The word “hobby” is an interesting word. Almost everyone   (1)   some kinds of hobby. It may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive but   (2)   don’t cost anything at all.

My youngest brother collectsstamps. He has almost(几乎) 800 of them, but I wonder   (3)   they are worth any money or not. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing  makes him   (4)    than to find a special stamp for his collection.

To me, I enjoy listening to music.It can help me  (5)  . Mostbabies and young children like music, too. They would like someone  (6)   to them. When they get older, they like to sing songs themselves. In middle school, students  (7)   music lessons. And they become

  (8)    in pop music. It will make  (9)    happy.

Do you have a hobby? Can you share it  (10)   me?

Barack Hussein Obama   (1)   history   (2)   becoming the first African -American president in American history.

   Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961．His parents separated (分开) when he was two years old and   (3)  divorced (离婚). Obama grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia．Later, he moved to New York,   (4)   he graduated from Columbia University in 1983. Obama met his wife, Michelle Robinson, in June 1989 and   (5)   her on October 3, 1992. The   (6)   first daughter, Malian Ann, was born in 1998, followed by a second daughter, Natasha, in 2001.

   Obama's   (7)  is a true milestone(里程碑)．It speaks to the   (8)  that in America you really do get a chance to do anything, if you have the talent and ability and you work hard enough.

   Obama did not take office until 20 January, 2009．However, when he did become president, he faced many serious challenges,   (9)  two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as "the worst financial crisis (经济危机) in a century"．But Obanm himself was ready to   (10)   these challenges.

 Many children act in TV shows. They work several ____(1)____every day. So they can't go to regular(正规的) ____(2)____. How do they get their schooling?

   In Hollywood, about forty teachers give ____(3)____ for the children. Their work is very important. They make ____(4)____ that the child ____(5)____many different subjects. They make sure4 ____(6)____ that the child gets enough rest and____(7)____.

   Children in Holleywood must attend classes twenty hours ____(8)____ week. If not, they can't work in TV shows any ____(9)____.

   TV children are usually ____(10)____ pupils, and most of their teachers ____(11)____ this kind of week. They give the ____(12)____ lessons in many interesting ____(13)____ . Sometimes the "classroom" is a Mississipi boat. ____(14)____ it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become ____(15)____ stars.

As we know, rainforests are the lung of the earth. They _(1)_ about 6% of the earth's surface. Half of the animals on Earth live in rainforests. The sloth (树懒) is one of them.

   The sloth lives in the tree _  (1)  _ 30 meters of the ground. It is the most interesting animal I know. It looks like a panda or a monkey. It always moves very slowly, _  (2)  _ when it is in danger. But you can't imagine (想象) it is good at swimming. When it is in the _  (3)  _, it can swim like a big fish.

   Many people think it is a kind of   (4)  _ animal. Why? The sloth needs to _  (5)   15 to 20 hours sleeping in the tree in the daytime. Yes, it does nothing _  (6)   sleeping during the daytime. Maybe that's the _  (7)   why people think it's lazy. When does it eat meals? Of course at night. It   (8)  _ leaves of the trees. It eats nothing else. So it _  (9)  _ live without forests.

   The sloth is a kind of rare (珍惜) animal. If we can't protect it well, it will die out one day.

My son was a gentle(温顺的)，cute little boy and he had to go to a kindergarten(幼儿园). I   (1)  so much about him, and I cried every time when he climbed on the school bus.

  (2)   ,he had the most wonder bus driver who loved him ,and I knew exactly when he would   (3)   home because of the school’s route planning , and I would wait at the corner for him to   (4)   the bus.

But , one day there was another   (5)   ,and the bus came down the road as usual only to whiz(呼啸而过) right on by me.

“  (6)   is my baby?” I thought . I called the school. “My baby wasn’t on the school bus. He was   (7)  .”

So the school called the bus driver and she had just arrived at next bus stop. She walked through the bus looking   (8)  . Suddenly she discovered my little baby tucked(蜷缩)away in a seat in the middle of the bus, as   (9)   as he could .

My poor sweet just didn’t know his own bus stop. He had no idea where he   (10)  . And since the driver was a newer, neither did she.

Finally, after about an hour, my lost baby returned to me.

 Do you feel tired and bored after a long term? Winter vacation is coming! Go on vacation! Go to   (1)   and interesting places!

   I’m planning to   (2)   a vacation to Hainan Island(岛) first. I hear there are beautiful beaches there,   (3)   I’m taking walks or playing volleyball. Water there is great! I’m going   (4)   in the sea. Maybe I’m staying there for a week. In the daytime, I’m going sightseeing around the island. At night I’m renting some   (5)   and reading them in the hotel.

   Then I decide to go to the countryside because it’s quiet and   (6)  . I can enjoy flowers and trees there. I can work with people there on the farm. They’re teaching me   (7)   to do farm work. And I’m going to the mountains if there is   (8)   time. I have to wear sports  (9)  to walk in the mountains. I think I will have a good time in the countryside. 

   Are you thinking about your vacation? Come on, the beauty of nature is   (10)  for you. Go start!

 Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Leo. He seemed to be dumb (哑的),   (1)    he was normal in every other way. Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to   (2)   , but they failed.

    When Leo was four years old, the best   (3)    in the town examined him carefully. However, he could not find   (4)    wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he   (5)   spoke.

  “There might be something wrong with his   (6)  , and he doesn’t know he’s able to speak,” one doctor said.

  “But   (7)    can read and write,” said Mr. Green. “We write him notes,   (8)   him that he can speak.”

  “It’s certainly very strange,”   (9)    doctor said. “Perhaps he’ll be able to speak some day.”

   Years passed. Leo went to school. But he did not speak a word.

   Then one day, Leo was having a   (10)    with his parents. When he looked up from his meal and said, “Pass me the   (11)   , please.”

   Mr. and Mrs. Green were   (12)   . “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you   (13)     so long to speak?”

  “I didn’t have anything to say,” he said. “   (14)   now everything was perfect. But you   (15)    to put salt in these potatoes.” After hearing this, his parents were very angry but they didn’t say anything. They looked each other and smiled.

Little Mixisa British singing group. They   (1)   British Talent Show in 2011 and became famous. They are the first   (2)  to win the show.

The   (3)   ofLittle Mixhas a special meaning. “Little” means they are young girls. The oldest one was born in 1991, and the   (4)  was born in 1993. “Mix” means each of them is different.

The four girlsworkvery hard every day,   (8)   they feel great to sing on the stage, meet their fans and   (9)   with each other. They are more   (10)   sisters.

Now this group finds big success in America. Do you want them to come to China one day? 

 If you like to break things when you are unhappy, then Nanjing Zhonghua Middle School is the school for you.This term, Nanjing Zhonghua Middle place will build a“stress wall（发泄墙）”to help students who feel unhappy because of schoolwork or other reasons.

“Students can  (1)    (2)    (3)  hit the wall or write on thewall   (4)    (5)    (6)   makes them sad,”said Tao Dehua, a leader of the school.She said the wall will be built somewhere in a corner, far from the main building.Tao also said the   (  3  )   of a“stress wall”started when footprints were found on some newly painted walls and some school windows were broken.“These things  (7)    (8)    (9)   because some students feel lots of pressure from their studies or because they don’t get along very well with other students,”Tao said.

 According to a report ,15 % of juniors in China are stressed out .Shen Cuihua, the school’s doctor, thinks visiting the wall can help stressed students to feel  (10)    (11)    (12)  .

     When under stress, the body gets ready to either run or fight and becomes very nervous. Hitting the wall can help  (13)    (14)    (15)   the body and take away stress.The stress wall won’t be ready until September, many students are already hoping it can make their lives easier.

“Tests and homework make me sad,”said Liu Yuan, a Junior 3 girl.“I can’t  (16)    (17)    (18)   to hit the wall. It will help me a lot with my   (19)    (20)    (21)   .

Another girl student who wouldn’t give her name said the wall won’t  (22)    (23)    (24)   for her.“Mainly because it can’t talk,”she said.“I need to talk to someone when I’m sad.”

Wu Yinming, a Nanjing University professor（教授），said building the wall could be  (25)    (26)    (27)  .“Kids who hit the wall could start fighting more with each other.”He said.