Sandy and Simon _______ in China. They _______ to school together. They are in the same _______. They _______ lessons _______ 8:00 am. to 4:30 p.m. After school, Sandy and her friends go _______. But Simon is still _______ school. He and his friends play football. At weekends, Sandy and Simon go on a trip to the zoo. After breakfast, they _______ goodbye to their mothers and _______ a bus to the zoo. They ________ their classmates in the zoo.

A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says, “I want one ticket (票) to the zoo.” And she gives her one yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, “How old are you, young man?” The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says, “I’m four at home, and two on the buses.” At last the mother has to take fifty fen out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor.

My mother only has one eye. I hate her. I am always angry about it. She cooks dinner for students and teachers. One day at school, my mother sees me and says hello to me. I am so unhappy! How can she do this? I turn back and run away. The next day at school, one of my classmates says, “Hey, your mother only has one eye!’’

I don’t know what to say. I wish my mother to just get away. I say to her at home, “If you’re only going to make others laugh at me, why don’t you just die (死去)?” She doesn’t say a word.

Many years later, I have my family in another city. Then one day, my mother comes to visit me. When she stands at the door, my children laugh at her. I shout at her. “Get away! Now!” “Oh, I’m so sorry. I have the wrong address (地址).”

A few years later, she dies. Somebody gives me a letter from my mother. It reads:

“My dearest son,

I love you all the time. I’m sorry that I should not go to your house and ... You see, when you were very young, you lost (失去) your eye in a car accident. As a mother, I gave you mine. I am glad you can see a whole world for me with my eye.

With all my love to you.

Your mother.”

What a selfish (自私的) person I am!

Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw (扔) things to you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Brazil are waiting to look down on you.

Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.

    36    . He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon, my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park.     37    .

One Sunday afternoon, a young man comes to visit my friend. He stays for a long time.     38    . Soon it’s time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stays. Jack becomes very worried.     39    , and then he sits down in front of the visitor and looks at him. But the visitor goes on talking.     40     He goes out of the room and comes back a few minutes later. He sits down again in front of the visitor, but this time he takes the visitor’s cap in his mouth.

Weekends are short. They are only two days out of a seven-day week. To make your weekends longer, you need to plan it better. Here are some ideas.

◆Get up at your usual (平常的) time.

The biggest mistakes(错误) is to think that the weekend is a good chance (机会)to get up late. So getting up early can make you feel the weekends are longer.

◆Finish（完成）homework as early as possible(尽快地).

Nobody wants to do homework, but we have to do it. The earlier you do it at the weekend, the better you will feel. You can do homework from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. On Saturday morning, after you do your homework, you can plan your weekends well.

◆Go out to enjoy weekends.

Weekends feel longer if you go out and enjoy them. Think about what you like to do. You can enjoy a sports activity, for example, playing football in the park. You can also plan to go to a museum, a zoo or a park.

76. 针对大部分学生的现状，英语课上学生们就“Do we need to do sports?”这一话题展开调查。请你根据所给提示，用英语写一篇短文，汇报调查结果，表达你的意愿并阐述理由。

Do we need to do sports?