An earthquake may   (1)   some places at any time. Do you know what to do when it happens? Please let me tell you.

   When a quake begins and if you are outside, you must get into the open air and stay   (2)   buildings, trees and other dangerous things. If you are inside, you must stand in a corner,   (3)   get under a heavy desk or a table. If you are driving a car, or a bus, you must drive to   (4)   of the road and stop.

After an earthquake, you must try to talk to everyone in your family to see if they are   (5)   and see if gas, water, and electrical lines are   (6)  . Please don’t smoke or use lights. A gas line may be broken. You must keep the telephone lines clear. Don’t use your phone or drive your car  (7)   you are sure everything is all right.

 In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their own hobbies. They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. So they’re usually very confident. As a ____  (1)  ____, US boys and girls hope to be actors, players and doctors; many children ___（2）____ want to become presidents when they grow up.

   US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities together with their classmates at_（3）___. They believe that ____  (2)  ____ in these activities can make their children mature. Schoolwork is ____  (3)  ____, but they think that social skills are also very important.

   But things in China are ____  (4)  ____, Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass ____  (5)  ____. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting ____  (6)  ____. This puts a lot of ____  (7)  ___ on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for ____  (8)  ___ homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.

I can’t __  (1)  __ what I want to be when I grow up. Reporters get to meet new people. Doctors, athletes(运动员), and policemen meet new people, __  (2)  __. Doctors help people when they are __  (3)  __. Policemen help when they are in trouble. Reporters get to travel the most, sometimes going __  (4)  __ the world. Athletes get to travel a lot, too. They get to meet reporters when the reporters want to write about them.

To be a good __  (5)  __, I need to be a good writer. To be a good doctor, I need to be good in science and math. Athletes have to be physically fit and have a talent for their chosen __  (6)  __.

All these careers need people willing to work hard. I will work hard at my job and I hope I will become __  (7)  __ I want to be when I grow up.

Nobody likes rules but everyone _____  (1)  _____ follow them. As a teenager you probably have lots of rules to follow. You can’t be late ____  (2)  _____ school and you have to do your homework. You can’t eat ____  (3)  _____ drink in class. At home, your parents might say you have to help clean the house, and you can’t go out on a school night.

Adults(成人) have to follow rules, too. They have to be in the office ____  (4)  _____ and for some jobs they have to wear a uniform. If you drive a car, there are traffic rules you have to follow. ________  (5)  _______, you have to drive on the correct side of the road. You have to turn on your headlights at night, and you can’t park anywhere you like.

No sports , no life. Sports are very important to us. Sports help us to keep in good   (1)   and get good grades.

 Everyone in our class  (2)  sports. Our favorite  (3)  is P.E. We only have P. E .   (4)  a week, but we play sports every day. The most popular sport in our class is basketball. The boys enjoy  (5)   it, and many of the   (6)  like it , too. Football is also popular. When the weather is  (7)  , we often play football outside. We   (8)   play volleyball. Because we think it is boring.

    There is a basketball team in our class. Our team often has matches (比赛) with other teams. When there is a match, many of us go to  (9)  it. It’s very  (10)  .

This is a picture   (1)   my family. This is my father.  (2)  is 45 years   (3)  .This is   (4)   mother. She is 42 years old. She is  (5)   teacher of English. This is my brother. His   (6)    is Li Ming .He is fourteen. He is in   (7)  One, Grade Three. That is my aunt. She is my mother’s  (8)   .   (9)   husband（丈夫）is Jiang Feng. They have a daughter .She is my   (10)    . It’s a happy family.

My phone rang this morning. When I picked it up, I heard the sweet voice of a young lady.

“Are your dogs missing?” she asked.

I realized that it was my neighbor. So I went to find my dogs quickly. After I   (1)  that they were all there, I was very happy. Then I answered to my neighbor, “Thank you.  (2)   of them are missing.”

My neighbor is a nice lady. She often makes cookies and shares them with neighbors. She is willing to help anyone   (3)  . Today she found two small dogs walking down the street. She took them in.

“They are good and get along well with my dogs,” she continued.

“You did the right thing. Most people wouldn’t get involved in (卷入) the kind of thing.” I said. “ I wonder how many cars passed them by this morning and didn’t   (4)  stopping.”

Then I walked out of the house to see if someone had come to look for those dogs. But I found nothing.

Then an idea came to me. If I were   (5)   I would hope that someone would look for me. If I were crying, I would hope that someone would stop and speak to me. So, ask yourself today. Would you take in the dog? Would you look for a lost friend? Would you offer a kind word to   (6)   a stranger?

Christmas is an interesting festival. It is ___  (1)  ___December 25th. It’s the ___  (2)  ___ festival in the Western countries. It’s just like our Spring Festival. Families get together and enjoy the holiday. There is always an old man. He has many names, but we usually call him Santa Claus. He always ___  (3)  ___ a red coat and a red hat. He is very busy on Christmas Eve. ___  (4)  ___does Santa put his gifts? In the Christmas ___  (5)  ___! So children always hang (挂) the stockings on their beds on Christmas Eve. And then they will find gifts in them the next morning. In addition (此外), people often put a Christmas tree in their house. And they also sing Christmas songs from door to door on Christmas Eve. Can you sing it?

If you do not use your arms or your legs for   (1)   , they become weak; When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works   (2)   the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practise by   (3)   it often. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If someone says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(责任). But if he   (4)   us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame（责备）．But   (5)   of us know that it is just his own fault, too.

Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have       ___(6)___ memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a little notebook. They   (6)   remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is always being exercised. As a result, they have a better memory.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering.

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. Nobody knows ____  (1)  ___, but there are many stories about people’s dreams that came true. One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in the small town ofSwaffhamin England. He dreamed that he was standing on London Bridge and that a man told him how to become___  (2)  ___. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed money, so the next day he set out for London. He walked for three days and three nights and at last arrived at London Bridge. There were plenty of ___  (3)  ___ on the bridge, but they were not interested in him. They all ignored(不理睬) him. After three days, he decided to go home, but before he could do this, a shopkeeper came towards him.

“I’ve been watching you,” the shopkeeper said. “Are you ___  (4)  ___ someone?’

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man on London Bridge. He was going to ___  (5)  ___me a lot of money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. You shouldn’t believe in dreams. If I believed in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man from Swaffham. His name was John Chapman and he had gold in his garden near an old apple tree.”

It was really amazing! John immediately ____  (6)  ____ for his house. As soon he arrived, he dug in his garden near the old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so delighted that he gave some of the gold to his local church. He was a rich man for the rest of his life.