I have a     1     family. Here is a picture     2     my family. My grandfather’s     3     is Li Haitao. He is 60 years old. My grandmother is Huang Yinying. She is 58 years old. They like to go to the     4     in the morning and they often have a good day there. I have two     5     and an uncle. They are Li Li Li Jia and Li Ming. Li Li is     6     the USA. She has a daughter.

    7     name is Rose. She is a three-year-old girl. They often come to Beijing to see us. Li Ming has a son. His name is Li Xiao. He is in     8    . He is a teacher. My     9     are teachers, too. They are in No. 1 Middle School. I     10     in No. 1 Middle School, too. My father is my English teacher.

President(总统) Abraham Lincoln often visited hospitals to talk with wounded soldiers (受伤的士兵) during the Civil War. Once, doctors told him that a young soldier was near     1    . Lincoln went over to his bedside.

“Is there anything I can do for you?” Lincoln asked. The soldier was     2     hurt and didn’t realize it was Lincoln. He just said, “Would you please write a letter to my     3     ?”

Somebody     4     a pen and paper and Lincoln carefully wrote down what the young man said: “My dearest mother, I was badly hurt while     5     my duty(职责). I’m afraid I’m not going to live through it. Don’t feel sad for me, please. Kiss Mary and John for me.”

The soldier was too     6     to go on, so Lincoln signed(签名) the letter for him and added, “Written for your son by Abraham Lincoln.” The young man asked to see the letter. He was     7     when he saw the president’s name on it.

“Are you     8     the president?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Lincoln answered quietly. Then he asked if there was anything     9     he could do. “Would you please hold my     10     ?” the soldier asked. “It will help to see me through to the end.”

In the quiet room, the tall president took the young soldier’s hands in his and spoke warm words     11     death came.

My name is Lucy Brown. This is my room. It’s my sister Lily’s room,     1    . Now welcome to     2     room. Look! These are our     3    . The pink bed is     4    , and the blue     5     is Lily’s. Here are two     6    . One is a photo of our family, and the other is a photo of our school. We love our family and school very much. Our clock and computer     7     on the desk. Next to the desk is a     8    . Many books are in it. Where is my baseball? Oh, it is     9     the chair. Our room is very     10    . My mother     11     us to clean it every morning.

Most guests to a Japanese restaurant will be familiar with toy cat in the front window. It seems to be waving to people on the street, asking them     1     inside the restaurant. This is Maneki Neko, a “Waving Cat” in Japanese. The cat is usually white in color and     2     a gold coin.

If you look at some Maneki Neko dolls     3    , you will notice that some dolls wave with their left arm and some with their right. Waving with the left arm is the     4     pose and means “welcome guests”. Cats that are waving with their right arm mean “welcome wealth”. Maneki Neko has these     5     because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.

In the 17th century, a     6     man lived with his cat at a temple in Tokyo. One day, a rich man was hunting in the area when it     7     to rain. He stopped     8     a tree near the temple. He noticed the cat was waving at     9    , so he walked toward the cat. At the same time, lightning hit the tree and it fell to the ground. The man believed the cat had saved his     10    , so he gave the man at the temple a lot of money to show his thanks.

Though around 400 years old, this friendly cat still welcomes people with a wave, just     11     it did to the rich man in the rain.

Beijing will host 2022 Winter Olympics. Do you know about winter sports? They are very interesting. They not only are good for     1     health but also can make us     2     and brave. There are many kinds of winter sports, such as sledding, skiing, ice hookey and so on. Here are some interesting facts     3     them.

A sled(雪橇) looks like a boat. It can move     4     over snow or ice. Many years ago sleds were made of wood and people     5     them to transport(运送) goods and people. Now kids sled for fun. They like to ride on a sled and go down from a hill.

Skiing is one of the fastest sports on land. The top skier can ski up to about 255 km/h. It is as     6     as a high-speed train. Skiing is also one of the     7     dangerous sports in the world.

Ice hockey(曲棍球) is very     8     with Canadians. It is a team sport. Two teams     9     to score goals in the game and each team has six players. All the players wear skates, big pads(防护垫) and helmets. They each carry a stick to hit the puck(冰球) into the goal. They can use sticks and their feet to move the puck but can’t hold it in their     10    .

Don’t forget to stay warm and follow the safety rules     11     you are playing on ice.

Are you a book lover? Then April 2 is a great time for some good reading. It is International Children’s Book Day. You can read books at home, go to a public     1    , or even choose from a box called the Little Free Library.

The Little Free Library is a fun     2     you can join. People build small wooden     3     in front of their house. They put old books into it. Anyone can open the box and     4     some books to read. You can take books away. But in return you need to put     5     in.

An American teacher called Tom Smith built the     6     Little Free Library in 2009, the children in his town liked it very much. Then it became popular     7     around the world.

The little boxes give people free books to read and bring neighbors     8    . They share useful books each other. What’s more, it is also great fun     9     them with family and friends. You can be very creative to make     10     box stand out.

Brian Kemp is a US businessman. He and his children found an old television. They     11     several months together making it into a little bookcase.

“I loved working in the library,” he told Daily news online. “It was a project I did with my kids.”

Here is the Lost and Found box.     1     is in it? It’s a pencil. Is it Jane’s pencil? Jane     2     her pencil. And her pencil is orange. This one is     3     , too. It may (可能) be     4    . I can ask her to come here     5     have a look. But my notebook is not in the Lost and Found box. I lost my     6    . Where is it? Do you     7       it? It’s blue and white. My     8     and my telephone number are on the notebook. My name is Jack Black. M y telephone number     9     22***97. If you find my notebook, you can     10     me. Thanks for your     11    .

If you are a teenager and you have lost interest in reading or never like it so much, this is for you.

Here is some     1     on finding your favorite books:

Ask around. Ask your     2     or favorite teachers to suggest books they enjoy.

Go to the library. Don’t be shy about it. You can ask a librarian(图书管理员) a     3     like this: Do you have any books     4     rock music?

Try a few pages. If a book doesn’t interest you after you read a few     5    , leave it and try another, until you find a(n)     6     one.

Read at your own pace(速度). Reading isn’t a test. So when you read     7    , you can have a look at words here and there and think. If you     8     interested in it, you’ll read to the end quickly. Then you can read another one.

Let one good thing lead to another. When you read something that     9     interests you, you may be pleased when you     10     it. Then you can always     11     another book, and another, and another.

Good morning! My     1     is Linda Green. I’m an American     2    . This is a photo     3     my family. These are my     4    , Jack and Jenny. They are my father’s father     5     mother. These are my parents. My mother is in a black     6    . Black is her favorite（最喜欢的）     7    . My father is a teacher.     8     are my aunt and my uncle. They are my father’s     9     and brother.     10     at the boy! Who     11     he? He is my cousin and he is David.