【推荐2】Amy was a cute little girl, but she was always wasting time daydreaming about what she would get from her tasks, instead of doing them _________ as she should do.

In the village, Mr. Thornton kept a store. He sold all kinds of _________, such as berries and melons. One morning, he said to Amy, “Well, Amy, I _________ some good blackberries on Mr. Green’s farm today. He said that everybody was welcome to pick them. I will _________ you 13 cents a kilogram for all the blackberries you pick for me.”

Amy was _________ about the thought of making some money to help her family, so she quickly ran home to get a _________ to hold the berries. Then she began to wonder how much money she would get if she picked five kilograms. After finding out that she would get 65 cents, she started to dream bigger. “If I pick ten kilograms, how much money can I _________ then?”

It took her much time to dream bigger, and then it was so _________ lunchtime that she had to stay at home until the afternoon.

As soon as lunch was over, she took her basket and hurried to the _________. Some boys had been there before lunch, and almost all the blackberries were picked. She could only find half a kilogram to __________ her basket. Then she thought of what her teacher often told her: Do your task at once. One doer (实干家) is worth 100 dreamers.

As a foreigner, it’s hard for me to tell what Chinese people are like. But my ________ in Beijing said something.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to buy four big suitcases（行李箱）for travel. ________ I was going down the street, it suddenly rained heavily. A stranger called me into his little shop. He ________ me a cup of tea and a chair.

When the rain got ________, I thanked him and rushed to a ________ nearby to buy my suitcases. If you’ve ever tried to push four big suitcases by yourself, you may understand my ________. I looked silly, for the suitcases were dancing wildly across the floor. Then I got a ________ on the shoulder. It was the seller. He signed that I should wait. A few minutes later, he ________ in a car, and put the suitcases inside. Then we went driving ________ along the road to my home. I offered him some money, but he ________. In broken English he said, “Feel good…help you.”

Now, you can see Chinese people are always ready to help you.

Long time no see! Thank you ________ your letter. I ________ glad you like ________ school.

I go to school from Monday to ________. We ________ four ________ in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. We have many things ________ after class. On Monday and Wednesday afternoon we do after-school ________. On Tuesday afternoon some of ________ have a ________ class and on Thursday afternoon some have a ________ class. On Friday afternoon, we practice ________ English. My Chinese friends like to ________ with me in English. They think I am like an English teacher. Isn’t it ________?

On Saturdays and Sundays I ________ go to school. Very often I go to the parks and have a good time with my family there.

Yours,

Helen

Look! The girl is Lisa. The boy is her brother. _________ parents are teachers. Lisa and her brother are at No. 1 Middle School.

They go to school _________ Monday to Friday. They don’t have classes on _________ or Sundays. They are _________ on weekends. So they can watch TV, play computer games and do sports. They have breakfast at 7:00. They go to school at 7:30 a.m. Classes start（开始）at eight. They have four _________ in the morning and two in the afternoon. They have _________ at 12: 15. At 1:50 p.m., they have sports. At 3:00 p.m., their classes finish. So they need to be at school seven _________ a day.

They have Chinese, English, geography, history and other lessons. Lisa’s favorite _________ is music, _________ it’s relaxing. Her brother likes science. He thinks it is __________ but interesting. Their parents like to go to the store. They like to buy food and clothes for them. Lisa and her brother love their parents very much.

【推荐1】There is a small town in the northwest of Chicago, America. The other day the town’s education department held a large _______ exhibition for an unknown woman teacher called Mary. She is in her forties now. She has _______ in a primary school in this town since 1991. She is a(n) _______ woman. She used to lose her job. She sometimes quarreled (争吵) with her husband _______ they were short of money. Why was there a photo exhibition for _______?

Mary has a daughter named Jenny. When Jenny _______ the world, Mary took the first photo of her. Then she took photos of Jenny every day. She wrote the _______ and main ideas on each photo.

Mary kept on taking photos of her daughter. When Jenny was 20 years old, Mary had taken 7,300 photos of her daughter. The photo exhibition showed all the photos. Everyone was very _______ to see so many photos and over 2,800 reporters from the US came to see the great mother and the photos. And this made a new photo _______ in the US. “Why do you take so many photos?” a reporter asked.

“Because my daughter is ________ every day,” answered Mary. Life is not always easy but it’s always not difficult for a mum to love.

【推荐2】Walking down the street, you notice the simple, boring walls on either side. As you _________ walking, the wall begins to look more colorful and more alive. A yellow line of paint curves（弯曲）on the wall, suddenly _________ a colorful smiling cat--the line is the tail. This is a good example of graffiti（涂鸦）art.

Graffiti art is drawings and writing that have been painted onto the walls, usually in public places. _________ it’s simple to make, graffiti has been around for centuries, with drawings being found on _________ buildings.

But modern graffiti was born out of the hip-hop culture, _________ in New York. With its growth throughout the years, it has now _________ popular culture. Graffiti can be seen in many galleries, around the world, next to other artworks.

Modern graffiti attracts many young _________ and fans. However there are laws on graffiti in most countries. You must have the permission from the owner of the wall before _________ it. However, some cities have graffiti walls where people can _________ their feelings and use their imaginations freely.

Berlin, Germany, is __________ to a lot of graffiti. It’s often called the graffiti capital of the world. Writing and drawings make the old city wall look like an outdoor art gallery.

When I was 15, life always felt boring. I didn’t really ________ to notice the differences among the students in my school. But this view changed when my parents bought me a ________ for the Spring Festival.

Even though I didn’t know ________ about photography, I showed great interest in the new ________. I kept taking photos for different people and plants.

Then after a month, I realized I had no ________ for taking pictures. My photos were clearly missing something and not creative. Soon, I became so ________ with myself that I gave up my new hobby.

During the summer vacation, I went for a walk on the railroad track. The tracks are a warm red color. It’s an amazing sight to ________. Before the walk, I thought, “Maybe I should bring my camera”, which hadn’t been touched for weeks.

Surprisingly, this walk on the tracks has begun my ________ for photography. When I was walking on the train tracks, there was only nature around me. I realized ________ important it was to look at the details of things. I didn’t worry about trying to ________ something beautiful. Instead, I just captured (捕捉) the beauty already around me.

________ months of studying outdoor scenes, I was finally able to create beauty of my own.

So far, my work has been published (发表) in two small magazines. They are ________ to me because they show how much my artistic abilities have grown: I went from ________ talent to being published. And my photos have become something I was ________ of.

Thanks to this gift from my ________, I now have a new way of looking at the world. I can enjoy the world better than others.