I will never forget the day when I went to a coming-of age ceremony. Last month, an unforgettable adult ceremony {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) for all the senior 3 students in our school. It began at half past two in the afternoon. Decorated by colorful flowers and balloons, the stadium looked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fantastic) beautiful. All of us students were dressed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school uniforms with red ribbons on our wrists, showing the energy of youth. We walked into the stadium in high spirits. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (accompany) by our parents. Our principal delivered {#blank#}5{#/blank#}inspiring speech at first, and we received {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (congratulate) from our teachers. During the ceremony, we expressed our heart-felt gratitude to our parents by{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bow) to them. I was moved to tears when I got a photo album from my parents, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} reminded me of my happy childhood. In the end, we raised our right hands and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) a serious promise to become reliable and honest citizens. As far as I'm concerned, the ceremony indicates that we should take on more responsibilities to be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (independence) and get away from the shelter of our family.

    Last week, I read an article about the terrible history of the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace, located in the western district of Beijing, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of three parks, including the Ming, Changchun and Wanchun, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} covers an area of about 5,200 mu.

    To build the famous royal garden, the Qing government invested lots of manpower and physical resources in it. In order for it to become the European-style palaces built of stone, Emperor Qianlong {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (employ)western designers to design it and made many skillful craftsmen(工匠)work day after day on it. After 130 years of hard labor, their work finally {#blank#}4{#/blank#} off. The Summer Palace took {#blank#}5{#/blank#} its glorious beauty. In a word, its construction style is the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(combine)of landscape, painting and poetry.

    However, due to the Qing governments being {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, western invaders have begun to invade it since 1860, resulting in it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(damage) badly, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} little remaining at that time. What's worse, the destruction didn't stop until the end of the war. After liberation, the Chinese government {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great importance to rebuilding the famous garden. Nowadays, everyone is likely to appreciate its beauty if he is free.

    Yesterday, I was walking down the street {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I saw four separate dimes (角) on the ground shining in the sunlight. I bent down, picked them up and entered the post office. Inside a lady {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (dig) through her purse at the counter anxiously looking for change to mail a package. Believe it or not, she was exactly forty cents short. How amazing it was! I placed my dimes on the counter. The smile I got in return was worth a thousand {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dollar).