Michael is fourteen years old. He is in Grade Eight this year. He likes p    1     football and w    2     football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his b    3     to know when and where there is going to b    4     a football match. Now Michael is h    5     lunch. He is very h    6     because there is going to be a nice f    7     match on TV this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. So he makes a phone.

“Hello, Mr. Black,” Michael says to his teacher on the telephone, “Michael is i    8     in bed. He wants to ask f    9     half a day’s leave.” “Oh, I’m s    10     to hear that,” says Mr. Black. “But who is that?” “This is his father, Mr. Black.”

A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel     1     (write) by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only     2     (think) about     3     (he). He doesn’t treat others     4     (nice). He just cares about     5     he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead partner. Marley     6     (use) to be just like Scrooge, so he     7     (punish) after he died. He warns Scrooge     8     (change) his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also     9     (tell) Scrooge to expect three spirits     10     (visit) him.

Did people eat takeout(外卖) in ancient times?

    1     (probable) there was takeout as far back as the Song Dynasty. According to history books, Emperor Xiaozong preferred     2     (order) takeout late at night. His servants(仆人) then went around the city to pick up the dishes     3     bring them back to the palace.

Ordinary people also ordered takeout. Restaurant waiters would go out into the streets and yell(吆喝) out which dishes could be ordered that day. People could then make     4     order. Later, takeout workers     5     (bring) food to their homes. In fact, there was a takeout worker with food in the     6     (paint) Along the River During the Qingming Festival(《清明上河图》) . It’s one of the     7    (famous) paintings in China.

At that time people even had special meal     8     (box) for takeout dishes. They were made     9     wood. People also used warming plates. Hot water could be put between them     10     (keep) dishes warm.

Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for c    1    . Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many     2    （传统的）folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. W    3     took this could live forever, and Hou Yi     4    （打算）to take it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and f    5     up to the moon.