Grandpa and I both love to listen to music, but we have different tastes. I’m always relaxed when Grandpa turns his music off because I don’t like opera music at all! It is so ________!

Grandpa feels like the same way about my pop music. When I turn my music on, he snorts (哼一声) and walks out of the room. Then Mom told me to use my earphones, and I ________ her advice. I find I can concentrate (集中注意力) better when I’m wearing them.

One day, mom surprised us. She had two tickets for a performance of an opera. She ________ had tickets to a pop concert. She wanted Grandpa and me to ________ both kinds of music together and try to understand each other.

I couldn’t help ________ when I saw the expressions (表情) on Grandpa’s face. I couldn’t tell if he was about to laugh or cry (哭)!

Jackson is from the USA. But he lives in _______ with his parents because they work in Beijing University. Jackson is one of my classmates. He is only 12 years old, but he is _______ than any other boy. So he sits in the back of our classroom. Jackson usually comes to school by bike or by bus. Sometimes he _______ if he has enough time. He likes playing soccer. So he is very _______

Jackson is outgoing. He can _______ English and French. And he knows _______ Chinese, too. He often helps our English teacher to teach _______ English. After class we all like talking _______ English. Today is my birthday, so I ask the _______ boy Jackson and some ________ students to my home. I think we will have a great time.

One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant, a young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”

“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”