College is a big deal for American students as well as for Chinese students. During the college __41__， some parents become extremely worried. This may only __42__ the pressure.
Before I applied to the college, I told my parents I would get everything __43__ out. If I needed any help, I promised that I would ask them.
As it __44_ out, I had no problem putting everything together on my __45__， including my resume(履历) and a basic outline of my activities in high school. The __46__ part where I asked for my parents' advice was the essays. In writing and revising the essays, I needed feedback(反馈) from an audience. As my parents know me better than __47__ else, they were __48__for the job.
The essays are extremely important in college admissions. In a competitive pool of applicants, the test scores and activities, as well as the recommendations are all going to be very __49__. The essays are the one area in which students can make themselves stand __50__. Essays don't have to be big and complicated. I wrote three essays, all __51__ on small matters and using simple sentences. The admission officers have to read hundreds of essays a day; they are already __52__ of SAT vocabularies and long sentences. __53__， a straightforward writing style is refreshing to their eyes as well as their minds. Essays were the key to my success in the admission game. I just wrote about what I wanted to say, not what I thought the admission officers __54__ to hear.
In my main narrative－style __55__， I told the story of my American journey at the age of 14. During that time, I was not bogged down(陷入) by trying to fit into a new __56__； instead, I looked up to Mother Teresa for guidance and strength. I found my new __57__ and grew to love the name Teresa and the memories it held.
In my two minor essays, I __58__ the major events of my life, why I loved writing and why my dad is the person who has the greatest influence on me. Both provided details of my character. The essay about writing, which is titled, “I Shall Not Live in Vain” (__59__ by an Emily Dickinson poem), earned a lot of praise.
It is __60__ I really looked into my heart and thought deeply in order to reach my answers.

It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon. A group of birds were having a great time 
  36  food and playing on the main road. All of a sudden, a big truck sped through… A   37  thing happened. Birds could   38 , too. Although this bird had already   39 , another bird flew over to her immediately, just like a family member, unable to accept the   40 .
Not long after that, another car passed by quickly,   41  the dead bird’s body to whirl(旋转) with the wind. The male bird   42  the movement. As if she was still alive, he   43  flew beside her again. He stared at her as if he was asking, “  44  are you not getting up?”
  45 , she was no longer able to hear him. At the same time, he was trying to lift her up. He,   46 , was unable to bear the burden. Another car soon passed by. He quickly   47 . Once the car had gone, he came down again.
Although other birds told him that it was   48 , he never gave up. He was trying his best to lift her up to   49  her flying again. Another car passed by, and her dead body whirled again as if she was still   50  and trying to fly. He had used all of his   51 , but he was too weak.
The   52 , who was taking photos of the scene, said he couldn’t shoot any more. He was so   53  that the living bird was going to be hurt by passing cars. So he picked up he dead bird and left it at the   54 . The living one still stayed at a nearby tree as if he was crying with his singing and   55  to leave.

完形填空

1 221 B .C. the first Empersor, Shi Huang- Di 2 to build a great wall right 3 the north of his empire. He wanted 4 the fierce tribes (部落) of Huns and Tartars (鞑靼) 5 his country. He decided to make a small 6 across Tibet (西藏) 7 the sea. It took several years 8 .

The Great Wall ran across wild field, 9 the mountains, 10 the valleys. It was built 11 stone and earth.

All the Emperor's builders were 12 men, often prisoners 13 war. Thousands of workers 14 and were buried 15 the earth 16 the wall. Many of them 17 came back again.

The Great Wall 18 19 the centuries. And much of 20 still standing today.

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