Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher asked  (1)  students to draw a picture of something that they were thankful for. People celebrated the holiday  (2)  turkey and other traditional foods of the season. So, most of her students’ pictures were about them.   (3)  , Peter drew a different kind of picture. Peter was a different kind of boy. He always looked sad. Whenhe wasasked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a  (4)   . Other students were all very interested in the picture. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer,becausefarmers feed  (5)  . Another thought it was the hand of a policeman, because thepolice   (6)  and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God ... The discussion went on until the teacher almost  (7)   the young artist.

During the break, all children ran out of the classroom except Peter. The teacher came to Peter’s  (8)  , bent (俯身)down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy   (9)  and said in a low voice,“It’s yours, teacher.”She remembered the times she took his hand and walked with him here or there. She often said,“  (10)  my hand, Peter. Let’s go outside”or“Let me show you how to use your pencil.”Peter was very thankful for his teacher.

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 (一旦) 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.

Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn't have much money   (1)   she was very kind and happy.

One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very   (2)   and asked the old woman for help.

The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have   (3)  .” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to   (4)   some potatoes with him. He   (5)   her and then left.

Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman's door again and   (6)   her a bag of money. She was very   (7)  .

Smith said,“Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I   (8)   some potato plants. From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a   (9)   farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never   (10)   how kind you are to me.”

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and   (1)  themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   (2)  .

There are many different ways to spend our   (3)  time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby : it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very   (4)  , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth   (5)  of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   (6)   dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which   (7)   him＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However,   (8)   my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we   (9)  to do in our free time just for the   (10)   of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

The bicycle is one of the ___  (1)  ____ yet most useful inventions in the world. The surprising thing is that it was not ____(  (2)  ____ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci(利奥纳多·达·芬奇)had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced ___  (3)  ____ long after he died.

   A person riding a bicycle uses very little energy(能源)to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding ,Even so, in developed ____  (4)  ____, most people don't travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel ____  (5)  _____ if they ride to work. It's because ___  (6)  ____ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___  (7)  ____ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work in their cars and, in this way, the situation(情形) is made worse.  ____  (8)  ____ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to build road only for bicycles, and to make ____  (9)  ____ so difficult and expensive ____  (10)  ____ drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bicycles.

People can find bears in many places in the world . They have large bodies and thick legs but    21     tails. Bears are not real meat-eaters because they almost eat    22      Bears are not so dangerous

23        people think them to be . Bears are very brave. Many   24      were killed by bears when they ____25_____ to kill bears .

Bears have very good smell but very poor    26     So they usually find something ___27___ their noses, not with their eyes . They live __28___ on  root , fish and small insects. Sometimes they kill deer and    29   animals . __30___ fact ,they like   31     animals better like rabbits . Adult bears are   32   than most other animals because they can think of something . Have you seen how   33    they beg for (讨要) sweets and food in the zoo ? They are our friends   34   we should try our best __35___ them.

Zhejiang is one of China’s major tea-producing areas and Longjing tea is 51 as China’s best green tea.

Longjing tea became important over three centuries  52 , during the Qing Dynasty .It is said that when the famous emperor Qianlong(乾隆)went to visit Hangzhou, he always  53  Longjing tea there. He enjoyed it so  54  that he named eighteen Longjing tea plants as producers of “imperial (皇家的）tea”.

  55   , one kilogram of Longjing tea is made up of about seven thousand tea leaves. Nowadays,  56  most of the tea leaves are picked by machine,some farmers still keep the tradition of picking the leaves by  57   . They say they can find leaves of the proper (合适的)color and size. Machines can pick leaves  58  than man, but they may not be able to classify (分类) them as well as man.

People  59  drinking in the tea house. This has been a  60    part of the life in Hangzhou since the Song Dynasty. At that time, Huangzhou was the capital of the Song Dynasty. Today, the tea house is one of the places where Huangzhou people most like to go.

We are learning English, not learning about English. A student can ___11___ all about English, but he ___12___not be able to speak English. There is a ___13___ between “learning English” and “learning about English”. If you want to learn it well, please ___14___the following things. ___15___, learn the expressions(表达) by heart. Learn the ___16___sentence, not single words. At the same time, don’t ___17___ about mistakes. It is important ___18___ a good habit from the very first lesson. Just try to say ___19___you want to say and don’t care if people laugh at you. Keep on trying and you’ll make ___20___ mistakes.

Sounds are everywhere on the Earth. The world__36__many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while__37__are very pleasant to hear. In a single day, you probably hear __38__ sounds. All sounds are different. Some__39__loud while others may be low.

   Some sounds are useful. __40__sounds we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hoot(鸣笛声) of a car warns people of danger.

  Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low__41__the land, the very loud sounds can even make people deaf.

  We know sound travels about one kilometre in three__42__. In a thunderstorm, you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels__43__than sound.

Next time you see lightning, count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.

Divide（除以）this number__44__ 3. This will tell you__45__kilometres away the thunderstorm is.