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Dear Li Kang,
How's ____ going? I thought I'd write to tell you___
___ the American school system. Secondary school in the U.S. usually ____
___ (cover) seven years, grades six to twelve. Ninth to twelfth grades are high school. At the end of twelfth grade, American students receive the high school diploma. Students need a high school diploma__
__they want to go to college.
The school year _____ (divide) into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, ____
___ the second January through May. We have a long summer vacation! We start school at 7:50 am and we finish at 3 pm.
I take part in all kinds of after-school activities—I play football, basketball, _______ (swim), volleyball, table tennis and I go to theater club.
______ you tell me something about your summer vacation and ___
__ Chinese school system in your next letter?
Best ____ (wish),
Rob Marshall
【原创】Patience is of great importance in our daily life. Once I waited a bus to come at a stop. 30 minutes
(pass), but no bus came. Both upset and annoyed, I decided to walk on
(foot). But no sooner had I left
the bus arrived. I thought if I had waited for one more minute, I would have caught it. If I chose to take
next bus, I would have to wait for
30 minutes. Only then
(do) I realize my problem. Being impatient will
(possible) waste all the effort in
we have put . Now whenever I am close to
(lose) my patience, I’ll think of this experience.
【原创】People feel ______(puzzle) by some unexplained phenomena, one example of
is the possible existence of Yeti.
is said that the Yeti is__
___(tall) than an average human but walks with amazing speed and strengths. Though some people even reported____
____(see) the footprints belonging to a Yeti, no stronger evidence for its ____
___(exist) has been found.
_____the development of science and technology, __
_____ is unknown to us today ___
___(be) explained in the future. We hope that __
____(science) will solve the mystery one day and give us a satisfactory answer.
【原创】Three years ago I______（fail）an important exam in my life and became__
___ student in an ordinary school.____
____（disappoint）as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patient and____
______ （consider）. Besides, I enjoyed the ____
___(friend) atmosphere in class. I decided to make the best of it. I worked hard and get along well ___
___ my teachers and classmates.
________ I had difficulties, they were always available. Soon, I became one of the top students in my class,___
__ greatly increased my___
______ (confident) and got me motivated.
My experience tells me that it is not what you are given but how you make use of it ___ determines who you are.
The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two choices are (nature) gas or electric-powered stoves.
The World Health Organization warns that millions of people (suffer) from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of
(danger) fuels and cook-stoves in the home.
WHO officials say nearly three billion people are (able) to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking ，heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in
（develop） countries, such as lndia, China and Latin American countries.
WHO officials say opening a window or door （let）out the harmful air will not correct the situation
will only pollute the outdoors.
Nigel Bruce, is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cook-stoves and other equipment to burn fuels
a more efficient way.
But, this is just a start. It is urging developing countries to use (clean) fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances（用具）.
Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system．The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever recovering ____ this illness．They predicted she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair．
_ Angela firmly believed that she was definitely going to be walking again someday．The doctors were charmed by her __
__（defeatable）spirit．They taught her about imaging—about seeing herself _
（walk）．Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy(理疗），lying there faithfully doing her imaging，visualizing herself moving，moving，moving!
One day，____ she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again，__
_ seemed as though a miracle happened: the bed moved! She screamed out，“Look what I __
_（do）! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved，I moved！” Of course，__
__ this very moment everyone __
__ in the hospital was screaming，too．It was the San Francisco earthquake．But don’t tell _
__ to Angela．She’s convinced that she did it．And now only a few years later，she’s back in school．On her own two legs．No walking sticks，no wheelchair．
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