A few months ago, I learned that the city food bank needed some volunteers. I was the _________ in my group of friends. So, I sent letters to 10 friends. I’d like to _________ a group that would volunteer to make and serve dinner for the disabled people. I wanted to _________ my friends to be part of the group. Almost all of my friends _________ .

One day, several of my friends brought some food and helped prepare the _________ “I got such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I saw the _________ people get the food!”said one friend. Later, another friend made a list (清单) about serving, _________ we could do quickly and easily. Now each month there are new faces that join the group. One woman _________ invited another group of her friends to serve.

It’s hard to imagine that simple _________ asking friends to help have made a great difference. At first, I just wanted to be an organizer. Now, I __________ my idea. I also love to work as a volunteer, because I can get more joy from the happy faces of the disabled people.

On March 23, 2015, "Father of Singapore" Lee Kuan Yew, died of illness at the age of 91 years old. Lee Kuan Yew is the founder of Singapore.

Lee was Singapore's prime minister（总理）for 31 years, from 1959 to 1990. Fifty years ago, when he announced Singapore's independence from Malaysia, it was a poor island with a lack of natural resources. Under his leadership, Singapore has become a clean, modern and wealthy city with low crime and corruption（腐败）.

He was born in September 1923 into a family of Chinese descent（血统）. Lee Kuan Yew's ancestors are Hakka（客家）.Lee did well in high school and later majored in law at Cambridge.

In childhood Lee was independent and had strong character. He studied in the famous Singapore's school Raffles. In 1949, Lee graduated with honors and began working as a lawyer in England.

He married Kwa Geok Choo in 1950 and they have two sons and a daughter. His eldest son Lee Hsien Loong became the third prime minister of Singapore in August 2004.

Thanks to Lee Kuan Yew's work, Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world.

You've probably heard of working dogs that help police officers, or horses that help farmers. Did you know that carrier pigeons can be trained to help people too? Here are some examples.

Carrier pigeons can be trained to carry messages to people. The note is placed into a small can. The can is tied（绑）to the pigeon's leg. Then the pigeon flies off with the note.

From high up in the sky, specially trained pigeons can find orange life jackets in the ocean. Sometimes it is difficult for humans to find people lost at sea, especially when the weather is bad. However, pigeons can fly quickly over a large area of water to look for people.

Many years ago, carrier pigeons were used to help our country during war（战争）—spy pigeons had small cameras that were tied to their feet. As a pigeon flew over enemy（敌人）land, the camera took photos of the land below. This would allow our soldiers to see where the enemies were and what they were doing.

So next time you see a pigeon, stop and watch it closely. What might look like an ordinary bird to most people might actually be helpful.

Most children don't enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.

Here is an example.

"Mom, have you worked out next week's housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can't wait. It's fun!" When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, "sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom" and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card "clean the bathroom". Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up "wash vegetables” and Robert chose "feed the fish". Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.

To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong. China，we brought not only our luggage，but also our village rules，customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect((尊敬) elders，Unluckily，this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time，when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple，the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that，her face showed great displeasure My manager，who happened to hear what I said，took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description“old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife，After the couple heard my reason，they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences，so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China，people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty，and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience.

Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However，in the United States，people think“ growing old”is a problem since“old”shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging，and women put on makeup，hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly，they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear. After that，I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any more: I still respect them，but now I don't show my feelings through words.

The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months, the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months, the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.

I think it is    66    for children to learn how to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not enough to just get good grades at school. Children these days    67    on their parents too much. They are always asking, "Could you get this for me?" or "Could you help me with that?"    68    chores helps to develop children's independence and teaches them how to look after    69    . It also helps them to understand the idea of    70    . Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in    71    it clean and tidy. Our neighbor's son got into a good college, but during this year, he had no idea how    72    care of himself. As a result, he often    73    ill and his grades     74    . The earlier kids learn to be    75    , the better it is for their future.

87. 下面是魏明写给他的朋友Tom的信，信中描述了他的烦恼。请你以他的朋友Tom的身份，给他写一封80词左右的回信，在信中指出他的问题并给他提出建议。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

My classmate, Lucy, bought a new pen. I liked it very much, so I used it without her permission. Unluckily, I broke it. Then I put it back secretly. Now she finds out the truth and is very angry with me. I don't know what to do. Can you help me?

Yours,

Wei Ming

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