Sunday   (1)   the favorite day for our family. My parents   (2)   not   (3)   work. My sister and I   (4)   go to school. We   (5)   at home and   (6)   in the morning. In the afternoon, my sister and I   (7)   out to buy some different things. My sister likes songs. She   (8)   some new DVDs. I buy some story books, a doll, a bike and things   (9)   that. We also buy some small gifts（礼物） for our parents. We   (10)   them. They love us very much. We live in a happy family.

China has changed so fast that it is hard to know when to start. I came to China in 1994 and _（1）_ here ever since, so I have seen the changes in China. Take one city, Shenzhen for example. When I first saw this city, it   (1)  _ beggars (乞丐) and lots of low rise buildings. Many of the _  (2)  _ had shack (窝棚) buildings on top of them.

   There were no birds and other little wild life. It was like entering a   (3)  _ planet. But in the past 20 years Shenzhen has been a rather modern city   (4)  _ huge high rise buildings and a stock (股票) exchange, also a very large shipping industry.

   Now the city is very green, _  (5)  _ the wildlife has returned. Finally I can hear the birds _  (6)  _ and this brings hope of a better China in the future.

   As China moves from being the "workshop" of the world to a more acceptable service industry and people live _  (7)  than before. The present leader is taking the country in the best possible direction and   (8)  _ is admirable (令人钦佩的).

   China has changed for the better and I've enjoyed every minute   (9)  _ I've spent there. I think the country will become more beautiful in the future.

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.

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.

An American man, a Russian man, and an African man were all up in a hot-air balloon together. After a few minutes, the Russian man put his hand down through the   (1)  . “Aha!” he said. “We’re right   (2)   my homeland.”

A few hours later the African man put his hand through the clouds. “Aha we’re   (5)   over my homeland.” he said   (6)  .

“How do you   (7)   that?” asked the Russian and the American in surprise.

“Of course I know. I feel hot with my    (8)       inthe clouds. It’s the heat of the desert.”

Several more hours later the American put his hand in the clouds. “Aha, we’re right over New York.”

The Russian and the African were so   (9)   . “How do you know all of that?” they asked in one voice.

The American  (10)   his hand up and said, “Look! My watch is missing.”

With the development of economic and technology, more and more pollution appeared in every part of the life .Many people know the air pollution and water pollution are   (1)  to people.   (2)  ,not all people know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and it is bad for human beings too.

People who work and live under noisy   (3)  easily become deaf .Scientists believe that 10 percent   (4)  the workers in Britain are being deafened(变聋)by the noise where they work .Many of the workers who print newspapers and books ,and who weave (织)cloth become deaf. Quite a few people   (5)  near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than   (6)  people, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of the pop music is   (7)   noise.

Nowadays the governments in many countries have made laws   (8)  or control noise and to make  (9)  less than 85 decibels(分贝).In China , the government is trying to solve  (10)   air and water pollution problems but also pollution problem.

 My family ____(1)____ a restaurant in L.A. where I have to work as a waitress. One Friday night, I was working late and everyone was ____(2)___. I was just about to leave when my mom ___(3)____ me over to the kitchen.

   “There's still someone at one of the ____(4)____ tables”, my mom said.

   “Well, kick him out.”

   “We are not kicking him out. He's a young boy about your ___(5)____, and he seems sad.” She put a piece of cake on the plate and ___(6)____ it to me. “Here, go give this to him and try to cheer him up. I'll see you at home.”

   “Ugh, fine.” I said.

   I walked ____(7)____ to the table and couldn't believe my eyes. It was Justin Bieber, and he did seem sad.

   “Um, hi,” I said, smiling.

   “Hi,” he said.

   “Here's a piece of cake.”

   “Thanks.”

   “Is something wrong?” I asked.

   “Not ____(8)___,” he sighed. “It's just that it's Friday night and instead of hanging out with friends or going out like a normal teenager, I'm eating ____(9)____.”

   “Well, I guess I'm not normal teen either because this is ___(10)____ I spend my Fridays.”

   Justin smiled.

   “Working? Well, maybe you can take a break and we abnormal (not normal) teens can ___(11)____ the piece of cake.”

   “Like a date?” I smiled.

   “So would you say this is your dream date?” he asked.

   “No,” I said. “Look, I don't ____(12)____ if you are Justin Bieber. My dream date would be slow dancing with my date.”

   “Then let's slow dance,” Justin said.

   Justin ____(13)____ his song “First Dance” on his phone and walked toward me. I ____(14)____ his hand and we started dancing.

   “Is this your dream date?”

   “Yeah,” I said. “But why do you want this to be my dream date?”

   “Because you are my dream date.”

   We smiled at ____(15)____.

Mr. White was a doctor. One day a young man came to see him. The young man told him that he had a bad   (1)  . Mr. White examined him   (2)   but found nothing. So Mr. White said to the young man, “You are very   (3)  . There is nothing wrong with your head, young man.”_  (4)  _ the young man still felt painful. Mr. White asked   (5)   there was something that troubled him. The young man said that he borrowed 5,000   (6)   his cousin, but he had no money to return. Mr. White gave him some advice. A few days   (7)  , the young man came to Mr. White again. He said that he felt well. In the afternoon of the same day,   (8)   young man came to see Mr. White. He was well with his body, too. The young man said to Mr. White, “I am the cousin of the young man you  (9)   this morning. Could you give me some advice   (10)   away from my troubles?”

The Internet is useful. It is becoming an important   (1)   of our lives. We can use the Internet to get information, make friends, send emails, watch movies and so on. Now,   (2)   children are using the Internet, too. But I think parents or teachers should always   (3)   the children when they use the Internet.

There is   (4)   in charge of（负责）the Internet. It’s easy to get wrong information on the Internet. Someone may cheat people on the Internet. Some information and pictures are  (5)   for children. Also, it’s dangerous to let children   (6)   chat rooms by themselves. Parents should know who their children are talking to. What’s more,   (7)   in front of a computer for a long time isn’t good for children’s eyes. So children shouldn’t spend

  (8)   time on the computer.

In a word, the Internet can change our lives   (9)   the better. But I strongly believe that it is   (10)   for parents to watch their children when they use the Internet.

My friend Jack always had accidents. He did not ____(1)____ attention to what he was doing or where he was going. A few months ago, ____(2)____ car hit him while he was on his way home from school. The driver was tired, ____(3)____ he did not see Jack. And Jack was talking on ____(4)____ mobile phone and was riding in the middle of the road. The car hit him. He ____(5)____ his leg and was in hospital for over a month.

   Last week, he was not looking ___(6)____ he was going as usually. As a result, he fell ____(7)____ a hole in the park. Some ____(8)____ people in the park helped him climb out of the hole and then took him to hospital. ____(9)____, he did not break an arm or a leg this time. At the hospital, the ____(10)____ gave him some medicine and then he went home.

After the two accidents, Jack changed a lot. Now he is very careful.