One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.  (1)  pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said,“What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)  boy. He’s my son”. The man said. Then, he  (3)  his watch and called to his son,“Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)  and Todd continued to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son.“Time to go now.” Again Todd said,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said,“OK.”

“You are  (6)  a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said,“My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year  (7)  he was riding bike near here. I never spent   (8)  time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen  (9)  Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The  (10)  is that I also have five more minutes to watch him.”

A school boy wanted to ask for two days off（请假）, but he only learnt the phrase（短语）" have a day off". He thought and   (1)  , then he had an   (2)  .

He came to the teacher's office and said," Mother is ill. May I have a day off, sir?" "Of course, you can," replied（回答）the teacher at once.

The boy walked away. And then he   (3)  turned back and knocked（敲）  (4)  the teacher's door   (5)  , "May I have a day off again?" he said.

The teacher was very   (6)  . "Didn't you say it   (7)  ?"

"Yes, sir. But I can't be here the day after tomorrow, either（也）."

The teacher understood him and could not help laughing（禁不住大笑起来）. He said   (8)     (9)  smile, " Why   (10)  you say, 'May I have two days off?' "

There were no classes last Saturday afternoon. Mary went to a clothing shop near her home. The shop   (1)  many skirts. She looked through them and   (2)  last chose a very nice one. She   (3)   it on and then told the shopkeeper to put it into a bag. At that time her friend Rose came into the shop. They   (4)   so happy to see each other that they   (5)  everything   (6)  . Soon they were busy   (7)    on and on happily.

It was nearly seven, so they decided to go and   (8)   dinner. Mary took the bag, and walked towards the door of the shop. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Mary to pay for the skirt. Mary looked at him in   (9)  at first, but soon she remembered that she didn’t pay for it. She said sorry, gave him the money and then left the shop   (10)  her friend.

When learning new vocabulary(词汇), don’t just memorize(记忆) a list of words（单词表）.  (1)  , try to make five sentences using each new word. Then use the new word as often as you can the first day you learn it. This way you will remember new words   (2)  longer.

Practicing sounds(语音), you know, is difficult---the“th”sound， for example. Choose words that   (3)  “th”and repeat (重复) them over and over until you are comfortable with them. Let’s try! This, that, those, them, think, thought, through, thin….

Read, read, read in English, of course! Reading is one of   (4)   ways to increase your vocabulary and   (5)  your grammar in a natural and fun way. Be sure to choose topics or books you are interested in.

When someone   (6)  in English, listen to the main point(要点). If you  (7)  a word you don’t understand, ignore (忽略)  (8)   and go on listening. If you stop and think about the word, you will miss   (9)   the person is saying.

Always remember practice   (10)   perfect.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.   (1)   pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said, “What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)   boy. He’s my son.” The man said. Then, he   (3)   his watch and called to his son, “Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)   and Todd continue to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now.” Again Todd said, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said, “OK.”

“You are   (6)   a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said, “My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year   (7)    he was riding his bike near here. I never spent   (8)   time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen   (9)   Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The   (10)   is that I also have five more minutes to watch them.”

Li Ming was a good school boy before. He   (1)  to do well in all his lessons. All his classmates took   (2)   in him. But these days he turned out to be another Li Ming. He   (3)  asleep in class. He has been late for school three times since last Friday. Yesterday they took an. English test. He failed. But he always got over 130 before. His headteacher, Rose, didn't know   (4)  . So she decided to go to his home and found out the reason. On her   (5)  to his home, she passed by a net bar. To her  (6)  , she saw Li Ming playing computer games excitedly inside. Then she   (7)   what had happened. She went into the net bar and pulled him out. Li Ming was very frightened because she was very   (8)  with him. He didn't know how she would deal with him. She   (9)  beat him nor punished (惩罚) him.   (10)  , she told him playing computer games was bad for his health and study. She also asked him not to lose himself in it. Li Ming promised (答应) to give up computer games and study hard to achieve his dreams.

A teacher was asking a student some questions , but the student   (1)   answer any of them . The teacher decided to give him some   (2)   questions so that he could get  (3)   of them right .“Who was Beethoven (贝多芬) ?” the teacher asked . The student   (4)   for some time and said , “ A king . ” “   (5)  . He was a musician , ” the teacher said . She was getting a little  (6)    now ,   (7)   she was trying not to show it . “Who was the first president of the USA ?” asked she . The student thought for a long time , but he didn’t say   (8)   . The teacher was very angry and   (9)    , “ George Washington（乔治·华盛顿）! ” The student got up and walked to the door .“ Come Back !” the teacher said , “ I   (10)    you to go .” “ Oh , I’m sorry ,” the student said , “ I thought you called the next student .”

There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking. It was growing by itself enjoying every day and saying to the  (1)  "When shall I grow up?" And the sun would say "  (2)  . Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so  (3)  . Because she would have a chance  (4)  beauty to this corner of sand. And this is  (5)  she wanted to do bring a little bit of beauty to this world.

One day the hunter came by and  (6)  her. She was going to die and she felt so sad. Not because she was dying  (7)  because she would not have a chance to bring a little bit of  (8)  to this corner of the desert.

The great spirit saw her, and was listening. Indeed, he said. She should be living. And he reached down and touched her and   (9)   her life.

And she grew up to be a beautiful flower and this corner of the desert became so beautiful    (10)   her.

A young flower in the desert is not for their beauty of the world instead of clinging to(点缀) a corner. What should we learn from her?

Dogs are people’s friends. They will do anything their masters(主人)ask them to do and they do their duty（职责）very well.

Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is  (1)  to carry me on his back. He likes running and playing with me. He likes to  (2)  my father around in the fields, too.

One day my father took off（脱下）his coat, put it on the ground  (3)  a big tree and said to Curly,“  (4)  my coat.”

 Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to  (5)    dinner for the family.  (6)  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog.

Late in the evening I  (7)  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the garden. I called，“Curly, Curly！” But Curly did not answer.

Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered  (8)  he did. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was  (9)  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it  (10)  .