1 . A small boy was trying to move a big wooden box out of his yard. The box was much_______than the boy. He tried his best to move it, but the box would not move at all.After______ for a glass of water, the boy tried to move it once more. This time, he pushed harder,but he still______move the box a bit. He was quite tired and lost heart

The boy's______was coming home from work around this time. He stopped to watch his son's fruitless efforts. The father didn't help him,_____instead asked,“Son,have you tried your best? I mean, are you doing __ you can?”

“Yes,I am!” the boy cried.

“No,” his father said calmly, “you're not. You have not asked me to________you can?”

Asking for help is not a weakness. Many people need help, and______the best of us need help. It is______to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it. Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in_____.

2 . Exercise is very important. It helps blood to move around_______the body. When we do exercise，blood will take"_______"we need to all parts of our bodies. The brains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy，and do exercise，we_______think well.

Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air, we can't_______. We must have plenty of clean, fresh air to breathe if we want to be in good health.

So, people often sleep with their room windows open because they want to_______plenty of clean fresh air to breathe.

3 . I really love my job. I enjoy working with small children and like the _______ and rewards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that kind of job.

I wasn't a good student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to _______. I just accepted that I wasn't the type to have a career.

I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn't too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live _______ so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work _______ hours one week. she'd give me time off the next. But unluckily it didn't often _______. I was getting very tired, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.

One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my _______. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification（资格证书）if I wanted to work with children. I didn't think I would be _______ because I didn't take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience mattered a lot and I got on a part-time course.

Now I've got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known _______ that you could have a career, even if you aren't _______ of the class at school.

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are ____________ we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process.

I stood in my grandmother's front yard with my son. He had a bottle of soapy water and a plastic loop （圈）.You know the type. You dip（浸）the loop in the bottle, pull it ____and blow it to make bubbles （气泡）．

My son dipped and dipped and blew and blew, but____to blow bubbles．He handed me the bottle and loop and asked me, "Daddy, ____ you make bubbles? " I hadn't blown bubbles for years. I am a chemist by education. All my knowledge is ____when it comes to trying to blow bubbles from a loop filled with soapy water. I had no more success than my son.

After several tries ____the loop of soapy water， I gently （轻轻地）breathed on it． My son cried with joy as a big beautiful bubble ____and moved slowly in the air． He grabbed（抓住）the loop，dipped and blew．No bubbles． I ____ explained to him， "Son，you can't blow so hard； you must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles．" He followed my____and blew gently．This time he made a big beautiful bubble，then   __…

There are some things that you can get with force， ___ there are other things that only come with the gentleness of a soft breath．The closer something is to higher spirit，the more it is like bubbles；it can't be forced．

5 . Mingming has a computer. He likes _____ very much. He often uses the Internet.

He _____ music from the Internet He often visits websites to get _____ for _____ homework. He also _____ e-mails to his good friends. He makes many good friends from all _____ the world with the help of his computer. He likes travelling very much, so he often _____ travel plans on the computer. But he _____ downloads games _____ the Internet, because he ______ like computer games at all.

6 . Michael Jordan is one of the most famous _______ in the world. He _______ from America. When he was young, he was shy _______ didn’t like to talk to _______ people about himself. He was _______ very short. In the beginning, he didn’t play basketball very _______ in his high school. After he _______ the university basketball team, he played basketball better and better. He became famous. So people called _______“Air Jordan”. After college, Jordan became _______ basketball team member in the Chicago Hulls. He is very popular ________   a lot of people in the world.

7 . As we know, there are four seasons in a year. When spring_____, it's getting warmer and warmer. Everything comes back to life. Trees turn_____. There are beautiful flowers and grass here and there. Children can_____kites in the sky._____summer, the weather becomes hot._____people can take part in more activities outside, such as running in the morning, taking a walk in the evening, going camping ,_____in the river, travelling with family , and so on._____comes after summer. It's a harvest season. We can taste_____of fresh fruits. The weather is neither too hot nor too cold. People feel comfortable. It usually snows in winter in my home town. Snowing_____us excited. Children are______in making snowmen outside. A heavy snow will predict a good harvest. The four seasons bring us happiness and pleasure.We should love and treasure(珍惜)them.

8 . Tony，Darning，Lingling and Betty go to ___________ school every day. Tony lives ___________ from the school，so he has the longest journey. He goes by ___________. Darning goes on the bicycle so he has the fastest journey, ___________ it is the most dangerous way. Lingling ___________ to school because she lives the closest ___________ the school. How about Betty? She often goes by subway，but sometimes she ___________ the train. She doesn't like the train ___________ it's the most uncomfortable way. ___________ she goes with her dad. Her dad always goes to work by taxi. It's the ____________ way, but it's the most comfortable way!

9 . My holiday is coming. Yesterday I asked my American friends about the best way to travel around the United States. They said it was best to travel by__________ and gave me the__________.

To fly，of course，is the fastest way，but one can't see anything during a __________ except the blue sky and white clouds. So it is not very interesting for one who wants to see the __________. Besides，the plane ticket is very. __________.

To travel by train is __________，because passengers can walk and buy food and drinks on a train. They can also see cities and the country through the windows. But trains don't leave or __________ at a place every day，and don't go to many cities.

To travel by bus is easy, cheap and convenient, though not so fast as travelling by plane or so __________ as by train. You can find buses almost in every city. That makes travel arrangement easy.

I take their __________. Now I have decided to go on an interesting ___________ by bus to the east coast.

10 . Ray had a wonderful family and lived very happily. He had four grandchildren, and they all came to see him____their holidays. One day，Ray was preparing to welcome them as usual: cleaning the house and cooking delicious food. _____he was working，he lost his favorite watch which was a ____from his deceased（已故的）wife. Ray loved the watch very much，and he was very sad.

When his grandchildren arrived，they ____ him they would find the watch. One granddaughter asked，“Grandpa，where did you see the watch last______it went missing?”

Ray replied，“Maybe in the barn（谷仓）!“The children searched there for more than two hours ___ could not find it.

One of his grandsons wanted to search the barn ___，and Ray asked why he was going there. The little boy didn't explain but asked ___ not to follow him. A moment later， he rushed back to his grandfather，"I found it!"he shouted. Ray was ___and asked how he made it. The little boy replied，"I stood in the barn______making any noise，and tried my best to keep silent. After a few _____，I heard the sound of tick tick. At last，I ____ the watch from the hay（干草）."After hearing his words，Ray hugged the little boy and______him very much.

The story tells us if we ______calm（冷静的），we can find a solution. This shows the power of ______ .