Food is very important. Everyone needs to       well if he or she wants to be healthy. Our minds (头脑)       a kind of food, too. This kind of food is knowledge (知识). We began to get       when we were very young. Small children       very interested in everything around them. They learn everything while they are watching       listening. When they are getting older, they began to read       books, science books, and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and       to find the answers.
What is the best       to get knowledge? If we learn by      , we’ll get the most knowledge. If we’re       getting answers from others and do not ask why, we’ll never learn well.

Do you often think of your parents? You may say, “Of course, I        . I         a gift for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day I give my father       , too.” But what about the other days of the year?
In my family, my parents like         very much because my aunt and uncle come back from Beijing to see them. All the family members get together. They are very happy. In the evening, we eat moon cakes and watch the        .
I have a friend. Her parents      in another city. One day, I go to see her, and we have a nice talk. Then she wants to        . So she dials (拨打) the number, but then she puts down the phone.         About 15 minutes, she dials the number again.”Hi, Mom…”
Later, I ask, “Why do you dial the number        ?” She smiles, “My parents are old and      , so they can’t get close to the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them. I only want to give them         time to         the telephone.”
My friend is a good girl. She is always         about her parents. You also want to be a         child, right? Please always remember to         your parents at anytime, not just on some important days.

Food is very important. Everyone needs to       well if he or she wants to be healthy. Our minds (头脑)       a kind of food, too. This kind of food is knowledge (知识). We began to get       when we were very young. Small children       very interested in everything around them. They learn everything while they are watching       listening. When they are getting older, they began to read       books, science books, and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and       to find the answers.
What is the best       to get knowledge? If we learn by      , we’ll get the most knowledge. If we’re       getting answers from others and do not ask why, we’ll never learn well.

The ideal (理想的) teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should ______ his subject very well and like learning something about other subjects. The ideal teacher must be full of strong feelings of wonder or interest. He must ____ teach anything he himself is not ___ in. He should be like a man who can act and should not be afraid to ____ his feelings and tell other people what he likes and what he doesn't like clearly. He must like his students and respect them, and he must also respect himself and be proud of his work. __ he doesn’t, he cannot respect his students and _  respect from them. The ideal teacher should have an ___ of his students and be able to get on well with them. He needs students’understanding, too. The ideal teacher should be kind and ____ and he should give hope to his students to learn knowledge. The ideal teacher should see his students’ ___ so that he can know how to encourage the growth of ____ of his students. The ideal teacher is one who grows, learns, and makes himself better along with his students.
　　So what about the teacher around you?

In November 1979，pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were    this story for the first time. However, this story is not      to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a       ! This is because he can make seventy-two      to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects.  But       he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make     so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King has     the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than thirty years ago, Western children became        in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.
【小题1】A. writing        B hearing               C. telling
【小题2】A. famous        B popular               C. new
【小题3】A. monkey       B man                  C. horse
【小题4】A. friends        B monkeys             C. changes
【小题5】A. unless         B because               C. however
【小题6】A. himself        B the stick              C. the teacher
【小题7】A. trained        B excited               C. taught
【小题8】A. worried       B relaxed               C. interested

One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "
If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
【小题1】“A glass of water”in this passage referred to (指)_________.

Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and ______ happily with some books. But after a few days, I felt bored. The ______ of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it ______to read a book quietly. I didn't know what to do with it. Then ______one day I thought of "Why not make read­ing fun?" It gave me ______again. Reading is a journey of spirit(精神). Every time we read a book, we are actually talking_______the writer. I tried to concentrate on his or her books, __________ I could feel all of his or her happiness and sadness. Now books have become a part of my life.
See? Attitude (态度) can make a great_______. Someone once said,"Even though the situ­ation(环境) is bad, people still have one freedom to_______their attitude. "So, don't complain about study or work. It helps ________. Try to see things from a different way. Believe me; this will change the situation and help you a lot.

A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to         the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned      a pot of coffee  and  all  kinds  of cups-crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic, some nice looking, some plain looking, some     , some cheap. And he told them to help       to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "I've noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were     , leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is      for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root of your     and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.       you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,     you consciously went for the best cups.
Now consider this.Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and     in society are the cups. They are just      to hold life. and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by       only of the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has    us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups.  Please enjoy your coffee ! "
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make       of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak    . And leave the rest to God.

Respect your teachers.
First of all, students should respect the teachers. You should      your teachers in the classes. That means to give your respect to him, to stand from your chairs when the teacher enters the classroom, etc. Attend any class attentively. In class of a certain subject or a teacher you don’t like very much, if it is totally anarchy(无政府状态), how can we talk about respect?
Play by the     .
If your teacher wants you to take notes in class, do it. If she tells you to sharpen your pencils only before class starts, listen to her. If she     late homework, do yours on time. Sometimes classroom rules seem strict or even silly, but most teachers know what’s necessary to make things run well and what it takes to let the learning begin. And the better the learning environment, the      you will be!
Expect him/her to like you.
Teachers are teachers because they like kids. Given the chance, most teachers want to be your    , too. Respect your teacher, but do not be afraid of him/her. He/ she wants you to have a great school year just as much as you want to have one!
Put first things first.
Friends are a fun part of school. But they are not the most important part. When your teacher is teaching, give him/her full attention,      when it’s hard to do. Class will end and the ten-minute break will come soon enough, and that’s the time for playing with your friends
【小题1】

In China, traffic keeps to the right. Cars, trucks, buses      bikes must all keep to the right side of the    . In most other countries, traffic      to the left.
How can you      the roads safer?
     you cross the road, stop and look each side.    left, then right, and then look left again. Don’t cross the road if you are not sure whether the road is clear or not. Don’t      across the road.    is dangerous.
If you      small children, old people, or blind people walking across the road, help     cross the road in safety. Helping others is a kind of virtue (美德).