Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in the class one day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wear)sun glasses. He walked in as if he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(buy) the school. And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.

For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(please), because there were manyempty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn't her, it wasprobably the fact that she sat in{#blank#}4{#/blank#} last row.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he thought hecould escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have madeit a little {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hard) foreverybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn't stop thekids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had tolook at Mary,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} made her feel like a star.

“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(shake) his head. “Then I'd appreciate {#blank#}9{#/blank#} if you didn't wear them in the class. I liketo look your eyes when I'm speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacherfor a few seconds and all the other students wondered {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the boy would do. Then he took them off, gavea big smile and said, “That is cool.”

    We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (correct) and wisely{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, some of us are upset{#blank#}3{#/blank#} our body styles and looks. It's unnecessary and it's not important at all. We needn't care about it. It is one's inner beauty {#blank#}4{#/blank#} matters. Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers, parents and classmates.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (face) with this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (remove) the misunderstanding. Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Third, we may fall behind others{#blank#}7{#/blank#} makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to work efficiently, full of{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (determine). At last, some of us don't have much pocket money, so we feel unhappy. Isn't it strange? So long as we have some, that's enough. And we can learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to spend money.

—Why me ? Mike is sitting there doing nothing.

    25 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday in a train accident in Cairo, which surprised local people. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli visited the scene and he said {#blank#}1{#/blank#} cause was not yet known, but Egypt's police were conducting an investigation (进行调查) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (find) the reason of the accident. Egypt had one of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (old) and largest rail networks, and crashes and other accidents were common.

The Creator of Middle Earth

    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J. R. R. Tolkien, was born in 1892 in South Africa. His parents had moved there looking for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} better job for his father. Three years {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(late), his mother took him on a trip to England to visit family. While they were away, they received terrible news that his father had died.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(grow) up without a father must have been difficult for Tolkien. Worse still, when he was only twelve years old, his mother also passed away. As a child, he had a great passion for language and in 1908, he went to Oxford University {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(study) languages and literature. In 1915, he joined the army and fought in the battle against the Germans. But soon, he became too ill to fight and returned {#blank#}5{#/blank#} England the following year. He didn't have a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(satisfy) childhood himself, so around in 1933, he spent much time telling his children fantasy {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(story) of a hobbit (霍比特人) called Bilbo. He first put it in writing in 1936, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} turned out to be a surprising hit. The publisher asked him to write another. He did so and in 1948 published The Lord of the Rings, which {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(publish) in three volumes between 1954 and 1955.

    Tolkien, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(age) eighty­one, died in 1973.