【推荐1】Hello! My name is Eric. I have a sister. Her name is Linda. And my brother’s name is Jack. In my family there     1     (be) three TVs, two computers, two DVDs and five telephones. I like my bedroom because there are many storybooks in it. My brother     2     (like) his bedroom, too. He likes       3     (watch) volleyball games on TV every day. He wants     4     (be) a sports star in the future. My sister likes her bedroom, too. She can     5     (talk) to her friends on the telephone. She often       6     (go) to her friends' home to play with them. Mom likes the kitchen. There is a small radio in it. She often     7     (listen) to music on it. Does Dad     8     (like) our family? Yes, he does. He     9     (have) a computer and he often     10     (work) on his computer at home.

I’m Ben. Look! Here is     1     nice photo of my family. Six people are     2     my family: my grandparents, my     3     (parent), my twin sister Jenny and I. My mother is a clerk at a clothes store. She     4     (like) nice clothes and she has many clothes. My father is a teacher in a middle school. He likes playing basketball. He thinks it is     5     (interest), and he plays basketball very     6     (good). My grandmother likes cooking (烹饪), and she cooks good food for     7     (we) family. My grandfather likes music. Jenny likes reading very much. She has many     8     (book). And the boy is me. My favorite color is blue. Look, my bag is blue.     9     (I) cup is blue, too. We     10     (be) very happy.

For some teenagers, being an adult (成年人) is the coolest thing in the world. Adults don’t do homework     1     take exams. They do what they like and make money.     2     wonderful! But is it true?

Last month, Grade 7 students at Sunshine School had a taste of the adult world. The teachers asked them     3     (finish) a piece of special homework called “Working with your parents for one day”.

Wu Jing’s mother works as     4     ticket collector in a park. At 6 a.m., the 14-year-old girl set out for work with her mother. It was dark and cold. Before the park opened, they did some cleaning and prepared for the     5     (visit) coming. When the visitor came, they greeted     6     a smile. After standing for the whole day, Wu was worn out.

“She is     7     (busy) and more tired than what I thought. I should help her more,” said Wu.

Li Shiyi, 14,     8     (spend) her day helping in a car. Her father is a taxi driver. She had to pick calls and gave change back. Li thought     9     would be easy to sit in a car and tour the city. But soon she     10     (find) that her father didn’t even have time for lunch. “Now I know how hard it is to make money.” Li said, “We should care for our parents more and never complain all the time.”

How are things with you? My sister Helen and I     1     (be) on vacation now.

We started from the UK. We     2     (spend) two days in London and another day in Edinburgh. We had a great time. The only bad thing was the weather—it never stopped     3     (rain).

Then we took the train     4     (get) to Paris. It was sunny there. We stayed there for three days. My sister really wanted to visit Disneyland Paris, so we went there on the first day. Well, I     5     (say) it was no fun. But we     6     (meet) some nice people from Beijing and spent two great days with them. One of them, Clive,     7     (go) to your university(大学) next year.

Then we went to Munich by plane. I     8     you a gift there. I hope you’ll like it.

After that, we went to Zurich. Things there were very expensive and we     9     long, so that’s why we’re in Rome now! Rome is the last stop. We’ll come back in four days.     10     (see) you then.

Yours,

Mike

While being on my year abroad, I have tried to collect small things such as train tickets, postcards, and I have been taking lots of photographs.   Living in    1    (法国), I take the metro（地铁） every day. I have my own personalized map on which I have    2    (圈出) all of my favorite restaurants, cafes, parks and other places. I have even colored it to say if these places have    3    （免费的） wi-fi or lunch deals. What I plan to do with all these things is making a scrap book.

For those of you who have never heard of the word “scrap book”, it’s an    4     (空的) book which people usually take away with them on holiday, and fill it with “scraps” of paper, tickets, maps,    5    (邮票）, photographs etc. It is like a memory book. You will always have the memories of your favorite places and why you liked them so much, all in your scrap book! It is really    6    (有价值的) to own it if you ever want to    7    (回到) to that place. My scrap book started in September and after eight months was    8    （几乎） full!

Why not create a scrap book of your time while traveling? Isn’t it nice to be able to open a book of your life and time    9    (作为) a traveler? You can’t imagine how happy you can be by just looking at an old ticket with a special    10    (日期) on,   or a napkin from your favorite restaurant. It’s the little things that can make you smile.

Last summer I got the chance to spend a month helping out in a hospital in Africa. I had one year left at school, and I was     1     (interest) in studying medicine at university.

It was a month that changed my life. I     2     (introduce) to a world that is very different to mine in so many ways. I was shocked at how difficult their lives can be. But I was also surprised at how     3     (positive) people spend their daily lives. The way they come together and help each other is a real inspiration, and something I think a lot of us here in the UK     4     (forget) already. I think many of us don’t realize     5     lucky we are. My work in the hospital was hard. Not only did I spend a lot of time cleaning floors, but     6     I got to spend some time looking after the patients. And I got the chance to talk to some doctors and ask them     7     the job. I saw some truly awful things in the hospital,     8     none of them changed my mind about being a doctor. In fact, they only made me more determined to do medicine!

When I finish, I know what I’m going to do: I want to work for     9     international organization. I can’t wait     10     (get) started!

Jane’s brother Steve’s 9th birthday was just two weeks away. She wanted to buy a new basketball     1     him. The basketball Steve played with was getting old. Jane saved some money but not     2     to afford a basketball. And she didn’t want to ask money from her parents. She decided to see if her neighbors had any odd jobs （零工） she could do for them. She     3     up her courage and went to Mrs. Wilson’s house next door.

“I will wash your car for a dollar,” she said. Mrs. Wilson told     4     to go ahead and wash the car. Jane also cleaned Mrs. Wilson’s yard and swept her sidewalk （人行道） for two dollars. Jane     5     the Steeles’ dog after washing it. Each job was different, and Jane worked very hard. She was quite tired at night     6     slept like a bear in winter.

Little by little, Jane     7     enough money for the basketball. Two days before Steve’s birthday, Jane was given the last dollar she needed and went to the store. When she bought the basketball, Jane     8     paid for it.

When Steve opened the     9     from his sister on his birthday and saw the new basketball, he was moved to tears. “Now I know     10     you worked so hard in the past few days!” he said, “You’re the best sister ever!” Jane was glad. All of her efforts paid off.

I’m John Wood, a doctor at a famous Boston hospital. During the     1     (one) two years of high school, I found biology very difficult. My report     2     (card) always said things like “must study hard” or “John shouldn’t choose science classes”. It was terrible for someone who had always dreamed     3     becoming a doctor. I lost confidence, so I left high school at the     4     of sixteen and started     5     (work) at a supermarket.

One evening I saw a documentary (纪录片) about Albert Einstein. According to the documentary, Einstein had done really     6     (bad) at school. I began to think that if Einstein could succeed, then I may have     7     chance, too. I didn’t want to leave my job,     8     I decided to go to night school to finish high school. Two years     9     I went to a medical university.

I’ve often thought I should contact (联系) the director of the Einstein’s documentary and thank     10     (he).