Hello, everyone! My name is Jill Smith. I’m ______ China now. I have a ______. He is my aunt’s ______. His name is Tom Miller. Tom is his ______ name. Miller is his family name. He is a tidy boy and his room is ______, too.

Look! It is a ______ of his room. ______ books are in the bookcase. His clock and tape player ______ on the table. His schoolbag is on the ______. His pencil box is on the desk, too. His schoolbag is green. What ______ is his pencil box? Oh, it’s yellow. Some pens are in the pencil box. A set of keys is in it, ______. ______ is under the desk? Oh, it’s a baseball, but it’s not ______. It’s his brother Alan’s. Tom has a computer. It’s on the table. On the wall, there is a photo of his ______. Four people are in his family.

This is my cousin’s room. What ______ your room? Are you tidy?

【推荐2】When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she sent me down to the grocery store with a list. I walked up to the counter (柜台). Behind _______ was a lady named Miss Bee.

“Excuse me,” I said. She _________. “I need to get these,” I continued, _______ up my list.

“So? Go get them,” Miss Bee said, “_______ is here except you and me, and I am not your servant. I suggest you get yourself a basket over there and start _______.” It was not _______ for a 7-year- old child, there were so many different kinds of things. I spent over an hour in the store.

I visited Miss Bee twice a week that summer. She _______ short-changed (少找零钱) me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like going into a war. But by the end of the summer, I could finish my shopping trip _______ around 15 minutes. The morning I was to return home, I stopped in the store again to buy something.

“All right,” Miss Bee said. “What did you _______ this summer?”

“That’s you’re mean!” I replied.

Miss Bee just laughed. “I know ________ you think of me,” she said.” Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child I meet some life ________. When you get older you’ll be glad that you met me!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! How could it be?

It sounded funny until one day my son came to me with his homework.” It’s too ________.” he said. “Could you finish the math problem for me?”

“________ I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it ________?” I said. Suddenly, I was back in that store where I had learned to and add up my bill by myself. Had I ever been overcharged since?

Life is full of difficulties. We may be ________ a hand once or twice, but luck may not find us every time. So we should work them out by ourselves.

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him to work on the farm for one year _________ he was free. Tom was unhappy with his father’s idea, “That isn’t my job. I have _________ schoolwork to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best gift _________ you finish one year’s work.” Tom _________ for a while and agreed.

Starting one Saturday the boy _________ early and worked hard till evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well. On the _________ day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very _________ the whole year. Now tell _________ what you want.” The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread _________ from his wheat (小麦). “I’ve already got the best gift. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father __________ quite pleased to hear that.

【推荐1】After a day of hard work as a building worker, Kevin’s father was happy to return home. His plan was to _______, and then to relax and enjoy the rest of the day.

Just as he was finishing his shower, the phone rang. “Dad, it’s for you. Hurry up!” Kevin shouted. His father rushed to finish up his shower. As he was getting out of the bath, he slipped (滑倒) and _______ down on the floor.

Kevin’s dad cried _______. He hurt his left foot! Hearing the shout, Kevin ran to check and found his dad _______ on the floor with his left foot twisted (扭转) nearly 180 degrees. It seemed broken. His father’s face turned _______, and he said calmly to his son, “Kevin, call your mom and tell her to come home.”

Kevin called his mother and _______ his mum what happened to his dad. His mother worked at a nearby store and was home at once. Together, they helped Kevin’s father to the car.

Mum drove the car _______ to the emergency room (急救室) at the hospital. The doctor checked the _______ carefully, and then asked Kevin’s dad to hold his breath. Suddenly, the doctor twisted Kevin’s father’s foot to set it _______ to the correct place.

“Ahh!” The sound his dad made was __________. But his left foot was back in __________ right place. The doctor explained to Kevin’s father that he would need to use crutches (拐杖) to walk for __________ three weeks.

“Slipping on a wet floor or in the bathtub is one of the most common __________ around the home,” the doctor said. “It can be very dangerous. Some people fall and hurt their heads, __________ serious concussions (脑震荡).”

Kevin’s mum comforted Dad, “It could be __________.” she said. “Next time, don’t rush to get out of the bathtub.”

Last Saturday, I went to a coffee shop to meet a friend of mine. I got there ten minutes earlier. So I ________ a cup of coffee and sat by the window, watching people. There were some boys playing football on the street and a small boy was ________ the ball as it rolled across the road. ________, there came a car. It was going very fast. When the driver saw the boy ________, he braked (刹车) hard. But it was too late. . . The small boy was ________ on the street without moving. To everyone’s surprise, the car didn’t ________. It drove away quickly.

People ________ to the boy. There was a ________ on the boy’s head and he lost a lot of blood. The coffee shop owner ________ the police. Soon an ambulance (救护车) arrived and took the boy to the hospital. At 6:30 pm, the police arrived and started ________ people. About half an hour later, they asked me to go to the police station because I ________ everything. I gave them all the ________ I knew because I really wanted them to ________ the driver. I didn’t leave the police station until 8:00 p. m. After that I went home because I didn’t want to talk to anyone.

The next day, the boy’s parents called me to say ________. They also told me their boy was   ________ and the driver was at the police station now.

【推荐3】Debbie got up early last Saturday morning. She wanted ______ in Green Park with some of her friends. She was very happy about it.

______she was ready，she got on her bike and left for the park-it was on the other side of the town. Suddenly，as she was riding fast，she ______ sirens（警笛）. The sound of the sirens was getting ______，so Debbie looked ______ her to see what was happening. As a result，she fell off her bike and lay in the middle of the road. Luckily，Debbie wasn't hurt，______ a car hit her bike. After the car ______，two men got out and started running. _____，a police car stopped next to the same car and three policemen got out and started running after the two men. One of the policemen shouted，“Stop the thieves！”

_______a policeman came to see Debbie. He thanked her because，in a way，she had helped them _______.

【推荐1】Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt quite _________, but he told her it was a sparrow(麻雀) and got back into reading.

Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got a little angry but _______ answered her questions. After a little while, his mother did the same thing once more. This time Mike could not _______ his anger. He shouted at her for disturbing(打扰) him again and again.

The old lady silently _______ an old diary and showed it to Mike. _______ Mike became a little impatient, he began to read it.

“Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a _______ on the grass and asked me what it was. I _________ at him, said it was a sparrow and kissed him. Pointing to the same sparrow, little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I _______ answering his question and kissing him every time.”

Something gently touched Mike’s _______. His face turned red ________ shame for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged(拥抱) her tightly.

【推荐2】Is there anything that could help parents understand their kids better? More than 8,000 kids answered this question in an online survey by Time for Kids and Kids Health. Org.

Many kids — two out of three — said they _______ their parents. But that doesn’t mean they _______ disagree. In fact, most kids reported _______ with their parents on occasion(偶尔). Some even reported that their arguments included shouting at each other.

“It’s certainly _______ to disagree and argue,” says D’Arcy Lyness, a child psychologist(心理学家). “But it’s also important to learn how to do so politely.”

It is not _______ that three out of four kids said they had lied(撒谎) to their parents sometimes. Many said they lied _______ they wouldn’t get in trouble or disappoint their parents. According to Lyness, lying can have bad _______. If kids lie when they’re young, they might continue a pattern of lying even as adults.

Telling the truth, on the other hand, shows maturity(成熟). But older kids actually lie more _______ than younger ones. Kids aged 12 to 14 not only said they lied more, but they also reported having less fun, feeling less close and not getting along as well with their _______.

According to Lyness, these feelings are common. As kids become more ________, they have more areas of disagreement with their parents. But it doesn’t have to be that way. “Kids and parents get along differently at each part of the journey,” she says. “As kids grow and change, it is important for everybody to change.”

【推荐3】Wednesday, June 22, 2016

My 15th birthday is coming and thank you both for all your help during these 15 years. I still remember when you used to say, "You can be whatever you want. "I'm so glad you are my parents, especially when I hear kids say they don't get on well with theirs. I'm glad that you support （支持） me when I decide to do _______ . You always try to help, and that's important to me.

Dad, I remember when you first took me fishing. ·I loved going even though I _______ caught anything. I also remember when I was not good at school, you didn't get angry with me but only tried to show me the right way, When I felt sad, you would always be there to try to cheer me up. That's why I call you a _______ , loving, caring dad. Sometimes you and Mom don't agree with me, but you are there by my side in anything that I do, and that's _______ I love you both so much.

Mom, I enjoy going out with you and _______ our happy time every Friday night, and I hope that never changes. I love telling you everything; the best part about you is that you always listen to me carefully. When I meet _______ , you always give me your ideas which help me solve them.

Thank you for bringing me up.

Love always,

Allison