Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would die soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days   (1)  the doctor came and looked over the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen   (2)  paper in the village, because no one could write.

   The doctor   (3)  up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the   (4)  of the house. “Get the medicine for him,” he said, “and he will soon get well.” Mark’s family and friends did not know  (5)  to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man   (6)  an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest hospital. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.

Nobody likes rules but everyone _____  (1)  _____ follow them. As a teenager you probably have lots of rules to follow. You can’t be late ____  (2)  _____ school and you have to do your homework. You can’t eat ____  (3)  _____ drink in class. At home, your parents might say you have to help clean the house, and you can’t go out on a school night.

Adults(成人) have to follow rules, too. They have to be in the office ____  (4)  _____ and for some jobs they have to wear a uniform. If you drive a car, there are traffic rules you have to follow. ________  (5)  _______, you have to drive on the correct side of the road. You have to turn on your headlights at night, and you can’t park anywhere you like.

No sports , no life. Sports are very important to us. Sports help us to keep in good   (1)   and get good grades.

 Everyone in our class  (2)  sports. Our favorite  (3)  is P.E. We only have P. E .   (4)  a week, but we play sports every day. The most popular sport in our class is basketball. The boys enjoy  (5)   it, and many of the   (6)  like it , too. Football is also popular. When the weather is  (7)  , we often play football outside. We   (8)   play volleyball. Because we think it is boring.

    There is a basketball team in our class. Our team often has matches (比赛) with other teams. When there is a match, many of us go to  (9)  it. It’s very  (10)  .

This is a picture   (1)   my family. This is my father.  (2)  is 45 years   (3)  .This is   (4)   mother. She is 42 years old. She is  (5)   teacher of English. This is my brother. His   (6)    is Li Ming .He is fourteen. He is in   (7)  One, Grade Three. That is my aunt. She is my mother’s  (8)   .   (9)   husband（丈夫）is Jiang Feng. They have a daughter .She is my   (10)    . It’s a happy family.

As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

At school, they have to follow the strict school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

“Many students can do nothing  (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

   “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.

Two reporters(记者), Rick and Peter, visited Brad’s new school. “We need some of you to be in the   (1)  .” they told the kids in Room 5. The kids started    (2)  “I’m beautiful, I should be in the photos!”and doing their hair. But Brad kept quiet. He   (3)    hecouldn’t be in the photos.

Brad was  (4)    . Kids always made jokes about how short he was. On the outside Brad always tried to smile at them, but inside he felt sad. “Time to take photos,” Peter said. “   (5)     do you want, Rick?” “I want three girls.” He picked(挑选) Angela,Bella,and Cathy.“And three boys.” He picked Henry, Fred and Brad. Brad could      (6)   believe it. Rick asked the  (7)     kids to stand in front of the library’s big picture. “I want all of you to kneel(跪在) in front of   (8)     , so it looks bigger.” Some kids    (9)    . Brad still gave a smile as he usually did. But Rick said, “I pick him    (10)     he has a big smile.”

He looked at Brad and said to him,”I know you’re big inside”.

InCanada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc, in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them __  (1)  __ their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections (注射) so that they won't __  (2)  __ diseases(疾病). What’s more, in Canada, people usually go to special animal food stores for their pet’s food __  (3)  __ the food there is much more expensive than that in some other stores. Some people paid around two hundred Canadian dollars a month __  (4)  __ animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and __  (5)  __ is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. 

People in Canada have many __  (6)  __ to like animals. One of them might be: Their family relationship is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

When you wave to a friend，you are using sign language. When you smile at someone，you mean to be   (1)  . When you put one finger in front of your mouth，you mean “Be quiet.”

Yet，people in different countries may use   (2)  sign languages.

Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day when he was walking in the street，he felt   (3)  and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came，the Englishman opened his month，put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way，he   (4)  ，“Bring me some things to eat.” A moment later，the waiter brought him a lot of things to drink. First tea，then coffee，then milk，but no food. The Englishman was   (5)  that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was about to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was bright for the waiter.   (6)  ，the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

My phone rang this morning. When I picked it up, I heard the sweet voice of a young lady.

“Are your dogs missing?” she asked.

I realized that it was my neighbor. So I went to find my dogs quickly. After I   (1)  that they were all there, I was very happy. Then I answered to my neighbor, “Thank you.  (2)   of them are missing.”

My neighbor is a nice lady. She often makes cookies and shares them with neighbors. She is willing to help anyone   (3)  . Today she found two small dogs walking down the street. She took them in.

“They are good and get along well with my dogs,” she continued.

“You did the right thing. Most people wouldn’t get involved in (卷入) the kind of thing.” I said. “ I wonder how many cars passed them by this morning and didn’t   (4)  stopping.”

Then I walked out of the house to see if someone had come to look for those dogs. But I found nothing.

Then an idea came to me. If I were   (5)   I would hope that someone would look for me. If I were crying, I would hope that someone would stop and speak to me. So, ask yourself today. Would you take in the dog? Would you look for a lost friend? Would you offer a kind word to   (6)   a stranger?

Christmas is an interesting festival. It is ___  (1)  ___December 25th. It’s the ___  (2)  ___ festival in the Western countries. It’s just like our Spring Festival. Families get together and enjoy the holiday. There is always an old man. He has many names, but we usually call him Santa Claus. He always ___  (3)  ___ a red coat and a red hat. He is very busy on Christmas Eve. ___  (4)  ___does Santa put his gifts? In the Christmas ___  (5)  ___! So children always hang (挂) the stockings on their beds on Christmas Eve. And then they will find gifts in them the next morning. In addition (此外), people often put a Christmas tree in their house. And they also sing Christmas songs from door to door on Christmas Eve. Can you sing it?