Lin Tao was 20 years old. He was brave enough to s    1     his neighbour from a fire. Lin Tao was at home by himself on May 10. Suddenly, he heard someone shouting for help. He ran outside and saw lots of s    2     from next door. He found his neighbour, the 79-year-old Mrs Sun, in the kitchen. Her left leg was badly h    3     and couldn’t get out. He ran to her bathroom. He poured water over his clothes to protect himself. Then he r    4     into the kitchen. He put a w    5     blanket over Mrs Sun and helped her out. Later some firemen came and put out the fire.

Nowadays, many people leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. But some people still l    1     in their hometowns. Mr. Zhang is among them. He has lived in his village since last century. He is working in a car factory     2     (几乎，接近) a railway station. As an engineer, Mr. Zhang is a hard-working man and always e    3     others to work harder.

Last week, Mr. Zhang held     4     yard sale. He     5     (清理，丢掉) many old things from his bedroom, such as soft toys, a scarf, a bread maker, a toy bear, a board game and many old things he o    6    . To be honest, Mr. Zhang felt sad to     7     with certain old things. He r    8     them as his favorite. He thought they could give him some sweet m    9    ，especially his childhood. So he       10     them     11     (查看，观察) again and again before selling.

    12     (根据) him, his home is not far from a junior high school. It’s a shame that he couldn’t read or count because he had no money     13     go to school when he was young. So he     14     [kənˈsɪdə(r)z] holding the yard sale and he wants to     15     (赠送，捐赠) all the money to the school. He wants to help others to     16     (实现他们的梦想).

What a kind man he is!

We arrived     1     Beijing at 10:00 in the morning. My friend and I     2    (have) our breakfast on the plane. We     3    (leave) the airport by taxi and put down our things. After lunch and a short rest, we     4    (take) a bus to Summer Palace. We spent the whole afternoon     5    (play) there. While we were in a boat to Kunming Lake, we heard someone singing Beijing Opera     6     the bank. The singing sounded very beautiful.

In the evening we walked to Tian’anmen Square     7     it was close to our hotel. We had our     8    (picture) taken in the middle of the square. There we saw some people     9    (dance).     10     front of the Great Hall of the People we took some photos.

【推荐2】Mum and I were just going out when it began to rain. We had to stay at home, and I    1    （feel）quite bored. Mum got    2    idea. She suggested teaching me to make dumplings. I thought it could be fun, so I said OK. Mum cut the meat and cabbages into small pieces    3    （quick）.Then she showed me    4     to mix them with salt and oil. “Mixing is the most important of all the    5    （step）,” she said. I also made some other preparations with her help. When everything was ready, dad came back home     6    his office. Together the three of    7    （we）wrapped（包）the dumplings. At last, we    8    （cook） them. They were so delicious that I ate-    9    （many） than twenty. That was the     10    （one）time I learnt to make dumplings. It was enjoyable!

【推荐3】Two months ago, I wanted to run for class monitor. I needed to speak in front of the class. But I     1     afraid that my classmates would not like me if I lost. I wrote for the talk, and checked carefully     2     make sure there weren't any mistakes. Every day I asked myself to practise hard. I felt that I had a great chance of beating others.

When the final day came, the situation wasn’t     3     I had pictured, I spoke as much as I could. However, few people really listened. Saylor spoke after me, quickly but clearly. We could see her nice plan to build a better class. My words were much more boring     4     hers. At last, I lost. I felt so bad     5     I stayed outside the classroom after every class. But later, I found that everyone forgot about it. Nothing changed.

I understood that no one really cared about it. Things wouldn’t always go the way I hoped. I grew stronger and became more confident.