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.

Sunday   (1)   the favorite day for our family. My parents   (2)   not   (3)   work. My sister and I   (4)   go to school. We   (5)   at home and   (6)   in the morning. In the afternoon, my sister and I   (7)   out to buy some different things. My sister likes songs. She   (8)   some new DVDs. I buy some story books, a doll, a bike and things   (9)   that. We also buy some small gifts（礼物） for our parents. We   (10)   them. They love us very much. We live in a happy family.

Malls are popular for Americans to go to. Some people spend  (1)  much time at malls that they are called“mall rats”. Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.

People like malls for many （2） .They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually   (2)  , and the temperature inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.

The   (3)  mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750   (4)  . About 750,000 people shop there every week.

The first mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in   (5)  place(s). More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to   (6)  many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theaters. Some people even get their daily   (7)  by doing the new sport of“ mall walking.”   (8)  go to malls to meet friends.

In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about   (9)  in malls. Now people can actually live in their favorite shopping center.

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and at weekends they are free and   (1)  themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   (2)  .

There are many different ways to spend our   (3)  time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby : it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very   (4)  , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth   (5)  of money; others are valuable only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   (6)   dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which   (7)   him＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. However,   (8)   my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we   (9)  to do in our free time just for the   (10)   of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

China has changed so fast that it is hard to know when to start. I came to China in 1994 and _（1）_ here ever since, so I have seen the changes in China. Take one city, Shenzhen for example. When I first saw this city, it   (1)  _ beggars (乞丐) and lots of low rise buildings. Many of the _  (2)  _ had shack (窝棚) buildings on top of them.

   There were no birds and other little wild life. It was like entering a   (3)  _ planet. But in the past 20 years Shenzhen has been a rather modern city   (4)  _ huge high rise buildings and a stock (股票) exchange, also a very large shipping industry.

   Now the city is very green, _  (5)  _ the wildlife has returned. Finally I can hear the birds _  (6)  _ and this brings hope of a better China in the future.

   As China moves from being the "workshop" of the world to a more acceptable service industry and people live _  (7)  than before. The present leader is taking the country in the best possible direction and   (8)  _ is admirable (令人钦佩的).

   China has changed for the better and I've enjoyed every minute   (9)  _ I've spent there. I think the country will become more beautiful in the future.

Life in the year 3044 is very different__(1)__ life in the 21st century. We still do many of the things you did，but we do them __(2)__．For example，we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine that looks just __(3)__ a human being. It can walk and talk and can do almost __(4)__ we human beings do. My e-friend is a lot like me and we have __(5)__ fun together. She helps me __(6)__ my homework and we often go swimming. She is programmed to take care of me if anything __(7)__，so I always feel safe when we are together. She can also send me messages，just like old-fashioned e-mail，and I can download information from her memory. It's great __(8)__ an e-friend. I am never lonely and I always have someone to talk __(9)__．

I would like to tell you more about life in the year 3044，but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room.Maybe__(10)__ I will be able to travel back in time and visit you.

One day, a woman sat next to a man in a park.  (1)  pointed to the boy who was swinging(荡秋千) and said,“What a nice boy!”

“Yes, he’s a   (2)  boy. He’s my son”. The man said. Then, he  (3)  his watch and called to his son,“Shall we go, Todd?”

Todd answered,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man   (4)  and Todd continued to swing.

Five   (5)  passed and the father stood and called again to his son.“Time to go now.” Again Todd said,“Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes, please.”

The man smiled and said,“OK.”

“You are  (6)  a patient father,” the woman said.

The man smiled and then said,“My elder son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year  (7)  he was riding bike near here. I never spent   (8)  time with Tommy. I’ve promised that the same mistake can’t happen  (9)  Todd. He wants to have five more minutes to swing. The  (10)  is that I also have five more minutes to watch him.”

Hello! I’m Sandra. I’m looking at family photos. Here is a photo ____  (1)  ____ my aunt’s family. This is Cindy. ____  (2)  ____ is my aunt, my mother’s sister. Cindy is a teacher. She is very ____  (3)  ____ every day, but she likes her work. ____  (4)  ____ is this man? His name is Paul. He is my ____  (5)  ____ husband(丈夫). He works in a hospital. He thinks his work is fun. They have ____  (6)  ____ children(孩子). Oh, look! They are here. Jason is their son and Joanna is their daughter. Jason and Joanna ____  (7)  ____ my cousins. They are students and we are in the same ____  (8)  ____. They always come to my house and we ____  (9)  ____ games and volleyball.

 It’s a ____  (10)  ____ family. I love it.

A little boy invited his mother to the first teacher-parent meeting(家长会) of his middle school．To his surprise, she said she would go．This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother．She was a beautiful woman, there was a scar (伤疤) that covered nearly the right side of her face．The boy never asked his mom why or how she got the scar．

At the meeting, other people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother, but the little boy felt embarrassed for his mom’s looks, and hid himself from everyone．However, he heard the conversation between his mother and his teacher．

    “How did you get the scar on your face?”the teacher asked．

The mother replied,“①When my son was a baby, his room caught fire one day．Everyone was too afraid to get into the room, but I rushed into it．While I was running towards his bed, a beam(横梁) fell down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him．I was knocked and I knew nothing．②我们是如此的幸运有人救了我们。”She touched the burned side of her face. “But I have never regretted(后悔) doing what I did,” she added．

Having heard that, the little boy was so moved that he ran towards his mother with

tears in his eyes．He hugged (拥抱) her and held her right hand tightly for the rest of the day.