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In England the launch of the Christmas adverts(电视广告) seems to signal the start of the Christmas period. However, I don’t think it   61   (see) as such a big event in France. Yes, of course they celebrate Christmas here, and there are   62  (obvious) displays in shops and Christmas markets, but   63   seem to be no signs of Christmas adverts. I’m sure they exist but they don’t seem to have the same impact here,   64   they do in the UK.

Through the power of all kinds of social media, Christmas adverts in the UK are even starting to spread to other countries. Some of   65  (I) French friends seemed to know about the John Lewis Christmas adverts,   66   is undoubtedly the one people are fond of each year.

The main reason why I look forward   67   the Christmas adverts each year is that it   68   (signal) the approach of the festival period for me and is something that reminds me of home. I think it’s always nice to have something   69  (remind) you of home when living in   70    foreign country.

How do you usually buy what you need, shopping on line or going out to shop in person? With the help of the Internet, shopping is ___  (1)  __(easy) than before. We can just click our mouse to choose the items（物品） we like, pay for them online, and the shopping ___  (2)  ___(finish). It is easy and quick. It helps save money, too. We can save thousands a year if we compare the prices of similar items before deciding ___  (3)  ___ to buy.

However, there are always traps in shopping online. If we are ___  (4)  __(care), we may get into trouble. For example, we may find the color of the item different from ___  (5)  ___ in the picture online. Sometimes, the size of the item we receive can be too big ___  (6)  __ too small. ___  (7)  ___(avoid) such troubles, we should compare similar items on different online stores and pay more attention to what other customers say. From their ___  (8)  ___（comment）, we can know better about an item’s color, size as well as ___  (9)  ___ (it) shortcomings. In this way we increase our chance of buying ___  (10)  ___ more satisfactory item. 

Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 61. ________ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find satisfying work.

I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get 62. ________ job. “Why has my life become so hard?” I thought 63. ________ (painful).

    As I pulled the bus over 64. ________ (drop) off a little girl, she handed me an earring, saying that I should keep it in case somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring 65. ________ (paint) black and said “BE HAPPY”.

    At first I got angry. Then it hit me --- I had been giving all of my attention to what was going wrong with 66. ________ life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me 67. ________ a lady who was a director at a large hospital. She asked me 68. ________ I would give a one-day lecture on stress 69. ________ (manage) to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

    My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of think 70. ________ I completely changed my life.

Martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,   (1)   (direct) by Ang Lee, is not only   (2)   (enjoy), but also a masterpiece. It tells a story   (3)   (take) place in   (4)  early 1800s in China. Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian, both masters of the martial arts, are in love with each other, but Mubai feels that he can’t marry Xiulian because Xiulian’s finance is a good friend of   (5)  (he), though Xiulian’s finance has died. When someone steals Xiulian’s sword, Mubai and Xiulian try to get it back. Yu Jiaolong, another female character, is not as good as she seems. The fight scenes between her and Xiulian are   (6)  (excite).   (7)  in the old wuxia stories, characters leap through the air every now and then, with beautiful, graceful movements while audiences shout   (8)  surprise. It makes the hearts of audiences  (9)   (leap) with excitement at its   (10)   (beautiful).

In the days when an ice cream cost much less, Tom,   (1)   8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee shop   (2)   sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream?" "Fifty-cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled   (3)   right hand out of the pocket and studied a number of coins in it.

"How much is a dish of plain ice cream?" he asked. Some people were now waiting for her service and the waitress grew a bit   (4)   (patience). "Thirty-five cents," she said   (5)   (rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins   (6)  . "I will have a plain ice cream," he said. The waitress walked   (7)  . The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. It was not long   (8)   the waitress came back and then she began to wipe down the table and suddenly was surprised   (9)   what she saw. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels (五分镍币) and five   (10)   (penny) ….. her tip!

Mum(putting on her coat) : I’m going to have to go down to the shop for more bread.

Alan: Why?

Mum: I’m not sure what  (1)  ．(happen). I made some sandwiches earlier and left them on the table   (2)  ．I went to answer the phone. But someone must have taken them because they are  (3)  ．(go).

Alan: Oh, it must have been Dad. I’m sure he was in the kitchen   (4)  ．(early).

Mum: No, he went off to his tennis match before I finished   (5)  ． (make) them, so he couldn’t have done it.  (6)  ．, he couldn’t carry a plate of sandwiches as well as all his tennis stuff, so I’m sure  (7)  ．wasn’t him.

Alan(opening fridge door): Well, it wasn’t me. But Mum, look! Are these your sandwiches here on the bottom shelf of  (8)  ． fridge?

Mum: Are they there? Oh, my goodness. I  (9)  ．have put them in there when the phone rang. Oh, dear. I really must be losing my  (10)  ． . Now, why did I put on my coat?

Tony was born on a small farm near Yuma Arizona on March 31, 1931. Tony was ten years old  __  (1)  ____ he began working in the fields. He was forced to leave school after  ___  (2)  ___ (graduate) from the___  (3)  ___ (eight) grade in order to support his family___  (4)  ___ had very little money and often not enough food to eat. But Tony and his family never thought of __  (5)  ___ (them) as being poor. His mother would often tell him and his brother Richard to find homeless and hungry men so she could cook them a meal.

A few years _  (6)  _____(late), Tony met a man named Fred Ross. And his life__  (7)  ____(total) changed. Fred Ross believed that if people worked together, they could make their community(社区) better. Tony now worked to bring people together and find ways to address their problems. Tony, Fred Ross and the Community Service Organization helped people in the community learn how to vote. They also__  (8)  ____ (teach) people that community leaders should respect (尊重) voters. Tony worked in many communities __  (9)  ___ (help) people get respect_  (10)  ​_____ others.