An earthquake may   (1)   some places at any time. Do you know what to do when it happens? Please let me tell you.

   When a quake begins and if you are outside, you must get into the open air and stay   (2)   buildings, trees and other dangerous things. If you are inside, you must stand in a corner,   (3)   get under a heavy desk or a table. If you are driving a car, or a bus, you must drive to   (4)   of the road and stop.

After an earthquake, you must try to talk to everyone in your family to see if they are   (5)   and see if gas, water, and electrical lines are   (6)  . Please don’t smoke or use lights. A gas line may be broken. You must keep the telephone lines clear. Don’t use your phone or drive your car  (7)   you are sure everything is all right.

One day, I got out of the bed and went to the window and looked out. It was the last ___（1）____ of winter. I was a little ____  (1)  ____ because I wouldn’t make a snowman anymore. After I finished the breakfast, I put my shoes on and went ____  (2)  ____. I noticed the spring had started. All the bushes started to grow in the ___  (3)  _.

   I went over to the bush and picked a small flower. I turned around and was about to go inside. At that time I heard a   (4)  __. I walked around the park trying to _（6）____ where it came from. I went to a bush where I thought it came from. When I pulled the branches apart and looked in, I __（7）_ a baby lamb lying on the grass. Its coat of fur was as __  (5)  __ as snow. I held it in my arms and it was really __  (6)  __. It was a lovely lamb and I really wanted to _（10） it . But I wanted to know where the lamb came from. Its mother must be very worried.

 In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their own hobbies. They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. So they’re usually very confident. As a ____  (1)  ____, US boys and girls hope to be actors, players and doctors; many children ___（2）____ want to become presidents when they grow up.

   US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities together with their classmates at_（3）___. They believe that ____  (2)  ____ in these activities can make their children mature. Schoolwork is ____  (3)  ____, but they think that social skills are also very important.

   But things in China are ____  (4)  ____, Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass ____  (5)  ____. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting ____  (6)  ____. This puts a lot of ____  (7)  ___ on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for ____  (8)  ___ homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.

I can’t __  (1)  __ what I want to be when I grow up. Reporters get to meet new people. Doctors, athletes(运动员), and policemen meet new people, __  (2)  __. Doctors help people when they are __  (3)  __. Policemen help when they are in trouble. Reporters get to travel the most, sometimes going __  (4)  __ the world. Athletes get to travel a lot, too. They get to meet reporters when the reporters want to write about them.

To be a good __  (5)  __, I need to be a good writer. To be a good doctor, I need to be good in science and math. Athletes have to be physically fit and have a talent for their chosen __  (6)  __.

All these careers need people willing to work hard. I will work hard at my job and I hope I will become __  (7)  __ I want to be when I grow up.

If you are a British pig, this is your __  (1)  __ day! A new law (法律) says that the farmers have to keep you healthy and happy.

  Pigs like to sniff(嗅) around with their nose. So the law says that pigs must have something to __  (2)  __. Perhaps it will be grass or bits of wood. And the new law says pigs need toys. too. You know what happens when pigs have nothing to do. They start biting each other. They start __  (3)  __ each other’s ears and tails. Having a nice ball to push around will help them feel happy.

  Soon, pigs may get more than just balls to play with. They won’t live in small, crowded __  (4)  __. But __  (5)  __ of the pigs will never have as nice a home as Maggie Park’s pets in Australia. Her three pigs live __  (6)  __ her house. At first the neighbors were __  (7)  __. They said pigs were dirty and Maggie should keep them outside. But the police said pigs have the same rights as other house pets. Maggie’s pigs don’t like balls. They like to watch TV all day! At night, they have their own bedroom.

As Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her 5^th grade class on the first day of school, she told the children a ___  (1)  ____. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front, sitting sadly in his seat was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. She found that the boy didn’t play__  (2)  ___ with the other children and his clothes were always dirty.

At the school, Mrs. Thompson had to review each child’s past records but she left Teddy’s for last. However, when she reviewed his file(档案), she was very ____  (3)  ____.

Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright and happy child. He does his work neatly and has good ___  (4)  ___. He is a joy to be around.”

   His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, liked by his classmates, ___  (5)  ___ he is troubled because his mother has a bad illness and life at home is a hard.”

   His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to___  (6)  ___but his father doesn’t show much interest in him. His home life will soon affect him if nothing is done to help him.”

Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy doesn’t talk to anyone and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class.”

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself.

   --- Have a good time!

Some word puzzles in this book are______ difficult that______students can solve them.

It is _____ that every student must go to school on time.