When I was in the sixth grade, one day my teacher asked our class to think about the question “What does ‘doing the right thing’ mean to you?” over the weekend. We could talk to our parents or anyone else we thought might have a good answer.  1  Monday, we were to hand in an essay（论文） on it, and be prepared to live up to our  2 .        
The entire weekend, I was trying to  3  something that would impress my teacher and be easy to live by. I talked to my parents, called my grandmother and asked my neighbor. Everyone had good answers, but I didn’t feel like I could live up to them.
On Sunday afternoon, my parents said they were going to my Aunt Cindy’s house. That usually 4  that I would have to entertain my four-year-old cousin Andrea  5  my parents visited. I found a Disney movie for Andrea, and then I sat down and started to write my essay. It was due（到期的）the next morning and this was my last  6  .
Soon I felt a pair of eyes on me. It was Andrea.  “What are you doing?” Andrea asked. “I have to write an essay about what ‘doing the right thing’ means to me.” I answered. Andrea laughed. Could this smart four-year-old 7 know the answer?  “That’s easy,” she said. “Doing the right thing means being nice to your family and friends. Never lie. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Take a bath when you’re 8 . And never put rocks in your mouth.”
I stared with great  9  at my little cousin. Then I jumped up and gave her the biggest hug. Not only had Andrea answered a very tough question for me, but I could easily live by  10  of her answers. All I had to do was to be nice, not to lie, to keep myself clean and healthy, and never put rocks in my mouth. So when I wrote my essay, I  11  the story about Andrea and how she had answered my question.
Two weeks later, my teacher returned everyone’s essays. I  12  an A+ along with a little note my teacher had written at the top: “Always do the right thing and give Andrea an A+, too!”

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Every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because  1  can’t see or hear very well. Children usually meet with accidents because they are   2 . They forget to look around   3  they cross the road.
How can we lessen (减少) traffic accidents? All of us must   4  the traffic rules. For the drivers, they shouldn’t drive too fast. If they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the  5 in a very short time. For the pedestrians(行人)，it’s very important to be careful while they are   6  on the road. Therefore, when we walk   7  the road, we must try to walk along the pavements(人行道). We must stop and look   8  ways before crossing the road. Look left first, next look right, and then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk   9 . It’s not safe to walk too slowly or run fast. If people run across the road, they may   10 . As teenagers, we should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road. The last one is that we should never play in the street.

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When high school started, Sally and I became best friends. We shared many interests and quickly became very close．When high school ended, we both cried because we would enter different   1 in autumn．
Our first term of college life was   2 , so we often sent long e-mails and encouraged each other. We missed each other so much! In the second term, I found some new friends and I felt very   3   with them. These were friends with whom I could be myself and pour out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Sally．
When Sally   4  visited me at my school, we were excited. She brought a toy bear to me    5  a present and told me about her college life.   6 , something unexpected happened when I introduced her to my new friends．Her eyes grew dark and I could see the sadness in them．My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Sally seemed unwilling to accept it．I didn't understand   7 the people I loved most
couldn't love each other．
Sally left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. I asked her many questions but she didn’t answer me. I   8  that she was jealous. She saw me with my new friends and was afraid that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw that I could still enjoy myself    9  her and wished she could be a part of it．
I wrote Sally a letter to   0  she's always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life's greatest   11 ．Sally wrote me back soon. She was in agreement and felt sorry about   12  she had done．
I think Sally and I both  13  an important lesson from it. Nothing can influence our   14_  and change the experiences we've shared．We are now walking on two different paths of life. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are   15  there, waiting to share their heart, no matter how far away they are from each other．

Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel.
My wife and I  1 on Saturday, 15^th, May and stayed   2 a week. Though we were treated __3 and found the service(服务) excellent, we  4 there are one or two matters we   5 bring your attention.
First, we had hoped for a nice  6 from our busy work lives, and your ad   7  "Comfortable and qui­et". We want to have a chance to enjoy ourselves. How­ever,  we were  8 to find that repairs are sometimes needed,  but is it  9 necessary to start early in the morning?
Second, we had hoped to  10 in your "wonderful pool". To our disappointment (失望)， we found that it was   11 for the whole time of our stay.
I   12 you do not mind me writing to you   13 these things,  but I would be happy  14__  you could give me some explanation(解释). As I  15__ at the start, it is a pity,  and your service is so well in other fields.
I hope to hear from you.
Mr. Hector Bradley

I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am _1__ and go to bed. For this reason my first day or night in any__2__place is always quiet and very little happens.
But my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very__3__and unusual.
At that time Alseciras in Southern Spain was a dirty and__4__looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by boat. As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a __5__ . I find a small one not far from the boat.
This hotel looked dirty and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my __6__ around the city of Algecras. And so I decided to stay in this __7__ hotel on the quay (码头). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another__8__. The moon was full and it was a clear,  bright night. From the hotel I could_9__the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.
The hotel had a narrow _10__and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I __11__ a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.
An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the __12__. When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me __13__some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was__14__his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (讨厌的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room, Then he said, Room Five, and   __15__to his game of cards.

Mental health is about the way you think and feel and your ability to deal with ups and downs. Even though you are mentally healthy, it doesn’t     1    that you don’t have a mental health problem.
Mental health is everyone’s business. We all have times when we feel down or     2   . Most of the time those feelings pass,    3    sometimes they develop into a more serious problem. It seems that our mental health doesn’t always stay the same. It can change as the environment changes and as you move     4   different stages(阶段) of your life.
Here are four practical     5    to look after your mental health. Making simple changes to how you live doesn’t cost much or take up lots of time. Anyone can     6  them.
●Talk about your feelings. It can help you stay in good mental health. It isn’t a sign of      7   , but part of your ability to do what you can to stay healthy.
●Eat well. What you eat and how you feel are     8    connected. A proper diet can have a good effect on your mental health.
●Keep in touch. Friends and family members can offer     9    suggestions which may help you keep active and solve practical problems.
●Take a break. It could be a weekend     10   new places to enjoy the nature, or even a ten-minute break from doing your homework. A few minutes can be enough to relax you.

The blog by Chinese star Xu Jinglei is now the most popular in the world.
" I didn't    1  it to be so popular. I just wanted to do something that I liked   2 so many clicks have encouraged me to keep  3 . "said Xu, adding that her blog is mainly to introduce her  4 
Xu,who is a successful director now,   5  be an actress first. She became   6  overseas when she won the best director award for Letter From An Unknown Woman in 2004.
She considers blog writing to be the most  7   and proper way of advertising her films. "It's really an easy way," she said.
She even put links (链接) in her blog to film clicks posted on the website of her film company.
From last October, ten million people had  8    Xu's blog at blog. sina. com. cn/m/xujinglei. Since then, she has updated her blog every other day. But if she feels well, she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day. Visitors leave thousands of  9   about each of her articles.
A  10  by baidu. com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in Chinese last year,with a total of 36. 82 million blogs. XuJinglei was the most popular.
【小题1】A. turn               B. expect              C. hold
【小题2】A. but                B. or                  C. if
【小题3】A. watching           B. performing          C. writing
【小题4】A. life               B. films               C. ideas
【小题5】A. used to            B. had to              C. refused to
【小题6】A. serious            B. beautiful           C. famous
【小题7】A. convenient         B. difficult            C. interesting
【小题8】A. written            B. visited             C. checked
【小题9】A. messages           B. programs            C. presents
【小题10】A. lesson            B. chance              C. survey

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to rain heavily. When it became lighter, I decided to get my   1  which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends   2  that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I promised that I’d be very   3 . One of them wanted to come with me but I insisted that she stayed with another friend who needed help   4  her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my way to the car. At the crossing, a van stopped and a man came out with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right   5  me and told me he’d escort (护送) me. Although I refused, he insisted that he would.
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was   6 . When we got to the car-park, I thanked him and he went away. I did not get his name and can   7  recognize (认出) him now. Did he stop for me? I’ll never know.
So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I noticed two Indian workers   8  in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the working place near my home. I went out and passed them my   9 , telling them they should take and keep it. They were surprised by my action. They were very grateful to me, probably   10  why a stranger was offering such kindness. I was so relaxed and happy that day.

Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel.
My wife and I  1 on Saturday, 15^th, May and stayed   2 a week. Though we were treated __3 and found the service(服务) excellent, we  4 there are one or two matters we   5 bring your attention.
First, we had hoped for a nice  6 from our busy work lives, and your ad   7  "Comfortable and qui­et". We want to have a chance to enjoy ourselves. How­ever,  we were  8 to find that repairs are sometimes needed,  but is it  9 necessary to start early in the morning?
Second, we had hoped to  10 in your "wonderful pool". To our disappointment (失望)， we found that it was   11 for the whole time of our stay.
I   12 you do not mind me writing to you   13 these things,  but I would be happy  14__  you could give me some explanation(解释). As I  15__ at the start, it is a pity,  and your service is so well in other fields.
I hope to hear from you.
Mr. Hector Bradley

On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1   as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t   2  listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood（童年） in my hometown.
When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4   to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5   raindrops（雨点）.
When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row（持续不断地）, they    6  a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7  the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly.
I have been   8  interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the    9  of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.
Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the    10   of life.