Six-year-old Brandon decided to make pancakes for his parents. He should first take the flour(面粉), so he   46  the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour bag. He put some flour   47  the bowl with his hands, mixed in a cup of milk and added some sugar.

Soon Brandon was  48  flour and getting frustrated, He wanted this to be   49  for Mum and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn't know what to do   50 .

Suddenly he saw his cat near the bowl and went to push it away, but he   51  the egg box to the floor. He tried to   52  but slipped(滑倒) on the eggs, getting his clothes   53 . Just then, he saw his dad standing at the door.

Brandon's eyes were full of tears. He was   54  his dad would beat him, but his father didn't.   55 , he picked up his crying son and kissed him.

That's what we sometimes face in   56 . We try to do something good, but it turns into a mess. Sometimes we just   57  there in tears because we can't think of anything else to do. Hopefully, that's   58  someone close to us picks us up, loves us and forgives us. But we can't    59  trying to "make pancakes" for "Dad" or for others. Sooner or later we'll get it   60 , and then they'll be glad we tried.

It was the end of the year party at school .I had asked my mother to __36__us cookies .Mom’s chocolate chios were the best .
But two o’clock passed, and she didn’t   37 .Most of the other mothers had come and gone , dropping off their cookies , chips and cupcakes . I took my bag and left   38  my home . The house was empty when I arrived . My heart was    39  anger.For the first time in my life ,my mother had let me down .
I was lying on my bed upstairs   40  I heard her come through the front door .“Robbie,”she called out .“Where are you ?” I could hear her running from room to room . She was looking for me .I kept silent .When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed , I didn’t move .“I’m sorry , honey ,” she said .“I got busy and forgot .” I still kept __41__.
Then my mother began to laugh .I couldn’t believe ___42___.I rolled over (翻身)and faced her .
But my mother wasn’t laughing at all . She was crying . “I’m so sorry . I let my boy down .”
She cried like a little girl. I had never __43__my mother cry .
“It’s OK , Mom ,”I reached out and stroked （抚摸）her hair .“We didn’t even need those ___44___.” There was plenty of stuff to eat .Don’t  cry It’s all right.”
My ____45__made my mother sit up . She pulled me to her . We didn’t say another word .We just held each other in a long hug .

Reading newspaper has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspaper as the first thing to do in the morning;  66_ read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is _ 67 _in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news _ 68_, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other _ 69_we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few _ 70_to look at the headlines of the passage.
Newspaper can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different _ 71_of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountains _ 72_we can see few newspaper.
Some kinds of newspaper are published once a week, but most of them are published once a day with many pages, some even published _ 73_a day! You know different people enjoy reading different kinds of newspaper. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are _ 74_in.
Today newspaper in English has the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are _ 75_English newspaper such as China Daily or 21^st Century. Also they bring us more and more imformation with Internet.