—Five.

    The weather of Beijing is so terrible in the winter because of the smog. Everyone doesn't want to go out and chooses {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (stay) at home.

    When one of{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (popular) singers goes to the door of the music hall, all the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (report) take out their cameras to take photos.

    I often take a shower after finishing {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (do) some exercise.

    The students are so {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (excite) to hear that they win the game.

    Look! The cute cat in our school {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(eat) her food happily under the tree.

    We can buy newspapers, pens and writing papers at the{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (newsagent)

    More and more {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (electricity) equipment are used in our life to make our life easier.

    Father is writing a letter to one friend of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he).They haven't seen each other for a long time.

    Because of his detailed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (describe) of the missing girl, the police found her fast.

    At last, he became a rich businessman and set up his own company{#blank#}11{#/blank#}(success)

    He feels bad the whole day. After taking some medicine and drinking a lot of hot water, he is getting much {#blank#}12{#/blank#} (well) now.

    The hotel is more expensive than the other hotels, because it has got some {#blank#}13{#/blank#} (usual) facilities.

    We send two {#blank#}14{#/blank#}(bunch) of flowers to the teachers to express our best wishes.

    It is{#blank#}15{#/blank#} (possible) for you to get a high score without working hard.

    Like most Chinese, Mr. Zhang has a traditional family. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}he and his wife are middle school teachers while their 6-year-old son is a pupil Mr. Zhang's mother lives with them and helps look {#blank#}2{#/blank#}The kids. They love one another and live {#blank#}3{#/blank#}happy life.

    Yesterday was Mr. Zhang's mother's birthday. The couple wanted to do something to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}their love for her. After a big dinner, Mr. Zhang brought a basin of warm water and asked his mother to sit in front of the basin. He took off her shoes and put her {#blank#}5{#/blank#}into the water. After that, he began to wash them carefully. His wife helped to comb his mother's hair slowly. Seeing this, the boy {#blank#}6{#/blank#}his mother's example. He tried to comb his mother's hair, too. But he was not tall {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to do that. So he brought a chair and stood on it. Everyone could feel the warmth and love in the family.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}we all know, respecting the old and taking care of the young is a good Chinese tradition. We should try {#blank#}9{#/blank#}best to care for our family. We must visit our parents as often as possible, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}time with them even though we may work far away. Indeed family is a place for happiness.

    It is not always easy to discover yourself. From a young age, I had a strong sense of who I would become. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, an accident changed everything.

    To me, skating was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (important) than anything else in the world. Nothing else filled my heart with so much joy. I spent 24 hours a week  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(develop) my skills. I had no social life or interests except skating. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I was rewarded (回报) with first place medals in nearly all competitions.

   {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (unlucky), during one competition, I fell and was badly injured. The doctor told me that I couldn't skate anymore. The pain in my back was hard to bear and even basic daily tasks became difficult.

    My passion had been taken away. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lose) heart and had no idea who I would become. After eight months of suffering, something had to change. Instead {#blank#}7{#/blank#} sitting around and wasting my days, I began to work with local community service projects. By volunteering {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a swimming teacher and summer reading assistant for kids, I got {#blank#}9{#/blank#} idea of who I wanted to become. Little by little, I stepped out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence.

    Sometimes, challenges in life will get in our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to get past these challenges. My accident was a challenge that failed to stop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} from reaching success. Now I'm a very confident person.