His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, he saved a terrified boy from a black bog (沼泽) by accident.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings.
____ elegantly- dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved son’s life.”
“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, _____waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.
“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked. “Yes.” the farmer replied proudly．
“I’ll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. ___ the boy is anything like his father, he will grow to be a man you can be proud of.”
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming’s son graduated ____ St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin (青霉素)．
Years afterward, the nobleman’s son was stricken __ a serious disease. What saved him？Penicilllin.
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We are what we eat because what we eat every day has great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits.
we all know, baked or fried foods may be
（taste）, but eating too much of them will
（probable）result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.
(compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but
(little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic
(grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We
(run) the risk of eating out without
(consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose
give us the nutrients we need.
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After graduation from university, I (able) to secure a permanent（固定的）job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,
_I might have a better chance to find a good job.
(earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started working in a local café
a waiter. I believe that if I
(offer) a good position, I would resign at once.
Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already (tire) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found
quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that if I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps what my mother had told me was
( deep ) rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.
Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job. To my delight，after nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned did I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me. Here the air is fresher. Besides, the environment is cleaner
that in the city.
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A man looking at his smart-phone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing (have) a close knock on Oct. 22. He was so
(absorb) in his smart-phone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him，
(throw) him to the ground. This should serve
_ a warnin g that people should be aware of their surroundings，especially
crossing roads.
(lucky), the man survived a brush with death，but the incident forced the driver to stop the train. An 18－minute delay followed the incident，_
led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
Smart-phone (addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even worse, some addicts become
_(patient) with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smart-phone for the tragedy, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are_ (blame).
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Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel. We waited. We expected the lights to come on again. ________ nothing happened.
Then I began to smell ________. People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried. The woman
______ (stand) next to me
_______ (sudden) fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to
_______, “I
_______ (burn) alive!” But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. So I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” I heard a noise. It was on my right side. I at once began to push my way forward to
______ that noise came from.
________ light in the distance. “Thank God!” I cried. “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help
______ people experience what he could do for them.” I decided.
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A man came to the USA from another country. After_____(settle) down at an island , he went into a cafeteria to get something ___
____(eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order, but nobody did. ___
__(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and told him____
__ the cafeteria worked.
“Start out at that end ,” she said .”Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At_________ other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“ I was _______(surprise) how everything worked in the USA,” the man told his friend.” Life’s a cafeteria there. You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price. You can even get success,_____
____ you will never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it _
___(you).”
You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do_______(be) to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and ___
____(satisfy) can ‘t be too far away.
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