In 1910，Abraham Bank，my great－grandfather，didn't want to join the army.At the time，he was only twenty－one years old.So he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (decide) to leave his hometown during the night.

    Abraham traveled through Finland to Sweden，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he worked for a while as a porter.He earned his ticket to London where he continued to work.His goal was to earn enough money to follow {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the footsteps of his brother，who had already moved to America.

    Two years after {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) his home in Latvia，Abraham was finally able to buy a ticket on a ship from England to America.But Abraham ran into {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (difficult)，one of which was he had no money left {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  he bought the ticket.So Abraham decided not to use the ticket.He remained in London for a few {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (month) and then he moved to South Africa.It {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (be) not until 1987 that his grandson (my father) and his family made the move to America.

    I have good cause to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (thank) to my great－grandfather for deciding not to use that ticket.In fact，it might well have been the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (good) decision he had ever made.The name of the ship that sank into the Atlantic that day was the Titanic.

    Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem—we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

      The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take )to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper . And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    Are you the first or the last child in your family? Or are you a middle or an only child? Some people think {#blank#}1{#/blank#} matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} are smart and strong - willed，are very likely {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( succeed). The reason {#blank#}4{#/blank#} this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} same reason.

    What {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(happen) to the other children in the family? Middle children don't get so much attention, so they don't feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lose) in the crowd. The youngest child, however, often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(difference). The study found that the first children believe in family rules. They don, t take many chances in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}lives. They usually follow {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (order). Ruies don't mean much to later children in the family. They take chances and they often do better in life.

    Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust (大屠杀). She and her family, along with four others,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(spend ) over two years during World War Ⅱ{#blank#}3{#/blank#}( hide) in another part of rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam.

    Since it was first published in 1947 , Anne Frank's diary has become one of the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(powerful) memoirs（回忆录）of the Holocaust.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}( it) message of courage and hope in the face of difficulty has reached millions. The diary has been translated into more than 60 languages with over 30 million copies{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sell). Anne Frank's story is especially{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( meaning) to young people today. For many she is their first exposure(接触) to the history of the Holocaust.

    After being reported to the Nazis, Anne, her  family, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}others living with them were arrested (逮捕) and sent to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, several{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(month) after she was arrested, Anne Frank died. She was fifteen years old.

    Her courage and legacy live on, and she is frequently regarded {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a role model for today.

    The following are some greatest artists or painters in the world.

    Pablo Picasso was considered {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（be）the greatest western artist of the twentieth century,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}was a Spanish artist. Picasso and another painter, George Braque, started Cubism.

    Roy Lichtenstein was{#blank#}3{#/blank#}contemporary American artist. One of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（he） works is a world famous example of pop art. Pop art was an important modern art movement that {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（aim） to show ordinary twentieth-century city life.

    Qi Baishi was one of China's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（great） painters. He followed the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（tradition） Chinese style of painting. Chinese painting is known {#blank#}8{#/blank#}its brush drawings in black inks and natural colours. Qi Baishi's paintings are special because he observed the world of nature very{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（careful）.

    Xu Beihong was one of China's best-known twentieth-century{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（artist）.

    Like Qi Baishi, Xu painted in the traditional Chinese style and is most famous for his lively paintings of horses.

    Beijing Opera roles require performers to paint{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(they) faces in patterns and colours to represent different character types and{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quality).

    In Beijing Opera, facial painting can be quite complex. However, in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(begin), only three colours were used-red, white, and black. Now, many other colours, such{#blank#}4{#/blank#}yellow, purple, blue and green, are used for facial painting.

Red is a colour for brave and loyal characters. Guan Yu, a general from the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 220-280), is a good example of this kind of character. He is famous{#blank#}5{#/blank#}being very loyal to his emperor, Liu Bei.

    White highlights all{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is bad in human nature. It{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(suggest) dishonesty and betrayal(背叛). One of the typical white-faced characters is Cao Cao, a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(power) and cruel prime minister from the Three Kingdoms Period.

    Black face paint is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(usual) used for someone who is fierce and violent. One typical example is General Zhang Fei from the classic novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

    All these different colours are used in Beijing Opera facial painting {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(provide) a clear picture of each character.