Eileen Taylor had something sweet on her mind in the drive-through line at Heavnly Donuts. Just the day before, a stranger ahead of her in line had ] (generous) paid for her coffee. u The good deed made such 2 big difference in my day, ” says Eileen. She had recently lost her job as a physician's 3 (assist), and money was tight. But Eileen 4 (inspire) to pay the $ 12 bill of the family in the car behind hers. j she didn't know was that her kindness would set off achain reaction. In two and a half hours, fifty-five drivers paid for the order of the person behind ® (they). The doughnut shop's employees 7 (see) this before・ This Heavily Donuts, in fact, is known as a special place, the customers of & are considered as “the best in the world： But, even so, the workers were 9 (amaze) that the shop had more than doubled its previous record by the end of the day.Now ]0 (work) as a chemist, Eileen visits Heavily Donuts every Saturday morning, picking up a coffee and paying for the order of the customer behind he匸BWelcome back to the hot topic of studying abroad! Last time, we talked about the general “software” needed to have a 」(success) studying experience overseas, 2 refers to the ability to understand western culture, and problem-solving skills when 3 (face) critical situations, etc.Now, I will dig deeper into the concept of "software^. Everyone is talking about culture shock nowadays, but you may wonder what it actually 4 (mean). Put simply: culture shock is the difficulty people may experience when being exposed and adjusting to a , (remarkable) different new culture. Usually, people often go & four distinct phases: the honeymoon phase, the negotiation phase, the adjustment phase and the mastery phase. Culture shock can happen immediately upon your 7 (arrive) in the country.For international students, perhaps the most direct impact of culture shock is the variety of accents, especially in multicultural countries 8 the U. S., Canada or Australia. There are two main reasons: Firstly, these countries have highly diversified groups of residents from different cultural 9 (background). Secondly, there are many international students from all around the world every year studying in these countries, so you shouldn't be surprised 」0 (find) all kinds of unfamiliar accents around the university campus.CNear the town of Montignac in Southern France, visitors can find some of the most beautiful cave paintings in the world —the Lascaux Cave Paintings (拉斯科洞窟壁画)•The history of these paintings is very interesting. Most caves are formed 」nature under the ground, but some have entrances people can find. That's just what happened one day in 1940. Four boys were taking 2 walk in the woods near Montignac. As they walked along, one of them noticed an unusual rock. 3 they got closer, they found it wasn't a rock but an opening in the ground. This opening led to a cave, so they decided to have a look around it. The walls of the cave 4 (cover) with ancient art. The boys didn't know it, but the cave was the find of the century!Over the years, many historians and artists came to study the art. They wanted to understand who painted the pictures and , they might mean. They soon realized some of the art indicated animals that were on Earth a long time ago. Many of the pictures also showed people Q (follow) animals and trying to kill them for food. In the end, historians agreed that this was likely to be the art of a civilization that existed over 15,000 years ago.By 1950, over a thousand people from all over the world were visiting the cave every day. But by 1955, the paintings were beginning to become difficult 7 (see). Many people were passing throughthe cave, so the paintings were losing their colo匚8 (sad), people can no longer visit the cave. However, another set of cave paintings has been created. These paintings look exactly the same 9 the Lascaux Cave Paintings. People 」0_ (make) the paintings so that everyone can still learn about this great ancient civilization.Dogs are ] very popular pet. Most of them just live with their families. But some dogs have very special jobs 2一(do). A group of dogs 3 (know) as "Therapy Dogs： These dogs arefamily pets with special training, 4 allows them to go into public buildings and comfort people ◎一need. The dogs are trained to be calm and quiet. Loud noises and unfamiliar places don't frighten them. They enjoy spending time with people.Some therapy dogs go into places, such as hospitals and nursing homes. When the dogs visit the patients, the patients are cheered up. They have fun ® (pet) the dogs and look forward to their visits- The dogs help to brighten their day.Therapy dogs can improve people's health as well. Studies show that when people pet animals, their blood 7 (press) and heart rates go down. They are calmer and8 (they) mood improves.Other therapy dogs work in schools and libraries. They serve as warm and caring 9 (friend) to children, but they also do 」0_ (much). In one town in California, therapy dogs have become children's reading buddies. The dogs make a great audience. The children look forward to reading to the dogs, and the dogs love the attention.EStarting a new school term is always exciting. It is a chance 丄(see) your friends again. But most exciting of all, the new term lets you take up new hobbies. In Britain it is common for students to take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays. Promising to learn something new is a common New Year's resolution.Most schools offer different kinds 2一hobby classes. Students 3一(usual) take themin their free periods or after school. Some classes you have to pay for but some 4 (be) free. For example, I once took a free Wednesday evening gymnastics class , is offered by my school. But When I learnt how to play the drum, my parents had to pay for the lessons.The most popular extra classes at my school were piano lessons and drama lessons. Both classes offered exams students could take. Students with many hobbies sometimes felt © stressed than those without any. But the students with hobbies left school with many extra _7_ (skill).I haven't continued any of the hobbies I 8 (begin) at school. But I have never regretted taking 9 • My10 (good) friend today is someone I met in my gymnastics class.FHospitals haven't always been clean and quiet places. Long ago they were dirty and crowded. Nurses were never taught 」to look after their patients and many people died. It was Florence Nightingale who changed all this.Florence was born in 1820. As a child, she often went with her mother 2 (visit) the poor people・ They took food and medicine to the sick. It was these visits that first gave her the idea of becoming 3 nurse.Her chance came in 1854 when Britain went to war with Russia. Florence 4 (ask) by the government to take a group of nurses to look after the sick and the , (wound). The hospitals were dirty, and there wasn't enough medicine. Florence and her team worked very hard, 6 (clean) the hospital rooms and made the bed every day. At night, she would go from room to room, 7 (check) on the patients. She often stayed to talk to the patients and provided comfort 8 them.After the war, Florence opened a school to teach nurses to look after their patients 9 (proper). However, she never really made a full 10 (recover) from the illness that she had in the war, and she died in 1910.短文改错One of my happiest childhood memories were having dinner with my parents and two sisters.As a result, found that we seldom had a chance to get together, then we decided we would set aside three evenings the week for a sit-down dinne匚First we tried setting three fixed days for our experiment一Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. After a couple of week of trying this plan, almost everyone was unhappy.For a while, the kids began to resist the idea.They said they would rather to spend the time with their friends or take part in some activities.Gradual, though, they began to see these evenings together for a very different way. We laughed a lot and we discussed about each other's problems.Since a few months, we all felt that we had been able to build much strong relationships with the family than we had before.BA new police officer was out for his first ride in a police car with a experienced partner. A call came in told them to break up a crowd of people.The officers drove to the street and observe a small crowd standing on the corne匚The new police officer rolled up his window and said, “ Please leave the corner. ” A few people glanced, and no one moved, so he shouted again, u Leave that corne匚NOW! ” This time, the group of people began to move unwillingly.While they left, they stared in his directions.The young police officer was so proud that he turned to partner and asked, “ Well，what is my performance? ” “ Pretty good, n smiled at his partner, “but Em sorry to tell you this is a bus stop?"cFd like to talking about my most memorable experience.lt was the trip to Australia I had three years before with my dance group to participate in international dance festival.lt was the first time I had travelled by plane in my life.My mum womed a lot, so everything went smoothly.I stayed there for two week and it was the happiest time in my life.Besides our performances there, we have much excitement.We spent on almost every morning sunbathing on the beautiful beach and swam in the blue sea.But warmly Australian nights were which I adored most of all.It was a time of joy, lights, music and summer parties-D（2016-石家庄一模）Dear Li Lei,Eve received your letter and I deep understand how you feel now.However, don't feel disappointing or even doubt yourself as you are not the only one who find it difficult to write well.I suppose the following suggestion might be of very helpful to you.To begin with, its important remember some sentence structures, which can enriched your vocabulary and expressions.Additionally, reading English articles and recite the good ones. Finally, keep it in mind what thereare many things that can't be learnt immediately, but never be frustrated when you fail in one or two exams.Just as the saying goes: "Practice makes perfect：E（2016-青岛一模）The aim of this report is to show the opinions on reading paper books.On the one hand, reading paper books do bring us benefits.First, it r s much more convenience to read paper books but we can take notes in places where we want to express our opinions.Second, it does less harm to your eyesight.Third, it helped us develop the habit of reading.On the other hand, paper books have some disadvantage.For example, they are not easily to carry.Besides, they cost a lot of paper, that is not very friendly to our environment.In the general, paper books cannot be replaced in spite their disadvantages.F（2016 •合肥二模）My school holds a sports meeting in every October.We all looked forward to it, for it is a time for us to reduce stress and it always brings us lots of unforgettable memories.lt usually last for three days, during which time we have no classes. All the student go to the playground to watch or joining in games.The part I like most is the relay race.With race going on, our excitement grows.All of them yell out u come on v to the athletes, watching them competing aggressive.The most breathtaking moment is that the athletes are getting to the finishing line.Somebody can tell who is the winner until the last minute。
