1. It ' s n       for me to stay at home to help my parents today.
2. Look! It's raining outside. You'd better put on your raincoat or take an u       .
3. There are many p       on the bus today.
4. Can you b       he met Jay Chou yesterday?
5. Deng Yaping joined the n     table tennis in 1988.
6. Are you interested in        (read) novels?
7. The old man       (tell) two stories last night.
8. Jack         (bring) a nice gift to me-two days ago.
9. I have a good way of          (learn) English well.
10. We         (plan) to go to visit Xi'an next week

       Children's education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children s  1   quietly for
hours. They made them r  2   all kinds of things. The children had to go on r  3   things again and again
until they knew them "by heart". Today, many teachers wonder if it is p  4   to make children learn at all.
They say you can o  5   help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for t  6  . But for some of the children, school is a kind of p  7   they can't escape(逃亡) from. They are there only b  8   their parents make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave.
Many of them want to find j  9   but the law(法律) will not let them work until they reach a certain(一定的) age. And so, they have to stay in school. O  10   they do not learn anything at all and hate every
moment.

     Children's school is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers 1. k______ children sitting still
for hours. They made them memorize 2. d______ kinds of things. In other 3. w______, the children had
to go on repeating things until they knew them"by heart". Today, many teachers want to know if it is 
4. p______ to make children learn at all. They say you can often help them learn. They say you must let
children and find out things for 5. t_____.
      But for these children, school is a kind of prison. They are there only because their 6. p_____ make
them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them 7.  l______. Many of them want
to find work, but the law will not let them work 8. u______ they reach a certain 9. a______. And so, they
have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all and 10. h______ every moment.
1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

A: Today is Jim's birthday.
B: What does he w  1  ?
A: A new yellow T-shirt and blue jeans. He l  2   cool.
B: Are there any drinks, food and f  3   on the table?
A: Yes, of course. They are delicious.
B: Do his friends give many p  4   to her?
A: Yes. There's chocolate, c  5   books, CDs and many other things.
B: I think Jim is very h  6   to get them.
A: Certainly, and everyone e  7   the party. They t  8   about interesting films.
    At last, they walk to Jim and s  9   " Happy birthday" to her. 
    Jimand his friends have a g  10   time.

1.__________ 2.___________ 3.__________4.___________ 5.___________
6.__________ 7.___________ 8.__________ 9.__________ 10.__________