My dad had to leave high school to support his mom and six brothers and sisters at the age of 16. He tells my brothers and me the stories of when he was our age.

One day, when he came home after school, he found a _______ on the door. It said that his family must move out of the house at once.

Smoking and drinking _______ all his dad’s money, but my dad wasn’t angry about it. Instead, when he remembered the happy times he had sat with his father enjoying football matches, he felt a little _______.

My dad’s little sister would cry at birthday parties _______ she could never have one of her own at home. My brothers and I have had _______ every year, but we had my dad’s first birthday party when he was forty.

He tell us to work hard and stay in school. We’ve heard it so much that sometimes we don’t take it _______ But now I often think of his words： “There’s _______ you can’t do if you stay in school and work hard.” I think my father’s fate（ 命运） would be changed _______ if he’d had just one person saying those words to him.

He works hard for 16 hours a day, so we can _______ a good home and do the things he never could.

My dad has always told me this, but now it’s my turn. I am so ________ of you, Dad.

Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.

Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924, Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.

At Lao She Teahouse today, customers can drink tea and eat delicious Beijing food. If you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or magic shows, you can enjoy them at the teahouse. Lao She gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.

The AI（人工智能） has changed our lives. There are four useful AI inventions here.

A proverb is a short, well known saying that expresses a common truth or belief. Proverbs are found in most cultures and are often very old.

In American history, Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor and writer as well as a leader of the American Revolution.     26       

Franklin wrote a book called “Poor Richard’s Almanac”.     27     Some of them are still used today, like this one: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

Franklin is also remembered for other proverbs like, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”     28    

Here are other examples of proverbs that Americans use. The first ones are about love. Some people say, “All is fair in love and war.” They mean that anything you do in a relationship or in battle is acceptable.

    29     In other words, when you are in love with someone, you may refuse to see anything bad about that person.

Here is another popular saying about love: “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Some people believe that a woman can win a man’s love if she prepares his favorite foods.

“     30    ” This proverb is true in love and war or other situations. It means that what you do is more important than what you say.

We have to stop here, so we must say, “All good things must come to an end.”

American football started in the United States back in 1869 and is one of     36     (popular) sports in the US today. According to a survey in 2017, football     37     (stay) at the number one sport since 1985.

In the game, there are two teams trying to get the ball, and they can either kick the ball through the goalposts (球门柱)     38     run the ball into the goal. Players must wear football helmets (头盔) to protect     39     (they). There are a lot of rules, which can be very hard to follow     40     you don’t know them. The team that scores more goals is the     41     (win).

Football in the United States is not just a sport because it plays     42     important part in American culture.     43     Thanksgiving, families will get together, eat and give thanks, but it’s also known     44     a day to watch football. At that time, professional football teams bring the whole nation together every year for the Super Bowl. Everyone can’t wait     45     (enjoy) the exciting moment!

46. 假设你叫Mike，是一名在北京待了一年的英国交换生。现在你要回国了，请根据下面的内容要点写一封感谢信，表达你对在你做交换生期间给过你帮助的老师、同学及朋友们的感激之情。

I appreciated a lot that all you have given me during the past year. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you so much again.

Yours sincerely,

Mike