I am a person who can get angry easily. But since I read an article    1  by my English teacher, things have changed a lot. I’m    2  at a boarding (寄宿的) school. So I  3  learn not only how to study well, but also how to   4  with others. Some of us are outgoing  5 others are quiet. It is   6   that people have problems and arguments. So how can we be tolerant（宽容的，容忍的）? Smiling   7 others is the easiest way. Another way is  8  if your ideas are reasonable (有道理的) and right   9  having an argument. If others’ ideas are really not good, keep an open mind. Try 10  them.   11  a friend is much better than having an enemy after all. Also   12  point out other’s mistakes in public. This will make people lose   13  and get angry. If you really want to help, send a letter instead. On the other hand, if    14  points out your disadvantages, don’t be angry. Just think this is a person who really __15___to help you and become friends. Remember: Tolerance makes life easier.

I read an article about London in a m  1.    yesterday.

London is one of the c  2.    with a long history in Britain. It is also the b  3.city in Europe. You can find some of the best theatres and m  4.  of the world there, such as the National Theatre, the National Gallery(画廊) and so on. You may visit many places of i  5.   there. Most of the old and f  6.   buildings are o 7.     the north bank of the River Thames. On the south bank, there are some fine m  8.   buildings.

If you want to k    9.   the people there better, you should learn more about the l  10.   and the culture（文化） as well.

I love collecting old paving bricks (铺路砖 ). It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display (展览 ) for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine. I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the bricks. But we didn’t have so many bricks for a good display. Then I decided to go out and look for them.
Now I have collected hundreds of bricks. Most of them are from Ohio (俄亥俄洲 ). Actually , there are more than one thousand different kinds of bricks in Ohio. Sometimes, I bought some old but special bricks on the Internet. The price is from 5 to 10 dollars for one brick.
Sometimes, people can’t understand why I buy bricks. I must say that it’s my favourite hobby.
【小题1】I collected old paving bricks_________.