I have received many Christmas gifts over the years. The best gift I ever received was presented to me 1 a stranger. I never even knew his name and I only had contact with him 2 less than 60 seconds. His Christmas present to me changed 3 way I think about people and about Christmas.

    I hate Black Friday sales. It's often a gathering of people 4 are there for many different reasons. Some are looking for one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves. Their purpose are completely have 5 to do with the festive time of year, and can merely be summed up with one word, "Cheap!"

    It was several years ago when my wife asked me 6 her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child's bike 7 she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle（口哨）. I told my wife 8 we got a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.

    As 9 bikes began to gradually（逐渐）decrease in size, I saw my "polite" opportunity to reach my hands around the corner of one of the boxes. I 10 it and suddenly felt some mild resistance（阻力）. I looked up to see one of 11 gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not the word to describe his appearance. He was wearing lots of straps of metal spiked leather（带有铆钉的皮带） around 12 arms and even his neck and he had tattoos（纹身）too.

    I started to return the box 13 he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping car. He looked at me, smiled, and said, "Merry Christmas." All the way home I 14 that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received. The kindness of a stranger that broke all prejudice（偏见） I may have had of certain types of people. The softness of a human heart can be seen in a simple act. I will never 15 it.

Dear ninth-graders,

This week, you are taking a number of important tests, but there is something more important that you need {#blank#}1{#/blank#} know: These tests can't measure (衡量) all the things that make you wonderful and special. The results of these tests can't tell you everything.

There {#blank#}2{#/blank#}not any tests to measure how kind you are to your friends, or how much you love to draw. The people who mark the tests don't know how helpful you are to your Mom and Dad, or how caring you are when playing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} others in the playground. They don't know how bravely you share your weekend stories with your friends, or your performance in sports, music and art. Besides, these tests will not measure how much you have improved on some-thing, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}how much you love a certain subject.

We hope you can know about these and try your best. Always remember that there is no exam in the world {#blank#}5{#/blank#} can measure all the wonderful things that make you, YOU!

From,

Your English teachers

Jean Champollion was very good at languages. He learnt twelve languages in his life. When he was eighteen , he began {#blank#}1{#/blank#} history(历史) at university. He was younger than many of his students.

Jean was very interested in ancient Egypt and in 1821he began to study the Rosetta Stone(罗塞塔石碑). A group of soldiers found this stone at Rosetta when Jean was still a young boy. It was under the sand for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}years before the soldiers dug it up (挖出来). There was a lot of strange writing on the stone. The writing was a message in three languages. One of the languages was ancient Egyptian. No one could read it at that time. But Jean {#blank#}3{#/blank#}its secret.

The ancient Egyptian was not a language with letters and words like English. It was full of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. According to many experts (专家) , these signs showed things and ideas. Jean did not completely agree. He thought some of them {#blank#}5{#/blank#} sounds. He found 15 signs of this kind in his study of Rosetta Stone. Today, it is possible to understand ancient Egyptian from 4, 000 years ago because of Jean's discovery (发现). 

A lively group of elderly people in Tianijin that are known  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the "diving(跳水) grandpas" have recently become the hot topic with their interesting performances. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, they said on September 6th that they would give up the diving sport for public safety.

"Diving grandpas" are not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (profession) divers but just local swimming-lovers. They went swimming in the city's rivers at first, and later they tried diving. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} hobby has lasted for more than thirty years. These seniors have been turning a bridge into a stage. The bridge stands around 6 meters above the surface of the river. Many people believe that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (watch) these grandpas diving has brought positive energy and joy to them.

However, being influenced by online videos, some inexperienced divers tried to follow the grandpas. Without proper training, they have met with accidents and got themselves {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bad) hurt. With the increasing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (popular) of "Tianjin diving grandpas", some so-called Internet celebrities(网红) also came here to get the attention. Instead of going diving {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they), they encouraged others to dive so that they could make more online videos to earn money. Experts have pointed out that actions should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (take) to stop such behaviors(行为). And people are not allowed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (jump) off the bridge without training.

I want to be a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of a radio programme. To make my dream come true, I need to learn a lot about the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}this job. I hope to work on {#blank#}3{#/blank#}around the world. I also hope that I can have the chance to meet famous presenters {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.I will work hard and news keep trying.