4 . 根据短文内容，用括号内所给词的正确时态或形式填空，使短文完整。

Being a volunteer, you work and you don’t get any money, but your     1     (help) hands can make both others and yourself happy. Many young people are ready     2     (join) us. Let’s     3     (share) some of their stories.

Angela 17 I visited a forest park last week. I found there were not enough paths there. I’m going to help     4     (build) new hiking paths. I’m going to spend seven days     5     (live) in the forest. I can work with friends in the daytime and then     6     (sleep) under the moonlight. It will be a nice sport and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!

Andy 18 I looked after my     7     (neighbour) pets (宠物) last summer. This summer I     8     (work) in an animal center and show my care and love to more pets. I am sure to make friends with pets!

Hai Tao 16 Some children aren’t good at reading. They need     9     (we) help. I want     10     (be) a teacher when I grow up, and I love children and reading.

5 . 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

We have twenty minutes’ break (课间休息) time after the second class in the morning. Look! Most of us     1     playing during it. Some students are on the playground. They are playing basketball. Oh!     2     boy is running with the ball. And another (另一) is stopping him. They look so cool. And     3     are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking     4     the birds in the tree in front of the classroom.

       What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his     5     her things, busy but happy!

6 . 阅读短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号里所给单词的适当形式填空。

My favorite food is dumplings. The dumpling is one of     1     (tradition) food in China. The people in a family often get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve. Yesterday I     2     (decide) to make this delicious food for my family. Because that was my first time     3     (make) dumplings. Rolling (擀) dumpling wrappers and making dumpling filling (馅) were difficult for me.

First, some meat, one cabbage and one carrot     4     (be) necessary. Then, to go with the dumpling filling. Mom taught me to cut up the meat and vegetables so that I could easily make the dumpling filling with those pieces by     5     (add) some salt and pepper. Next, I     6     (put) the finished dumpling filling in a bowl. After that, I was going to make the dough (面团). Then, I cut the dough into small     7     (piece), and then made them into round ones. Next, I put the filling in the center of a dumpling wrapper one by one, then folded (对折) them up.     8     (final), put the dumplings into the pot and cooked them for a few minutes. In this way, I cooked delicious dumplings.

    9     it was difficult for me to make dumplings for the first time, with the help of my family, I found the fun of cooking and thought it was     10     interesting experience (经历).

7 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给首字母、上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。每个空只能填一个词。

With the month of May coming near, the hot days are getting closer. It’s t    1     for the second solar term (节气) in summer—Grain Buds. Grain Buds starts on May 21 and e    2     on June 5 this year. The Chinese characters (汉字) Xiao Man means that the seeds of the grains (谷物) are     3     (become) full. Xiao Man also means a lot of rain. Chinese farmers believe that if there is not enough water at this time, grains will not g    4     well.

As a saying goes, “A h    5     rain makes the river full.” Thanks to the rain, the fish is getting big and fat, so people can fish     6     (easy) in the river. It is not only a happy thing for fishermen, but also a good time for those who e    7     eating fish. In the old days, people in South China     8     (move) “three wheels”, waterwheel, spinning wheel (纺车) and oil wheel (油车).

During these days, people should take good care     9     their health. It is important to     10     to keep healthy during the hot sun. Walking, running and practising tai chi (太极) are popular activities for Chinese people at this time. Feel free to join the people who are walking or dancing in the nearest park!

8 . In China,there is a s    1     about an old farmer. He had an old horse for farming. One day the h    2     ran away into the hills. All the other people took pity on (可怜) the old man over his bad luck, but the farmer said “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

After a week, the horse returned w    3    a lot of other horses from the hills. This time people around congratulated (祝贺) the farmer on his good l    4     . His answer was the s    5    , “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Then when the farmer’s son was trying to ride one of the horses, he fell off its back and b    6     his leg. E    7    thought this was very bad luck, but not the farmer. His only answer was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”

Some weeks l    8     , the army (军队) came into the village and asked every h    9    man to join the army. When they s    10     the broken leg of the farmer’s son, they let him off. Now was that good luck? Who knows?