---What is Kate doing in her room?

---I guess she’s ____________a book.

I checked my purse but had no coins. I always give money to cancer research- I had   lost dear friends and family members to the disease and wanted to do my little part to help find the cure（治疗）. 

“I will bring you some money when I come back,” I (41)the little boy. 

“Thank you!” he smiled and sneezed.

 I looked at him. If you have ever seen little children who refuse to come out of cold

water, you know the (42)of his lips. He was frozen. I went into the mall and did my 

shopping quickly. Now I had(43) to give go him. I also(44) a pair of mittens, blue    ones. The boy stood right where he had(45). 

“OK, now give me your list, ”I said to the boy and he handed it over with a pen. I looked at the (46) lines. A few signatures were
​ there and I could see others had given a few coins too. Nothing much, but at least he had (47) some money. 

“Do you need to get all these lines(48)?” 

“Yes. Or no, I don’t have to, (49) I want to.” 

“In this cold weather? Why would you want that?” 

“Because my best friend Pete has leukemia(白血病). I want to help him,”he

  said (50). 

I took the blue mittens out of my bag. 

“Here I got these for you,” I said and pushed the mittens into his hands. “Please take them. I noticed you had (51)yours at home.” 

“Thank you! Very kind of you! ” he said and actually bowed. “Now I (52)stand 

here a lot longer than I thought.” 

“Well, what do you get for yourself? Will they give you something as a (53)for 

doing this?” 

“Oh yes!” the boy said(54). “They sure do!” 

“What do you get then?” I asked, hoping to (55)he got some nice toys. He was 

smiling broadly now. “I get a new, empty list!” he smiled. 

Resolutions are promises to 31  .They can help you to make you a better person and make your your life  32  . Kate’s brother Danny 33  some New Year’s resolutions yesterday. This year, he is going to learn 34  the guitar. She is going to take the guitar lessons and  practice every day. Next, he wants to get good  35. He is going to study  36 and he is going to do all his homework  37 .The third resolution is about 38  his relationship with his family and friends.He is going to be friendlier 39  them.Finally,he will also learn 40  to do better at school.   

Hello ! My name is Linda . I’m ten . My   41   is Alice . She is 38 . My father is Simon . He is   42   , too（也）. They teach（教学）in a   43   . I have a   44   and a brother . My sister is Amy . She is a nice   45   . She is six years old .   46   ! That is Mike .   47   is my brother . I have   48   uncle . He is 37 . My aunt is 35 .   49   have a son .   50   name is Jim . He is five .

My life is always full of sadness and little joy. However, no matter (无论) what happens, I can    36    face it bravely.
     Last year, I couldn’t believe the    37    that I could enter the only key high school in my hometown.  Then I rushed to my home and told my parents.  But my father didn’t  seem as    38      as I was. He just kept smoking    39      saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help    40   . 
    I knew very well what my family was    41__. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a    42__ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset (心烦意乱) but I could say   43   to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work to   44   my family.
     To my surprise, things completely changed after the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some   45    , which was raised (捐)by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.   46  ” With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the   47    high school.
      I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. No matter what difficulties I meet, I always   48    my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college   49    and I must work hard for it, no matter  50    hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”

Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball and football.   36.   has its own season and millions of supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities   37.   they are located. When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city   38.   the game with   39.   and enthusiasm (热情).

  Basketball is famous around the world. Professional basketball games in the US are played indoors during winter months. From November to April one can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large American cities. It is   40.   a national sport. There are basketball matches   41 .  every night of the week and   42.    weekends as well. The season begins in April and   43.   in  October.

  Football   44.  another popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays   45.    autumn. American football is different   46.    international football, which is called   47. .

  Both games need strength and skills (体能和技巧). Many young people would like  48.   professional players because a professional player can    49.  millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players may be   50.   than the country’s president.

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep    36    , happy and to live     37    . People play different games in winter and summer.        38     is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very     39     and people everywhere like them. For example, football is very popular. In China, most people, men,     40    , boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about them.     41     and jumping began long long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather(相当)    42    . People began to play them not long ago. And people are    43     new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of    44     games. People    45     different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.