In a language training class, quite a few old men who were studying Japanese got many people’s attention. A young man could not help     1    （ask）one of them why he decided to study Japanese at such an age. The old man answered     2     a big smile, “I am 76 years old this year. I will grow up to 77 even if I had not taken this class. I believe the old     3    （say）, ‘You are never too old to learn.’ ”

Keeping learning can make people live a much     4    （happy）life. If you keep learning, your life     5    （become）colorful.     6     a result, it is necessary to keep learning. However, many of the teens wish that the school days could pass away     7    （quick）so that they could end learning. They are expecting to live in the “real world” of work: no more homework, and no more     8    （exam）. But really, whether you want to or not, you are going to carry on learning throughout your life. You’ll learn new skills at work. You might learn how to be     9     parent.

In short, learning is a lifelong job. Keeping learning can keep     10    （we）from being out of fashion. A person who keeps learning will never feel bored or lonely.

“Never give up!” It is the law of my life. I learned it from my father. My father was b    1     in a poor village in China. When he was young, he went to school in the morning. Then worked on the farm till sunset (日落). And then he did his homework u    2     late night. Life was     3     (difficulty), because he had no money. When my father was 14 years old, he heard America was the land of gold. The land there could make poor people become r    4    .

“Why don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself,     5     (fill) of hope.

So, he came to America “I thought it was easy to make m    6     there,” he told me “But when I arrived, I     7     (know) it was not true. Jobs were hard to find because I could speak little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant,     8     (clean) up tables and washing dishes. Life was hard for the first few years. I worked f    9    10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p. m.”

My father kept working hard and     10     (success) at last.

“Alan,” he often says to me. “If you want something, you have to work hard for it and never give up.” That is what I learned from my father.

Hello, I     1     (be) Guo Fang. Nice     2     (meet) you!

Look at this picture!     3     (this) are my grandparents. This is my father, and     4     (he) name is Guo Ming. This is my mother, and     5     (she) name is Ma Li. And they are my aunt and my uncle. My aunt’s name is Zhang Xia and my     6     (uncle) name is Guo Feng. This is     7     (I) pencil box. A ruler and two     8     (pencil) are in it. Where (哪里) is my ID card? Well, I     9     (lose) it this morning. I must find it. Can you     10     (help) me? My telephone number is 856-4679.

This is a photo     1     Mr Black's family.The man with glasses(眼镜)is Mr Black，the father.The     2    (woman)is the mother.They have     3     son and a daughter.The son     4    (be)behind Mr Black.    5    (he)name is Jack.He is fourteen.Kate is     6    (Jack)sister.She is twelve.Jack and Kate     7    (be)in the same school，but they are in different     8    (grade)．Jack is in Grade Three     9     Kate is in Grade One.They are good     10    (student)．

Mr. Brown is 89 years old, he used to sell ice-cream in New York. He has     1     been retired (退休) since ten years ago. Last year, his daughter died and left him with two grandchildren. He had to look after them.

“What should we do? We have to make money,” Mr Brown said to his wife. Then he decided to sell ice-cream again. He got up early every morning and worked until midnight     2     support the family.

Steve is a reporter. He often bought ice-cream from Mr. Brown. Soon he learned about his story. He wanted to help the old man, so he posted a photo online. Lots of people read Mr. Brown’s story and came to buy ice-cream. That was not enough. Steve started to raise money for Mr. Brown. He planned to raise $3, 000,     3     in fact, he got more than $201, 000.

Now Mr. Brown     4     come through the hard time. He doesn’t need to make money. But he says, “I’m really thankful to Steve and other kind   people for helping me. I want to help others, too.” He keeps on selling ice-cream. He gives ice-cream to kids for free. He also gives his money to poor families.

Just as the saying goes, “    5     is an island. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Try to help, and you will feel different.

【推荐1】Rick is     1     fat man. He gets up late in the morning. He     2    (have) a big breakfast every morning. He eats four eggs and some     3    (piece) of bread. He drinks two     4    (glass) of milk, some apple juice, a cup of coffee and some fruit. His wife, Vicky, has a cup of tea and a banana     5     breakfast. Rick doesn’t do     6    (some) ball games. But he likes     7    (listen) to the music and watching TV. Jim is     8    (he) good friend. In fact, he is in a swimming club. He does sports every day,     9     he is very healthy.

If you want to stay healthy, you should eat     10    (good) and do sports every day.

Wang Xiao is 12     1     (year) old. He lives in the countryside in Wangcheng. Today is his birthday. His parents prepare (准备) a nice dinner for him,     2     the boy says, “I won’t have the dinner because after the dinner, today is over, and     3     (I) parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go.”

It is the     4     (one) birthday that Wang Xiao is spending with his parents. Three years ago, his parents     5     (go) to Shenzhen. Tomorrow they have to leave home to go     6     (work) .

Wang Xiao is not the only stay-at-home child (留守儿童). In the country of China, there are many     7     (child) staying at home without their parents. They have     8     lot of problems. Many of them stay with their grandparents. Their grandparents are not strict     9     them. Some of them don’t study     10     (good) because their parents can’t help them with their study.

Then the Chinese government (政府) now care about them very much and is trying to solve their problems.

Once there lived a happy couple     1     had been together for about 50 years. After spending years together, the husband was     2     (worry) that his wife was not hearing well as she used to hear. He thought that she might need     3     hearing aid(助听器).

He called his family doctor and asked for     4     (suggest). The doctor told him to test it. The doctor said, “Stand 40 feet away from her and speak as loud as you could in a normal conversation. She     5     (make) a response(回应) if she hears you. If not, reduce the distance into 30 feet, 20 feet, 10 feet. The distance will help you know whether she needs the hearing aid.”

The next day, the husband saw his wife     6     (cook) dinner in the kitchen. So, he took the chance     7     (check) the doctor’s idea. He got 40 feet away from his wife and asked, “Dear, what is there for dinner?” He waited     8     a response but did not get any. He then stood 30 feet, 20 feet, 10 feet away from his wife and asked the same question.     9     (final), he walked behind her and said, “Honey, what is there for dinner?” The wife shouted. “John, this is the     10     (five) time I’m saying ‘chicken’.”

Most often, the problem may not be with others but could be very much within us.