In Sunday school, Jennifer and her sister Katie hear how they should care for others. Katie has a great idea. "Let's start a new ___（1）____ at school called the Care Club!" Jennifer （2）____ thinks it is a wonderful idea. Every night they plan to do something the next day to _（3）____ their love.

   After school, they help a little girl learn to read. At the weekend, they help to walk an old man's dog and even give the dog __（4）____ to eat. Katie and Jennifer ___（5）____ that they love helping others and they are having so much ___（6）__ doing it.

   After some days, some other kids want to join the club. _（7）___ Katie and Jennifer open the club up to ___（8）___ members. They have weekly meetings to plan who they will help and ____（9）____ they will do it. For example, they raise some money to buy flowers or cards.

   At last, everyone at school_____（10）_____ the Care Club! And everyone wants to join!

 Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us   (1)   was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking    (2)   broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”

  My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to   (3)   himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the   (4)  , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the   (5)  . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you    (6)  .”

  I was so    (7)  that I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he    (8)  , “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t   (9)  to get anything, but when you do get something you should be very   (10)  .”

 I have a friend, Linda. Linda is    (1)  girl. She is   (2)  years old. She lives with   (3)   parents .She studies in a middle school near her home. Her classes begin at eight in the morning. She usually gets up(起床）  (4)  six thirty in the morning. And she washes（洗）at seven fifteen. Then she has   (5)  . She   (6)   school at seven thirty. In the afternoon, the classes begin at two o’clock. There are only two    (7)   in the afternoon. After school she plays   (8)  with her friends. In the evening, she usually    (9)  her homework and watches TV. She goes to   (10)   bed at 10:30.

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 __  (1)   7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn’t be much fun playing _  (2)  _ 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. __  (3)  __ was Dad: “Paul, I’m sorry, 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 _（4）__ . He threw himself into the sofa and soon __  (4)  _ asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.

The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and __  (5)  __ a test. After school, Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him what was wrong.

Paul just sat there __（7）__. “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I __（8）__. I know that something’s worrying you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.”

As Paul walked home, he thought of __（9）__ 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 __（12）__ 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 __  (8)  _ sometime. Dad, I love you.”

As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know __  (9)  __ 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.

A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress (压力) management. He raised a glass of water and asked them, "How ____  (1)  ___ do you think this glass of water is?"

   The students began to think and ____(  (2)  ____ Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.

   "It does not matter on the real ____  (3)  ____. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ____  (4)  ____ it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a ____  (5)  ____. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ____  (6)  ____ for a while before holding it up again."

   "If we carry our burdens(负担) ____  (7)  ____ sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to  ____  (8)  ____ the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on."

   So ____  (9)  ____ you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

   Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to ____  (10)  ____ ourselves.

   Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!

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?”

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?

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.