If we don't have classes or exams, summer vacation is a good time for every kid. To me, it means  (1)  more than not going to school. It is also a golden opportunity to   (2)   time with my family because 1 have  (3)   time with them during the school year.

    Last summer I traveled with my family to the Hawkesbury River in Western Sydney. It was one of the most unforgettable summer   (4)   of my life.

    Staying by the river helped us escape  (5)   the hot weather and noise of the city. Every day, my family and I got up early to go   (6)  in the cool water. In the morning, we all took part in a big game. Everybody played,   (7)  my grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters. We enjoyed water-skiing, wakeboarding (水上滑板) and other activities. These activities   (8)   our family closer together.

    In the afternoon, we peacefully read a favorite book under a tree by the river, The days always ended with a campfire (篝火). Everyone sat around the fire, talking and laughing.

    The river is a great place for you to forget about all the   (9)   of everyday life and simply enjoy the moment. To me, it is the perfect place to spend time together with my family. I can't   (10)  thinking about those days again and again, even so many months later.

    It was Sunday yesterday. Steve   (1)   a relaxing weekend.   (2)   Sunday morning, he played computer games with his friends at home. It   (3)   pretty good. In the afternoon, he   (4)   with his mother. They bought many kinds of food and vegetables. It was really relaxing and exciting. In the evening, he   (5)   a talk show with his parents and listened to some songs by a   (6)   singer.   (7)   Ann had a busy weekend. She   (8)   stopped working. On Sunday morning, she cleaned her bedroom and did her homework. In the afternoon, she went to visit her uncle and   (9)   him do some farm work. In the evening, she cooked dinner for her parents. After dinner, she washed the dishes. Then she went out   (10)   a walk with her dog.

    What about your weekend?

What would you do if you found a wallet on the street? Maybe you say quickly that you want to  (1)  it back to the owner．But what if there’s lots of money in it，for example,$50，000？You may spend time deciding  (2)  to do．But Pakistani hotel cleaner Mr Khan showed us how to be  (3)  .

Mr Khan is a cleaner in a  (4)  in Pakistan．He only makes less than$240 a month．But he handed the$50，000 over to the hotel as  (5)  as he found it．He said he never considered keeping the money  (6)  ．“Although times are hard for everyone，that doesnˈt mean we should start stealing and  (7)  things which don’t belong to us，”Mr Khan said．

Mr Khan is a father of five and he hopes his act of kindness will  (8)  his country．“I want people around the world to know that there are many good people in Pakistan—not  (9)   is a terrorist(恐怖分子)here，”he said．

Mr Khan has been  (10)  as a national hero．The government was proud of him and said that this is the face of Pakistan that people donˈt see normally．He was also given a $220 award by the hotel．

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   Hello, everyone! Welcome to Class 2. I’m your English teacher. Now let   (1)   tell you our class   (2)  . First, you can’t be   (3)   class. You must arrive   (4)   time. Second, you must bring your English books and notebooks to every lesson. Third, you must   (5)   English during (在……期间) the pair work activities. If it’s   (6)    for you, you can ask me   (7)   help. Fourth, you must use green pens to correct (改正) your exercises. You mustn’t use red   (8)  . Fifth, if you have any   (9)  , you must put up your hands. You can’t talk or stand up without permission (未经允许). These are all the rules. They are good for you,   (10)   you must follow them. I hope we can have a good time every day.

Tom and Matt cleaned their house last night, because their parents are  (1)  for a visit the next day.

However, when they come home from  (2)  today, the house is very untidy. The books and magazines they left on the sofa are now on the floor, and the shoes are in pieces!  (3)  , Tom and Matt think a thief（小偷）breaks into their house when they are at work. They go to their bedroom to see if  (4)  is stolen, but nothing is  (5)  . Matt’s money is  (6)  on his desk, and Tom’s  (7)  watches are in his bookcase.

They can’t understand  (8)  nothing is missing and the house is so untidy. Tom and Matt  (9)  calling the police, but they don’t  (10)  nothing is missing. They walk around the house one more time to  (11)  everything is there. Then Tom looks closely  (12)  the floor--- there are four muddy paw prints（泥爪印）! The paw prints are headed towards the balcony（阳台）. When they  (13)  them, they see an open door and a very  (14)  dog hiding（藏）in the corner. Tom realizes that he forgets  (15)  the balcony door before he leaves for work in the morning. The mystery（秘密）of the untidy house is solved!

Have you ever   (1)  a fantastic experience? Hello, My name is Mary. I have been all over China  (2)  . My father is a captain, so we often go to different places for our holiday. My favourite place is Hainan. I like the beaches there. My friend Tom   (3)  San Francisco in the USA. His grandparents live there and he visits them every Spring Festival. He often says “I like San Francisco very much because there’s a lot   (4)  and do there. I’m at home in Chinatown!”

    My another friend Lily has been to a Jay Chou concert in Beijing with more than 2,000 people. She told us that Jay Chou has given   (5)   all over China and the tickets have always  (6)  . Fang Wenshan has written many songs for him.     

My brother went to a Beijing cinema to see The House of the Flying Daggers because he has always liked Andy Liu. And he has always wanted to meet him. At the end he   (7)   , and Andy Liu was   (8)  the seat beside him. My brother was very happy, because his dream   (9)        

My friend, what about you?   (10)  sending a email to me?

    When Charley gets up one morning, he looks from the window and  (1)  the ground covered with snow. The snow is piled (堆积) higher than Charley’s  (2)  .

    “We must have a path (通道) through this snow,” says his father. “I will make   (3)  if I have time, but I  (4)  be at the office early this morning. “Do you think you could make the path, Son?” he asks little Charley.

    “Me? The snow is higher than my head!   (5)  could I ever cut a path through that snow?”

    “How?  (6)   doing it little by little. Believe in yourself,” says his father, then he   (7)   for his office.

    So Charley gets the snow shovel (铲子) and begins to work. He takes first one shovelful and then another; but it is   (8)  work.

    “I don’t   (9)  I can do it, Mother,” he says. “A shovelful is so little,   (10)  there is so  (11)  snow.’’

    “Little by little, Charley,” says his mother. “That snow falls in tiny bits, flake by flake (一片片), but you see, it  (12)  a great pile.”

    “Yes, Mother, I   (13)  _,” says Charley. “If I do it little by little, it will soon be gone.” So he   (14)   on.

    When his father comes home to dinner, he is  (15)  to see the fine path. The next day he gives little Charley a fine blue sled (雪橇), and there are some words on it-“Little by Little.”

Today, we all know that air pollution is bad for people's health.   (1)   not all people know that noise is also a kind of pollution and is bad for humans' health. People who work and live in   (2)   conditions may go deaf. For example, many of the workers who  (3)   newspapers and books go deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also have  (4)   problems. Recently it was reported that many  (5)  in America can hear no better than 65-year-old people do, because these young people always listen to  (6)   pop music. Making a loud noise in  (7)   is also a kind of pollution. R not only disturbs (打扰)  (8)   but also is bad for people's hearing. Cars and machines also produce too much noise. Such pollution makes people feel uncomfortable and unpleasant, and it can even cause them to become   (9)  or deaf. Nowadays, many countries are trying to solve all kinds of environmental problems,   (10)   noise pollution.

What is the population of China? There are more than 1. 37 billion people in China. It is   (1)  one fifth of the world’s population. How to control the population growth is a big problem. Some people think it’s impossible to control the population growth. But I don’t quite agree   (2)   them because where there is a will, there is a way.

The question is how we could   (3)   it known to everyone how serious the population problems are. Our farmland is becoming less and less to everyone. We have already got too many mouths to feed. Unless we control the population growth， many people will die   (4)   hunger. Too fast population growth will be bad for our nation. Though laws have been passed to control the population growth，in some places   (5)   is done to carry out the laws. We should make people   (6)   that it is foolish of them to give birth to too many children. They should no longer do what they have been doing for many years.

We are fighting   (7)   too fast population growth. Yet the fighting won’t end   (8)   everyone knows its importance and does something for it.

Albert was mad about computer games. He often said to  (1)  . “This is my doorway to the world. There is much more here than you realize.”

  (2)   all his games, there was one he especially liked. In it he would move a character around and then collect   (3)  as many as possible. He was a real expert of it and he did well in it.

One day, when he got home from school, something   (4)  happened. As usual, he ran to his room and   (5)  the computer. But suddenly the screen  (6)  , and from inside came hundreds of little turtles. Albert couldn’t believe it, but he had to  (7)  that it wasn’t a dream.

Albert’s parents thought it was his  (8)   to look after the turtles. Day after day, he found it wasn’t an easy task. He  (9)  their diet, their habits, and he began to think up ways to feed them. He also tried to trick them into leaving his room, but it   (10)  worked. Gradually, he got used to living among turtles. And  (11)  , including his parents, friends and teachers, enjoyed hearing Albert’s growing knowledge about nature.

The day arrived when Albert forgot about his computer, but the turtles suddenly   (12)   He felt very sad, but he didn’t go out to look for the turtles.  (13)  , he went to the pet shop and got two turtles back.

And even today Albert is still  (14)   new things about animals and nature. Now he also uses the computer to do that. However, every time someone asks him about it, he  (15)  at his pets and says, “They are my doorway to the world. There’s a lot more to them than you realize.”