（六十一）
Once _____ a time, there _____ a little girl named Nuwa. Her father was Emperor Yan. Nuwa was very clever, so Emperor Yan _____ her very much. They often _____ games together. _____ , Nuwa fell into the sea and died one day. After she died, she turned into a beautiful bird _____ Jingwei. Jingwei _____want other people to die like her, so she decided _____ up the sea. She _____ stones from far away and threw them into the sea day after day. Was _____ easy to fill up the sea? Of course not. But she kept trying and finally she made it.
（六十二）
Hi, everyone. Let me tell you my last summer vacation. I went to Paris with my parents _____ vacation. The weather was fine. We _____ a sightseeing tour of the city and we also _____ some of the famous places like the Eiffel Tower. The people there _____ friendly. The food was delicious. From Paris we _____ down to the south of France near Marseilles by boat. We _____ there for three days. There we had a lot _____ fun. We swam in the sea and _____ many photos. We also _____ lots of sports on the beach.
A week later, we decided _____ back by train. In a word, my summer vacation was great.
（六十三）
My grandma was a short woman with grey hair. She was always cheerful. She was _____ very good cook. Her _____ were probably the best in the world! I will never forget the taste as well _____ the smell. Grandma took care of my family. She was really kind and patient. She _____ two years ago and I miss her very much.
Alice is my best friend. She is a tall girl with glasses. She often tells me jokes _____ me laugh, _____ she never makes fun of others. Alice is a smart girl. She is good at Maths. We often study and play table tennis together.I hope we will always remain _____ .
Mr. Li is my Maths teacher. He is tall and thin. His classes are always full of _____ . He uses lots of games in his _____ . Mr. Li is strict about our studies, but he always encourages us and gives us support. He often says ,"Never give up，and you'll be _____ ."
（六十四）
Linda and Leo are new students of Rosie Bridge School. Last month, they _____ the Clubs Fair.
First, Linda and Leo learnt _____ the Rocket Club. A boy told them that their club would teach them _____ to build rockets. The boy also took a rocket and _____ it. The rocket _____ into the sky. Linda and Leo were very _____ .
"Will it go all the _____ into space?" Linda asked.
"Of _____ it won't," a girl from another club shouted. "Our club is better. Come and join the Solar Power Club." Then the girl said that their club made wonderful machines which only use solar power. She _____ a toy car and used a remote control to drive it. Linda thought that was _____ .
After the fair, Linda and Leo felt very excited and they wanted to join all the clubs in the fair.
（六十五）
My Collections
Hello, my name is Marlene and I am 13 years old. I collect a lot of things. Let me tell you my _____ story.
The _____ thing I collected was snow globes. You know, those little glass balls play music, and have little bears, girls, houses… in them. When you shake them, it's snowing inside the balls. Well, there _____ about 15 of them in my room.
Then, I felt that snow globes were expensive, and I didn't have enough money to buy them. So I _____ photo collecting. I went onto the street with my camera, chose _____ person, and walked up to him. BOOM! I took many _____ . However, after my 89th shot, people started getting mad.
So, once again, I changed _____ collection to something more exciting and less expensive. _____ did I collect this time? Postcards! They are educational but _____ .
So I turned to figurines . I have about 150 figurines, from rabbits and ducks, to castles and mountains, I finally find my hobby. I _____ you my new collection on Show and Tell Day next year!
（六十六）
Hello everyone! I am Anna. I'm a middle school student of 13 years old. My parents _____ both teachers. I am always busy with my study, _____ I hardly help my parents with the housework. I often feel quite sorry _____that. Last month, I began to think about how to help them.
Then last Sunday, when my parents _____ out for shopping, I suddenly got _____ idea: "Why not give the rooms a good cleaning?" I started to work at once. First, I collected all the books, newspapers, magazines _____other things in the rooms. I put these _____ in place. Then I cleaned all the tables, chairs and so on. I was _____ excited then.
At this moment, my parents _____ back. They were quite surprised to see all the rooms so clean. My mother gave _____ a hug. I could see she was happy from her eyes. Though I was tired, I never felt so good.
（六十七）
Last summer holiday, I visited Yunnan with my parents. Now let me tell you _____ about the beautiful place. Yunnan is in the southwest of China. It took us about eight days _____ around Yunnan. First, we visited Kunming. Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province. In Kunming, Stone Forest is well-known. I enjoyed _____ a lot and didn't think of _____ . After that, we went to Dali. Dali is about 359 kilometers _____Kunming. Its pleasant weather let us _____ comfortable. Dali has a long history of more than 4,000 years. It is famous for Erhai Lake. The water in the lake is very clean.
Finally, we _____ a bus to Lijiang. Lijiang is not _____ from Dali. There are many places of interest to visit in Yunnan. It was _____ exciting holiday. I enjoyed _____ .
（六十八）
Dear Paul,
How _____ your weekend? What _____ you do?
I was very busy last weekend. On Saturday, I _____ my homework. Then I played badminton. What did I _____ on Sunday? I worked _____ a guide at the _____ History Museum. It was very interesting. There is a butterfly house with over two _____ kinds of butterflies there! I told the _____ about the living habits _____ the butterflies. Although I was kind of _____ , I felt very excited.
Yours,
Lisa
（六十九）
Hello, my name is Tom Smith. I _____ my schoolbag _____ the school library this morning. There are some _____ , two _____ , _____ ID card and a computer game in it.
The computer game is not _____ . It's my _____ . She likes it very much. So I must _____ it. If you find it, please call me _____ 8570-9628 or _____ me at tomsmith@163.com.
Thanks a lot.
（七十）
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835. _____ the age of 12, his father died, so he _____ school and _____ to work. What did he _____? He wrote for a newspaper. Later he _____ work on a boat.
When _____ he begin his stories? We don't know the _____ date. During the Civil War he worked as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. _____ the 1860s, he wrote many stories and _____ a famous _____ .
（七十一）
Do you like Strauss _____ Mozart? For me, I like both of them.
Strauss was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria. His mother _____ him the first violin. When Strauss was a student of the Polytechnic school, he was not interested _____ lessons. He spent all his time _____ music. At the age of 19, he performed his first concert. He became a _____ composer. He wrote over 150 waltzes. In 1876 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz. _____ a great composer he is!
Mozart was also an important composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. He was one of the greatest _____ of all time. He showed his musical abilities at a young age. At three he could play music on the piano. At five he started to write his own music. _____ talented he was! In 1762 his family took him around _____ and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote _____ of wonderful pieces of music. But by the time Mozart was 17, he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only thirty-five. He was great and many people still think his music is perfect.
（七十二）
Hi, my name is Jeff. Last summer I had a great vacation. I went across the USA _____ my parents by car. We drove six or eight _____ a day. In big cities, we stayed in big hotels. The food _____ usually delicious. Most of the hotels had swimming pools and game rooms. I played there happily. But there were lots of people in hotels, so we often had to sleep in one room. And it was expensive, _____.
_____ , we found a small cabin in the mountains to live in at last. I really loved it. The cabin was clean and quiet. We had two rooms, so I could sleep well and get up late in the morning. But I always got up early _____ we wanted to go swimming during the _____ and hot days. There was a beautiful lake near the cabin. We also went _____ and cooked food outside. We _____ everything there! How _____ it is!
（七十三）
Danny is twelve years old. He lives in a village in America. There are four people in his family.
Everyone in the family _____ to collect things. His father, David, has a large collection of _____ . Some of them are old. _____ is his mother's collection? Clocks. The oldest is on hundred years old. Danny's brother, Jonah's collection is _____ . He loves collecting different kinds of soap. Danny himself collects things, too. He is interested in pens. He has _____ old dip pen. It is very expensive. It cosplayt him ＄250. But it is very hard for Danny _____ the pen.
Everyone _____ the family collects something different, but the whole family collects animals! There _____ enough space for those animals to live and play. If you follow Danny into his garden, you _____ many animals: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, rabbits, fish and even a horse! Yesterday, Danny _____ the horse to go to school. Their house is like a zoo. It is interesting.
（七十四）
Last summer, I spent my vacation with my parents. We _____ to a holiday resort in another city. After we sTOPped the car there, we climbed the mountain first. It was a little cold on the TOP of the mountain. _____, we took our clothes with us. It didn't take us a long time _____ to the TOP, just half an hour. We had lunch at the TOP of the mountain. When we finished our lunch, it was already two o'clock. At that time, we found a small animal _____ something in the tree, _____ we didn't knew its name. My parents were interested _____it. After going back to the resort, we relaxed and _____ happy. The food in the resort was quite delicious. I enjoyed a big bowl of beef noodles with _____ . At about 8 o'clock, we had a party. I played _____ guitar, and then I danced with others. We also played games. We really had so much fun there. We hope we can _____ there again one day.
（七十五）
Joy loves instant noodles . She eats them at least _____ a week. She has a way to make them more delicious. She _____ , "Although I know it is not good _____ me to eat a lot, I still love instant noodles—I think they are cheap and delicious. When I cook _____ , I often add something to make them more delicious."
And she also said, "I discard their flavorings . I make the 'flavorings' _____ . When I cook the noodles, I _____ put an egg in them. I love eggs. They are one of my _____ . Sometimes I put some pieces of meat. I _____ put some vegetables, sometimes cabbages and sometimes broccoli. Yesterday I tried tomatoes. They tasted well. Next time I'd like _____ some beans. _____ I enjoy instant noodles, I often go for a walk in the park. I feel great."
（七十六）
My grandfather never watched TV. He thought that people spent too much time _____ it. Some of his friends _____ talked about sports shows, movies and plays. My grandfather said to himself, "They never read _____ books or go out in the evening." _____ he didn't buy a TV.
Two years _____, my grandfather was 60 years old. He sTOPped _____ in the hospital. My father bought him a TV. He _____ to watch all the news. He knows _____ more about the world now. And he reads more books, too. Now, my grandfather will get very angry _____ you trouble him when he _____ TV. I don't know that one can change his idea when he is 60.
（七十七）
Jane is a 16-year-old high school student in the United States. In the past, she had some bad habits. She usually got up late and hardly _____ had breakfast. She only exercised _____ a month and she often watched TV for _____ than two hours in the evening. At the same time, she liked eating junk food. As a result, she was not in good _____ and had to go to the doctor a lot.
_____, things are different now. Jane gets up early every morning and has a good breakfast. Do you know how _____ she exercises now? _____ every day! She spends at _____ half an hour exercising after school and reads books in the evening. She says _____ old habits die hard, one should start _____ before it's too late.
（七十八）
Yang Yang is not happy. She has too _____ rules at home. She _____ to get up at 6 o'clock. And she has to get home before 5:30 in the afternoon because she has to _____ her homework. She can't watch TV _____ school nights. And she has to _____ to bed before 10 o'clock. On weekends, she has to _____ her room and wash her clothes. And she has to help _____ mother make dinner and help her father wash the car. She _____ go to the movies because she has too much homework to do. What else does she have to do? Oh, she has to learn to play the piano. She _____ has fun. Can you _____ her?
（七十九）
Jane is an _____ student. She usually gets up _____ twenty past six. She never goes to school _____subway because her home is near her school. She _____ goes to school _____ foot, and sometimes by bike. Classes begin at eight. She _____ four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. After school, she reads books in the library or plays badminton with her classmates. How often _____ she go to the library? _____ a week. At a quarter past five, she goes home and has dinner. After dinner, she does homework and then _____ TV for a short time. Sometimes, she listens _____ music. Then she goes to bed.
（八十）
Jane is a 16-year-old high school student in the United States. In the past, she _____ some bad habits. She often watched TV for _____ than two hours in the evening and got up late in the morning. She hardly _____ had breakfast. She only exercised _____ a month. At the same time, she liked eating junk food. As a result, she was not in good _____ and had to go to the doctor a lot.
However, things are different now. Jane gets up early every morning and has a good breakfast. Do you know how _____ she exercises now? _____ every day! She spends at _____ half an hour exercising after school and reads books in the evening. She says _____ old habits die hard, one should start _____ before it's too late.
（八十一）
It's not easy for Daming _____ birthday presents for his family members. Daming's mother likes going _____ . She always spends much money on _____ , like coats and dresses. Daming's father _____like to go travelling when he is free. He _____ like to stay at home all day. Daming's sister likes music. She likes going to concerts _____ they are often expensive. Daming's aunt and uncle like watching football _____television at _____ , but _____ go to football matches. How to choose birthday presents _____them?
（八十二）
What we eat and how we life
Hi! My name is Kitty. I am 12 years old. I want to be a dancer. Every day, I dance _____ two hours.
A healthy diet is very important for a dancer. I want to have _____ of energy to dance. It's good _____ me to keep healthy. I _____ eat sweet food like cakes or candies for meals. There is too much sugar in _____ and they are bad for my teeth. They give me energy, _____ they are not healthy. I usually eat fruit and vegetables _____ I want to be healthy.
A dancer needs to have healthy _____ , too. I like to play sports very much. _____ weekends, I _____ swim or play tennis.
（八十三）
Mr. Johnson looks at _____ watch. It is half _____ seven. He gets out of bed _____ . Then he _____his teeth and gets _____ . He is late as usual, so he does not have time for _____. He runs all the way to the station and he arrives there just in time for the train. Mr. Johnson _____ eats anything in the morning. He always _____ to his friends at the office: "It is nice _____ breakfast in the morning, _____ it's nicer to lie in bed!"
（八十四）
You'll see a new _____ at a hospital near London if you go there. He's very clever, but he _____ speaks. He can work 24 _____ a day and never _____ tired. He's one _____ tall and has a face like a TV screen. He is Dr Robot.
Doctors often need to ask _____ patients a lot of questions. But doctors can only spend a few minutes with each patient. But Dr Robot can ask a patient questions for _____ hour if it is necessary. With the help of Dr Robot, a human doctor can get a lot of _____ information when he meets his patient.
_____ can Dr Robot do this? A computer tells him what to do. Dr Robot can do a lot of things people can do, though he _____ take the place of human doctors.
（八十五）
Now the robots are making our life easier. The _____ robots were invented in the 1920s. And robots _____ in Hollywood movies many years ago. The robots in these movies were _____ and cleverer than people.
In real life, robots are mainly used in _____ . They can do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too _____ , difficult or boring _____ humans. Robots can help people who cannot look after _____ . For example, scientists are making a robot _____ blind people. Nowadays, many blind people have dogs to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In _____ future, more guide dogs might be robot dogs. Robots are also used in hospital.
_____ robots can help people in many different ways, they can never take the place of humans.
（八十六）
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a chicken. Soon the egg _____ open and the eagle came out. He thought he was a chicken. He grew _____ doing what chickens do—searching in the dirt for food and _____ short distances with a noisy waving of wings. It was a hard life. Little by little the eagle grew _____ . One day he and his chicken friends _____ a beautiful bird flying in the air, high _____ the mountains.
"Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken _____ , "Don't give it another thought. That's the great eagle, the king of all birds—you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it _____ thought. He went on cackling and complaining about _____ life. Finally he died thinking he was a chicken.
My friends, you also were born an eagle. The God expected you to be an eagle, so don't listen _____ the chickens!
（八十七）
The _____ and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica . Antarctica is the land of _____ and ice near the South Pole . Most people do not think there _____ much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are _____ of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water _____ , seals and whales . They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the _____ water animals. Some whales, _____ example, eat more _____ a ton of food every day.
The _____ famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin . It _____ around the icy beaches like a movie star.
（八十八）
With the Internet coming into _____ , the life becomes more convenient. However, _____ the saying goes, every coin has two sides. Although the Internet makes our lives easier and _____ , it causes many problems at the same time. _____ example, a lot of students often use the Internet, but they are not using it _____ a good way. They spend much time _____ computer games. A few even visit bad websites. There is also a risk that they are _____ by so-called online friends.
It's important for parents and schools to teach students _____ to use the Internet correctly. Students should use the Internet to help with their studies _____ of playing games. If they want to make friends online, they should tell their parents about it.
The Internet can change our lives for the better, but remember to use it _____ .
（八十九）
I hate to do housework. It's boring. Last month, just after I came back from school and sat in front the TV, my mother came over and asked me _____ the dog for a walk. "Could I _____ one show first?" I asked. "No, you _____ ." she replied angrily. "You watch TV _____ the time and never help _____ around the house! I can't work all day and do housework all evening." "Well, I work all day at school, too! I'm just as _____ as you are!" I shouted back.
My mom did not say anything and walked away. For one week, she did not do any housework and neither _____ I. At last, I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.
The next day my mom came home from work to find the house clean and tidy. "What happened?" she asked _____ surprise. "I'm so sorry, Mom. I _____ understand that we need to share the housework to have a clean and comfortable home," I replied. "Now I understand that everyone should do their part in _____ the house clean and tidy."
（九十）
Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind _____ each other, sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they _____ like brothers.
One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very _____ and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The _____ came up to them and asked, "What can I do for you?"
"Please bring us two apples _____ ." said Tom.
When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the _____ one at once. Tom got angry.
"You are _____ , Mike. Why don't you take the smaller one?" Tom said.
"But I am right, " said Mike with a smile," If I let you take first, _____ one will you choose?"
"Of course I'll take the smaller one." said Tom.
"Yes." Mike said, "_____ you take the smaller one, the bigger one will still be _____ . Don't you think so?" "Oh!" Tom couldn't answer.
