It was Sunday yesterday. Steve   (1)   a relaxing weekend.   (2)   Sunday morning, he played computer games with his friends at home. It   (3)   pretty good. In the afternoon, he   (4)   with his mother. They bought many kinds of food and vegetables. It was really relaxing and exciting. In the evening, he   (5)   a talk show with his parents and listened to some songs by a   (6)   singer.   (7)   Ann had a busy weekend. She   (8)   stopped working. On Sunday morning, she cleaned her bedroom and did her homework. In the afternoon, she went to visit her uncle and   (9)   him do some farm work. In the evening, she cooked dinner for her parents. After dinner, she washed the dishes. Then she went out   (10)   a walk with her dog.

    What about your weekend?

Long long ago there lived many __  (1)  __ in an old house. They were free to do everything. They ate up a lot of food. So the owner of the house wanted to stop the mice _  (2)  __ food. He got a cat. _  (3)  _, some of the mice were killed. One day one of the oldest mice said, "All the mice __  (4)  __ come to my hole tonight, and weˈll decide _  (5)  __ next about the cat. "

Each of the mice arrived. They thought __  (6)  __ and did what they could to find a way to save their __  (7)  __ . They spoke, sitting face to face, but none of them had an idea. Finally a young mouse stood up and said, "Why __  (8)  __ tie a bell round the cat’s neck? Then, when the cat comes close, we will hear the bell and run away. Then the can wonˈt __  (9)  __ catch any more of us. "

"It sounds good! Who can do that?" the oldest mouse asked. At this very moment the hole was quiet and no one answered. At last he said, "Itˈs __  (10)  __ to say than to do. "

Henry was a boy of nine. He was born in a   (1)   family. His father was often ill and couldn’t go to work.   (2)   his mother worked in a factory. She worked hard and hoped to give her four children and husband(丈夫)   (3)   food and clothes. But she failed. Her family were sometimes   (4)  . Of course, she couldn’t send Henry to school. She was   (5)   it but she didn’t know what to do. The boy was very clever and taught himself to read and write and   (6)   at home in the evening. And in the daytime he was polishing（擦）shoes in the street, so he could make some   (7)   for his family.

One afternoon the boy saw a young man’s shoes were   (8)  , so he said to him, “Let me polish your shoes.”

“No, thank you,” the young man said and walked   (9)  .

“You may pay me only one dollar, sir,” the boy shouted   (10)   him. But the young man said no again. Then the boy   (11)   for a while and told him that he would polish his shoes for nothing. The young man   (12)   to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man   (13)   the other shoe to the boy, but the boy said no to polish it if he wasn’t paid two dollars for his work. The young man refused(拒绝) to   (14)   anything on it and went away.

But his shoes were so different that he had to   (15)  . He turned back and gave the boy two dollars. In a very short time the shoe was as bright as the other one.

We all love our parents and turn to them for help when we’re in need, but would you like to add (添加) your parents to be your friends in social networks(社交网络),   (1)  QQ and We-chat? Would you like to let them   (2)   your online activities?

    Parents   (3)   little about social networks. But now, more and more parents are beginning to find how important social networks are in their lives. A lot of parents are learning how to use social networks from their children. And some parents are teaching   (4)   about it.

But are we going to add our parents to be our friends? It’s   (5)   to decide. On one hand, we don’t say no to our parents because it may hurt their feelings or make them feel we have    (6)   to hide (隐藏). On the other hand, if we let them be our friends, we will feel that we are not free to talk on social networks.  

Some people think that parents don’t need to be   (7)   if their children don’t want to add them into their friends list. “When your children say no to you, it doesn’t mean that they are hiding something, but it means that they want to be independent (独立的)   (8)   they can do something on their own.”

 Perhaps we should spend more time   (9)   with our parents face to face if we want a friends list   (10)   our parents in.

It was a Friday morning. When a teacher walked into the   (1)  , he heard a low voice, “Here is the teacher, I am   (2)   this boring fellow(烦人的家伙) is going to talk about putting in commas(逗号).” It was   (3)   voice. His name was Tom. He was talking with the boy   (4)   him.

The teacher didn’t get angry. He said   (5)   about it but he really began to talk about putting in commas, and then he wrote the sentence(句子) on the __(6)   , “Tom says the teacher is a boring fellow.”

The whole class   (6)   and Tom’s face turned   (7)  .

“Now,” said the teacher, “I’ll   (8)   you how important commas are.”

He put two commas in the sentences, and then read, “  (9)   is a boring fellow.”

More and more Chinese people go traveling abroad during these years. But not all tourists behave politely in the places of   (1)  . Recently, a story about a 15-year-old Chinese tourist   (2)   a heated discussion online. The 15-year-old teenager carved “Ding Jinhao was here”   (3)   Chinese in the 3,500-year-old Luxor Temple(卢克索神庙). A Chinese traveler took a   (4)   and shared it on Sina Weibo on May 24.

Many people were   (5)   about what Ding had done and decided to search the Internet for the boy. It   (6)   them just one day to find information about him in Nanjing.   (7)  _, Ding’s parents quickly said sorry to the media. “We want to say sorry to the Egyptian people and to people   (8)   have paid attention to this matter across China,” Ding’s mother said. Ding’s parents said they should   (9)   their son’s behavior and he had learned his lesson. According to Xinhua, local Egyptians had worked to try and   (10)   the sculpture(雕像). Although there was some improvement, the words could not be totally wiped off.

  I still remember that day. I was waiting to get some money for shopping in a bank.  (1)  the crowd, I noticed a little boy carrying some sunglasses in one hand and a big bag in the other.

    The boy was about l0 years old. He was walking around the people inside the bank and asked them to buy his sunglasses. But  (2)  would buy any from him. He tried from one person to another. From the look on his face, I knew he would not ))  (3)   anyway.

    Now, I decided to have a talk with him. I went up and asked, "Do you go to school?" He nodded his head. Then I continued, "Why do you sell sunglasses?" He said nothing. I gave him $20 and said that I was not in  (4)  of the sunglasses but he could keep the money. To my  (5)   , his face changed a lot, which is still in my memory" today.

    I didn't know  (6)   to say next. Then he replied, " Either you buy sunglasses or you  (7)  back the money. I don't need your pity. " I felt very   (8)   for what I did, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.

    I took these sunglasses home and kept asking myself, "Did such a young boy need to do it for his self-respect(自尊)?" He could ____  (9)   take the $20 and left. But he chose to sell his sunglasses and get the money not because of others'   (10)  . I will remember this lesson forever.

      One day Frank saw a spaceship in the sky. The   (1)   came nearer and nearer and then landed in a field quickly. The   (2)   of the spaceship opened and two strange beings(生物) walked   (3)   .They seemed to be half a man and half a horse. Frank was      (4)   them. He tried to run away but failed. To Frankˈs surprise, they were able to   (5)   to him in English.

     They asked him   (6)   about the Earth. "We are   (7)   another star," they said. "But we donˈt have enough food there. Many of our people are very   (8)   ,and we donˈt have much time left. We are trying to look for a new   (9)   ."

We often say that lions and tigers are kings of animals. They’re the best hunters (猎手) and they’re at the top (顶端) of the food chain (链) on land. But the best hunters in the sea are sharks(鲨鱼). Sharks are bigger and swim   (1)   fasterthan other sea animals. They have wide mouths and sharp (锋利的)   (2)  . They are at the top of the sea food chain.

What’s at the top of the world’s food chain? Human beings (人类)! We’re not strong, but we’re the   (3)  . We can’t run fast, but we   (4)   cars; We can’t fight better, but we invented guns (枪),… Many inventions are useful to us.   (5)  , they’re also harmful. People ask the   (6)   for too much. For example, we ask for food, wood, fur and so on. As a result, forests are becoming    (7)  . Rivers are dirty and some animals are in danger of dying out.

Don’t forget that we’re part of the food chain. We should leave enough   (7)   for animals to live in. We should do something to stop people from   (8)   animals. We must know that protecting animals is just to protect   (9)  .

Lu Xun was a great ChineseLiterate(文学家). Once he spoke to the   (1)   people about the study of foreign languages. He said: “You must not   (2)   studyingforeignlanguages for even one day. To master a language, words and grammar are not enough. You must do a lot of reading. At   (3)   time,consult(查阅)   (4)    and memorize(记住) grammar.

After reading a book, it is only nature that you won’t understand it all. Never mind. Put it aside and start another   (5)   . In a few months   (6)    go over the first book again, you are sure to understand   (7)   than before. Young people have good memories. If you memorize a few words every day and keep on reading   (8)   in four or five weeks, you will   (9)   be able   (10)   in the foreign language.”