I sat on the steps next to Peter and watched him play his new guitar. His left hand worked the strings (弦) ______ his right hand played.

“Just in time for the school talent show next ______,” I said.

“Are you doing anything for the talent show, Jeremy?” Peter asked.

“No,” I said. “If I were a little ______ like you, 14 years old, maybe I could, too. I believe you’ll win the first prize this year.”

“Maybe,” said Peter, “I’m playing a song I ______ myself.”

“You write your own song?”

“It’s not ______,” he said. “My song is called ‘Two for One.’ I got the ______ easily from a two-for-one sale at the store. And I liked the sound of ‘Two for One.’ ______ song goes like this: ‘Two for one, two for one, that’s the way to have some fun.’ I haven’t written all the words yet.”

The next morning, I saw Peter was so ______. His right arm was broken.

“I got ______ when playing baseball yesterday,” he said. “Now I can’t be in the talent show next week.”

Peter and I _______ each other worriedly. Then I had an idea.

“We could sit next to each other on the stage,” I said. “You could play the left-hand parts, and I’ll play with my right hand.”

Peter’s eyes were ______ and lively.

“It might work,” he said.

I sat ______ him on the top step.

“Where can I put my right hand while we ______?”

“Put it on my shoulder,” I told him. “We’re ______, aren’t we?”

Our song answered that question. We finished writing the words together ______.

“Two for one, one for two, see what two good friends can do!”

Welcome to Chimelong Safari Park!

Our school is in the center of the town. But we used to live in a village called Garden. It was ten miles from my home     61     school. No one lived     62     (far) than me in my class. It     63     (take) me about an hour to go to school on my bike. It was difficult for me     64     (get) to school before eight o’clock in winter if it snowed. Sometimes I was late for class. My mother often said “Jim, be quick! You will be late again     65     you don’t hurry up.” And I had to leave home early in the morning. I was often tired in the evening. I told my parents about it. Later, Daddy found     66     job in a supermarket in the town. Now we have moved into a house there. We     67     (live) in the house for a week. It is not far from the train station and I can take the school bus     68     (easy). It is only ten minutes’ bus ride. Now I don’t worry about arriving late for school. And I have many new     69     (friend) now. I can play soccer with them after supper. We enjoy     70     (we) very much.

Every year, when the Dragon Boat Festival comes, Chinese people often hang a kind of plant on the door. It is called wormwood (艾草).     71     On the other hand, its special smell can also keep annoying insects away from rooms.

In fact, wormwood tastes bitter but smells very pleasant.     72     So it can be seen in Compendium of Materia Medica (《本草纲目》). This book is widely believed to be the classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The writer of the book is Li Shizhen.     73    

Wormwood is well-known for its ability to treat a great number of illnesses. Hundreds of years later, in Qichun, Hubei Province, it is still serving local people. Recently, Qichun has been busy preparing for the World Wormwood Industry Show.     74     And it will be good for the popularity of TCM and the traditional Chinese culture.

Wormwood has become the main industry in this area.     75     At the same time, wormwood is gradually known around the world as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine.