A beautiful, well-dressed lady came to see her doctor. She said she was bored by her lifestyle, and her whole life was empty and   (1)  .

So the doctor called an old lady who cleaned the office floors, and said to the rich lady, “I’m going to ask Mary to tell you how she found   (2)  . You just need to listen.”

So the old lady   (3)   her brooms(扫帚), sitting on a chair to tell her  (4)  . “Well, my husband died of cancer(癌症) and months later my only son was killed by a car. I had nothing left. I couldn’t sleep; I couldn’t eat; I  (5)   smiled at anyone; I even thought of the death(死). Then one evening a little cat  (6)   me home from work. I felt sorry for the cat. It was cold outside, so I   (7)   to let the cat in. I fed it some milk, and it licked(舔) the plate   (8)  . Then it rubbed(摩擦) against my leg, and for the first time in months, I smiled.

Then I stopped to think: if   (9)   a cat could make me smile, maybe doing something for   (10)  could make me happy, too. So the next day I baked(烘烤) some delicious cakes and took them to a neighbor who was   (11)   in bed.

Every day I tried to do something   (12)   for someone. It made me so happy to see them happy. Today I don’t   (13)   about anybody who sleeps and eats better than I do. I’ve found happiness by   (14)   it to others.

When she heard that, the rich lady cried. She had everything that money could buy, but she had   (15)  the things that money couldn’t buy.

The word “hobby” is an interesting word. Almost everyone   (1)   some kinds of hobby. It may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive but   (2)   don’t cost anything at all.

My youngest brother collectsstamps. He has almost(几乎) 800 of them, but I wonder   (3)   they are worth any money or not. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing  makes him   (4)    than to find a special stamp for his collection.

To me, I enjoy listening to music.It can help me  (5)  . Mostbabies and young children like music, too. They would like someone  (6)   to them. When they get older, they like to sing songs themselves. In middle school, students  (7)   music lessons. And they become

  (8)    in pop music. It will make  (9)    happy.

Do you have a hobby? Can you share it  (10)   me?

Barack Hussein Obama   (1)   history   (2)   becoming the first African -American president in American history.

   Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961．His parents separated (分开) when he was two years old and   (3)  divorced (离婚). Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia．Later, he moved to New York,   (4)   he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Michelle Robinson, in June 1989 and   (5)   her on October 3, 1992. The   (6)   first daughter, Malian Ann, was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter, Natasha, in 2001.

   Obama's   (7)  is a true milestone(里程碑)．It speaks to the   (8)  that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and ability and you work hard enough.

   Obama did not take office until 20 January, 2009．However, when he did become president, he faced many serious challenges,   (9)  two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as "the worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century"．But Obanm himself was ready to   (10)   these challenges.

 Many children act in TV shows. They work several ____(1)____every day. So they can't go to regular(正规的) ____(2)____. How do they get their schooling?

   In Hollywood, about forty teachers give ____(3)____ for the children. Their work is very important. They make ____(4)____ that the child ____(5)____many different subjects. They make sure4 ____(6)____ that the child gets enough rest and____(7)____.

   Children in Holleywood must attend classes twenty hours ____(8)____ week. If not, they can't work in TV shows any ____(9)____.

   TV children are usually ____(10)____ pupils, and most of their teachers ____(11)____ this kind of week. They give the ____(12)____ lessons in many interesting ____(13)____ . Sometimes the "classroom" is a Mississipi boat. ____(14)____ it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become ____(15)____ stars.

 Do you feel tired and bored after a long term? Winter vacation is coming! Go on vacation! Go to   (1)   and interesting places!

   I’m planning to   (2)   a vacation to Hainan Island(岛) first. I hear there are beautiful beaches there,   (3)   I’m taking walks or playing volleyball. Water there is great! I’m going   (4)   in the sea. Maybe I’m staying there for a week. In the daytime, I’m going sightseeing around the island. At night I’m renting some   (5)   and reading them in the hotel.

   Then I decide to go to the countryside because it’s quiet and   (6)  . I can enjoy flowers and trees there. I can work with people there on the farm. They’re teaching me   (7)   to do farm work. And I’m going to the mountains if there is   (8)   time. I have to wear sports  (9)  to walk in the mountains. I think I will have a good time in the countryside. 

   Are you thinking about your vacation? Come on, the beauty of nature is   (10)  for you. Go start!

My friend Henry is a   (1)  and always having accidents. He does not pay attention   (2)   the time or think about the risk of an accident. One day, when Henry was cooking in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit his hand. He was trying to pick it up when it   (3)   him again. He threw it across the kitchen, and it landed on a table and quickly   (4)   behind the fridge. He hurried to hospital because his hand began to hurt badly.   (5)  the doctors learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.

A few days ago, a car   (6)   hit him round the corner of the road while he was on his way home. Henry was talking on the mobile phone and riding in the middle of the road  (7)  the traffic lights were changing to red. The car stopped just in time, but Henry   (8)  his bike and hurt his knee and was   (9)   for over a week.

I always told him to be careful, but he did not listen to me. After the two accidents, he promised   (10)   my advice. Now he is very careful, I’m glad to say.

My aunt works in Canada. She married a Canadian. She has lived in Canada  (1)  seventeen years.

This week my parents and I will  (2)  her. Weˈll celebrate Thanksgiving Day with her family. I will meet my Canadian cousins and my uncle  (3)  the first time. Iˈm very  (4)  . I think my cousins have blond hair and blue eyes. Iˈm sure my aunt will buy a big  (5)  and she will make the best pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving  (6)  .My aunt often makes telephone calls to us. She says she  (7)  us very much. She has been  (8)  from home for a long time.

Tomorrow we must go shopping. My father says my auntˈs birthday is in this week. We want to buy a  (9)   present for her. We will get  (10)   Chinese for her.

There is nobody in the world the same  (1)   you. You are unique (唯一的)! Everybody is   (2)  from everyone else. That is good!   (3)   it makes the world an interesting place.

There are people taller  (4)  you, and shorter than you. Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s, but maybe it is longer than _(5). Another difference is your hair may be straight(直的) , hers may be curly.

I am sure you have some friends who are   (5)  than you. And you also have some friends, they are as  (6)  at sports as you. But there are also people around you who are not good at some things.

  (7)  does your best friend look like? Do you both   (8)  to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think   (9)   some ways you are the same, but in many other ways you are different.

So say loudly to the world, “I am who I am –I’m unique!”

   In many western countries, people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea    (1)   dinner. People have breakfast at any time  (2)   seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. English people    (3)   tea or coffee at breakfast.

   Lunch   (4)    at twelve o'clock. Tea time is from four to five in the afternoon, and dinner is about half past seven. For dinner,   (5)    , they have soup, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they often eat some   (6)    like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people   (7)   that. Some of them have their dinner in   (8)    middle (中间) of the day. They have only three meals a day.        (9)    meals are breakfast, dinner and tea, and all these meals   (10)  very simple (简单的).