Once upon a time, there was a nice girl. Her parents loved her very much. She lived with them happily. One day, her mother died suddenly. The little girl was very sad and kept ______ all day. The father wished someone to take care of his daughter, ______ he married a woman. The woman brought with her two ______.

A few days later, the father left home for work. The little girl’s life ______ changed. She didn’t have enough food to eat. And she worked from morning till night. She had to do all the ______ such as cooking, washing clothes and cleaning every room for her stepmother and stepsisters.

People called the girl Cinderella because she looked dirty every day.

Food waste is a huge and worldwide problem. ______, a report from the UN talks about the problem of food waste in the world. The world wasted about 17% of all the ______ according to the report.

Why is food waste such a problem? The report says millions of people were still ______ in 2019 in the world. It also focuses on food waste in several different places — at home, in schools and in ______. Some people order too much food ______ they can’t eat all of it. That is a serious problem.

Food waste is also bad ______ the earth. When people throw away food, they make the pollution. It makes the climate (气候) get ______.

It’s important for countries to study food waste more carefully. That will help people find out ______ to solve the problem. From now on, we must clear ______ dishes when we have meals. We also need to finish the food we ______. Let’s work together to stop food waste.

A family of mice lived happily in the home of a human family. They would only steal (偷) a little bit of food from the humans when they needed to eat. But one day, the humans thought that there were too many mice in their home. They decided to bring a cat home to kill the mice.

The mice were quite scared of this, especially the two baby mice in the family. Their mother was scared too, but it seemed that their father was not worried. “It’s all right—none of us need to worry. If that cat comes by, I’ll keep him away,” the father said. The family were surprised at this. How could their father, as strong as he was, keep a big cat away? Surely the cat would find and eat all of them.

One day, the cat did find them. The father mouse went right up to the cat and shouted, “BARK (拟声词，表狗吠声)! BARK!” This scared the cat so much that it ran away as fast as it could. The rest of the mouse family were safe from the cat. But how? The father said, “My children, that’s why it’s important to learn a second language!”

One spring, Guan Zhong and Xi Peng followed Huan Gong, King of the State of Qi, fighting against the State of Gu Zhu.

The war (战争) didn’t come to an end until winter.     51     Guan Zhong said, “Old horses are wise animals. They remember the way home. Let them lead the way for us!” And then, they let several old horses walk in front and the army followed behind.     52    

When the army entered the hills, they ran out of water. Then Xi Peng said, “In winter, the ants (蚂蚁) stay on the south side of a hill.     53     There is sure to be water under their nest.” And then, the soldiers tried their best to dig the ground.     54    

Guan Zhong and Xi Peng were men of great learning.     55     So they could solve their problems wisely. We not only learn from others or books, but also learn from animals in the nature.

Taiwan’s Pingxi Sky Lantern (天灯) Festival takes place in February each year.

At first, people used sky lanterns     66     (send) information in the army. Later people used them     67     the beginning of the spring planting season in Taiwan. They believed they would be better in the coming year.

Since then, people     68     (celebrate) this tradition across Taiwan for many years. They write things like “I hope to get good     69     (grade)” and “I hope to have a kid soon” on the sky lanterns before they fly them into the sky. They believe that the sky lanterns can bring good luck to     70     (they). Thousands of lanterns     71     (slow) rise into the sky and make the sky very bright. It’s     72     amazing scene.     73     (tourist) from all over the world come to watch and take part in it. Everyone would like to fly a lantern of their own.

During the festival, you can see many huge and     74     (beauty) lanterns. People paint their favorite animals     75     characters on them. Some lanterns are 10 meters tall. They play their owners’ favorite music, walking through the streets.

Last year a rainstorm came to a small village. It started early in the morning and lasted for an hour. Many houses were broken. Several people were badly hurt and taken to hospital. Over two hundred people were homeless after the rainstorm.

A student, Kate, said, “It was terrible. I was helping my mother make breakfast when the rain started to beat heavily against the windows.”

“I was eating with my family.” A housewife, Jenny said, “I heard a loud noise. A few minutes later, our house fell down. We tried our best to get out. We were very afraid but safe.”

Mr. Green, an engineer, said that he was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper in the office when he felt that the building began to shake. He had to stay in the office. “There was no electricity and I couldn’t contact(联系) my family members,” he said. “I was very worried about them at that time.”

Volunteers helped the people out of the village and gave food and clothes to them. They felt very tired but it was meaningful.

81. 为了庆祝党的100岁生日，学校在上周六开展了一次志愿者活动。假如你是八年级1班的李华，请你结合下面的思维导图，写一篇英语短文来介绍此次活动。

I’m Li Hua from Class 1, Grade 8. Last Saturday, our school organized some volunteering activities to celebrate the Party’s 100th birthday. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________