This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82-year-old lady. ________ her life was hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.

This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home (养老院). The nursing home was very ________. After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. ________ the way to her room, I told her what the room was like.

Suddenly she said, “I love ________!”

“________ Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was surprised at her reply.

She stopped and said, “Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture (家具) is placed. It depends on how I decide to ________ the room. I have already decided to love the room before I ________ see it.”

Then she continued, “I have a choice. I can spend the day in bed and consider how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out ________ bed and be thankful that I can also enjoy a new day. Each day is a ________. I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account (账户) before.”

Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of ________ in your bank account, you can take out some of it when you feel sad.

Attitude (态度) is everything.

Mary and Michael have faced some problems recently and asked Anna for help.

	Dear Anna, I’m really worried about my daughter. I think some of the older boys in her school are bullying (欺负) her. Every day she comes home from school in tears (流泪). And every morning she says she doesn’t feel well because she doesn’t want to go to school. Can you give me some advice? Mary
	Hi Mary, I think you should go and talk to your daughter’s head teacher. Bullying is a serious problem in many schools, and every school must have a rule to stop it. Perhaps you could also have a talk with your daughter, and give her some good advice. Anna
	Dear Anna, My neighbors keep playing loud music late at night. I’ve been there a couple of times with my wife to complain (抱怨), and they turn it down for a few minutes. But ten minutes later, they turn it up again. It’s making me very stressed. What do you think I should do? Michael
	Hi Michael, I think you should speak to them one more time. Perhaps you could go during the day, when it’s quiet and you feel calm (冷静). Try to be polite and explain how their music is making you feel. Tell them that you would really like to be friendly to them, but if they keep making noise at night, you will call the police. Before you do this, you should write down all the dates and time when your neighbors make too much noise. Anna

Mrs. Brown lives in a small town in Australia. There is a big farm near the town.

On Saturday morning, she goes to her small shop. She opens the window of the shop and looks at the farm. It’s very beautiful. There are many cows, horses and small animals on the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangaroo with her baby. It’s interesting to see them! The mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket. They stand there and look hungry. Mrs. Brown gives some bread to them. The kangaroos get it. Then they become happy and jump away. Suddenly a wallet drops on the floor from the jacket pocket. She picks it up, and finds $ 300 and a photo in it. That is a man’s photo with his name “John” on it. “John? I have a brother. His name is also John,” Mrs. Brown says. “Is this man my lost brother?” she thinks.

She takes the wallet with her and begins to look for the man. She asks many people in the town, and then she comes to the farm and asks the farmer. Hey! It is John, her lost brother. They are very happy to see each other.

Here is a report from Xinhua Daily. Computer games are very popular not only with the young people but also the adults. In some ways, they will take the place (代替) of the traditional games such as cards, chess and so on, because you only need a computer to play computer games. But in the past, if a man wanted to play chess, he must look for another one. In fact, computer games themselves are so interesting and exciting for us. The games can bring you happiness and excitement. They have been used in too many places such as schools, business, hospitals and so on.

Now there are many educational games for the students. They are helpful to the students. They can make the students learn more and better by changing the study ways. When the students play the educational games, they use their brains, eyes, ears and hands. The students will be active to get knowledge while playing. But now the students shouldn’t spend too much time on computer games. Otherwise, it may affect their study.

We have gone into the computer age. And learning too much knowledge through the computer is becoming true.

“Who needs a shopping mall (购物中心) if you have Taobao?” says 28-year-old Wang Lin, a writer in Beijing.

Taobao is China’s largest online shopping site (网站).     33     She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping.     34     More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular on line.

Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese.     35     All kinds of things can be found, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.

    36     In fact, it’s very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.

My friend Peter was kind and lovely. But as a student, he was bad at math, English and science because he didn’t have an aptitude (资质) for that kind of study.

One day we were playing football and the ball got stuck in a tree. Peter climbed the tree to get it; and one of the teachers, John Marston, who was looking out of the window, noticed that he was a talented climber. Mr. Marston was an expert (专家) in climbing. He had climbed many mountains.

One weekend Mr. Marston invited Peter to climb Mount Kilimanjaro (乞力马扎罗山). Peter really enjoyed the climbing. Mr. Marston told Peter he was a very talented climber for his age. Peter left school three years later with no qualification (毕业证), but he kept climbing regularly until, he became very good at it. In his early twenties, he became a professional (职业的) climber. He said, “I’ll always remember Mr. Marston because he showed me I had an ability (能力) which no one else, including myself, knew about.”

When I was in the first year of high school, I began to do some part-time jobs. But I quickly got tired of my first job and decided     47     (make) a change.

Then, a close friend of     48     (my) provided a job for me at a sandwich shop in my town. It paid better and had better working hours. But I hated it, soon. However, I had to work to make money, so I kept working there for a year.

Then at my last high school year, my best friend brought     49     (I) to a farm. At that time the farm owner needed some people     50     (do) farm chores: So I took this job, but I still worked at the sandwich shop.

After a few days of working on the farm, I could do many chores by myself and I really enjoyed the job. Anyway, I had difficulty doing two jobs and     51     (study) at school, so I finally made the     52     (decide) to give up the job at the sandwich shop.

Since I liked the farm work, I thought it was a really right decision. And I got some of     53     greatest experiences of my life on the farm.

It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s (宇航员的) son.

Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. My father is so special and so good (A) ________ everything he does. Even in middle school, he was the captain (队长) of the school football team.

One morning, my teacher said, “There will be a ‘Father’s Day’ writing competition for all the school. I hope we have a winner right here in our class.”

When I got home, I (B) started to think about what to write. How did I see my father? (C) I saw him sitting beside me when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged (拥抱) me for hours when my dog Snoopy got killed by a car. Yes, there were so many things that I was going to write. To me, he isn’t just a successful astronaut. He is my dad.

(D)我的父母和我在星期四傍晚去了学校. The hall was full of people. I went up the stage (舞台) and read my article. When I finished, people stood (E) ________ and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother’s face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder, “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.”

It is the proudest moment of my life, too. (F) Maybe I would never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize. But it is enough just to be my father’s son.

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