What do you think our life   (1)   like in the future? I think each family will have a robot. The robot will   (2)   like a human. You can ask it   (3)  everything for you. It will serve you twenty-four hours a   (4)  and never rest. It can talk with you when you   (5)  bored, It is a difficult question that you don't know whether (是否) it is a human or a robot when you meet it on the street.

    People will spend   (6)  time working and have more time to travel. The cars in the future will   (7)   fly freely in the sky   (8)  every car will have wings (翅膀) with it. Robots will   (9)   you to any place you want to visit. Taking the cars will be very   (10)   because the robots will drive them for you wonderfully.

I’m enjoying my staying in Canada. It is my first experience of being abroad, and I am trying to learn as  (1)  as possible. Classes here are much more fun and very different from classes in  (2)  . In China there are very few chances to practice   (2)   and listening, so although many Chinese students know many   (3)   rules, their speaking is not good. Studying English at Fern is much more practical(实践的).  In fact, we   (4)  the language we are learning. I couldn’t speak any English at all when I  (5)  here. Thankfully after about a month, things started getting  (6)  and I made friends and started to settle in (安家). I am really  (7)  to learn English here and Fern is a very good language school.

I have always wanted to have a sister. In my Canadian host family my dream has  (8)  . On the first day when I arrived, my host family welcomed   (9)  warmly. All the family members were  (10)  and helpful, and they made me feel at home at once.

My  (11)  , Joise, is very kind. She often explains their manners to me. Her mother explains ordinary things like housework. Together they  (12)  me study and understand Canada. Joise told me a   (13)  . Last year, she met a Chinese student on a plane. She said she felt sorry because she did not say   (14)   to the girl.

I’m happy to live in Canada. I think it will be an important experience in my life.

Joe was an old man aged 75. He lived alone in a small village. Joe had   (1)  grandchildren and they often visited him during their holidays.

And it was   (2)   time and Joe prepared his home for kids, cleaning the rooms, tidying the garden, buying the food.... In the busy preparation, he lost his   (3)  .

The watch was the gift from his   (4)  . Joe treasured it and it became his only companion(陪伴) after his wife died.

It was the next day when he   (5)  that the watch was missing(不见了). He was very sad. His grandchildren asked him why he was so sad. Joe said, “Dear children, I lost the most   (6)  watch in my life. It was from your grandma! I feel like I’m missing my heart.”

One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch   (7)  ?”

Joe said, “I guess when I was cleaning the barn(谷仓)!”

The children decided to search in the barn. The barn   (8)  old materials, broken benches and so on.They searched for more than two hours with Joe, but couldn’t find it. Joe lost the   (9)   and asked the children to stop searching.

But a few minutes later, one grandson again moved to the barn, and asked the other three kids not to follow him and keep   (10)  . The others were very   (11)  , but they still did what he said.

He sat there for about fifteen minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. Yes, he   (12)  the watch.

Joe was surprised and asked   (13)  he was able to find it. The little boy replied, “I sat there   (14)  making a noise and the barn was so quiet. After a few minutes, I   (15)  ‘tick, tick’ and found the watch.” Joe hugged him and thanked the little boy.

  Dear Jake,

    You  (1)  with your dad yesterday. I know you are still angry but please listen to me carefully. Last week you played computer games too much. You didn’t go to bed  (2)  12:00 at night. You didn’t have  (3)  time to sleep, so you were very  (4)  in class. And you didn’t pass the English test, so your dad was very angry. He didn’t  (5)  you to play computer games too much. What did you do? You told him you were doing your homework on the  (6)  . Then you turned off your computer and refused to talk to him.

    Maybe you don’t realize you have  (7)   him. I think he is  (8)  you to say sorry. If you don’t feel comfortable doing so, why don’t you say something like “Good morning”? As long as you say something, your dad will feel  (9)  . I know you love him, and I hope you can  (10)  with him.

    Mom

Henry is a taxi(出租车) driver. He   (1)   up late last night. This morning, he was very sleepy(瞌睡的). So he stopped his car on the street side to have a   (2)   . He slept for a short time. Then a woman came to knock   (3)    his car window. He had to open his  (4)   and looked at her. The woman asked, “What’s the   (5)   today, sir?” Henry looked at the   (6)   in his car and said, “June 27th.” Then he closed his eyes again. About ten   (7)   later, a man knocked on the window and asked, “Sir, can you tell me what the date is today?” Henry had to tell him it was June 27th. Henry   (8)   sleep well. Then he had a good  (9)   . He wrote a note(便条) and put it on the window. It said, “Sorry, I don’t     (10)  the date today.”Only a quarter later, a young man knocked on the window and said, “Hey, sir. It’s June 27th today.”   

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed  (1)   , and I was feeling a little   (2)   as I was carrying our shopping, so I decided to throw something away. I was walking towards a dustbin   (3)   I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it.

I suddenly felt very   (4)   because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the   (5)   and some bread over to him. The man looked up  (6)   and took what I gave him. A huge smile  (7)   on his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with  (8)  . But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I   (9)  heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm  (10)  inside. I now understand what it   (11)   by the saying “Giving is getting”.

  (12)   it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world  (13)   help. Everyone can give help and everyone will be helped by showing kindness.

The scene of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind  (14)   I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power of   (15)  .

A boy lost his arms in an accident. After that, his younger brother had to look   (1)   him. He could hardly do anything in his life. As the two brothers   (2)  together, they had lots of problems and often fought. Then one day, his younger brother left him. The boy was too sad and he didn't know   (3)  to do.

    A similar thing happened to a girl. She   (4)   her hands because of fire. Though someone wanted to help her, she   (5)   and decided to do everything alone (独自) . She wrote the words in her diary, "I'm   (6)  . I lost my hands, but I still have legs."

    One day, a TV program   (7)  the boy and the girl for an interview (采访). During the interview, the boy felt   (8)   about his future, while the girl was full of hope for her life. The host asked both of them to   (9)  something on a piece of paper. The boy wrote, "My younger brother's arms are my arms." And the girl wrote, "Broken wings, flying heart!"

    Disaster (灾难) can happen to you at any time. How you face it is   (10)  to your future.

A poor girl _  (1)  __ flowers in the street on Christmas Eve. Her parents were ill, so she __  (2)  __ get money for food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and hungry. She stopped _  (3)  __ a beautiful house. The girl knocked _  (4)  __ the door and a man came out. She asked __  (5)  _ he needed some flowers. The man said he didn’t want _  (6)  __. She left the house and felt tired. She sat down at the __  (7)  __ of a tall wall. She looked at the flowers. The flowers _  (8)  __very nice. She suddenly had an unusual feeling. She felt she became light, and slowly she began to fly into the sky. She flew higher and higher and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. At the head of them __  (9)  __ her granny. She welcomed her and asked her why she didn’t stay at home. The girl told her that she had to sell flowers to get money because her parents were ill. Granny told her not to worry and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed _  (10)  __.

 It snowed heavily that night. The girl died with a smile on his face. At the same time, people in the beautiful house began to sing Christmas songs and enjoyed themselves.

Lu Xun was a great ChineseLiterate(文学家). Once he spoke to the   (1)   people about the study of foreign languages. He said: “You must not   (2)   studyingforeignlanguages for even one day. To master a language, words and grammar are not enough. You must do a lot of reading. At   (3)   time,consult(查阅)   (4)    and memorize(记住) grammar.

After reading a book, it is only nature that you won’t understand it all. Never mind. Put it aside and start another   (5)   . In a few months   (6)    go over the first book again, you are sure to understand   (7)   than before. Young people have good memories. If you memorize a few words every day and keep on reading   (8)   in four or five weeks, you will   (9)   be able   (10)   in the foreign language.”

Last week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week very successful.

There   (1)   a lot of activities including an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt.   (2)   students put on an English play. Other students   (3)   an English singing competition.

A speaking competition was also   (4)  . The students had to speak on a topic in English   (5)   two minutes.

Henry was the winner and we spoke to him. “I’ m so happy that I   (6)  ,” he said. “I advise people to speak slowly.   (7)   they want to be good public speakers, they’d better speak clearly and   (8)  .”

We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of   (9)   was Amy.

“I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new   (10)  . In my opinion, every school should have an English Week. It’s well   (11)   doing,” she said.

On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a   (12)   to the whole school. He gave students some suggestions on   (13)   to improve their English. “You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you   (14)  . You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television   (15)  . Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.