---What is Kate doing in her room?

---I guess she’s ____________a book.

 Hello, my friends! I'm Wang Lei, a Chinese girl. I have   (1)   aunt. She is my mother's sister. And   (2)   name is Wang Pin.

   My aunt has a clothes store   (3)   boys and girls. The store is near (在……附近) our school. Do you   (4)   any clothes? These days, she sells all the clothes at very good   (5)  _. She has red T-shirts for only 20 yuan. And black T-shirts are only 15 yuan! For girls, she has skirts   (6)   purple for only 50 yuan. For boys, sports shoes are only 60 yuan for a pair.   (7)   are the sucks in her store? Only 10 yuan for two pairs!

   My aunt likes   (8)  , too. Every day, she plays tennis after work (工作). Do you like to play tennis? After you __  (9)   the clothes in her store, you can play tennis with her!

   Do you think my aunt and her store are   (10)  _? Come to her store now!

I checked my purse but had no coins. I always give money to cancer research- I had   lost dear friends and family members to the disease and wanted to do my little part to help find the cure（治疗）. 

“I will bring you some money when I come back,” I (41)the little boy. 

“Thank you!” he smiled and sneezed.

 I looked at him. If you have ever seen little children who refuse to come out of cold

water, you know the (42)of his lips. He was frozen. I went into the mall and did my 

shopping quickly. Now I had(43) to give go him. I also(44) a pair of mittens, blue    ones. The boy stood right where he had(45). 

“OK, now give me your list, ”I said to the boy and he handed it over with a pen. I looked at the (46) lines. A few signatures were
​ there and I could see others had given a few coins too. Nothing much, but at least he had (47) some money. 

“Do you need to get all these lines(48)?” 

“Yes. Or no, I don’t have to, (49) I want to.” 

“In this cold weather? Why would you want that?” 

“Because my best friend Pete has leukemia(白血病). I want to help him,”he

  said (50). 

I took the blue mittens out of my bag. 

“Here I got these for you,” I said and pushed the mittens into his hands. “Please take them. I noticed you had (51)yours at home.” 

“Thank you! Very kind of you! ” he said and actually bowed. “Now I (52)stand 

here a lot longer than I thought.” 

“Well, what do you get for yourself? Will they give you something as a (53)for 

doing this?” 

“Oh yes!” the boy said(54). “They sure do!” 

“What do you get then?” I asked, hoping to (55)he got some nice toys. He was 

smiling broadly now. “I get a new, empty list!” he smiled. 

 Bryan is having a hard time at school. He doesn't like going there anymore. That's because he is tired of being bullied (欺负). Some  (1)  boys at school are unkind to him. They push him to the ground. They hide his books. They are strong. Bryan is scared of them. When things get really bad, Bryan tells his mother he is sick.

     "You should stay home and rest," Mom says, "You'll feel better tomorrow. "

     Then Bryan stays home. He   (2)  television and eats what he wants. He doesn't like lying to his mom, but he thinks this is better than going to school. He'll do almost anything to  (3)   getting bullied.

    There is somebody who knows about Bryan's problem. "You should tell someone you are getting bullied at school. " says Bryan's best friend, Link. But Bryan is scared . He doesn't want to tell an adult.

     "That will make things worse, Link," says Bryan, "You don't go to my school. You have no   (4)   how unkind these guys can be. "

    "You can't keep missing school," says Link, "Your grades will fall. You will be in trouble at home. And besides, you don't want to be stuck in the seventh grade forever, do you?" Link knows that Bryan does not want to hear this. It hurts to tell him. But Link also knows that sometimes the truth   (5)  . It is better to tell Bryan the truth than to be dishonest with him.

      Bryan thinks. After a while, he thinks that Link is probably right. He will tell his mother about the bullies when

 she gets home from work tonight.

     Bryan will see what happens.

Hello ! My name is Linda . I’m ten . My   41   is Alice . She is 38 . My father is Simon . He is   42   , too（也）. They teach（教学）in a   43   . I have a   44   and a brother . My sister is Amy . She is a nice   45   . She is six years old .   46   ! That is Mike .   47   is my brother . I have   48   uncle . He is 37 . My aunt is 35 .   49   have a son .   50   name is Jim . He is five .

People can find bears in many places in the world . They have large bodies and thick legs but    21     tails. Bears are not real meat-eaters because they almost eat    22      Bears are not so dangerous

23        people think them to be . Bears are very brave. Many   24      were killed by bears when they ____25_____ to kill bears .

Bears have very good smell but very poor    26     So they usually find something ___27___ their noses, not with their eyes . They live __28___ on  root , fish and small insects. Sometimes they kill deer and    29   animals . __30___ fact ,they like   31     animals better like rabbits . Adult bears are   32   than most other animals because they can think of something . Have you seen how   33    they beg for (讨要) sweets and food in the zoo ? They are our friends   34   we should try our best __35___ them.

We are learning English, not learning about English. A student can ___11___ all about English, but he ___12___not be able to speak English. There is a ___13___ between “learning English” and “learning about English”. If you want to learn it well, please ___14___the following things. ___15___, learn the expressions(表达) by heart. Learn the ___16___sentence, not single words. At the same time, don’t ___17___ about mistakes. It is important ___18___ a good habit from the very first lesson. Just try to say ___19___you want to say and don’t care if people laugh at you. Keep on trying and you’ll make ___20___ mistakes.

Sounds are everywhere on the Earth. The world__36__many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while__37__are very pleasant to hear. In a single day, you probably hear __38__ sounds. All sounds are different. Some__39__loud while others may be low.

   Some sounds are useful. __40__sounds we can’t talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hoot(鸣笛声) of a car warns people of danger.

  Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low__41__the land, the very loud sounds can even make people deaf.

  We know sound travels about one kilometre in three__42__. In a thunderstorm, you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels__43__than sound.

Next time you see lightning, count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder.

Divide（除以）this number__44__ 3. This will tell you__45__kilometres away the thunderstorm is.