Do you like playing video games? Maybe you’d like to be a game tester. When video game companies make new games, they p    1    game testers to play the games and make sure they work. Do you think it is r    2     fun? Well. Steven is a game tester. Let’s hear what he says.

“We sit in front of the computer and look at the s    3     all day,” says Steven. “But it’s not l    4     playing a game at home. We don’t play a game from b    5    to end. Our job is to find problems with the game. We call them bugs. We usually test one small part of a game again and again. That can be boring!”

Game testers can’t choose their games. “Sometimes I have to test a game that is for young children,” says Steve. “Playing a c    6     game all week isn’t fun. And sometimes we just test the controller---we have to c    7    that the buttons all work. That’s the most boring p    8     of the job.”

Steve says game testers don’t get a lot of money, and they work for l    9     hours. “Sometimes we work late into the night. I drink a lot of coffee to stay awake.”

So, the job can be boring. The hours are long and the pay is l    10    . Many people only stay in the job for a few months. But for the game companies, that’s not problem. There are always lots of young people who want to be games testers. They think it will be all fun.

Amy Wood, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl, is full of     1     (想法). She always found some interesting shop games to play with her friends when she was a small child. Now she is making the game     2     (真实的) after opening her own shop at the     3     (年龄) of eleven.

Amy is the Britain’s youngest     4     (人) to have a shop. She runs a shop that sells clothes for pets. She even teaches     5     (她自己) how to make clothes. The schoolgirl can balance(平衡) running the store with her schoolwork     6     (容易地). “I love being my own boss and it is     7     (有乐趣的) to work.” Amy told BBC. Now the lovely and smart girl is on the way to her next     8     (特别的) goal (目标), making enough money to pay for her study to be a doctor for animals. She wants to make her dream come true.

“I will make enough money to pay for me to study. I don’t     9     (感觉) like I’m giving up my free time or weekends and I     10     (几乎不) feel tired because I love the work so much.” said Amy.

The Sun comes up, and the cleaner starts his day. He gets his broom and he is     1     his way. He cleans up things that people drop. From dawn     2     dusk, he never     3     (stop). He sweeps the streets, and makes them     4     (clean). And he helps keep     5     (us) city green.

Night is falling,     6     the sky is dark. The only sounds     7     (be) dogs that bark. The policemen drive along the streets all night     8     (stop) thieves and those who fight. It is     9     dangerous job, but they are brave. They help keep our city     10     (safely).

My teacher thought I was the worst student. My family also had the     1     idea as my teachers. When I was about to give up my studying,     2     new teacher, Miss White, came to our school. She was young, beautiful and wise.

One day, when I was sitting alone in my classroom, Miss White came up to me and talked to     3     happily. Soon her smile made me feel relaxed. “Do you think I can go to college?” I didn’t know why I asked     4     a question. I thought she must say “no”, because everyone else said so.     5    , she said, “Dear, you can do anything you want. Just try, and you’ll get closer to     6    . I believe you are the best!” I was deeply touched by her words. I     7     to study hard.

From then on, we became good friends. She often helped me     8     my study in her free time.

In the end, I     9     well in my study and went to a good college. Miss White is an angel (天使). Her words have kept me going forward. She has helped me to see that I am special and I can do things     10     than before.

Come here, my friends. My name is Jackson. I’m American, but now I live (居住) in Wuhan, C    1    . I’m a m    2     school student. I’m in Grade Seven. Look, this is a photo     3     my class . Do you k    4     the woman in the red coat? She is our English teacher. I     5     (认为) she is a nice teacher. I’m in Row 2. The b    6     in the blue coat is my friend. His name is Zhao Lei. He is 12 years     7     (大). His mother and father are teachers, too. Some new English-Chinese d    8     are in the bookcase.

We have many flowers (花) in the classroom,     9    . They are yellow. They are very beautiful (漂亮的). Our classroom is very nice. W    10     like our classroom.

【推荐2】My name is William. Today is October 5^th. It’s my birthday. In     1     morning, I will go to the clothes store with my mother. I want     2    (buy) a new shirt and a pair of red shoes. Because red is my favorite     3    . My mother will also buy me a big cake with     4     small candles(蜡烛). Why is this number? Haha, I’m 14 today.

In the afternoon, I will go to the movie. It is a     5    (China) movie called Wolf Warrior II. All the people say it’s very exciting. The actor Wu Jing is very cool. I just can’t     6    (wait) to see it.

In the evening, we will have a birthday     7    . Many of my friends will come to it. I will ask     8    (they) to eat my birthday cake. We will     9     the Happy Birthday song and play some 10     10    (interest) games together. What an amazing day it is!

Do you have a QQ number? Many people like     1     (chat) online with QQ. In fact, QQ has changed a large number of Chinese people’s communication habits (交流习惯). Do you know who invented QQ? It was Ma Huateng.

Ma Huateng was born in 1971 in Guangdong. When he was young, he was     2     (interest) in astronomy (天文学). However, he chose to study computer     3     (scientist) when he entered Shenzhen University in 1989. In his eyes, computer science was closer to everyday life compared to astronomy. He worked hard and became the     4    (good) student in his class.

Ma worked as a computer     5     (program) in a company in Shenzhen for five years after he graduated in 1993. His job was not bad and he     6     (make) a lot of money every month. However, Ma     7     (leave) the company and started his own in 1998. It was difficult at the     8     (begin) and he had to work hard every day. After he invented QQ, his business became better and better. It is said that now there     9     (be) at least two hundred million people     10     (use) QQ. It is a wonder that even he himself never predicted.

Deng Qingming is one of the three Chinese astronauts carrying out China’s Shenzhou-15 spaceship mission. He     1     (final) got the chance to go to space after nearly 25 years of preparation.

Deng was born in a village in Jiangxi Province in 1966. As his     2     (parent) both worked in the fields, he bad to look after his younger brothers and sisters. At that time, his dream was to go to college and find a job     3     (support) his family.

Deng     4     (be) a member of the PLA Air Force (空军) since 1984. When he left his village that year, his friends came to say goodbye to him. He was deeply touched and decided to work hard. Years of hard     5     (train) made him an excellent pilot, and he was chosen as one of the     6     (one) group of Chinese astronauts in 1998.

For a really long time, Deng served as a backup (后备) astronaut. His road to space was even     7     (long) than that of his teammates. He spent almost all of his time preparing and waiting and he     8     (give) the chance to travel to space in the end.

Besides that, Deng’s wife supported him a lot. She     9     (take) care of the whole family and never complained. “You’ve set an example to     10     (we) daughter and we are proud of you, “ she told him.

Wang Yuan was born in Chongqing, 2000. He is one of the     1     (good) actors now, also a member of the group TFBOYS. When be was a little boy, he became     2     (talent) in singing. So his father took him to     3     singing school and told him, “if you work harder, your dream can come true     4     (early).” Wang Yuan was hard-working and strict     5     himself. At the age of five, he took part in a singing competition and     6     (win) the first prize. He went to get further study when he was only thirteen. He always did his homework     7     (careful) and studied really hard.

Finally, he reached the top. At the beginning of 2017, Wang became the     8     (one) actor to go to ECOSOC Youth Forum 2017. He said, “My passion for 2030 is that every young person can get good quality education.” Many young people in China are planning to go to     9     (he) 2020 New Year’s Concert. “Anyone can be     10     (success) as long as they put their hearts into it,” he added.