【推荐1】I spent 10 days on vacation with my parents and it was great. My parents take part in (参加) “Euro Bike” activities every year. They often ask me to _________ in, but I always say no. This year I wanted to make a _________. I was tired of my job and my life. I _________ to change my life. So when my parents asked this year, my answer was “YES!” A week before my parents arrived, I went to Paris, my favorite _________, by myself. And then I _________ them in Versailles to start the activity. It was wonderful to _________ about a week with my parents!

First of all, they still thought I was 12. Every night before I left their hotel room and walked to _________, my mom said good night to me. I felt like I was still their little daughter.

Second, the holiday was relaxing. We talked about _________ in our life like music, sports, jobs and so on. They were _________ because I took a vacation with them. When you are free, I hope you can spend time with your _________, too.

【推荐2】Steve is a middle school student. His school is not far ________ his home. He usually comes home after the school ________ at five. But today Steve ________ doesn’t come back at half past six. When he ________ at home at seven, Mom asks him, “________ are you late today, Steve?”

“My teacher asks you to go to our ________ tomorrow. He wants to have a ________ with you,” says Steve.

“To your school? Why?”

“Because he asks us a question, and only I ________ the answer (答案),” Steve says.

“Really? You are ________,” Mom is very happy. “What is his question?”

“His question is ‘who spilt (洒) the milk on my chair? It makes my trousers ________.’”

【推荐3】Hello, I’m Cindy and I’m from America. I am twelve years old. I study in a middle school in ________ now. My parents are ________ in my school. My school is great and big in Beijing.

I have a good friend. Her name is Kate Smith. We always call her ________. Her phone number is 6589-3352. ________ Chinese teacher is Mr. Zhang. He is a ________ teacher. He likes telling jokes (讲笑话) and he often tells us a lot of history (历史 ) ________ China. He is kind to us. We can always ________ him for help when we have problems, so we all like him and his class.

Do you know ________ is my math teacher? It is my ________. I think it is very good because I can see her at home and school. At school, I like to play sports and have fun with my friends, ________ they like to play with me, too. I love my life here in China!

April 22nd is World Earth Day—a day to remind people to protect the earth. So on that day, our family held an activity “bottle of trash challenge”. That means the trash needs to be put in a 600ml bottle. We decided to challenge ________ and produce as little trash as possible.

My father worked online all day, so he didn’t produce any paper waste except paper napkins. He made the ________ trash in our family. My mother cooked and produced plenty of ________ waste, such as vegetable leaves, eggshells and food bags. What’s worse, we couldn’t eat up all the food of the dinner that day. So leftovers(残羹冷炙) couldn’t be ________. It was not easy for mom to ________ all the trash, but she found a way to put it all into the bottle. How ________!   My sister, a 16-year-old student, was busy preparing for her exams. She had to use paper to work out math or physics problems. She used only one side of the paper in the past. But that day, she tried to use ________ sides of the paper ________ she realized we were challenging ourselves. She did a good job!

I was different from my sister. I love snacks and drinks. So my trash was almost from them. I was highly alert( 警觉的) that I must produce less waste. I ________ had snacks or drinks. It was too difficult, but I did it! I have learnt a lot ________ this activity. I realize that everyone can produce less trash. We should start with small actions to protect the earth!

It’s the first time I write to you, my children. I used to send you many messages. But you always overlooked (忽视) them. So I decide to write you a ______.

First, let me tell you more about our ______. Dear humans, besides you, I have many other ______ . Some of them fly in the sky; some of them ______ in water; some live in ice-covered places; some run in the grasslands.

They might be very close to you, or even ______ in your house. But there are others that you may ______ have chance to meet.

You bring them home to be your ______, friends and helpers. You put them in zoos. You kill them ______ their meat and fur. They bring you money and ______. But they also bring you disease (疾病) and death.

I hope you can remember that wild animals are not your ______ or clothes. They are not killers, either. They are, in fact, your brothers and sisters. You are equal (平等的). You should ______ together.

Humans, you are ______ and hardworking. You created colorful cultures and advanced technologies (先进的科技). You can decide ______ you go, as well as where I go.

But you don’t respect me. You change my climate (气候), my lands, my forests, my rivers ... You ask so much from me, more than what I can ______ you. I’m worried that one day you will be lonely.

So, grow up, humans. Grow up to be more responsible (负责任的). I hope you and all the wildlife can live ______ in my arms.

Yours,

Mother Earth

Ben and his classmates are watching a film about the environment. A long time ago, most towns and villages were very small. The _______ of people that lived in every country was much smaller than it is today, too. There were _______ heavy industries. People did not use chemicals. There were no motor vehicles and there were no factories. So there was _______ pollution.

Sadly, our environment is much dirtier than _______ was in the past. This is a _______ because the best way for us to be healthy is to live in a clean environment.

The air and water are much dirtier than they _______ be. The chemical factories and cars _______ terrible gas. The water _______ by chemicals from the factories and ships. This means we are destroying our home little by little.

In the film we will try to find ways to _______ our environment cleaner and find ways to stop future pollution. We hope you will try __________ you can do to help make the world a cleaner and healthier place.