2 . Lincoln is 13 years old. Every morning, he gets up at six o’clock, and then     1     out the rubbish while he is on the way to buy breakfast for his family.     2     he comes back home, he wakes up his little sister and dresses her. Then he calls     3     parents for breakfast. They sleep on the second floor of the house. Lincoln wants them to sleep a little     4     because they’re tired after a day’s work.

Now he is good at almost all the     5    —washing clothes, making dinner, and looking after his five-year-old sister, Sally.     6     two years ago, he hardly helped out around the house. “I thought housework was for my parents at that time, but soon I knew I was wrong.     7     should help with a few things at home. We can’t depend on our parents all the     8    ,” he said.

Every Friday, Lincoln gets fifty dollars from his parents     9     his pocket money. “I think it’s good to     10     the children for the housework. They can get money and buy something they need, and anyway, they can learn how to manage their money and become more independent,” said Lincoln’s mom.

3 . It was yard sale time again. Everyone in the Jones family had cleared     1    their old things and set up a table in front of their house.

Billy, the youngest,     2     some crayons and board games in his yard sale box. Suzy, the middle child, decided     3     part with a couple of her soft toys. Nowadays she just doesn’t love them as     4     as she used to. Regina, the eldest, owns music CDs and some fashion magazines. She gets tired of things fast and needs money for new ones! So she wanted to     5     all of them. Dad took out some old tools and computer parts. Mom chose some old handbags and shoes     6     didn’t care for anymore.

Together, the five of them set up their tables at 7:30 a. m. in the morning. From 7:30 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. there was hardly a chance to     7     a break. Many people brought young kids, so Billy sold out of games     8    . A few girls bought most of Suzy’s soft     9     and Regina’s CDs.

The Jones family made $323 in the end. It was quite a good day. Everyone was happy about the results even if a few things hadn’t been     10    . To be honest, the yard sale has become everyone’s good memory.

5 . A long time ago, my grandparents moved into a new house with 4 daughters. Because work was hard to find, Grandpa did whatever jobs he could. He and Grandma dug a garden to grow some food.

The house had a big front yard with tall trees. Grandparents planted vegetables on one side of the yard and flowers on the other side.

Everybody worked to keep the garden growing. Later, the family ate food from the garden and enjoyed the beautiful flowers.

The family grew up, and the grandchildren came. Grandparents still planted their garden. Everyone still enjoyed the food from the garden.

Years later, it became harder for grandparents to keep the garden. So they made it a little smaller. There was still much to eat from the garden and lovely flowers to enjoy.

However, at 89, Grandpa couldn’t move and then died. So the next spring, Grandma planted only a small garden.

One sunny day in the early summer, Grandma saw a big group of bees flying between two tall trees. Slowly the bees entered a hole up in one of the trees. Soon after, all bees disappeared into their new home.

That summer, Grandma got a big harvest (收获).

One day, Grandma’s brother Frank visited her. Grandma told him the story about the group of bees. Frank told her that bees pollinated vegetables and flowers and helped them grow. Just then Grandma understood the reason for her great harvest.

From that time on, Grandma always believed that since Grandpa couldn’t be there to help her that summer, he had sent the bees to take his place and make Grandma’s little garden grow and grow. Thanks to Grandpa’s bees, the family could still have much food to eat and lovely flowers to enjoy every year. The help of the bees continued, just as Grandpa’s love.

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It is Saturday today. Lin Mei doesn’t go to school. She goes shopping with her     1    . Her mother likes to exercise, so they go there by     2    . The shop is     3     a hospital. There are many cars in front of it.

The shop is usually very     4    . There are lots of     5     in the shop on weekends.     6     are Lin Mei and her mother? Oh, they are over there. Look! The woman     7     long black hair is her mother. She is buying some fruit. The apples are big     8     red. They must be     9    . What is Lin Mei doing? Oh, she is     10     at small toy boats. She wants to buy one.

7 . Last year, some groups of students in their community made a survey about “How do people spend their free time?” The following diagrams show some results of it:

Diagram (1): Hours for people of different ages who surf the Internet in a week.

Diagram (2): Different days people go to the library.

Diagram (3): Different programs people like.

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8 . Mary used to be a music teacher. When she was a music teacher, she     1     got up late and was always the first one to get to school. On weekdays, she usually got up at five twenty in the morning. After she     2     her teeth, she often played games     3     her sister. Then she ate her breakfast. After that, she often played     4     guitar. At about half past seven, she took the No. 7 bus to     5     school.

She had no lessons on Tuesday and Thursday. She usually went to the guitar club. There she helped children play the guitar. On weekends, Mary never got up late,     6     . She got up at five     7     in the morning. At five forty, she ran. She had breakfast at about half past six. Then she went to visit her grandparents. Her grandparents     8     a healthy life. They always took a     9     in the park after dinner. On Sundays, Mary usually     10     her room because she didn’t have time to clean it from Monday to Friday.

9 . Write a passage of at least 60 words about the topic“My family rules”. (以“家规”为题写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

My family rules