As two women walked into a New Jersey hospital, they laughed. It showed the love that had held them together1 forty years as best friends. Although they were laughing, one of these ladies would soon put her life in danger2her best friend.

    Patty Hurley and Eileen Riley met at high school and have been close friends ever since. But when Eileen,3nurse, became ill with kidney (肾) disease, she didn't go running to her friend—Patty came to help her, after4Eileen was sick. "My kidneys are failing," Eileen explained.

    "Can I give you one of mine?"5the immediate reply.

    The offer was so simple6Eileen thought she had heard wrong. But Patty repeated she was willing to help, and their journey to the operating table began.

    Eileen always knew that her friend would help. She said7, "When Patty makes a promise, she keeps8."

    The operation went ahead in May, and both women are now very healthy and9than ever.

    "There are no words to describe10amazing this woman is," Eileen said afterwards. "She gave me my life."

    Last year I was very lucky to have a week's holiday. So I wanted to spend 1 in the best hotel I could find. That was 2 I chose The Haven in a country park. I thought I would be able to escape problems and pressures of daily life. But, just 24 hours after arriving there, my wife and I 3 problems with the restaurant and security.

    We were ready to return to our room when we saw two policemen 4  closely at the building outside. One of them showed us how 5 in through the windows into our room. It seems that the hotel has no locks on the windows. 6 we were a little worried, our concerns were forgotten 7 when we saw a good-sized bed, a flat-screen TV, a spa bath which more suggested a comfortable stay.

    Things started to go from bad to worse the following morning when I found the restaurant only served low-fat meals: six days of rabbit food and only 8 meat and fruit. What had I let myself in for? Nobody had told us what the food 9 like before we booked. I ordered my breakfast 10 my will anyway, but I had waited forty-five minutes for it to arrive. This was not the service 11 I had expected.

    That afternoon, when we returned from a tour around 12 university nearby, we found that nearly £200 13 from our room. The Haven refused to pay back the money. They claimed that they 14 not be responsible for any loss if our window was not locked.

    My holiday was then a total failure. I thought a "haven" was sure to be a quiet and peaceful place. But in fact, I have experienced 15 stress and worry in that one day than I usually do working in the office for a week.

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With the help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult job. Just click your mouse to choose the article (物品) you like, and you can finish shopping. You don't need to walk out of the room. It seems easy and quick. But there's a trap(陷阱) online sometimes. If you are careless, it will bring your some trouble. You may find the colour of the article is different from what you want, or the size is too small or too big. If you want to be different, you'd better not buy clathes online. Once you put on the clothes you buy online and go out, you will find many people wear the same clothes in the street.

Emma was nervous about the ceremony. She was the valedictorian(致告别辞者) for their class, and she was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(worry) about speaking in front of such a large audience(观众). Emma wanted to practice her speech one more time with Julie.

But {#blank#}2{#/blank#} was Julie? Emma looked everywhere, but she couldn't find her. She called Julie's cell phone and sent her a few text {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (message), but Julie didn't answer. Emma didn't have much time, so she practiced her speech behind the curtains in the hall. Nobody saw her.

When it was time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(line) up for the ceremony. Emma finally saw Julie." Where have you been?"

Emma asked Julie." I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(call) you five times!"

" Sorry, I didn't hear my phone," replied Julie.

" Where have you been? I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(look) for you, too."

"I was in the hall, practicing my speech," said Emma.

" Where? I didn't see you there," said Julie.

"I was behind the curtains," Emma said and laughed." That's why you couldn't find me!"

Julie laughed, too." Don't worry. You' ll do {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great job!" They took their seats. Emma sat in the front row. She was still {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (real) nervous. Then, someone handed her a piece{#blank#}9{#/blank#} paper. It was a note from Julie! It said," Good luck! You can do it!" Emma felt better and smiled.

" Sometimes paper is the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) technology!" she thought.