“I’m going shopping in the village, ”George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning.“So be a good boy and don’t get into trouble. And don’t forget   (1)   good care of Grandma.”Then out she went.

 Grandma  (2)   in the chair by the window when she opened one lit tle eye and said , “Now

you heard  (3)  your mother said, George.”

“Yes, Grandma,” George said.

     George was bored to tears. He didn’t have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer, and   (4)  farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere,   (5)  there were never any children

to play with. He was tired of staring at   (6)  pigs , hens, cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the house with his grandma. Looking after her all by himself was hardly   (7)  way to spend a Saturday morning.

“Go and make me a cup of tea for a start,   (8)  sugar and milk.” Grandma said.Most grandmothers are lovely , kind, helpful old ladies, but not this one. George’s grandma was a woman   (9)  was always complaining about something or other. She spent all day  (10)  on her chair by the window. George  (11)  that Grandma used to be a gentle lady, but as she grew older, she was not able to look after herself and even worse, she was easy to get angry.

“We  (12)  _be nice to the old, George,” His mother always told him.

Thinking of this, George  (13)  into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar and  (14)  _ milk in it. He stirred the tea well and carried it into the living room_  (15)  .

My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort（安慰） the old people and they needed a little cheering up（高兴） during the holiday season.

The first two  (1)   were for persons needing help in taking care of themselves. We sang beautifully for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.

As we were singing on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症)，most of them looked off at the walls or floor. However, one lady   (2)   my eyes. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t   (3)   like that. As we got   (4)  with each song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got.  (5)   she was singing, she was also reaching out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my responsibilities (责任) were to my students. People who worked at the care center could take care of her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling   (6)   about not giving her the care she needed, my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.

Justin also   (7)   the same lady. The difference between us is that he acted on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, Silent Night, Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked at this aged lady in her eyes and with his action said, “You are important, and I will take my  (8)  to let you know that.”

This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears（眼泪） began to fall down her face. No words can completely describe that touching moment……

It took a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless（无私的） attitude (态度) towards another was a   (9)  that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I think myself   (10)   to have a witnessed (见证) his lesson.

Tom and Jack are good friends. Once, they were walking through the desert. During the journey they had a (n)   (1)  . They didn't agree with each other. Tom was so  (2)  that he hit Jack in the face badly. Jack was hurt, but he didn't say anything. After a while, he wrote some words in the sand," Today my best   (3)  hit me in the face."

They kept on   (4)   until they found an oasis ( 绿洲 ), where they decided to get some water. Suddenly Jack   (5)   into the deep mud and started to sink(下沉). Luckily, Tom  (6)   caught his hand and saved him. After Jack was saved, he wrote on a stone,"Today my best friend saved my  (7)  ."

After Jack finished his writing, Tom was very  (8)   and asked him,"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, why?" Jack replied with a smile." When someone   (9)  us, we should write it down in the sand where wind of forgiveness( 原谅 ) can carry it away. But when someone does something  (10)   for us, we must write it on a stone where no wind can move it."

Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and write benefits on a stone.

Long ago, people lived happily under the rule of a good king. The people of the kingdom were very __(1)__ as they were wealthy and had no problems.

    Once, the king decided to travel and visit faraway places of great historical importance. He chose to travel on foot, __(2)__ he could talk to his people. People of distant places were very happy to have a __(3)__ with their king. They were proud that their king had a kind heart.

    After several weeks of travel, the king __(4)__ to the palace. He was quite happy to have visited many places and seen his people. __(5)__ , he felt a lot of pain in his feet as it was his first trip on foot covering a long distance. He __(6)__ to his ministers that the roads were covered with stones and werenˈt __(7)__ . He said that he was very __(8)__ about the people who walked along them.

    He ordered to cover the roads in the whole country with__(9)__ in order that the people of his kingdom could walk comfortably. The kingˈs ministers were very surprised to hear his order as thousands of cows would have to be__(10)__ for leather, And it would also cost a lot of money.

    Finally, a wise man from the ministry came to the king and said that he had a __(11)__ idea.

    The minister said, “Instead of covering the roads with leather, why not just have a piece of leather cut in the right__(12)__ to cover your feet?”

    The king was__(13)__ by is idea and praised the minister. He ordered a pair of leather shoes for himself and requested all his countryman also to wear shoes.

    Changes are unavoidable, and they should __(14)__ us. We cannot or should not__(15)__ others to make them. That means, instead of trying to change the world, we should try to change ourselves.

She often parks her car near the house ___ she can easily get to .

A: Hi, Jim!

B:__________36, Helen!

A: How are you?

B:_________37fine, thanks. How are_________38?

A: I’m_________39

B: Helen, this is Dale. Dale, this is Helen.

C: How do you do (你好), ___________40?

A: How do you do, Dale?

What’s this?It’s an 21.____cup.It’s Frank’s.You can see a 22.____ on the white cup.23.____are they in the photo?They are Frank 24.____his father.Frank has many photos.And he likes to put(放)the photos on the 25.____.Frank’s mother has a green cup.26.____cup has a photo of her two children(孩子),Frank and Frank’s 27.____Mary.Mary has a red cup.Red is her favorite 28.____.On her cup,you can see her parents,her brother and her.It’s a photo of her 29.____.I think these cups are 30.____.I want(想)to put my photo on my cup,too.

Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers. She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house _41______the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, _42_____still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough_43_____to buy food.

The swan was _44____ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my_45______to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she _46______to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying_47______. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much_48______than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her _49    _. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all_50______feathers if she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will _51______the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the _52______ came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _53______chicken feathers.

Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to 54______ you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will _55_____come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan left.