It is the Thanksgiving Day . I have the strong desire to write about something to express my thanks to the people around me.

    I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bring up) by my grandparents {#blank#}2{#/blank#} are as kind and hardworking as thousands of Chinese peasants in a distant village. They worked in the field all day long and took good care of me as well.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (Honest) speaking, my parents are ordinary people. But I must say that they are great educators, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they educated me to be an independent and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (use) man to society.

    My teachers, selfless, generous, devote themselves to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (help) each individual student achieve his/her ambition.

    Meanwhile, I can share my happiness and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sad) with my peer students .I am happy to be with them because we have much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} common.

    I am {#blank#}9{#/blank#} luckiest and happiest person with all these loved {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one) around.

    According to a recent study, plants are able to make intelligent decisions. They are a lot{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(smart) than we thought. Scientists have discovered that the pea plant can make decisions on how{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (survive) best, even though it does not have a brain. Researchers grew several pea plants that had their roots {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (separate) between two pots. Each pot contained different amount of nutrients. One pot always had the same amount{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the other pot varied between a lot and a little. The plants turned out to be{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (amaze) consistent（一致的）at turning their roots to the pot with the most nutrients.

    Researcher Alex Kacelnik says the experiment raises a question, not about plants{#blank#}6{#/blank#} about animals and humans. He wonders whether the pea plant is more efficient in using its limited resources about {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(make) decisions than humans. He says, “We have a very wonderful brain, but maybe most of the time we're not using {#blank#}8{#/blank#}” Professor Kacelnik does not think that pea plants are intelligent in the human sense, but that they exhibit complex{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (behave) to efficiently take advantage of natural opportunities. It will be interesting to see how our lives would be different if we{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (adopt) similar strategies.

    Once there lived a rich man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wanted to do something for the people of his town. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

    In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} very large stone. Then he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    “Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(say) to himself: “The night {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(late) in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

    Then he began {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(move) the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! Under the stone, he found a bag of money.

    It was a windy night. I had just turned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the TV, brushed my teeth and was reading my favorite book, Wuthering Heights (呼啸山庄)by Emily Bronte. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absorb) in the book when Cathy's ghost(幽灵) appeared.

    As I looked through my book, some strange noises were coming from the window. I walked towards the window {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) what was going on there. All I observed were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (branch) of trees waving wildly. All of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} sudden, I heard the noises again. They sounded like someone was knocking at the window. But I knew that was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (possible) because my room is on the second floor of the house.

    My heart was beating {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (violent) as I quickly opened the window. At that moment, a cold, white hand caught my arm {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tried to pull me out of the window. I screamed and tried to free {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I) but in vain.

    Suddenly, I heard a gentle voice saying, “Tommy, wake up.” Then, I opened my eyes and saw my mother was standing by my bed, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) my book in her hand. I was so glad that Cathy's ghost hadn't been real!

    To celebrate his sixtieth birthday, Devon's father organized a family vacationto Alaska. On the long northward flight, Devon {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (think) that she would have preferred a tropical (热带的) island. But she changed her mind on their third day, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they hiked out onto Root Glacier (冰川) with a guide. Standing inside an ice cave beneath the glacier's surface, Devon stared in amazement at the glowing neon (氖) blue of the glacial ice surrounding her. This was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (definite) worth the trip!