Many teenagers have hobbies. They think they can make their own decisions. But parents disagree with     1     (they). Liu Yu is my friend. He is fifteen     2     (year) old. He is     3     running star. He has always wanted to be a professional runner when he     4     (grow) up. His parents have supported every one of his     5     (race). But they won’t allow him     6     (train) so much. They worry     7     his success at school. They think Liu Yu needs to think about what     8     (happen) if he doesn’t succeed in the future. However, Liu Yu doesn’t agree. He thinks he should     9     (allow) to decide for himself. His parents have always taught him     10     important it is to work hard at school and enter university. But he says he is serious about running.

John is thirteen years old now. He began to     1     in a middle school two years ago. His family is in a small village and it’s far away     2     the school. Every day, he gets up early in the morning. After a quick breakfast he has to run to school to get there on time.

His father hopes to borrow some money to buy     3     bike for him, but he knows his mother is always ill and his father spends much money     4     her medicine. If (如果) his father buys him a bike, their life will be harder than before. So he doesn’t     5     with his father and keeps running there every day. Now he’s very strong and     6     late for class and keeps running there every day.

Last week there     7     a sports meeting in their school. John ran faster than the other boys, and it was happy for him to     8     three matches.     9     happy the boy was! He told     10     grandma about the good news as soon as he got home. “I broke two school records (记录) today, Granny,” called out the boy.

She was surprised and said, “I am sorry to hear that We have no money to pay for them!”

Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? What are they like? Are they brave and     1     [strɔŋ]? If so, then they are a typical “tiger”.

In Chinese culture, tigers are     2     (see) as the king of all animals. They stand for power, energy, and protection. That’s     3     you can see pictures of tigers on the walls of temples and     4     (house) in China, which is to ward off (驱除) danger.

Tigers have an     5     [ɪmˈpɔːrtnt] cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia. Both the 1986 Seoul(首尔) Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics     6     (use) Hodori, a friendly cartoon tiger, as the mascot (吉祥物). A tiger is also on the badge (徽章) of the South Korea national soccer team.

Instead of tigers,     7     the West, lions are considered the king of all animals. England’s King Richard I is known as “the Lionheart”. In Europe, the animal is a national symbol of England as well as for Norway, Spain, Belgium and 13     8     [ˈʌðə(r)] countries.

In English,     9     you want someone to calm down, you can say to them “easy tiger”. Another famous phrase is “the lady or the tiger”, which means a problem that you can’t solve     10     (easy).

【推荐2】I’m     1     11-year-old boy. It is Saturday today. My parents and I get up early and my little sister     2     (dress) herself quickly. We eat breakfast early     3     we want to leave for the zoo early. When we get to the zoo, there are many people in it. My mother likes pandas well, so we go to see them first. Look! Some     4     (panda) are eating under trees. My mother says, “They are so c    5    !” But I think they are kind of lazy. They sleep all day. Next, we see the giraffes. My sister is     6     (real) happy. They are her favorite animals. My sister wants to give some food to them. But my mother     7     (stop) her, “Don’t do that! We can’t give food to these animals. It’s one of the     8     (rule) in the zoo.” Then we see many other animals in the zoo.

After we come back home from the zoo, our parents tell us, “Animals are our good friends. We should be kind to them. Many animals are     9     danger now. We can do some things to save     10     (they).” It is a great day and I learn a lot.

【推荐3】A Special Delivery

Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked travelling. One summer, he went to Africa     1     a trip, but Sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play     2    (joke) on each other.

One day, Ben's friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. So they sent a letter to Sally,     3    (say) he would send her a special gift and Sally should take     4    (well) care of it. On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery     5     (come). At one o'clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally's house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope.     6     animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! The elephant ran into Sally's yard,     7     it began eating grass.

Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and held the rope. She asked herself "What can I feed an elephant     8    ? Bananas?" After a while, a policeman came. He said, "It's unlawful to have a wild animal here."   Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.

Ben's friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. They had planned everything     9    (perfect). They had rented the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben's friends also made a film of everything. They wanted Ben to watch the video.

When Sally learned about the truth, she couldn't help     10    (laugh).