ____ pollute the environment should have to pay higher taxes.

At last, James says they will open the    (10)   for further discussion.

Venice,  __  (1)  _____ small waterside city in northeast Italy, boils with happiness and excitement once every year. Between February 21th and March 4th, the carnival hits the streets. For most people the carnival means large  __  (2)  ___ (party) and feasts. But in Venice, it also means traditional masks and costumes.

These costumes were  ___  (3)  _____ (original) meant to hide personal identities. Then, different social classes could mix in a sea of happiness.

Today, people in Venice still dress up in the strangest ways  ___  (4)  ____ soldiers, butchers and fishermen, for example.

Bars and cafes are filled with party-goers ___  (5)  _____ come to show off their strange costumes. Their designs and creations  __  (6)  _____ (make) by special studios. Ready-made costumes are not acceptable.

“ In the month before the carnival we work overtime  __  (7)  ____(meet) the demand,” said a mask maker. “ Many kilometers of silk and lace are made into costumes. For shopkeepers, the carnival is the  __  (8)  ____ (good) time of the year.

The Venice carnival __  (9)  ____ (date) back to the Middle Ages. At that time, the city was _  (10)  _____ of the wealthiest in Europe. Now the Venice carnival attracts huge crowds from all over the world.

The city certainly benefits---a whole industry has been build up around the carnival’s masks and costumes.

“ The Venice Carnival is a magical time! It’s such a great experience.”