Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, “ You won’t be a real man until you begin to_(1)_ helping others.”

    One morning, his parents gave him some money to _(2)_some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very_(3)_. Bill went to him and asked, “ What’s wrong with you?”

    The old man answered, “ I’m hungry. I haven’t had any food for two days.”

    Bill thought of his parents’ words, he said to the old man, “Let’s go to the _(4)_.”

    When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter _(5)_the plate and the cup, the old man said, “Sorry for giving you too much _(6)_. I’m fine now. I’ll_(7)_ forget your kindness! You are a very good young man”

    Bill was _(8)_ when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned _(9)_that the food was free_(10)_ it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customer(顾客) that day.

My grandfather is eighty years old. He always says life is  (1)  from the past, and he often says that life in the past was   (2)   and easier.

Family life is different. Mother   (3)   at home in the past and took care of their children, but now everyone is busy working. No one has time to   (4)   children at home.

And the   (5)  ！No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. In the past we walked five miles to school on schooldays, even in   (6)  . But now children don’t. And the life in school is also different. In   (7)  class, for example, we used our heads to work out problems in the past, but now we use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have   (8)  . We didn’t even have lights. My mother had to spend all day   (9)   in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat at home.

And people talk less to each other   (10)   before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, and too busy to think.

Life was easy in the past, but now it is quite different.

Boys and girls,welcome to our school.It’s a nice middle school.

First you can see three white buildings(大楼). 56  1  __ are in the buildings.And there are 50 green desks2 __chairs in each(每个)one.Look at that green building!It’s 3  __ school library.It’s very big and tidy.You can 4  __ lots of(许多) books in it.They are in the bookcase.All the teachers are very nice.They are our good friends.And we 5  __ ask them for help.I think you will have good days here.

 This is a photo of my room. I like   (1)  very much. Here is a table and a bed  (2)   it. A clock, a dictionary and a schoolbag  (3)  on it. A chair is in the room, too.   (4)  you can't see it. It's under the table. The  (5)  of the chair is yellow. Can you   (6)   my name on it? Ha! Yes, "Gina" is on it, and it's my name.

   I always meet my friends in my   (7)  . Anna is my good   (8)  . She is 13. Grace is her uncle's daughter. Grace is Anna's   (9)  . Oh, Anna, Grace and I are in my   (10)  now. We are good friends.

Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to   (1)   , “Stop!” The children ran away quickly. The turtle was very   (2)   and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like to invite you to a wonderful palace now.”

The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he   (3)     the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very   (4)   dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very   (5)     everything.

 After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, but you can open only one.” “You   (6)   open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised . At this time, a large wave sent him   (7)    the sea.

 After he went back home, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To his surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried. “I’m a(an)   (8)     man now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened   (9)     box. As soon as he opened it, he   (10)    an old man. His hair turned white. His face looked like an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

Do you know Laszlo? Maybe you do not, but you probably use   (1)   invention every day, and you may   (2)   have it in your hand right now!

Biro (1899-1985) was the inventor of the ballpoint pen. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. In the 1930s, when he worked as a newspaper editor, he used a fountain pen   (3)   every day. However, he had to   (4)   it all the time. The ink also did not dry   (5)   and it sometimes   (6)   a mess on the paper. Biro wanted a   (7)   pen. His brother, George, helped him   (8)   a special ink. The ink dried easily. Then they developed a new type of pen.

There was a tiny ball   (9)   the tip of the pen. The ball rolled ink   (10)   paper as it moved. They called it the "ballpoint" pen.

The ballpoint pen was a great   (11)  . Everyone loved his ballpoint pen. Now millions of people use   (12)   all over the world every day.

People will always remember Biro  (13)   his invention. Today in many English-speaking countries, people   (14)   use the word "biro" to refer to   (15)   kind of ballpoint pen.

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Friends are very important in people’s lives. Some have   (1)  views（观点） and interests, but   (2)  like the same things. Should friends be different   (3)   the same? In my opinion, I don’t care. I have two best friends, Wang Lei and Lin Ying. Wang Lei   (4)  like me. I am   (5)  than most of the students in my class, and Wang Lei is also quiet. And we both enjoy   (6)  . On weekends, we often go to the library to do some reading. But the other friend of mine, Lin Ying, is   (7)   different from me. She is much more outgoing and she likes   (8)  and often makes me laugh. She also likes   (9)  ,so she is more athletic（体格健壮的）. I don’t think differences are important in a  (10)  . What’s your opinion?

 I have a big family. Here is a photo ____  (1)  ____ my family. These ____  (2)  ____ my grandparents.Those are my ____  (3)  ____. My father's name is Ben, and ____  (4)  ____ mother's name is Jenny. We are in Beijing now. The boy is my ____  (5)  ____, Scott. He is in Sun Middle School and ____  (6)  ____ am in the school, too.

   I am tidy, ____  (7)  ____ Scott is not. In my room, my pens, pencils and rulers are in my pencil box, and my ____  (8)  ____ are in my schoolbag. His books are ____  (9)  ____- on his bed, on the sofa and in the desk. Oh, a baseball is under the bed. What ____  (10)  ____ is it? It is white.

Do you often watch TV?Many middle school students like   41   TV very much.But   42   Monday to Friday，they must go to school.So on Saturday and Sunday they   43   at home and watch TV day and night.They don’t know it’s   44   for their eyes.Usually，children like to eat fish，meat and chicken，but they don’t like vegetables   45   fruit.They don’t know   46   more vegetables and fruit is  47   than eating meat.At school the children only do a few   48   of sports or never do any sport.They don’t know it isn’t good for their health.We always   49  of ways to keep healthy.We should eat   50   vegetables and fruits and do enough sports every day.And we should watch TV and read books in right ways.

Help Bennington Museum take care of the exhibits（展览品） on our collection by following these rules:

◆ Walk in the museum, and move your body   46   .

◆ Don’t   47   in the museum. Use a quiet voice when talking.

◆ Only touch things that you have been   48   to touch.

◆ If you have candy in your mouth, put   49   in the waste before you enter the museum or its galleries(画廊).

◆ Be good   50  . Raise your hand to ask or answer a question.

◆ Food and drinks are only allowed in the exhibition hall and lunch room (Education Center).

◆ Photograph is allowed,   51   not in the Grandma Moses Gallery or in the Flag Gallery.

◆ Students must be followed by chaperons (监护人) at all times. If no chaperons goes into a restroom   52   students (for example, there are no adults with the group), students are allowed into the restroom no more than 3 at a time.

◆ Chaperons should make sure the students   53   the rules by staying with them and stop them from talking loudly during the visit.

◆ School groups are welcome in the Museum Gift Shop. Chaperons are asked to care for the   54   in the shop.

If you follow these rules, you will surely have a   55   and safe museum visit.