Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Our school is quite famous for its long history. It was founded in the early 1907s. It is a good place   1  we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers   2  are always ready to offer help.  3   we pay a lot of attention to how well we do in lessons, achieving high scores is not the only reason to study. The teachers encourage us to try   4 new ideas and ask questions. With their help we have developed all kinds of interests  5 both Arts and Science. We can choose to join any school clubs they are interested in. We can  6 choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I selected American literature   7 I wanted to learn about famous American writers. This term I chose to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano as   8  birthday present.