---What is Kate doing in her room?

---I guess she’s ____________a book.

---Can your little brother_______ English?

--- Yes．He often_______ goodbye to me in English.

 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.

Everyone is good at   46  , but some people are truly talented.   47   always interesting   48   other people show their talents. Talent shows are getting   49   popular. First, there were shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent. Now, there are similar shows   50  the world, such as China’s Got Talent.

 All these shows have one thing   51  common. They try   52 the best singers, the most talented dancers. The most exciting magicians, the   53  actors and so on. All kinds of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing   54   beautifully? That’s up to you   55  . When people watch the show, they usually play a role in deciding the winner. And the winner always gets a very good prize.

Do you often watch TV?Many middle school students like   41   TV very much.But   42   Monday to Friday，they must go to school.So on Saturday and Sunday they   43   at home and watch TV day and night.They don’t know it’s   44   for their eyes.Usually，children like to eat fish，meat and chicken，but they don’t like vegetables   45   fruit.They don’t know   46   more vegetables and fruit is  47   than eating meat.At school the children only do a few   48   of sports or never do any sport.They don’t know it isn’t good for their health.We always   49  of ways to keep healthy.We should eat   50   vegetables and fruits and do enough sports every day.And we should watch TV and read books in right ways.

On a Friday night, a young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was     36    wonderful that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat. The next day, the violinist came here again. He     37    his hat as usual. Beside the hat there was a piece of paper. It     38    , “George Sang has put something important into my hat by mistake. You are welcome to claim (认领) it.” Soon people went to see   39  guessed who it could be. After a while, a man came up.“ Did you     40    something?” the violinist asked. “A lottery ticket (彩票).” The violinist took out a lottery with George’s     41    on it. “I bought the lottery and won $500,000. I was going to fly to Vienna for my education.     42    , when I found the lottery ticket, I couldn’t find it. When I gave $50 to the violinist     43     his wonderful music last night, the lottery ticket was thrown into his hat, too.”

   Later, someone asked the violinist     44     he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay for his higher education. He said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live    45    . But if I had taken the money, I would have lost honesty, and my happiness.”

My life is always full of sadness and little joy. However, no matter (无论) what happens, I can    36    face it bravely.
     Last year, I couldn’t believe the    37    that I could enter the only key high school in my hometown.  Then I rushed to my home and told my parents.  But my father didn’t  seem as    38      as I was. He just kept smoking    39      saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help    40   . 
    I knew very well what my family was    41__. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a    42__ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset (心烦意乱) but I could say   43   to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work to   44   my family.
     To my surprise, things completely changed after the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some   45    , which was raised (捐)by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.   46  ” With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the   47    high school.
      I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. No matter what difficulties I meet, I always   48    my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college   49    and I must work hard for it, no matter  50    hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”

  Many people say their most painful (痛苦的) moments are saying goodbye to those they love. After

watching Cheryl, my good friend, staying with her sick mother for months, I think the most painful moments can be in the 1____to say goodbye.

      Cheryl made the two-hour trip over and over to be with her mother. They 2____the long afternoons comforting (安慰) and sharing good memories. 3____her mother’s illness got worse and worse, Cheryl sat for hours in 4____by her mother’s bed. Each time she kissed her mother goodbye, her mother would tear up and say, “I’m 5____you drove so far and sat for so long but I didn’t even wake up to talk with you.”

      Cheryl would tell her not to 6____and say it didn’t matter. Still her mother apologized (道歉) at each goodbye. One day Cheryl found a 7____to give her mother the same comfort her mother had given to her so many times.

      “Mom, do you 8____when I joined the high school basketball team?”Cheryl’s mother nodded.“You’d drive so far and sit for so long but I even 9____had a chance to play. You waited for me after every game. Each time I felt bad and apologized to you for10____your time, you would say,‘I didn’t come to see you11____I came to see you.’”Cheryl gently took her mother’s hand.“Well, now I say the12____words to you. I didn’t come to see you talk; I came to see you.” Her mother13____and smiled as she went back to sleep.

      Their afternoons together passed quietly into days, weeks, and14____ To the last day they15____each other in the stillness. The love between them was given and received just by seeing each other.