Hi, I’m Ann. This is my ________, Ann Green. She is very nice. She is 65 years old. She has (有) two sons and a daughter. My father is her first son. ________ name is Bill. He is 40. My mother’s ________ is Mary. David is my uncle. Emma is my aunt. My uncle has a son. His name is Tom. He is 15 years old. He is my ________. My aunt has a daughter and a son. They ________ Kate and Tony. They are my cousins, too.

【推荐2】About ten years ago when I was a student at college, I spent my summer holidays working at a museum. Life was ______ for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick in bed. I was wondering ______ I would be able to go on with my study the next term.

One day while I was working. I saw an old man come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I found that she had no arms or legs. She was ______ a little white dress and she also had a hat on.

As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me, I was busy with my work. I turned my ______ toward the girl and gave her a wink (眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the largest, prettiest smile I had ______ seen.

Suddenly her handicap (生理缺陷) was covered and all I saw was this______ girl, whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She helped me from a poor, ______ college student and brought me into her ______ of smiles, love and warmth.

I’m now a successful businessman and whenever I ______ and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she ______ me.

【推荐3】Peter is my best friend. He is a middle school student. He is 13_______ old. He likes playing football. He usually plays football with his friends _______ weekends.

Peter lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a dream home _______five rooms, a swimming pool and a _______. They often have a party in the garden on Saturday. They are _______to their neighbours. They like to help their neighbours. His home is not near his _______, so Peter _______a bus to school. There is a Football Club near _______ school. He likes playing football in the club.

Peter’s father is a worker. _______is busy. Peter’s mother is a ________. She is nice to the patients(病人). Peter wants to be a teacher when he grows up.

【推荐1】Your junior high school years are coming to an end. Most of you will go to _______ in a senior high school after the big exam. _______ are you expecting from senior high school? _______ hear what plans some students have for the future.

Zhou Jie, 15, from Shanghai, “I have heard that although Senior 3 is a _______ year, students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2. I hope there’ll be time to enjoy _______ especially tennis. The Tennis Masters （大师）Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”

Jin Li,16,from Harbin, “I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about _______ model planes, although I’m not good at _______ . I’ll learn more science in my senior high school. Anyway, sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

Wang Ya,15.from Xiamen, “I hope I can be _______ in my senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm. _______ most of the girls in my family don’t grow any after than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”

Li Fan, 15, from Puyang, “I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things ________ them.”

【推荐2】Everyone needs friends in our daily life. Do you have any good friends? Do you know what subjects they like?

As for me. I have _______friends. We are in the same school _______we are quite different. Let me tell you what subjects they like. John’s favorite subject is computer. He thinks _______can help him a lot in his study. But he sometimes plays computer games _______a long time. It is bad for his eyes, Jack likes art best because he likes drawing pictures very much. Painting also _______him happy. Mary likes English because her father is an English teacher. _______ often talk in English at home. She _______ English well, and she wants to help her friend with English. Bob thinks math is very _______, but he likes math best. He does math homework _______. He needs much time to study this subject. David likes P.E. because he likes doing sports. He is good at ______________basketball and soccer. I play ball games with him every Saturday, so I am healthy and strong.

These are my good friends. Can you tell me something about your good friends?

Hello, everyone! I’m Chen Kang. I ________ from China. Now I’m studying in a middle school in New York. The ________ is great. I like it very much.

I’m studying new ________, like science. It is my favorite ________ it’s very interesting. And I’m also ________ how to use the Internet. Now I can use it to ________ e-mails and send (发送) them to people. I make lots of new friends here. They are very ________ . I usually do sports with them on the weekend. Sometimes ________ stay in the sports hall to play ping-pong ________ go out to play soccer. I’m enjoying (享受) my life here.

How about your school? Can you tell me ________ you’re doing in your school?

【推荐1】Doing more

Every Saturday, Bibi stayed at her grandma’s laundry store (洗衣店). She offered to help but it didn’t go very well. She either knocked over something or made a mess of freshly washed ________.

“Why don’t you ________ for a little while,” grandma suggested.

“You’re such a good artist.”

Bibi sighed. “________ I wanted to help you.”

Bibi went outside. She noticed her neighbor, Stephanie, across the street. Stephanie was painting big letters on the ________ of a store “Stephanie!” Bibi called, “You’re going to get into ________.”

Stephanie laughed. “We are painting the shop windows for our coming football game. Some of the ________ said we could.”

“Does that paint wash off?” Bibi asked.

“Yep. It’s just cornstarch (玉米粉), soap, and food coloring. It can be washed off ________.” said Stephanie.

Bibi saw other kids from the high school painting designs on windows up and down the street. She ________ Grandma’s windows.

Suddenly an idea hit Bibi’s head.

Soon Bibi went to buy some cornstarch and food coloring. She also found Grandma’s dish soap. She ________ dish soap and cornstarch.

Then she added food coloring to make different colors. Bibi was ready.

First, she ________ the windows as best she could until it was very clean. Then she wrote her message. She was too   ________ to reach very high. She used her biggest brush so that the letters were big and easy to read. She filled in the letters with different colors. Then came the fun part. She took time ________ the picture.

When she was finished, Bibi went inside to ________ Grandma.

When they came back out, a group of kids were gathered there.

“Great job!” said one girl.

Bibi’s grandmother looked up at the window with surprise.

AFTER GAME, BRING ________ UNIFORMS HERE! the window said.

Bibi had drawn a picture of the team’s uniforms jumping into water.

Grandma clapped her hands and hugged Bibi. “This just might help with your ________ mind,” she said.

And after the game, it did.

Daren and Tim are good friends. They like ________. Last summer they had a seven-day holiday. They were on vacation in a ________. They wanted to cross the sea in a ________ for a week.

They saw many blue whales during the trip. These blue whales were large. They ________ the small sea animals. At first, Darren and Tim were very excited because they ________ saw so large ones. But soon something terrible happened. They were watching them ________ the whales hit the boat.

Suddenly, ________ started coming into the boat and they were in trouble. They had to jump into their lifeboats(救生艇) ________ before the boat went down into the sea. ________ terrible it was!

They were lucky. The blue whales left them. They were out of danger. They had enough food ________ water for about twenty days. They ________ a small machine(机器). The machine could change sea water into drinking water. They also had a fishing line. These two things could help them to _________.

They ________ fishes and ate them for the next sixteen days. They saw some ships during those days. They ________ when they were passing, but no one heard. Just when they were ________, the persons in a fishing boat found them and saved them.

No matter what difficulty we meet, face it bravely and never give up.

【推荐3】There was a park near my home and I often took a walk there when I was free.

I always saw a little boy sell _______ in the park. He tried to ask everyone to buy his flowers. When he saw _______, he always said, “Sir, buy a flower.” _______ I never bought any lowers from him.

One day, I went to the _______. The boy was there again. I didn’t _______ him and walked past him into the park. When I came out of the park, the boy was still there. But he didn’t ask anyone to buy his flowers. I wanted to know _______. I walked to the boy. He looked at me but _______ say anything. “Boy, why don't you ask people to buy your flowers today?” He _______, “Because my grandfather is dead(死亡). I don’t need much _______ now. You can take a flower for free.”

I bought all his flowers. But I felt so sorry, because I didn’t give him any ________when he needed.