A school boy wanted to ask for two days off（请假）, but he only learnt the phrase（短语）" have a day off". He thought and   (1)  , then he had an   (2)  .

He came to the teacher's office and said," Mother is ill. May I have a day off, sir?" "Of course, you can," replied（回答）the teacher at once.

The boy walked away. And then he   (3)  turned back and knocked（敲）  (4)  the teacher's door   (5)  , "May I have a day off again?" he said.

The teacher was very   (6)  . "Didn't you say it   (7)  ?"

"Yes, sir. But I can't be here the day after tomorrow, either（也）."

The teacher understood him and could not help laughing（禁不住大笑起来）. He said   (8)     (9)  smile, " Why   (10)  you say, 'May I have two days off?' "

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   (1)   at the answer. Thinking he had not made   (2)   understood or the girl had not   (3)   him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”

Hello! I’m Sandra. I’m looking at family photos. Here is a photo ____  (1)  ____ my aunt’s family. This is Cindy. ____  (2)  ____ is my aunt, my mother’s sister. Cindy is a teacher. She is very ____  (3)  ____ every day, but she likes her work. ____  (4)  ____ is this man? His name is Paul. He is my ____  (5)  ____ husband(丈夫). He works in a hospital. He thinks his work is fun. They have ____  (6)  ____ children(孩子). Oh, look! They are here. Jason is their son and Joanna is their daughter. Jason and Joanna ____  (7)  ____ my cousins. They are students and we are in the same ____  (8)  ____. They always come to my house and we ____  (9)  ____ games and volleyball.

 It’s a ____  (10)  ____ family. I love it.

When learning new vocabulary(词汇), don’t just memorize(记忆) a list of words（单词表）.  (1)  , try to make five sentences using each new word. Then use the new word as often as you can the first day you learn it. This way you will remember new words   (2)  longer.

Practicing sounds(语音), you know, is difficult---the“th”sound， for example. Choose words that   (3)  “th”and repeat (重复) them over and over until you are comfortable with them. Let’s try! This, that, those, them, think, thought, through, thin….

Read, read, read in English, of course! Reading is one of   (4)   ways to increase your vocabulary and   (5)  your grammar in a natural and fun way. Be sure to choose topics or books you are interested in.

When someone   (6)  in English, listen to the main point(要点). If you  (7)  a word you don’t understand, ignore (忽略)  (8)   and go on listening. If you stop and think about the word, you will miss   (9)   the person is saying.

Always remember practice   (10)   perfect.

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much.

One day she found two dying birds in the forest. She took them home and put them in a small   (1)    . She was happy to have two “friends”. She    (2)   them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the door of the cage was open. The larger and the   (3)   of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly before it could fly away. But soon she couldn’t   (4)      a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her    (5)  

killed the bird! Then she    (6)  the other bird jump up and down inside the cage. She could feel it wanted to fly into the blue sky. So she lifted it from the cage and let it   (7)    away highly. The bird circled(盘旋) once, twice, and three times. The girl     (8)     as the bird flew. She didn’t care about(关心，在意)  (9)    the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. To her surprise, the bird flew closer and landed(降落) on her shoulder. It sang the   (10)  song she had ever heard.

The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly（紧紧地）, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀）

This year, we have met a once-a-century drought(旱灾 )in Yunnan. It makes us  (1)  water is the “life blood” of our earth, like air and sunshine. It is very important to living things. Without water, there can be  (2)  life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook and to clean_ （3） . It even_  (3)  two thirds of our bodies.

Water is almost everywhere. Even in the_  (4)  places of the world, there is water in the air. However, we can not drink sea water  (5)  fresh water.            

However, people often_  (6)  to keep the water clean. They throw rubbish into rivers, lakes and seas. So not all the fresh water is_  (7)  for us to drink. _  (8)  a member of the earth, we mustn’t waste water any more. We must do something to   (9)   water.

During the break(课间), Jake was playing games on his mobile phone(手机).Some  (1)   werestanding around him and talking.“It  (2)    that people now can’t live without mobile phones. What will themobile phone be like in the future?”One of them suddenly(突然)  (3)    .

Robert said first,“I think it will be as  (4)   as paper. And we can charge(充电)it by putting it in the sun,”Susan   (5)    withRobert. She said,“Yes，it is really possible. In the future,people may leave theEarth and live on other  (6)    . It’ll be very far, butwe can still  (7)    on the mobile phone.  (8)    doyou think，Eliza?”“Well,I don’t know. Maybe it will be able to do  (9)    everything,”Elizaanswered.“No matter what it will be like,it will become  (10)    .”

     As we all know, Chinese students are hard-working. But they’re   (1)  at the same time.

    At school, they have to follow the strict(严格的) school  (2)  . For example, they   (3)   have long hair or wear strange (奇怪的) clothes.

        And at home, they’re always busy with their homework and they don’t have any free time to do what they like. Once (一旦) they don’t do well in exams, their parents will lose   (4)   for them.

      On weekends, their parents tell them to take part in different classes they don’t like. They always feel   (5)   and bored. They   (6)   interest in school things slowly. Some students can’t   (7)   it and leave home. Because their parents only care about children’s study and they never   (8)   what they want.

       “Many students can do nothing  (9)   study. Some students even don’t know  (10)   to get on well with（相处） others and how to take care of others,”said an expert (专家).

       “This is a serious problem. It’s necessary for us to think it over and solve it well,”said another expert.

Li Ming was a good school boy before. He   (1)  to do well in all his lessons. All his classmates took   (2)   in him. But these days he turned out to be another Li Ming. He   (3)  asleep in class. He has been late for school three times since last Friday. Yesterday they took an. English test. He failed. But he always got over 130 before. His headteacher, Rose, didn't know   (4)  . So she decided to go to his home and found out the reason. On her   (5)  to his home, she passed by a net bar. To her  (6)  , she saw Li Ming playing computer games excitedly inside. Then she   (7)   what had happened. She went into the net bar and pulled him out. Li Ming was very frightened because she was very   (8)  with him. He didn't know how she would deal with him. She   (9)  beat him nor punished (惩罚) him.   (10)  , she told him playing computer games was bad for his health and study. She also asked him not to lose himself in it. Li Ming promised (答应) to give up computer games and study hard to achieve his dreams.