Brian was not good at public speaking. One day, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(invite) to makea speech at a church. His younger sister, Ann knew he was nervous and tried to calm him down. "Don't worry. Everything{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) fine. “When the day came, Brian's car had {#blank#}3{#/blank#}accident on the way to the church. Luckily, he was not{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(bad) hurt and arrived at the church on time. It was his turn. Whenhe stood up, hit coat became tangled with his chair. After a few minutes, he finally began his speech. but he was so nervous {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he dropped his book. Many people thought he would run,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} he went on.

    Suddenly, people saw something unusual{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(run) down from his nose, blood! He stopped speaking when he saw the blood. But he still tried to finish his still tired to finish his speech. Then Ann quietly moved to the front and handed him her handkerchief. Then she gave him a smile and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(return) to her seat.

    It was a really simple gesture, and might be the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(simple). She just saw someone in need, and gave him a hand. In the end, Brian finished his talk, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} more confidence.

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A: Hi, Zhang Lin! How was your summer holiday?

B: Just so-so. You know my English is poor. My father helped me find a place to study English. I went to an English {#blank#}1{#/blank#} school to improve my English.

A: Not bad. I think your English will be {#blank#}2{#/blank#} soon.

B: Thank you. How about you?

A:  Jim, Li Lei, Kate and I spent the whole holiday {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the disabled children.

B: Wow, you're great! Could you tell me what you {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

A: We did a lot of things there, such as feeding the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} children, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} stories to the kids, and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the rooms.

B: What a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} experience!

A: So it was. I have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a lot from it. Though I had no time to travel, I still {#blank#}10{#/blank#}happy this holiday!

    Giving children music lessons won't just introduce {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(they) to a world of rhythm and melody(旋律) it could also improve their language skills.

    The study of 74 Chinese children before primary school {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(lead) by scientist Robert Desimone from MIT. In the study, the 4﹣to 5﹣year﹣old children were divided into three groups. One group received a 45﹣minute piano lesson three times {#blank#}3{#/blank#}week, while another received extra reading instruction lessons. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(three) group took no extra lessons.

    The lessons {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(last) for six months. Then the children were tested on their abilities to discriminate (辨别)words based on {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( different) in tone (声调)and so on. The test results showed that the children who had taken piano lessons performed better at discriminating between words, when compared {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the children taking extra reading lessons. But both groups did {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(well) than the third group.

    The researchers think that the musical education helped these children perform better in language{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(test),even better than the kids taking extra reading lessons. This should make educators pay close attention. "That means schools could spend more time and energy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} music education and there will be an improvement in children s studies, Desimone said.

    Many schools are giving more extra reading to kids instead of the arts education. In fact, giving children music lessons is no worse than extra reading.

    Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years.

    I don't remember {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it first started making me a little angry- my mom's hands pushing my hair that way. But it really made me {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ( comfortable), for they felt rough (粗糙的) against my young skin. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (final), one night, I shouted at her, "Don't do that anymore. Your hands are too rough!" She didn't say anything, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} she never did it again.

    Years later, I missed my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss on my face. I'm not a little girl any more. My mom is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her mid-seventies，and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and me.

    Now my own children have grown up. It was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) face to push the hair from my head. Then a kiss, ever so {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(soft), touched my brow(额头).

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) my mom's hand, I told her how sorry I was for the night I shouted at her. But my mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten it long ago.

    That night, I fell {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sleep) with the new appreciation(感激) for my mother's caring hands. And {#blank#}10{#/blank#} guilt(内疚) that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.