Mrs. Brown lives in a city. She likes growing all kinds of vegetables very much. There is a small garden behind her house. And in spring she usually plants some vegetables in it. Every day, she waters them and looks after them very carefully. When summer comes, they look very nice.

One evening Mrs. Brown looked at her nice vegetables and said with a smile, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them. Then I will have some delicious vegetables.” After that she went into her house happily.

But early in the next morning, her son ran in and shouted, “Mother! Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour’s duck is in the garden and he is eating our vegetables.”

Mrs. Brown ran out quickly, but it was too late. All the vegetables were gone. Mrs. Brown sat on the ground and cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.

One day before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Brown a nice and fat duck, and on the duck’s back was a piece of paper with the words: Enjoy your vegetables!

We have been in Australia for three days. We’re having a good time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the _________. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big trees and beautiful flowers around the houses and they _________ really beautiful. There are also some special animals in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.

During the past three days we’ve visited many places of _________ around Sydney. I’d like to spend more time here, so we will fly to _________ city, Cairns, to see coral reefs (珊瑚礁) tomorrow. It is said that words cannot describe the beauty of the colourful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there.

Now we are _________ packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy ourselves in Cairns this time tomorrow. I’m looking forward to going there!

“I hate school, and I’m not going back!” Do you have that thought? Lots of kids do. U    55     this feeling doesn’t last long. But what will happen if you feel this way too much? You may feel very worried.

School is a fact of life and studying can help you b    56     the kind of future life you want.

If you don’t like school, the first step is to f    57     out the reason. You might not like school because someone is bothering (打扰) you. Or maybe you don’t like your teachers. You might feel different or worry that you don’t have enough friends.

Maybe the work is too hard, or you don’t feel you are clever. Reading may be d    58     for you, but you have to do lots of reading after class. When you know why you don’t like school, you can start taking steps to make things b    59    .