9. —Did you call Jenny?

—Oh no, I forgot. I ________her right away.

What is time? We can’t _______ it and we can’t catch it. But we can feel it go away. Time is _______ with us in our life. When we wash our faces, time _______ away in front of us. And when we play, time goes away at last.

Time is fair (公平的) to _______ of us. If we make _______ use of it, time will give us a lot, or we will _______ a lot. We can’t find the best time again.

Today time is getting more and more important to us. We often _______ people say, “Time is money. Time is life.”It tells us not to waste (浪费) any time.

My friends, we must keep it in mind, “Time waits for no man.” Now we are still _______. It is the best time for us to learn _______. We must make good use of every minute and be the ________ of time.

Rat and Mole are at home all day. Mole is bored. He says, “I want to visit Badger.” But Rat tells him, “Badger lives in the middle of the Wild Wood. It’s a long way to go in winter.”

But Mole still wants to go. When Rat is asleep, he puts on a coat and goes into the Wild Wood. It is cold and the sky is grey, first it is fun. But then it gets dark. Mole sees strange little faces in the wood. The faces have sharp teeth. He hears strange noises and he is afraid. Poor Mole runs and runs through the wood. Then he sees a hole inside a tree and he hides there.

When Rat wakes up at home, he calls, “Mole, Mole!” but Mole doesn’t answer. And Mole’s coat isn’t there. Rat thinks, “Mole is visiting Badger. Oh, no! Mole is in the Wild Wood!” he puts on his coat and puts a gun in his pocket. He goes along the path to the Wild Wood. He sees the strange faces with sharp teeth. But they see Rat’s gun, and go away. Rat calls and calls, “Mole, where are you? It’s me—Rat.”

At last, Mole answers. “Rat, I’m here! In the tree! I am very frightened!” he says in a little voice.

“Don’t worry, Mole,” says Rat, “Let’s go home now!”

But Mole is very tired. He wants to sleep, so Rat sits and waits. While Mole is sleeping, it begins to snow. The snow is white and it covers all the paths.

Later, Mole wakes up. Then the two friends set off through the white woods. Everything is different with the snow and soon Rat and Mole are lost. They walk for hours but they cannot find the way home. They are tired, and cold, and hungry.

Suddenly, Rat sees a sign in the snow. The sign says, “Mr Badger”.

“It’s Badger’s front door,” says Rat. He is very excited.

They ring the doorbell. “Who is it?” calls Badger.

“Oh, Badger,” cries Rat. “It’s me, Rat, and my friend Mole, and we are lost in the snow.”

The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud(大声的) music. Other people don’t.       38     .

Many people like sports, but they do not all like the same sports. In some countries, cricket(板球运动) is a very popular sport. In others, it is not popular at all. No one plays it or watches it on TV. However, most people like football. The World Cup is very popular.     39    

Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat.     40     Some people do not like potatoes or bread. They prefer(更喜欢) rice.   

    41     Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer pale(暗淡的) colors.

Many people like traveling. Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like the fresh air. Some people like to go to the cities. Because they like shopping.     42    .

What do you like? Have you got an idea?

66. 假如你是Millie，给你的新朋友Kitty介绍你家，请根据下面提供的要点，用英文进行介绍。

I’d like to introduce my home to you.

Yours,

Millie