----How long have you been studying in No.2 Middle School?

----Less than half a year.

 ----So it will be two years and a half ________ you graduate from this school.

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy. I have forgotten what it was about, but I have never forgotten what I learned that day.

    I   (1)  （think） that “I” was right and “he” was wrong, but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided   (2)  （teach）us a very important   (3)  . After she brought us up to the front of the class, she placed the boy on one side of her desk and     (4)     （I）on the other. In the middle of her desk, there   (5)  （be）a large and round object. I could clearly see that it was black. But the boy said it was white! Another argument started   (6)   us. The teacher told me to stand   (7)   the boy had been standing and told him to stand at my former place. We changed   (8)  （place）, and now I could see the color was “white.”

    It was an object with two differently   (9)  （color） sides. From his viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes we need to look at a problem from the other person’s view in order to   (10)  （true） understand his or her view.

Nowadays employees are supposed to make contributions to their companies. What is the 61__ __ _    (value) contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment? I say judgment. Knowledge, no matter how broad, is useless 62__       ___ it is applied. And application takes judgment, 63_      ____ involves something of a sixth sense—a high performance of the mind.

This raises interesting questions about the best 64__     ___ (train) for today’s business people. As Daniel Goleman suggests in 65_     ____ new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that clever 66__    ___ inflexible people don’t have the right stuff in an age when the suitable ability is the key 67__       ___ survival.

In 68__       __ recent cover story, Time Magazine sorted through the current thinking on intelligence and reported, “New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence.” The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called “EQ” 69__            ___ (suggest) by management expert Karen Boylston: “Customers are telling businesses, ‘I don’t care whether every member of your staff graduated from Harvard. I will take my business and go 70.___             __ I am understood and treated with respect.，”

People visit other countries for 61___( variety) reasons. Some travel on business; 62___

travel to visit interesting places 63___ are only found in other countries, such as the Taj Mahal in India , the temples of Thailand, or the Pyramids at Giza.

 64___ you go, and for whatever reason ,it is important to be safe. A tourist can attract a lot of attention from local people. While the majority of people you will meet when travelling are sure to be friendly and 65___ (welcome), there are dangers—theft being the most common. Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful . 66___ is important to prepare for your trip in advance, and to take precautions (警惕) while you 67___ (travel)

 As you prepare 68____ your trip, make sure you have the right paperwork.. You don’t want to get to your destination only 69___(find) you have the wrong visa, or worse, that your passport is about to expire (到期). Also, make sure you travel with proper medical insurance, so that if you are sick or injured during your travel, you will be able to get treatment. If you want to drive while you are abroad, make sure you have 70____ international driver’s licence.

    Recently I went on a vacation to Canada with my mom and my sister. When we arrived, tired from our six-hour plane ride, we had to wait 45 minutes  61  (go) through customs. When it was our turn, my mom went to the counter  62  (follow) by my sister and me. An officer checked our passports and asked my mom the usual  63  (question), "Why are you coming to Canada? Are you looking forward  64  the trip?"

    Then I felt the officer was a little personal when he asked us  65  our father was. My sister and I didnˈt know how to answer. We weren’t sure how to express  66  (we) about it. After 30 seconds, my sister, who was four months  67  (young), said, "Our father is up in the heaven."  68  (hear) this, the officer looked at us and said, "All right."

    My sister and I were both just several months old when we  69  (take)into the family mother. My has never married. I know if she hadnˈt adopted us, she could have had her own children. My mom isnˈt my birth mother.  70  , in my heart, she is.

Dear sir/Madam,

I am delighted by your newspaper’s ___61____ (decide) to start a campaign for protecting the environment. I am glad that you have asked readers to write in with their ___62____ (suggest). The state of our parks is very ___63____ (shock), with rubbish everywhere. I used ___64____ (find) a trip to the park very relaxing. Now I just find it tiring because I have to pick up the rubbish ____65___ I am going to sit. The grass is covered in plastic bags and food, and I am sad that the young people of today do not clean up after ___66____ (them) when they have been to the park.  ___67____ our disappointment, none of the schools ask their students to do park clean-ups as their science class. Perhaps it is high time they should do this ___68___(immediate). There are many interesting animals and insects____69____ live in our parks. It would be a shame if they ___70___ (destroy) because of people’s activities in the park.

Yours,

Wang Qiang

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(1)Before you make your decision to accept the challenge, you should think about your strengths and ____________ (weak).

(2)Since the two boys got lost, their friends are really upset and ____ (wait) anxiously for more news.

(3)The doctors did what they could ___________ (save) the badly injured boy.

(4)The grand sight of Mount Huangshan is beyond ________ (describe).

(5)Being curious, working hard and believing in ___________ was true made her the success she is today.

(6)When you grow up, you need many different skills, and be__________ (constant) challenged to learn new things.

(7)He missed the gold in the high jump, but will get _________ second chance in the long jump.

(8)When the man retired, the doctor advised him to live ___________ there is fresh air.

(9)When the students were trying to do some revision for the coming mid-exam, they were full of ____________ (anxious).

(10)__________ your instruction, I would not have made such great progress.

（1）为了确保能在下次考试中取得进步，他一直在努力。（effort）

（2）他突然想起该去机场接经理了。(strike)

（3）你有可能把包落在刚才下车的地方吗？(possibility)

（4）这个古老的建筑，追溯到15世纪30年代，至今保存完好。(condition)

（5） 在现代生活的巨大压力下，很多人快崩溃了。（stress）