Venice Film Festival is considered to be the oldest film festival in the world. The first Venice Film Festival was  1  in Italy in 1932. It was 14 years earlier than the first Cannes Film Festival in France.

    At the first Venice Film Festival, there were no judges（裁判） and no 2 at all. Only a list of good films was chosen by the public. At the 3festival, prizes started to be given. The prize of the festival was the Golden 4 . The lion is a symbol of the ancient republic of Venice.

5the Venice Film Festival was first held, the government has wanted to hold it every year. But from 1938 to 1942 the festival was destroyed 6 special reasons. Also, from 1940 to 1942, the festival was not held in Venice, so it was considered to have been 7 during that time. In 1946, the festival became active again. Now the festival becomes more and more 8 . Each of the editors in the world wants to have a seat in this festival.

      Venice Film has  9  a great opportunity for people around the world. They can learn about other countries' culture by watching films. Many movie makers send their  10 to the festival and some of them hope to win the Lion Award.

A Move to Safety

    The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners' kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the 1 .

    "Okay, girls," said Mrs. Turner. "I can tell by the expressions on your faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family 2 ." Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.

    "Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of 3 ," said Mr. Turner. "We were hoping that it wouldn't come to this, 4 we don't have other choices."

    "But Dad," said Kala, "Kilauea has been an active volcano（火山）since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I think we'll be 5 here."

    "But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings giving by the government. Even though we've been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee（保证）that a larger eruption（喷发）isn't coming up," said Mrs. Turner.

    "Mom, this is our   6 . I can't even remember living anywhere else!" Linda said, fighting back tears.

    Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter's shoulder. "This won't go 7 for any of us," she said. "Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we're tired of living with such uncertainty. The most 8 thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe."

    Mr. Turner 9 . "Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we'll feel safer. We'll have to 10 our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We'll make new 11 , and we'll find things to love about our new home."

    The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered 12 it would mean to move. "There are so many things I'll 13 here," said Kala quietly.

    "We all will," said Mrs. Turner. "But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes' walk to the beach."

    Kala and Linda couldn't help 14 when they heard that. They both spent every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.

    Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter's shoulders. "I'm proud of you two," he said. "Thank you for trying to 15 why this is so important to your mom and me."

    Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was.

    I got very tired after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I 1 a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to 2 at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, 3 the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of 4.

    When I came back with the coffee, a boy was sitting in the next seat and he had started to eat my chocolate!

    Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn't want to have any 5. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me 6. Then he took a second piece. I could hardly believe it and then I ate the last piece.

    The boy gave me a strange look, then 7 up. As he left, he shouted out. "There's something 8 with that woman!" Everyone 9 me, but I didn't want to quarrel with him, I kept quiet. I didn't realize that I had made a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to 10. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!

    Garnett entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted1 out of high school in two decades.

    In 2004, Garnett led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals and 2 the NBA MVP Award.312 seasons with the Timberwolves, Garnett teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in the Celtics in 2007 and he helped lead them to their first NBA championship（2008）since 1986. Garnett played six seasons in Boston, and then spent one and a half season with the Brooklyn Nets. In 2015, Garnett was traded4 to Minnesota.

    "Kevin Garnett is one of the5competitors our league has ever seen, "NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement released by the league." He held himself to the highest standard of preparation and performance for a remarkable 21 seasons. On behalf of the NBA6, I thank Kevin for his sustained excellence and the enormous impact he's had on the game."

    Jim is a1. He goes to school five days a week. He has classes from Monday to2Usually he3at six and has breakfast at seven in the morning. He leaves4at seven thirty. He usually gets to school at eight. Classes start at 8:00. There are four classes in the morning and two classes in the5. His mother is a Chinese teacher in the same6. He7with his mother in the dining room（餐厅）in the school. Jim's favorite subjects are history, music,8P.E.. After school he often plays football with his classmates.

    In the evening Jim can usually9his homework at eight, and then he can watch TV for10. He usually goes to bed at about nine o'clock.