Unit 1Last year, I _( like) my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so _ (quick) that I did not understand her most of the time. I was afraid _ _ ( ask) questions because of my poor _ (pronounce). I just_ (hide) behind my textbook and never said _(something). Then one day I watched an English movie (call) Toy Story. I_(fall) in love with this (excite) and (fun) movie! So I began to watch other English movies ,too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body language and the (express) on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by _ (listen) for just the key words. _(I) pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies. I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned _(use) sentences like “Its a piece of cake” or “ ( (it) serves you right.” I did not understand these sentences at (one). But because I wanted to understand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary. Now I _(real) enjoy my English class. I want to learn new words and more _ (grammar) so that I can have a (good) _(understand) of English movies.Unit 4 For this (month) Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old _ (Asia) pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she _(use) to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her _ (shy).As she got _ _ (good),she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she _（be）shy anymore and loves _ (sing) in front of crowds. I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good (thing), like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I _ (use) to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” _ _ (however), too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very (care) about what I say or do. And I _ (have) much private time anymore. (hang) out with friends is almost _(possible) for me now because there are always guards around me.” What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want _ ( become) famous? “Well,” she begins (slow), you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to _ (succeed) is. Many times I thought about _(give) up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to _(success). Only a very small number of people make it to the top.Unit 5 If you go to (other) country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some _ (beauty) clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter what you may buy, you might think (that) products were _ (make) in those countries. _(however), you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he went (visit) his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it_ (interest) that so many products in the local shops were made in China. “I wanted to but a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the (toy) were American brands, they were made in China.”Toys _ (be) the only things made in China. “I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes,” he explains. “But I had to visit five or six stores before_(find) a pair made in America!” He realized that (America) can hardly avoid _ (buy) products made in China. “In fact,” he continues, “there were many other _(thing) there made in China - footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones. Even American flags are made in China!” Kang Jian thinks its great that China is so good at _(make) these everyday things. However, he wishes that in the future China will also get _(good) at making high-technology products that people can _(buy) in all parts of the world.Unit 6 Did you know that tea, the ( popular) drink in the world (after water), _(invent) by accident? Many people believe that tea was _(one) drunk nearly 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler _（call）Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling _(drink) water over an open fire. Some (leaf) from a tea plant _(fall) into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water anyway. It was quite delicious. In this way, one of the _(world) favorite drinks was invented.More than 4,000 years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in_(he)book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used _(make) tea. It also discusses where the _ (fine) tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used .It is believed that tea _(bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th _ _(century). In _ ( English), tea _(appear) until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the _(nation)drink. The tea trade from China to _ _ _(west) countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the _ _ _(popular) of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who _ _(good) understand the nature of tea.Unit 8We livein a small town and almost everyone knows each other.It used _(be) very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However,_ (this ) days something _(usual) is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he _ (interview)by the town newspaper, he said,“Every night we hear strange _（noisy）outside our window. My wife _(think) that it could be_( a) animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers_ (have) fun. My parents called the _(policeman),but they _(can not) find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I _( think) so!Victors next-door neighbor Helen is _(worry),too.“At first,I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldnt see a dog anythingelse, _(too).So I guess it cant be a dog.But then,what could it be?One woman in the area saw something _( run) away,but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big _（be）a dog,she said.“Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.Everyone in our town is feeling _（easy）,and everyone has _（he） or _（she）own ideas. There must be something_(visit) the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it？We have no idea. Most people hope this animal _(and) person will _（simple) go away but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun _(create) fear in the neighborhood.Unit 9While some people stick to only one kind of movies, I like to watch different kinds_ (depend) on how I feel that day.When Im down or tired. I prefer movies that can cheer me up._ (comedy) like Men in Black or cartoons like Kung Fu Panda have _(fun) dialogs and usually have a happy _(end). The characters may not be perfect, but they try their best_ (solve) their problems. After I _ (watch) them, the problems_ (sudden) seem_ (little) serious and I feel much better again. _(laugh) for two hours _(be) a good way _(relax)！I dont watch dramas or documentaries when Im sad or _(tire). Dramas like Titanic make me feel even _(sad). Documentaries like March of the penguins which provide plenty of _ (information) about a certain subject can be interesting, but when Im I dont want _ (think) too _(many). I dont mind action movies like Spider-Man when Im too tired to think. I can just shut off my brain, sit back and enjoy_ (watch) an exciting superhero who always saves the world just in time._(one) in a while, I like to watch movies that_ (be) scary. They can be fun, but Im too scared_ (watch) them alone. I always bring a friend who isnt afraid of these kinds of movies, and it _ (feel) so scary anymore.Unit 10Where Im from, we are pretty _( relax) about time. We dont rush around, so we _(mind) if people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend youre going to their house for dinner, its OK if you arrive a bit late. We like to enjoy out time _ (slow). We value the time we spend with our family and friends in our everyday _ ( life ). We often just drop by our _ (friend) homes if we have time. We dont usually have to make plans to meet our friends. When we see each other, its _ (impolite) for boys to shake hands and for girls _ ( kiss) each other on the side of the face. We often just walk around the town center, _ (see) as many of our friends as we can! In _ ( Swiss) , its very important to be on time. Were the capital of clocks and _ ( watch), after all! If someone invites you _ (meet) him or her at noon, then you _ ( expect) to be there at noon. If youre even 15 minutes _ ( later), your friend may get mad. So I make _ ( a ) effort to be on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid _ (heavily) traffic because I think its impolite to keep others _ ( wait ). _ ( also), we never visit a friends house without _ ( call ) first. We almost always make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do something _ (interest ) , or go somewhere together. U11A long time ago, in a rich and _(beauty) country, there lived an (happy) king. He slept _(bad) and didnt feel like (eat). His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people (worry).One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found _ (something) wrong with his body. “Its all in his mind. _ (either) medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. Thatll make him happy.”The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the _ ( king) situation to him, he said, “Although I have a lot of power, it _ (make) me happy. Im always worried about _ (lose) my power. Many people are trying to take my position.”Then, the kings _ (bank) came to the palace. “Oh, Im afraid Im not happy_ (too),” he said. I have a lot of (wealthy), but Im always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.”Next, the palace _ (sing) came to the kings room. But this is what he _ (say): “Its true that Im famous and everyone loves my songs. But Im not happy because Im always worried about being followed by _ (other). I cannot be free!”_ (final), the kings top general was told _ (go) out and find a happy man in three _ (day) time.U12In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my _ (build) at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided _ (get) a coee first. I went to my favorite coee place even though it was two blocks _ (eastern) from my oce. As I _ (wait) in line with other oce workers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the _ (one) plane had already hit my oce building. We stared in (believe) at the black smoke rising above the (burn) building. I felt (luck) to be (live). Almost 10 years _ (late), I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm never went o. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand _already _ (take) o. “This is the first holiday Ive taken in a year, and I (miss) my plane. What bad luck!” I thought to _(I). The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had (expected) turned into a good thing.U13Many have heard of sharks fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is _ (especial) popular in (south) China. But do you realize that youre killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of sharks fin soup?When people catch sharks, they cut o their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also (harm) to the environment. (with) a fin, a shark can no longer swim and _ (slow) dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the _ (ocean) ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it _ ( bring ) to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be _ (danger) because they are the _ (strong) in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 _ ( million) sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years._ (environment) _ (protect) groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are teaching the public about “ (fin)”. They have even asked governments (develop) laws to stop the sale of sharks fins. So far, no _ (science) studies have shown that sharks fins are good for _ (healthy), so why eat them? Help save the sharks!4