One year, my family had a birthday party for my father. ________ we sang the Happy Birthday song, my father made a ________ and blew out all of the candles. Can you guess ________ his wish was? He was going to learn to skate. He said that it was his ________ for many years.

There is a beautiful ________ in our city. In winter, it freezes (结冰) and becomes a wonderful skating place. Dad often walked on the river in winter and ________ young people skate. He wanted to learn to skate himself, but he thought he was too ________.

He finally made a decision this time. We bought him a pair of ice skates (溜冰鞋) and helped him ________. I showed him how to stand on the ice. My sister told him to ________ his body low. Dad learned like a young student, listening carefully to us. Watching ________ walking like a toddler (刚学步的小孩), my sister and I laughed. After the first ten minutes, Dad ________ stand on his ice skates. Thirty minutes later, he started to move across the ice slowly. We ________ the whole day on the river, having fun watching Dad skate. From that day on, Dad went ________ more often than anyone else in our family. A few days later, he was a ________ skater.

Now, we spend a lot of time skating on the river together. It’s always a ________ time for us.

When Kate was young, she was     16     active girl. She spoke loudly and     17     (clear). Many people thought she was fond of     18     (speak). What she said always made others     19     (laugh). But another girl Rose     20     (be) different from Kate. Her hobby was to read books in the library. She was     21     (quiet) than Kate.     22    , the two girls were good friends. They went to the same primary school and played together. But they went to college in different     23     (city) and then they didn’t see each other.

Twenty years later, Rose got some     24     (information) about Kate from TV. She was very     25     (excite) and went to visit Kate. They were happy to see each other and they had a great time.

Healthy Living Habits for Children

Alex and Cathy decided to go camping in the mountains. They took with them all the things they would need—warm clothes, food, a tent and so on.

They went up to the mountains and found a good place to put up their tent. After that, they decided to walk around to see more of the mountains.

After a long walk, they went back to their camp, built a fire and cooked dinner. Soon, it was time to go to sleep. In the middle of the night, Cathy shouted at Alex, “Look up at the sky. What do you see?”

Alex answered, “I see millions of stars. ”

Cathy said, “That’s right. What does that mean to you?”

Alex said, “Well, if there are so many stars out there, that means there might also be a planet (行星) just like the planet we live on. And if that’s true, then there could be life on one of those planets. That’s kind of exciting!”

Cathy said, “You are right. But it also means that someone has stolen (偷) our tent!”

Riding a bike on the street, maybe you can hear some people speaking Chinese. Turning right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see the Huawei smart phones are on sale. But you’re not in China, you are in London. In fact, you can see many things like this in many other places. Chinese products (产品) are becoming popular all over the world.

Chinese foods are popular in western (西方的) countries for a long time. To meet people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes.

Some Chinese brands (品牌) are also becoming more popular. In many countries, shops sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers.

In the past, most western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable (不可靠的). But now, things have changed greatly. More people trust Chinese brands. “Made in China” becomes cool.

Many people use computers, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computers.

Keep your computers in a cool, dry room.     41     Moisture (潮湿) is also bad for them. Most computers work best at a temperature of 5—30.

    42     Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer and can cause many problems.

    43     Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard can also cause many problems.

Make sure that the keyboard and screen are at the right height for you.     44    

If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are right for using the computer.     45    

Keep your screen clean and don’t have it too bright. A dirty screen can hurt your eyes. A very bright screen can also be bad for your eyes.

49. 她沉浸于美丽的森林中，忘了时间。(lose)

She is ______ the beautiful forest and losing the track of time.

51. 生活中，我们总是面对着各种各样的压力，压力过大会妨碍我们的学习和生活。某中学生英文报正开辟专栏讨论中学生如何减压。假如你叫李丽，请向该栏目投稿，从以下几个方面，说一说我们该如何减压。

There are many ways for us middle school students to relax ourselves. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Li