Gap-filling．

　　It had been a long, cold winter and I was looking forward to s　　1　　．

　　I wanted to plant some flowers in my garden and was looking forward to d　　2　　 so．

　　A few days ago, my mother took me to a seed store and we bought some flower seeds．I was very e　　3　　．

　　The next f　　4　　 days, when I got home from school, I worked very hard to p　　5　　 a bed for my flowers．The night before I planted the flower seeds, I had gone outside and made s　　6　　 that everything was ready．I found that it was a little cold that night and when I woke u　　7　　 the next morning, it turned o　　8　　 that during the night it had been snowing．I couldn’t believe it!It was the middle of March and it was like winter had just started．

　　It was almost a week b　　9　　 the snow melted．I planted my flower seeds in my garden at last．

　　I enjoyed p　　10　　 them into their new home and I will look after them carefully．My flower garden will be very nice．

Gap-filling．

　　A very hard-working mother planted all kinds of vegetables in her garden．One day, she said to her daughter, “Betty, come here．Look at all these little yellow marks that are on the l　　1　　 of the cabbages．

　　They are eggs of a kind of insect．They are very beautiful but very d　　2　　．This afternoon you must find all the eggs on the leaves and k　　3　　 them．In this way you will help us have b　　4　　, greener and bigger cabbages．”

　　Betty thought that there was no hurry f　　5　　 the work and in the end she forgot all about it．

　　Her mother fell ill for a few days and could not work in her garden．When she was w　　6　　, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages．To her s　　7　　, the dangerous insects had eaten every leaf．When Betty saw this, she began to c　　8　　．Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off what we have to do today u　　9　　 tomorrow．And you must l　　10　　 to get rid of the bad things while they are in bud, or it will be too late to do anything．

　　To：Sam Woodring <sanmmywoodring3180@yahoo．com>

　　From：Chris Law <chrislaws740@msn．com>

　　Dear Sam：

　　How are you?I’m writing to tell you what I’m doing here in China．I’m studying in Nankai High School in Tianjin, and it’s famous here．I’m enjoying my studies a lot．We’re having Chinese lessons．It’s hard to learn, because it’s so different from English．I can’t write the Chinese characters well．But my teacher says I’m learning fast．My favorite subject is geography．The geography teacher is cool, and he tells us a lot about different places in China．I’m doing lots of homework in the evenings and at the weekends．But it’s not boring at all．I’m making some Chinese friends and I’m also taking part in a lot of activities．I’m playing sport with my classmates on Saturday afternoon．Mum and dad are busy shopping in town．They can always find some nice things．It’s such a fine day．The sun is shining and there’re no clouds．I’m going to go out in a while．Say hello to uncle and aunt for me please．Tell Grandma I miss her a lot and I will go back to see her this summer．

Best wishes

Chris

1．Sam is Chris’ ________．

2．Chris is studying in a ________ high school．

3．Chris thinks it ________ to learn Chinese, especially the writing．

4．Of all the subjects, Chris likes ________ best．

5．Chris thinks it ________ to do homework in the evening．

　　When you meet someone for the first time, it is usual to shake the person’s r　　1　　 hand with your right hand．People will not k　　2　　 or hug when they meet for the first time．

　　Many Australians look at the e　　3　　 of each other when they are talking．It is not good to ask each other’s a　　4　　 when they meet for the first time．In the workplace and a　　5　　 friends, most Australians like to call each other by their f　　6　　 names．

　　Most workplaces do have certain d　　7　　 standards．People can wear any clothes they like when they are not in the workplaces．Many people dress f　　8　　 comfort．

　　Many Australians live c　　9　　 to the sea．They wear very l　　10　　 clothing on the beach and in the surrounding places, especially on hot days．

　　I grew up in a poor family．My father always came home very late．My e　　1　　 brothers always asked me to do a lot of things for them．Sometimes they beat me．My mother was ill．She could do n　　2　　．

　　Later, my father went to prison．My mother died．My life b　　3　　 black．Some of my elder brothers were also in prison．The others n　　4　　 thought about me．In fact, they wanted to get rid of me and my younger brothers, so they put us in an orphanage．

　　I was 14 years old at that time．I was in eighth grade and did w　　5　　．I did my best to study．But I had no m　　6　　．I had to s　　7　　 school．At this time, a person came into my life．She was a kind woman．She gave money to me, so I could go on s　　8　　．My life changed a lot．I was very happy with her．

　　All of these experiences have c　　9　　 me．I’m thinking of leaving the orphanage．I will make my dream come t　　10　　－to live with my brothers in one home．

　　Americans love their country very much．They are very proud of their country and their w　　1　　 of life．They like saying what they think．They do not believe i　　2　　 luck．They are proud of what they have done．

　　In many other countries, people think that it is not good to s　　3　　 too directly．Americans prefer to speak o　　4　　, even when they will tell bad news to o　　5　　．

　　Americans live a happy life．They may not have much f　　6　　 time．But when they do, they value what they have．They will s　　7　　 that time in doing something with their friends．They have a lot of f　　8　　 during their free time．

　　Americans take part in outdoor activities all year r　　9　　．They like hiking, mountain c　　10　　, and camping．Americans love watching sports on TV．They also love taking part in sports．

　　Yesterday my mother went into a shop for some a　　1　　．She put her basket and her handbag on a table and went to look at the apples．There were a lot of people in the shop．When the shop assistant was f　　2　　, he weighted(称)the apples for my mother, put them in a paper-bag and said, “That will be twenty pence(便士), Mrs．Black．”

　　My mother said, “My m　　3　　 is in my handbag on the table．” She went to the table and was surprised to f　　4　　 the basket was still on the table, but the handbag was no l　　5　　 there!

　　Just then there was a lot of n　　6　　 at the door of the shop, a policeman came in．He was holding a man w　　7　　 my mother’s handbag．My mother went up to the policeman and said,”That’s my bag．” The policeman looked in the bag and asked, “How m　　8　　 money did you have?”“Two pounds and a few pence．” “It’s all here,” the policeman said and gave her the bag．”I stopped the man out there．He was running a　　9　　 in the street．”

　　There was a s　　10　　 on my mother’s face．

　　Do you live in a city?Do you know h________1 cities began?Long, long ago, there were o________2 a few thousand people in the world．These people moved from place to place．They moved over the land, hunting(捕猎)animals for f________3．

　　No one k________4 how or where these people learned to grow food．But when they did, their l________5 changed．They did not have to look for food any l________6．They could stay in one place and grow it．

　　People began t________7 live near one another．And so the first villages g________8．Many people came to work in the villages．These villages grew very big．

　　When machines came along(出现), life in the villages c________9 again．Factories were built．More and more people lived near the factories．The cities grew very big．

　　Today, some people are m________10 back to small towns．This is strange, isn’t it?

　　My husband, Tom, is a born-shopper．He loves to look at the things and to t　　1　　 them．He loves to compare prices b　　2　　 the same items and in d　　3　　 stores．He will never think of b　　4　　 anything w　　5　　 looking around in several stores．

　　I, on the o　　6　　 hand, I’m not a shopper．I regard shopping as boring as unpleasant．If I like something and can afford it, I buy instantly．I n　　7　　 take the time to look around for a good sell or for b　　8　　 deal．Bargains don’t interest me．Needless to say, Tom and I never go shopping t　　9　　．Experience will be too painful f　　10　　 both of us．When we come to a shopping, we go our separate ways．

　　The great gift a p________ can give a child is to show him that learning is important and that there are rules about it．Even if your child has no h________, you’d better s________ 10 to 20 minutes a day reading to him or going o________ the day’s lesson．That shows you are i________ in your child’s study and that learning goes on at home too．

　　Don’t call it homework time．If you say so, c________ will say “I don’t have any homework today or I did it at s________．” you may call it a study t________．Let your children have the idea that they always have homework——reading, w________ letters, organizing notes or preparing for tomorrow．Tell them that what they do at home is as i________ for their education as what they do at school．