We are living a fast life. It seems that  (1)  has to be fast, for example, fast food, fast Internet, fast roads, fast money. Every day we try to get things done   (2)  but there are some moments that we have to slowdown and enjoy our lives.

We are always  (3)  every day. I have to work eight hours or more a day at my full-time job. When I get home, itˈs always over seven oˈclock. I make an effort to   (4)  something. I try to find a little time for my hobby--writing. But I hardly ever write or work  (5)  weekends. Because those are my days to try to recharge (休整) and reduce (减少) the stress from my work. I sleep on the sofa during the day,   (6)  some tea in the open air or go out for a picnic if the weather is nice.

What Iˈm trying to say is this: if you donˈt take some time to slow down once in a while and  (7)  your life, it will pass you by. You can be unhealthy both in body and mind if you donˈt take the time to relax. So this weekend, donˈt make any    (8)  . Just get up on Saturday morning  (9)  your body says itˈs time to get up. Make some tea or coffee, step outside and get  (10)  fresh morning air.

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. John’s parents were not in. John decided to go to the Happy Theater to watch a talent show, so he   (1)   home. Only Barky, John’s pet   (2)   stayed at home. Just after John left, a bad person  (3)  the window,and then he came into the house   (4)  it. He began looking for expensive things in the rooms. He found some  (5)   in a box. He took out the money,but as he was leaving, he  (6)   a dog’s barking(叫声).He looked around and found Barky looking at him angrily.He was very scared.

Barky was going to bite(咬) him when John came home. John let Barky sit down and told the bad person,“Come with me to the   (7)   , or Barky will bite you!”So the bad person had to  (8)  John to the police station with Barky close behind. A   (9)   cuffed(拷) the bad person after John him the thing.

Barky had a(n)  (10)  for watching the house. But the bad person didn’t know.

It was almost 9:00 p. m. when Mia Jameson left her office to go home. It was  (1)  . She started her car and she   (2)  down the dark road that led (通往)to her house in the country. She turned on the radio and sang songs while she was driving. The heater (暖气机) wasn’t working, and singing helped to keep her  (3)   .

   The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small bridge. The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control (失去控制). Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness (知觉).

   When she  (4)  , her head was bleeding (流血), and she was shaking from the cold. She didn’t know   (5)  she was. Mia opened the car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the frozen(结冰) river! She felt very  (6)  . She knew the ice wouldn’t hold her car for very long. She   (7)  to walk up the hill several times, but she kept falling in the snow. Mia tried   (8)   time. She fell again, but this time she couldn’t get up. She knew that   (9)  could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t move . Mia closed her eyes and   (10)   die.

   Then she heard a voice. Mia opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That’s my truck,” said the old man. “Get in and I’ll take you home.”

Now more than 40 million (百万) foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming. It has really   the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

      I am Christ from the US. I am one of the many people learning     . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10    in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher     Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

     I think Chinese is     to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is  different from any other language in the world.    

     It will   me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time    the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view,      Chinese is such a different language from English.

     I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind.

Long long ago, a greedy(贪婪的) mouse saw a basket full of rice. He wanted to eat it. So he made a   (1)   hole in the basket. He got into the basket     (2)   the hole. He ate a lot of rice. He felt   (3)  . He was happy. Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the hole, but he could not. His   (4)    was big. He tried again.  (5)  it was no use.

   The mouse started   (6)  . A rabbit was passing by and asked, “ Why are you crying?” The mouse explained, “ I made a hole and came into the basket. Now I am not able to  (7)  through that hole.”

   The rabbit said, “ It is because you ate too much.   (8)  till your stomach gets small.” The rabbit laughed and went away.

   The mouse fell asleep in the basket. Next  (9)   his stomach got small. But the mouse wanted to eat, so he ate and ate. His stomach wad full again. He  (10)  , “I will go out tomorrow.”

   A tiger passed by. He smelt the mouse in the basket and ate the mouse.

Ann is a nice girl. She likes very much. She often  mountain climbing on Sundays and goes       twice a week. She spends half an hour    exercise in the gym every day. She learns baseball on Saturdays, and now she plays. She is also good at. There will      a sports meet next weekend. She is going to      the long jump and the high jump. Her classmates are going to cheer her      . They are sure that she     

  A man goes to a farm and finds a beautiful horse, and he wants to  (1)   it.After he gets it, he jumps on the horse and says: “Go now!”  (2)  the horse doesn’t  move. He asks the   (3)   why. The farmer says, “It runs only  (4)  you say, ‘Thank God.’ But to stop  (5)  , you have to say, ‘ Amen.’” So the man says, “Thank God.” The horse  (6)  running. The man is so happy that he keeps   (7)  “Thank God”. The horse runs faster and faster till they arrive at(到达) the side  (8)   the cliff (悬崖). At the moment the man   (9)  , “Amen!” The horse stops before they fall down the cliff. The man looks  (10)  at the sky and shouts happily, “Thank God!”

 I was once a fat girl. I weighed 336 pounds and looked as big as my fridge. I was never   (1)    it. But one day I had a medical examination(体检). The   (2)   told me that I was having hearttrouble. It   (3)   me up. I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!

   In a year and five months, I   (4)  104 pounds. What a great thing I did! I didnˈt have any expensive food, medical treatment(治疗)or camp-style(训练营式的)exercise. What was the secret to my   (5)  ?

   First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself   (6)   that people could follow on losing weight. Of course I saw count-less ads which try to get me to buy their products(产品).But I bought nothing. The only thing I did was to change my bad   (7)  .The following are what I have done. You can try these. Stop drinking something with too much sugar in it.   (8)   sweet cakes. Eat green vegetables. Use only vegetable oil. Never eat after 6:30 p.m. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week.

   Then I kept doing what I should do. People sometimes say, "You donˈt need to tell me   (9)   to do. I know it already!" But the fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know arecompletely   (10)  .The important thing is to know what to do and then just keep doing it.

A young man and  (1)  are walking in the park. The old man is   (2)  the young man. There is a chair in front of them. The old man is very   (3)   to see the chair. He isn’t very strong. He is going to sit on the chair for   (4)  minutes. He walks to the chair. He sees the young man   (5)   to it, too. So he begins to   (6)  . Now he is in front of the young man. The young man says, “Don’t sit on the chair!” The old man doesn’t   (7)  him. He is sitting on it. He looks happy. The young man comes   (8)  to him. He is holding a small  (9)  in his hand. It    (10)  “Wet Paint”（油漆未干）

My name is Jane Brown. I’m    English girl. I’m twelve. I’m a middle school student. Lisa is my    friend and classmate. We are in the same    . Here is a picture    her family. This is her    . He is a policeman (警察). Her mother is an English teacher in     school. She is a good teacher. We    her very much (非常). Lisa has two brothers. They are twins (双胞胎).    names are Jack and John. The twins     a dog. They like it very much. They are my good friends,   . I often play sports with them.