Perhaps we can ________ that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine. We

_________that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果) of your study come _______ but

surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.

My mother was my first teacher when I was very little. Then, I had three __2__ teachers in

different schools. Now Miss Williams is one of my university teachers. I have never expected that I will be a teacher one day. I am a shy girl and I am afraid of

__3__ before many people. I do not know __4__ to say. But I will be a teacher tomorrow!

Tomorrow morning! I made this __5__ just two weeks ago. Miss Williams, my English teacher, told me there

was a teacher job, just for two weeks in this summer. She asked if I __6__ be interested.

I wanted to make some money, so I said ”yes” to her . At once I regretted but it was too late to __7__ my word back.

There are about twenty foreign boys and girls in the class. They know very little English. I

have__8__ read the book that Williams gave me. Four of the lessons are very simple, in

__9__ too simple. I do not know what to do with these few simple words and sentences. I

will read the lesson to them, and ask them to read after me, and then ask them to read

it___10__. That will be about ten minutes. What shall I do next?

( 1 )

We can’t stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don’t destroy(毁

坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 .________ idea to build houses along lines where 2. ________

of the earth’s plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there 3. ________ be an

earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on 4. ________. Third, you must make the

houses as 5. ________ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong

ones may 6. ________ . Scientists are 7. ________ that one day an even bigger earthquake

will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people

today are still building more 8. ________ . The population in and around San Francisco is 9.

________ ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10. ________ there is another

earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were 2 ________

there. One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He 3 ________ to take an umbrella

with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing 4 _______

the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown 5 ________ up the umbrella as he

often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he was 6 ________ by

the man. He said angrily, “That’s 7________ !” Mr. Brown’ s face turned red and he