Last week, I took my seven-year-old daughter to the circus （马戏团）. It was a wonderful mother-daughter ______. Just the ______ of us, no brothers or dad getting in the way. We had the ______ time. We watched some fantastic performances, leaving everything behind and having ______.

After this exciting afternoon, ______ we were leaving, my daughter noticed a fairy wand（仙女魔杖）in a shop and wanted me to ______ it for her. I said no, ______.

In the car ______ the way home, she was quiet.

“What did you like most? What was your favorite thing today?” I asked her.

She said, “I’m just thinking about the wand I didn’t get. ” And she looked a little disappointed.

“I’m just thinking about the wand I didn’t get.”－Yes, how many of us ______ our eyes on the “wands” we didn’t get, ______ after the most wonderful experiences? We always feel ______ about the “wands” we don’t get, and there will always be more and more “wands”, until our whole lives are ______ with complaints（抱怨）about what we don’t have.

______, most of us really have a lot, maybe fresh air, nice flowers, beautiful music and so on. But just like my daughter, we have ______ the happy times we spent at the circus, not realizing that what we didn’t get was just a wand and ______ more.

So enjoy that amazing day at the circus, because you just never know when you’ll be here again.

Share creative space and technology and take part in a guided multimedia（多媒体）story-making process. Come with questions and an idea of what you want to make, and join a community of film makers to work with video, audio and more to tell your story.

Are you a chess expert, beginner, or somewhere in between? Come practice your skills and take part in games to further develop your love of the game every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:30.

Adult volunteers needed! Contact: wswlibraryfriends @ gmail.com.

Join us every Wednesday from 3：30 to 5：20 as you and your group of adventures（冒险）search for treasure. The only thing you need to bring is your imagination and a thirst for adventure. Open to children and teens 11 +.

Can’t keep your hands out of a box of LEGOs? We can’t either!

Do you dream building of something amazing with LEGOs? We do too!

If this is you, come join us! Work on the building tasks, check out a project in one of our many LEGO books, or let your imagination fly and build a creation of your own. Work to develop fine skills and fire your creativity! For school-age children（the youngest children should be accompanied（陪同）by an adult ）.

Sometimes you can be surprised by a kind and caring person that you don’t even know.

As my birthday was last week, my daughter, granddaughter and neighbor went with me to the Golden Corral restaurant for my birthday. When I walked up to the buffet counter（自助餐台）, a nice gentleman wearing a T-shirt was also filling his plate and we had a short friendly conversation.

I walked back to my table, and shortly after that this nice gentleman seated himself at his table, which was just across from ours. I was surprised to hear my birthday being announced over the loudspeaker in the building. A little while later, this gentleman left the restaurant, and a waitress came up and asked me if I had seen this man at the next table. I said that I had, and she said, “He wants you to have this,” and handed me a $25 gift certificate to the restaurant! (A gift certificate is a special piece of money when it is exchanged for goods in a shop.)

That was a complete surprise for me, as I had never experienced that before, and didn’t even know that kind gentleman’s name. I don’t know of any other way to express my thanks to him, except to write a letter to the editors of our local newspaper and hopefully, someone-perhaps him-will read it and know how much I appreciate（感激）his kindness and friendliness. It is something that won’t be forgotten.

The next time I go to Golden Corral to enjoy their buffet and use the gift card, I hope to see him again so I can tell him, “Thank you, ” from the bottom of my heart!

Hunting its food in the open sea, the shark has three senses on which it mainly depends. These are smell, sight, and the vibration （震动） of the water-the shark’s “hearing”. Of course, the sense of smell is usually thought to be the most important. Although the shark’s brain is small for the size of its body (some people believe the shark’s brain does not even record the sense of pain), a very large part of the brain is given to the sense of smell. Some scientists refer to the shark as a “swimming nose”.

The shark’s nostrils（鼻孔）are on the underside of its nose, just ahead of the mouth. But they have no connection with the mouth. In fact, they have nothing to do with breathing. They are for smelling only, and they do an excellent job. Each nostril is a kind of cup filled with olfactory cells（嗅觉细胞）, the cells that sense smell. As the shark moves, or even when it lays still, water flows in and out of each nostril, often bathing the olfactory cells.

The shark has another tool for finding its food-its eyes. For a long while it was believed that the shark’s eyesight was very poor. But actually the shark sees better than most people had believed. In fact, it is unusually sensitive to light. And its eyes have a special addition, one it shares with cats and some other night animals-a mirror-like layer（层）in the back of the eye.

Light comes through the eye and is reflected back again. In this way the part of the eye sensitive to light is stimulated（刺激）twice.

For many, this term is their final term at the University of Utah. There are several things those students will undoubtedly miss. I’ll be spending a term in Florida working in a hospital to get some practical training, so I won’t be in Utah for a few months. I’ m already worried about the change and I’m taking time to enjoy everything I will miss.

The first thing I’m going to miss about Utah is the sunsets. On a clear day, Utah has colorful sunsets. It’s possibly caused by pollution, but no matter what, they’re interesting and special. The second thing I’m going to miss is the dryness of the state. From what I know of Florida, it is like always walking through a cloud of thin fog. Winter in Florida is like summer in Utah, but with more rain.

I’m actually going to miss driving. In Florida, I’ll only be taking the bus. It’s going to be a short distance, and I won’t think about how fast I go or when I should turn. During my long journeys every day in Utah, I listened to audiobooks（有声读物）, and they helped me with my homework and were more enjoyable than the radio or the sounds of traffic. In a word, I could always gain a lot while driving.

Lastly, I’m also going to miss the Marriott Library. It doesn’t matter where I sit; in the library, I can have great fun learning there. Having $ 2 snacks just a couple of meters away from me, a service that can print quickly without technical difficulties and the atmosphere（氛围）of hundreds of other students around me who are also working hard and getting their homework done, make the library the best place for studying. And I mustn’t forget to mention the books. I never thought a school library famous for research would have all I need to enjoy George R. R. Martin’s world of ice and fire, but it does.

When Tom opened his eyes, he didn’t know where he was.     56     took him a few minutes to remember that he and his friends had run away from their village. Now they were lying on the soft grass. There wasn’t a cloud     57     the sky. It was nice to     58    （醒来）outside, among the trees and animals. Tom could hear the birds singing, both far     59     near. He saw a bird, (a Blue Jay), land on a tree branch. He woke the other boys, and they ran into the r    60     to swim. They were playing happily, though they noticed the river had carried away their boat.     61    （同时）, Tom also noticed how similar animals and insects were to human beings. Some were busy working, and some w    62     playing.

Tom and his friends decided to     63    （去钓鱼）. They came back with the fish. That was the breakfast. They were happy all morning. When they     64     （坐下）, they began to f    65     a little sad and lonely. But they didn’t talk about these feelings. They would be     66    （嘲笑）.     67     [‘sʌdnli] a loud noise came. They jumped up and ran to see     68     happened. They could see a riverboat f    69     of people. “Hey, I think they may be looking for us!” H    70     important they were to their village! They forgot all those sad feelings, and happy again!

71. 暑假将至，你校准备组织一场英语演讲比赛，题为“A Meaningful Summer Vacation”。请你根据以下提示，用英语写一篇演讲稿。

A Meaningful Summer Vacation

This term has come to an end, and I will have a meaningful summer vacation. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________