Today is September 1st, and I am back to school. It’s ______ to see my teachers and friends again. ______ look fine. Maybe they had a good time in the past summer holidays.

I’m in Grade Eight this year. We have ______ new subjects. I’m not very good ______ Chinese, but Han Mei says she can help me because her Chinese is the ______ in my class. I think I can do it well this term. I meet my good friend Wang Lei. He tells me he went to Beijing Zoo with his parents on August 26th, and that he saw many ______ of animals.

I like English very much. Zhang Hong likes English, ______. But she needs help. I think I can help her learn ______ . I’m sure she will ______ her English with my help.

Mr Hu is our new English teacher. He teaches very well. He doesn’t ______ all of us, so he has our names on the paper and calls our names before he begins his lesson.

I need to study hard to get the best grades.

【推荐3】Hi, boys and girls. Do you want to know something about me? I am Li Yue from China. I’m in Grade Eight. I can ______ English well. I like to draw some ______ in the park on Saturday. As for some instruments, I can play the guitar, the piano, the violin and the drums.

I often brush my teeth at 6:30 a. m. Then I have ______ at 6:40 a. m. At about 7:20 a. m, I ______ my bike to school. It takes me about fifteen minutes to get to school.

There are many ______ in my school. We must ______ the school uniforms on school days. We can’t eat or ______ music in the classroom. We must be ______ in the library. We must get to school on tie, ______.

I think the school rules are ______. Sometimes, I don’t like them. But I know that they are good for us.

【推荐1】A few days ago, I ran into a stranger as he passed by. I said ________ to him. And we were very polite. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye.

Later in the kitchen at home, as I cooked our meal, my daughter Betty walked up to me. When I ________, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted ________. She ran away, crying.

That night, when I ________ in bed, my husband said to me, “You were so rude to Betty. Go and look around on the kitchen floor, and you’ll find some flowers there. Betty brought those for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow, and your favourite ________.”

When I heard this, I thought deeply. “While meeting with a stranger, I was calm and polite, but with my daughter, I was not ________.” I felt sad and tears began to fall.

I quietly went to Betty’s bed. “Wake up, my dear!” I said. “Did you pick these flowers for me?” She smiled, “I found ________ by the tree. I know you like them, especially the blue ones.”

I said, “I am so sorry that I treated you that way today.”

And she whispered (小声说), “Mummy, that’s okay. I still love you anyway.” I kissed her and said, “I love you too and I do love the flowers.”

That day Betty gave me a ________ on how to get along with each other in the family. I spent much time on work and didn’t realize how important family life was. I decided to do better in the future.

【推荐3】A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. They sat down and _______ a meal. His father was very old and _______ didn’t look healthy. He dropped (滴落) food _______his shirt and trousers when he was eating. The father didn’t get tidy at all. _______ people watched him in disgust (厌恶地). But the son was very _______. He didn’t care at all.

_______ his father finished eating, the son _______ took him to the washroom and cleaned his clothes. Just at that time, an old man came over and said, “Young man, I think you leave _______ behind.” The son said, “No, sir. I don’t.” The old man said, “Yes, you really _______! You leave a _______ for every son and hope for every old father.”