When I was very young, my    (1)   was to become a vet（兽医）one day, because I loved animals very much, especially    (2)   . But there was no room in my adult life for a dog.

 Then, last year, when I knew that I had the cancer（癌症）, I want to keep a dog. But I knew my illness made it impossible to keep it.

   (3)   , in early September, my doctor decided to let me   (4)  a furry（毛茸茸的）friend, because my immune system（免疫系统）was strong enough to keep a dog.

 The same day I went to an animal market    (5)   my boyfriend. When I saw a 9-week-old dog with big brown eyes, nice ears and white fur, I    (6)  it home.

 I’m happy these days since my dog came   (7)   my life. My new favorite pastime is to watch him sleep, eat and run. And I    (8)   more time caring about him, taking long walks with him in the park.

 I still have my    (9)   appointments（预约）at the hospital. But I made great progress of my illness with the company of the dog. My doctor tells me that my immune system is getting   (10)  .

“Good morning, Mr Brown,” Little Tom says in Mr Brown’s   (1)   shop, “I want to buy a new pair of glasses for my grandma. Her old ones are broken.”

“OK. Take a   (2)   and see which you like,” Mr Brown smiles to Tom.

  (5)   bottles to get money after class.   (6)  $3.00 in his pocket, Tom finds that all glasses are not cheap. Then he sees a pair of glasses with no price tag(标签).

“How much does this pair of glasses   (7)  , Mr Brown? I   (8)   have $3.00. I hope it’s enough.”

“Of course,” Mr Brown says. “ It’s $ 2.50.”

“Great,” Tom is very happy.” I’ll   (9)   them.”

Tom goes home with the new glasses and the   (10)  . He doesn’t know the glasses are the most expensive ones in Mr Brown’s shop.

Hello, I am John. I am 12. I am a boy. I need to buy some   (1)   for my family.   (2)   I come to Ann’s Clothes Store. Now the clothes at the store   (3)   on sale.

This yellow sweater   (4)   beautiful. It is only 30 dollars. And it is OK for my grandfather. He likes black, so I  (5)   a black one for him. For my grandmother, I   (6)   to buy these black shoes.   (7)   really nice. And   (8)   are they? They are only 25 dollars.

What about this white T-shirt? It’s very cheap. Oh, my father can wear it to play   (9)  . Basketball is his favorite sport, and he can play it well. They are only 18 dollars. His   (10)   is old. I think he will like this new one. And there are some socks in different   (11)   at this store like black, yellow, red and white. They are only one dollar for one   (12)  . I know my mother likes   (13)   very much. So I buy a pair of green socks for   (14)  . I think she must like them. I   (15)   a pair of blue trousers for myself. They are only 21 dollars.

One Sunday morning, Millie and Amy went to Sunshine Park. They love to chat there. As usual, they sat   (1)   a big tree. Suddenly, they heard a whisper(沙沙声) from the bushes behind the tree. They turned around but could not see anything unusual. They were   (2)  .

“ Is   (3)   there?” Millie asked. Nobody answered. They   (4)   very carefully and heard the strange noise again. The two girls were very afraid. They ran away quickly. On their way home, they met Andy.

“What happened?” Andy asked. “There’s a ghost in the   (5)  .Please help us.” Millie said. “Really? Tell me more.” Andy said. Millie told Andy everything. Andy went to the park,   (6)  __beside the tree and listened carefully. Then he heard   (7)   noise! He looked behind the tree and heard another whisper. He was now sure the sound   (8)  from the bushes. He searched carefully.

“Oh! Here it is.” Andy said to himself. He   (9)  a little cat in the bushes. It was very weak. When it moved,   (10)  made a sound like a whisper.

Zhang Lei is a highly skilled doctor. He was born in a lonely   (1)   village. The people there lived a hard life. They seldom walked out of the mountain. They could   (2)   get good education. However, Zhang Lei was   (3)  , for he not only went to college, but he also became an excellent doctor. Then what made him lucky? A volunteer teacher called Han Xue encouraged him, and   (4)   his life.

 When Han Xue first entered Zhang Lei’s school, she couldn’t   (5)   her eyes. She was shocked by the sights in front of her: broken windows, small old desks and chairs. Even worse, students of different ages were in the   (6)  classroom. It was the only class in the school. Han Xue realized  (7)  poor the people were in education. She planned to  (8)  as many ways as she could to help them. One day when Han Xue was giving a class, Zhang Lei      (9)   some noises for fun. Other kids laughed. At that time Han Xue decided to make good use of the   (10)  to help him. She walked towards Zhang Lei and asked him to put out his hands. Looking at them   (11)  , Han Xue said with a kind smile, “As soon as I see your little  (12)   , I know you will become a highly skilled doctor in the future. Come on!” Hearing this, Zhang Lei was surprised because almost  (13)  said such words this way. Zhang Lei couldn’t believe that completely, but he remembered what the teacher said in his heart.

 After that, Zhang Lei studied harder and then made more   (14)  continuously. Later, Zhang Lei went to college. After many years, he became a famous doctor, saving many lives.     (15)  Zhang Lei talks about his life, he always expresses thanks to his volunteer teacher. Her encouraging words have made what he is.

Hello! I’m Kate.I’m in China now. Today is Sunday, I come to Xinhua Clothes Store. I see many   (1)   clothes in it. The store has sweaters at a good   (2)  .They have some bags   (3)  sports. They have hats in red and yellow. The skirts are on sale. They are   (4)   15 dollars. I think they are cheap,   (5)   I buy a small one for myself and a big for my mother.

The Phone Call

It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (叹气). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn’t be much fun playing   (1)  in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but couldn’t.

The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad: “Paul, I’m   (2)  , but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?....”

Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so   (3)  . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.

The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and   (4)   a test. Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. “Paul, you didn’t do your homework.You didn’t pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What’s wrong?”

Paul just sat there   (5)  . “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that something’s worrying with you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.”

As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn’t do his homework because he wanted to get his dad’s   (6)  . He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her advice.

When Paul got home, he   (7)  his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (语音信箱). Paul began talking: “Dad, I can’t play with you next weekend. I’ve got lots of problems with my homework. Also, I really don’t want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you   (8)   our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It’s not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my   (9)   sometime. Dad, I love you.”

As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different, but it didn’t matter. He himself  (10)  . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.

     Sally went to the park with her mother at weekends. They enjoyed the sun and the fresh air at first. Then Sally became very   (1)  .“What’s wrong, Sally?”asked her mother.“  (2)   ! Rubbish is everywhere. There are used boxes, used bottles   (3)   waste paper on the ground,”answered Sally.“The park is too   (4)   ,”said her mother.“Yes, let’s do something for it,”said Sally.

      Sally and her mother went home. Sally painted a picture of a park. Then she  (5)  “PLEASE KEEP OUR PARK CLEAN”at the top of her picture. Then Sally returned to the   (6)  and put up her picture on a big trash can. Then she   (7)   her mother,“Will you help me pick up the trash?”“I sure will!”said her mother.

      The children in the park ran over to see what was going on. Julie invited them to pick up the (  (8)    together. And then they talked and laughed as they   (9)  Soon all the waste bags were full.

     “We need to come back other days. There’s still some trash on the   (10)   ”said Sally.“But the park looks much better.”

      “Yes, it does,”said her mother.“I’m so proud of you, my dear.”

Hello, my name is Bill. My last name is   (1)  . I’m twelve. I’m from America. I have some good   (2)  . They are Mike, Jack, Mary and Kate. We are in the same class. You can see 45 desks and   (3)   in our classroom. There is a big   (4)   on the wall. In the photo, you can see all the teachers and   (5)   of our class. Look! This is Mr. Green. He is   (6)   English teacher. He is kind to us and teaches English very well. We all love him. Ha-ha! He is also my   (7)  . What an interesting thing! My favorite subject is not English. I like P.E. best. Look! You can   (8)   a soccer ball on a desk. That’s mine, of course. I often   (9)   it with my friends after school on the school playground.

I love my   (10)  .

Frank had a big family and his dad was a fisherman(渔民). They only had a small boat, so it was__（1）__ to make a living on the sea.

 When the weather was___  (1)  __ ,his dad didn’t go to the sea. He sent Frank to __  (2)  __. He often stopped his car in front of the gate. Then he gave Frank a kiss(吻) and asked him to be a _  (3)  _ boy at school. Frank didn’t like this, __  (4)  __ he thought he was not a little child and he___  (5)  __ his dad’s kiss. Then one day when his dad wanted to kiss him again, Frank ___  (6)  __ his dad.

“Dad, I’m ___  (7)  _ up. I don’t need your kiss any more,” Frank said. His dad was ___  (8)  __ . He looked at Frank __  (9)  ___ tears (眼泪) in his eyes.

Not long after that, when Frank’s dad went to the sea, he never came back again.