Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (serious) hurt and a number of other people were slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (last) for over an hour.

    “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “{#blank#}5{#/blank#} we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down{#blank#}6{#/blank#} top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe{#blank#}8{#/blank#} very frightened.”

    Mrs. Woo Mei Fong {#blank#}9{#/blank#} husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

    Soldiers helped to take people out of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

    We high school students do have some growing pains,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} we can get rid of them correctly and wisely. First, some of us are upset {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their 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#}3{#/blank#} matters. Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstood by our teachers, parents and classmates.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (face) with this, we can find {#blank#}5{#/blank#} proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(understand). Some of us have fewer in ends. I think being open-minded and friendly{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (do) you good. Third, we may fall behind others,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} makes us stressed. Actually we can encourage {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to work efficiently, full of determination. Lastly, some of us don't have much pocket money, so they 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.

    The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt：“The trouble with you is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you won't put yourself in my place. Can't you see things from my point of view?” I shook my head{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(stubborn)—and felt the ache in my tooth. I'd thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the pain was really unbearable(难以忍受的). I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.

    “ {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you come by right now,” the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in .”

     I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn't he as busy as the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}?

    In the dentist's office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(worry). The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.

    When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don't worry. The dentist is very good.”

“How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.

    “Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said.

“The artwork?” I was puzzled.

    The chair went back, suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy {#blank#}9{#/blank#}：on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was！At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by {#blank#}10{#/blank#}words.

    What a relief！

    Lasa Bailey took her gloves off when {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（take）her dog for a long walk on a winter day and didn't notice anything until that evening. She was shocked when she realized her beautiful anniversary ring was missing. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（hurry）back to look for it but couldn't find anything. Her husband kept going on a website where people sell jewelry, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} never found it.

    All that changed, however, thanks to a recent Facebook post {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（write）on their local police department's page. A woman police officer posted, “If anybody knows of anybody losing a diamond ring, please contact us. ”One of her friends read it and wrote on it “Lisa Bailey”.

    The police station happened to find some unidentified {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（jewel）in a local pawn shop（当铺）and took them away. When Bailey learned from her friend that her ring might {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（find）, she couldn't believe it.

    The police called Bailey and asked her to describe it. She sent a picture of it to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and then they asked if she could come to the police station. When the police officer in the station {#blank#}8{#/blank#} had written the Facebook post handed her the ring the next day, she was very thrilled and started to tear up. She could wear her anniversary ring home where it belongs {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（final）after three years'wait.

    Bailey's husband had offered to replace the ring after it went {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（miss）, but she refused because she thought it wouldn't be the same.

    Percy Shelley, an English poet, was born on August 4^th, 1792. He is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wide) thought of as one of the most important {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(figure) of the Romantic Movement in English literature. Shelley received early education at home and later, at the age of 12, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(admit) to Eton College, which has a long history of more than 500 years, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(date) back to the 15^th century. Then he attended Oxford University shortly after he turned 18.

    As {#blank#}5{#/blank#} romantic poet, some of his poems, like Ode to the West Wind and Ode to A Skylark, are among the most famous in English. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, in his own time, Shelley was very unpopular for his political and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(religion) views. Fortunately, he successively(先后) met Byron and Keats and befriended with them during his tour around Europe after he married Mary Godwin, his second wife, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} later became famous as Mary Shelley, the author of the novel Frankenstein.

    About a month before his 30^th birthday, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(welcome) his friend Leigh Hunt, Shelley sailed to Leghorn. During the stormy return voyage, his small boat sank and he drowned. It was not until days later {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his body was washed ashore.

    John Snow was a famous doctor {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was so expert that he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (attend) Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (inspire) when he thought about helping ordinary people{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (expose) to cholera. This was the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (dead) disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(understand). So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found. In 1854 when cholera broke {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, he began to gather information and found the evidence. It seemed that the polluted water was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (blame). John Snow suggested the source of all water supplies{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (examine). Finally "King Cholera" was defeated.