Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20^th century. In his short life he wrote 1 300 songs and an opera.

    Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with 2 mother. He began learning to play 3 violin when he was 20 years old. In the beginning, his violin was 4 cheap and badly made that he5not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop 6 and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first Chinese students7studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he 8, Xian became the school's best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.

    In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an 10 music at a college. 11 there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time Xian still wrote 12 of his most important music there, including The Yellow River, his most famous work.

    In May 1940, Xian 13 to the Soviet Union by the Chinese Communist Party to write music for movies. In the Soviet Union, life was very 14. Xian got sick and later died of a lung illness 15 October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.

    Poor Les had a dream of being a DJ. He went to a radio station every day for a week, 1  a job. Finally the station manager offered one to him, but with no pay! Les said thanks and 2 it. He was asked to get coffee and pick up lunches and dinners for the workers at the station. However, when possible, Les would go to the studio (演播室) and learn whatever he could. Back in his room at night, he 3 and prepared for an opportunity (机会).

    One Saturday afternoon, one DJ named Rock drank too much and he seemed to have trouble with his 4. Suddenly, the phone rang. Les picked it up. He was the 5 person at the station. It was the station manager.

    The manager knew Rock couldn't 6 his programme, so he asked Les to call one of the other DJs to come to help. Les said yes, but he waited about 15 minutes before he called the 7 that he found nobody. He was sure his opportunity was on its way.

    The manager asked, "Young man, do you know how to work in the 8?"

    "Yes, Sir," replied Les.

    Les quickly walked into the studio, moved Rock aside and sat down at the desk. He was 9. He turned on the microphone and said, "Look out! This is me—Les Brown. There were none before me and there will be none after me…"

    Les gave the listeners and his manager a big 10! He went on to have a successful life in politics, public speaking and television!

A little turtle (乌龟) is climbing a tree. It is very 1 for him to do so. But he does his best to 2 . After a few hours, he gets to the 3 .

Then, he jumps into the air. He flaps(拍打) his front 4 . But in the end, he 5 to the ground (地面). He is badly hurt(受伤). 

A few days later, the little turtle feels much 6 . He slowly climbs up the tree again,  7 , and falls to the ground once more. 

The turtle tries again and again. At the same time, two birds are sitting in another 8 . They are watching this little turtle. Both of them feel 9 for the little turtle. 

Finally, one 10 says to the other, " Dear, I think it's time to tell our little turtle that he's adopted(被收养的). "

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I am studying in a middle school now. I do well in all my {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. All the teachers like me very much. My dream is to be a teacher in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of China. Many children there want to go to school, but they can't. Their families are poor and their parents don't have enough {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to send them to school. I think that going to school is the best {#blank#}6{#/blank#}to change their life. 

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In March of 2019, a piece of news drew people's attention. The 1 boy called Tani won the New York State chess championship. He completed the whole competition 2 losing a match. It isn't easy for 3 to achieve this honor. Tani lives in New York now, but he used4 a hard life in Nigeria. He is interested in studying chess, and his skill is increasing 5 . He practices every evening on his father's laptop and 6 three-hour practices every Saturday. He dreams of becoming 7 chess master. 

A New York Times columnist wrote an article about Tani, and many readers wanted to help his family. Several people offered them housing, and lawyers offered to help with their immigration hearings for free. A week later, over $200, 000 8 to help them. Within a week, Tani was running through his family's apartment excitedly, "I have a home!"

But Tani's family doesn't plan to keep their good fortune to 9 . They are giving ten percent of the money to their church, which had helped them when they were struggling. The rest of the money will go to other African immigrants(移民) who need help. Tani's father said, "God has blessed me. I want to release my blessing to 10 . "

Even though I have lived in Taiwan， English has always been {#blank#}1{#/blank#} important part of my life. 

When I was a little girl， my family {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （move） to Houston， USA， because some of our close relatives（亲戚） lived there. English made its way into my life. It connected me {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the outside world. 

After entering a local school， I didn't really know how to have {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（conversation） with my foreign classmates at first. And I felt sad and nervous. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（lucky）， my classmates were very friendly and patient with me. They taught me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （pronounce） all the time. Very soon， English became a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （two） language to me. When I couldn't 
show correct {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（express） in Chinese， I had another useful tool. 

After I learned some English， I read many English books. They helped to open up  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （I） eyes and made my life full of fun. 

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