My friend John is a university student. Last year he  (1)  to Japan and stayed there for two months. I was  (2)  that John could stay there for so long, because he was quite poor(穷的).

“ How did you get so much  (3)  ,John?” I asked,“I thought you could only stay in Japan for two weeks.”It was easy,” John answered. “I got a job in Japan,"

“A job?  (4)  ?”

I gave English lessons  (5)  a shopkeeper. We became good friends.”

“But you  (6)   a teacher!”

"Mr. Tanaka, the shopkeeper,  (7)  I was not a teacher. But he said there were usually many  (8)  customers coming to his shop, so he hoped to learn  (9)  English. I spent three hours a day  (10)  him. In return, he gave me three meals a day and some money.  “ Did he learn much English?” I asked.“I donˈ t know,” John said,“ But I learned a lot of Japanese!”

Most people like traveling. Traveling is certainly a great way to relax and open your eyes. But before taking a trip, we all have to decide   (1)   to travel with----is it better with family, with friends, or alone?

  Traveling with family can be hard work and there can be  (2)   arguments(争论). In my own family, Dad always wants to go to a museum. Mum and my sister want to shop, and I want to go to a coffee shop.It’s hard for the family to   (3)  each other. However,traveling with family can be very cheap or even free  (4)   parents pay.

  Traveling with friends is not usually cheap.   (5)   always plays an important role(作用) when you travel with friends. It is normal(正常的)  (6)   everyone to have different budgets(预算). However, it can be great fan. It is also good for you to learn more about your friends and   (7)   experiences with them. Also, traveling with friends is a way to strengthen(巩固) a friendship.

Traveling alone can be a good idea. You can   (8)   what you want to do and stay in one place as long as you like. It can also be a good chance to   (9)   new people and make friends. Of course , traveling alone is not always good. It can be lonely and, sometimes,   (10)   with no one to talk to. What’s more, there is no one to help watch your luggage(行李) when traveling on a bus, boat or train.

Mr White works in an office.He liked reading __(1)__bed when he was at school.It was bad for his eyes and now he is nearsighted (近视). But he wouldnˈt want_(2)__to know about it and he never wears glasses.It often__(3)__some problems.One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business.He__(4)__ the bus at a stop in a small town.Then he had to walk to the village.The road to the village wasnˈt smooth(平坦). He fell over several times and this__(5)__his clothes dirty.__(6)__he got to the village.Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder.He was looking for the school when his__(7)__ was blown off.He began to run after it but he couldnˈt get it.He couldnˈt understand why his hat ran into a house as if it had __(8)__and he ran into the house, (9)_.A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “__(10)_are you running after my hen (母鸡)for？”

Sometimes, I doubt whether there is any love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to _  (1)  _ money . They don’t act romantic the way couples do in books and on TV. They never say, “I love you.” It is not their style.

   One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I sat down beside her. “Morn, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while. “What?” she asked, still working. “Is there __  (2)  __ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

   She stopped her work and __  (3)  _ her head. Then she bowed (低下) her head and went on sewing. I thought I had hurt her. At last I heard my mother say, “Susan, look at this thread (线). Sometimes it __  (4)  __, but most of it disappears in the quilt, it makes the quilt ____  (5)  ___ If life is a quilt, then love should be a __  (6)  __. It can hardly be seen anywhere, __  (7)  ____ it is really there. ”

   I listened carefully but I didn't understand her ___  (8)  ___ the next spring. My father suddenly got sick. My mother had to stay with him in the _  (9)  __ for a month.

   After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly down the road every day. My father had never been so weak.

   “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don't worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like _  (10)  ___ with your morn. ”

   Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. Now I know that love is the thread that holds a family together.

Can people live without salt?  (1)  . Salt is very important to us. We need salt in our life. Animals need it,  (2)  .Most of the salt comes from  (3)  .People dig great pools and fill them with sea water. When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt  (4)  the ground.

We also get salt from salt lakes. There are many salt lakes in China, and some of these lakes are very big. We are   (5)   to get more salt from them.