6. A Brave Maid
A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of the reception hall ___1 (amaze)everyone. The artists designed it in a rare style and selected __2 (value) jewels to decorate it. People thought highly __3 its fancy colour of honey and the beautiful paintings on it.
The vase used to belong to a former castle. ___4 when the country was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on. In order ___5 (remove) people’s doubt, a team of no less than 20 people carried out ___6 informal investigation. The evidences they found showed ___7__ a maid took the vase apart and asked a sailor to sink it in a local well. __8 never gave away the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies ___9 were in search of treasures.
It is worth ____10 (give) this brave maid a fortune in return.
7. A Fair Competition
Swifter, Higher and Stronger stands ___1 the spirit of the Olympics. But fairness is the basis of this motto. Only __2 you win fairly will you and your homeland deserve the great glory. __3 nowadays, unlike the ancient honest slave competitors, some hopeless athletes ___4 can’t bear the pain of training cheat when taking part in games. Medals seem to have magical power ___5 (cause) them to cheat, and the prize money has replaced the motto as their only goal.
So, in the gymnastics event ___6 (hold) in our city next month, one of the host’s ___7__ (responsible) is to keep competitions fair. They advertised on posters outside the stadium to promise that every competitor is to have a regular physical examination in a gymnasium __8 after another. No one can bargain on this. The volunteers in charge will be very strict. ___9 is foolish to cheat because they ____10 (not admit) to compete and will even be fined as well.
8. Computers
The goal of early calculating machines was to ___1 (simple) difficult sums. But with the help of new technology, electronic chips replaced tubes and a revolution of artificial intelligence has arisen. From then on, __2 appearance of computers totally changed our lives. They can not only download information from the wet when __3 (connect) by the network or mobile phone signals, but also solve different ___4 (type) of logical problems. With operators as their coaches, they can even control rockets ___5 (explore) the moon and instruct androids with the human race’s characters to mop floors and watch over your naughty niece. Anyhow, computers are so helpful ___6 they do bring happiness.
___7__, computers are easily attacked by viruses. This reality __8 (become) a hard-to-deal with-problem. As a result, computers are dangerous ___9 a way. So, personally, I worry about ____10 universal applications in some fields, such as finance.
9. Wildlife Protection
Dinosaurs died out because of ___1 unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just __2 humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland __3 (destroy) without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
Last year, scientists saw some monkeys ___4 (rub) themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves ___5 fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a ___6 (power) drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was ___7__ the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When __8 (tell) that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “___9 real loss is our decreasing income.”
We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not ____10 we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.
10.My First Bad
I was very sensitive to music. Just ___1 (dip) into the music books briefly, I could sing or play well. To be honest, I always __2 (dream) of becoming a famous folk actor. I was so confident __3 I never decreased my devotion.
I formed my first band ___4 (call) “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning, we relied ___5 performing on instruments in pubs or to passers –by to earn extra money in cash. Then we wore false beards to pretend to be the musicians ___6 people were familiar with. In addition, we attached humorous acts to our performances and played jokes on each other. Soon, our “funny jazz” became famous and ___7__(invite) to perform for broadcast stations began to come. Afterwards, we sorted out attractive music __8 made a record in a studio. A million or so ___9 (copy) were sold and we became millionaires.
____10 was painful that the band broke up finally. But above all, I realized my dream to be a musician.