John lived in a small town in English. He   (1)  stayed in England for his holidays, but then last year he thought: “I’ve never been to other   (2)  . All my friends went to Spain, and  (3)  liked it very much, so this year I’ll go there, too.” First he went to the capital and stayed in a hotel  (4)   a few days. On the first morning he   (5)   for a walk. In England people drive on the left,   (6)   in Spain they drive on the right. John   (7)  about this, and when he crossed a busy street, a bike knocked him down.

John   (8)  on the ground for seconds and then he stood up and said, “   (9)   am I?”

Just then an old man selling   (10)   went past him. When he heard John’s words, he said to him at once, “Maps of the city, sir?”

Driving around New Zealand may be different from driving in your own country. It's necessary for you to know more  (1)   information if you are traveling to New Zealand. Here are some tips to help you drive safely in New Zealand.

◆ Keep Left

   In New Zealand, traffic goes on the   (2)   side of the road and the driver sits on the right of the car. If you are used to driving on the right, you need to be  (3)  all the time.

◆ Give Way to the Right

     (4)  , driving in New Zealand is stress-free. The only major difference is the "give way to the fight" rule. If the other car would hit your driver's side door, you should   (5)  . Anyone behind a give way sign must give way to the car on the road without the give way sign.   (6)  not, he / she will be fined (罚款) $150.

◆ School Buses

   You must slow down to 20 km/h when you pass a school bus, even if the school bus is on the   (7)   side of the road. Some school buses have a yellow and black sign saying "SCHOOL" but no other warning signs. There are a lot of school buses on the roads   (8)  7 am and 9 am and 3 pm and 5 pm on any school day, so you need to he more careful.

◆ Animals on the Road

   Pay more attention to animals on the road,   (9)   in the countryside. When seeing them, you should stop and let the animals go past you or follow the farmer's instructions (指示).

◆ Seat Belts (安全带)

   The seat belts must be  (10)  by the drivers. If you are caught not wearing your seat belt, you will be fined.

Peter and Paul had a permission from their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more   (1)   to camp in the woods that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys went away with their tent and food.

Carrying their heavy load, the two brothers walked along the riverbank, hardly noticing the distance. They were eager(渴望) to reach their destination(目的地) before lunchtime. As they entered the cool, shadowy woods, they began to search for a suitable camping spot(地点). Peter wanted to   (2)   close to the river at the edge(边缘) of the woods,   (3)   Paul, who was older, insisted that they camp further away. Unwillingly(不情愿), Peter followed his brother deeper into the  (4)  . “This is really a wonderful setting!” said Paul in excitement. They   (5)  the tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way   (6)   to the river to catch some fish.

 “Are you sure that this is the right way?” whispered Peter shakily(颤抖). “I’m sure we passed that hollow tree just a while ago.” Paul walked   (7)   silently. “Look, there it is again. We’re lost, aren’t we?” complained Peter. Paul had to admit that he didn’t know where they were.   (8)   , they were a long distance from where they were   (9)   to be. They were not even   (10)   of where they had set up their camp. They stood in   (11)   for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea. “Why don’t we look for clues the way trackers(追踪者)   (12)   in the movies? We weren’t careful about how we walked, so I’m sure we would have left   (13)   some broken tree branches and leaves. ”

Carefully, the boys   (14)   the marks that they had left, until finally they found their campsite. Hurriedly, they packed their belongings and set off   (15)   the direction of the river.

What would their parents think of their adventure?

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?

If you do not use your arms or your legs for   (1)   , they become weak; When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works   (2)   the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practise by   (3)   it often. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If someone says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(责任). But if he   (4)   us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame（责备）．But   (5)   of us know that it is just his own fault, too.

Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have       ___(6)___ memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a little notebook. They   (6)   remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is always being exercised. As a result, they have a better memory.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering.

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. Nobody knows ____  (1)  ___, but there are many stories about people’s dreams that came true. One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in the small town ofSwaffhamin England. He dreamed that he was standing on London Bridge and that a man told him how to become___  (2)  ___. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed money, so the next day he set out for London. He walked for three days and three nights and at last arrived at London Bridge. There were plenty of ___  (3)  ___ on the bridge, but they were not interested in him. They all ignored(不理睬) him. After three days, he decided to go home, but before he could do this, a shopkeeper came towards him.

“I’ve been watching you,” the shopkeeper said. “Are you ___  (4)  ___ someone?’

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man on London Bridge. He was going to ___  (5)  ___me a lot of money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. You shouldn’t believe in dreams. If I believed in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man from Swaffham. His name was John Chapman and he had gold in his garden near an old apple tree.”

It was really amazing! John immediately ____  (6)  ____ for his house. As soon he arrived, he dug in his garden near the old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so delighted that he gave some of the gold to his local church. He was a rich man for the rest of his life.

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.

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.