8. I ________ to the party if John ________ me an invitation.

Tim was the most popular man in town. Jack was a young man in the town. He wanted to be ______ like Tim. Once there was a big snowstorm (暴风雪), but people needed to get out of the town to get their food. They said, “Tim is our hero (英雄). He can help us.” Jack wanted to be a hero too, so he decided to ______ Tim.

Because of the ______, Tim lost his way very soon. ______, Jack knew the place well. They walked until there appeared a block of ice. Jack said, “We can’t get past it. ______ should we do?” Tim did his best to ______ the ice and he made it at last. But that made Tim so ______ that he couldn’t walk anymore. Jack said, “Don’t ______! Wait here and I’ll get the food.”

In the end, the two men came back to the town. When people saw Jack carry the food, they called him a hero. But Jack was ______ something else. He said, “I wanted to be popular in the past, ______ now I find it more important to have friends and help others.”

One day, Ben’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire after working for forty years. They were going to have a surprise party for him.

Ben loved his grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered his grandpa gave him a business card (名片) two years ago. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the job on the card, so he decided to make a new one for him.

When the big day came, Ben was ready. He didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. He took it with him in the evening. When all the other people left after dinner, he gave the gift to his grandpa.

His grandpa smiled, “Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now?” “Sure!” Ben said happily.

As Grandpa opened the gift, tears (眼泪) came into his eyes. He got the greatest gift. It was a business card with his new position (职位): FULL-TIME (专职的) GRANDPA!

“What can I get every day, my dear?” his grandpa asked. “As many hugs (拥抱) as you want!” With these words, Ben gave Grandpa a warm hug. “Thank you. I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa happily.

Children and adults （成年人）don’t always agree with each other. They often have different ideas about living. But in a special group in London, children and adults live together in a friendly way.

Each summer 200 children and 50 adults live together for eight weeks. Everyone works for a few hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy. They want to find enjoyment （快乐） in work. Some children work in the forests or on the farm near the village and some learn to make things like tables and chairs. Adults teach them to do these things.

There are a few free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. When they aren’t busy, some of the children learn to take photos or draw and some sit around to talk or sing.All children choose their own ways to spend their free time.

When people live together, they should have rules. In the group children and adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the group will talk about it.

One of the children says,   “We have to stop thinking only about ourselves (我们自己). I need to learn how to think about others.”

56. 人人都有自己的爱好。请你以“My Favorite Hobby”为题，根据下面的要点和要求，用英语写一篇短文简单谈谈自己特别喜欢的爱好。

My Favorite Hobby

I have many interesting things to do in my free time, and I like ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________