I’m thirteen now and I’m studying in a middle school. I’m going to finish high school ________ two years, and then I’m going to go to college for four years. I’m going to study ________ because after college I want to work as a language teacher. While at college, I’m also going to play sports to keep fit. I really enjoy ________. So before starting to work, I’m going to travel. To ________ the money to travel, I’m going to find a part-time job in a restaurant. I’m going to save my money for six months and then visit places I like! Of course, I’m going to take lots of ________ on my trip so that I can remember it.

I’m going to work harder for my studies and my future job.

My name is Tina. Emily, David, Sam, Sandy and I are good ________ at school. In the morning, Emily ________ us to go for a picnic tomorrow. That would be very nice. We’re all happy to go ________ her. David would like to go, but he isn’t ________. He has to ________ his grandparents tomorrow.

We decide (决定) to have the picnic ________ a farm. Before we go there, we have to buy something we need, ________ we do some shopping in a big shop. We need to buy different things. Sam buys a kite. He’d like to fly a kite. Sandy buys some fruit like apples, oranges and bananas. She likes to eat them very much. Emily buys our favorite food, chicken and potatoes (土豆). She can cook ________. She will cook lunch for ________ tomorrow. I don’t know ________ to buy. So I just buy some drinks.

All of us look forward to the picnic tomorrow.

【推荐3】Thursday, August 15th Sunday   

Great weather! It was sunny yesterday. We arrived in Beijing at 9:00 in the morning. We had breakfast on the plane. We went to the hotel by taxi. ______ lunch and a short rest, we took a bus to the Summer Palace. We ______ the whole afternoon there. While we were in a boat on Kunming Lake, we ______ someone singing Beijing Opera on the bank. The singing sounded very ________. We all enjoyed it. In the evening we ______ to Tian’anmen Square because it was next to our hotel. We took some _______ there. I think my parents will like them. This morning when we walked to the Palace Museum, we passed by (路过) a square and saw some people _____. The kites were in different shapes(形状). Some were _______ birds, and some were like fish. They were really beautiful. I’ll go to the aquarium(水族馆), and _____ Beihai Park. The day after tomorrow we’ll ________ the Great Wall. I hear it’s very great and I think I will have great fun playing there.

【推荐3】The teacher stood before his class and was about to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how _________ you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would _________ not to take the test.” A number of students jumped up to _________ the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the _________ students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last _________.” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students stayed. The teacher then handed out the _________. There were only three _________ typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could and _________ give. Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at _________.

The same is __________ in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and __________. They have learned life’s lessons, either from formal education __________ from events in their lives, and have become __________ people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you __________ that you have some limits (局限). However, there is __________ you can’t do or learn to be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰) said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer (征服) but ourselves.”

【推荐2】One sunny morning, we go on a class trip in Green Park. On the way, we sing and tell interesting stories. We are looking forward to a ______ holiday.

In the ______, when we have our picnic at three o’clock, it begins to rain. Sadly, no one ______ an umbrella. We run around but we can find ______ place to hide (躲藏). It’s a long way before we get to the visitors’ center. And our small compass (指南针) shows that we go to the ______ way. We can’t find our way!

It is raining heavily. Our ______ asks us to put up a tent (帐篷) together. Chris and I try to ______ to keep us warm. But we can’t do that ______ everything is wet (潮湿的). We talk and wait ______ the tent. At about five o’clock, the rain stops. We are very tired and all of us go home.

This ______ may not be very great, but we know each other better. Also I learn about the importance of team spirit (团队精神).