We all hear of an old saying which says “ Health is wealth (财富)”. It does not matter if we are rich or poor. When we are healthy, we have wealth. Health is     1     most important thing in our lives and it is surely more important than wealth. This     2     ( mean) that we should care more about our health than wealth. We will run out of wealth someday, but a healthy body will not go away from us. We can still make a living by working     3     wealth. If we lose our health, wealth will not be     4     (use) for us. So, we should always remember to     5     (keep) healthy.

In order to have a healthy life, we should eat     6     (healthy). We should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits to give us more energy (能量). But in     7     (today) world, there are lots of unhealthy and junk food. People like to eat them     8     they are bad for our health.

Because of busy work, people don’t have much time to make healthy food, but they should try to develop a healthy       9     (eat) habit. They should try to cook by     10     (they). It is a good way to stay away from fast food.

It was sunny last Sunday. Sam and Dick wanted to go to the park together. It was a little f    1     from their house to the park, so they t    2     a bus there. When they walked to the gate o    3     the park, but suddenly, they found a boy l    4     on the ground and there was a bike beside him. They stopped and wanted to know what was wrong w    5     the boy.

“The boy must be hurt,” said Sam.“ Let’s help him!”

So they called a taxi and sent the boy to the h    6     in a hurry.

W    7     they got to the hospital, the doctor looked over the boy carefully at once. At t    8     same time , Dick got the boy’s father’s telephone number and c    9     him. About half an hour later, the parents arrived. When they knew that the two boys saved their son, they t    10     them and said they were really good boys.

After the winter vacation, I had to move to a new city with my parents. On the first day to my new school, it was cold and     1     (snow). I was walking alone     2     (slow) and worrying about something in my new school. It was early and there weren’t many people on the road. Suddenly a girl who was riding a bike in the snow     3     (fall) down. She was trying hard to stand up but fell again. Without     4     (think), I went over to help her quickly. She said “thank you” with a smile and then rode away. Her smile warmed me a lot.

After I got to school, the teacher led me to the classroom and introduced me to the class. Then he asked me     5     (sit) down beside a girl. I felt so nervous     6     I didn’t dare to look at her. Soon the first class, English, started. Their textbooks were different     7     those in my old school. As I was wondering what to do,     8     English book appeared in front of me. “Let’s share it.” The girl beside me said, “Hi, I’m Carrie,” I looked up. To my surprise, it was the girl I helped this morning. From then on, we became good     9     (friend).

From that I learned: to help others is actually to help     10     (we)!

There was a boy who was sent to a boarding school (寄宿学校) by his parents. Before being sent away, this boy used to be the     1     (good) student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But things changed after he went to the new school. His grades began     2     (drop). He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. He felt he was worthless and that no one loved him.

His parents began to worry about him. But even they did not know what was wrong with him.     3     his dad decide to visit the school and have a talk with him by     4     (he).

They sat on the beach near the school. The father kept     5     (ask) him questions about his classes, teachers and sports     6     a smile on his face. After some time his dad said kindly, “Do you know why I am here today, my dear son?”

The boy answered back     7     (quick), “To check my grades.” “No, no.” his dad explained, “I am here to make you understand that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about your grades. I care about you. Nothing could be more valuable than your happiness. You are my life!”

The     8     (word) made the boy’s eyes filled with tears. He hugged his dad happily. They didn’t say anything to each other for     9     long time.

Now the boy knew there was someone in the world who cared about him deeply. He meant the world to someone. From then on, the boy felt confident in his life again.

Last weekend I went to the Children’s Home with my classmates. It was in     1     countryside. After warm conversations, we gave them a singing lesson. Beautiful voice was flying over the Children’s Home until the lunchtime. I found I was very interested     2     playing with these children.

After lunch, some of us helped to wash the dishes and others helped to clean the houses. Then it was afternoon, which was a good time     3     do some sports. So all the children took an active part in sports and played happily.     4     an unforgettable (难忘的) experience it was!

When we had to leave, the children showed their thanks     5     love. I have realized that helping others is the most meaningful thing in the world. And I will come there again.

Lin Wei, one of the panda     1     (饲养员), says, “They are so cute and lovely. I take care     2     them like they are my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them     3     (每天). They’re very special to me.” In     4    , many people around the world love these black and w    5     animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.

The Chinese character fu is a necessity in the Spring Festival celebrations. It expresses people’s best wishes for the coming new year. It’s recorded that people have     1     practiced this tradition since the Song Dynasty.

The character fu can be pasted (粘贴) either normally     2     upside down, because in Chinese, the “reversed fu ” and “fu arrives” sound similar to each other, both being pronounced as “fu dao le”.

There is a     3     about the origin of pasting the “reversed fu”. Zhu Yuanzhang, the     4     emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once used the character fu as a secret signal to punish (惩罚) a family for insulting (冒犯)     5     wife, Empress Ma. To avoid the disaster, the kind-hearted Empress Ma ordered every family in the capital to paste the character fu in front of their doors before the sun     6     the next day. Everyone followed her order, but one family posted the character upside down, because they couldn’t read or write.

The next day, when the emperor ordered his soldiers to check, they     7     the character fu everywhere, including the upside-down one. The emperor was very     8     and immediately ordered his palace guards to punish the family who had pasted the character differently.

Realizing the situation was not good, Empress Ma said to the emperor, “That family knew that you were coming to     9     them today so they pasted the character upside down on purpose (故意地). Doesn’t it have the same meaning as fu arrives?”

After hearing this, the emperor immediately set the family     10    . From then on, people began to paste the character fu upside down for the purpose of hoping for luck and honoring Empress Ma.

Mrs Li has a small garden. She     1     (grow) some vegetables in it. When summer comes, they look very nice and fresh.

One evening, Mrs Li looked     2     her vegetables and said, ‘‘Tomorrow I will pick them     3     cook them. ” But the next morning, her daughter ran into the house and said, ‘‘Mum, come     4     (quick)! Our neighbor’s ducks have eaten up our vegetables!” Mrs Li thought it was     5     (possible). But when she arrived, she     6     (find) it was true. Mrs Li felt sad.     7     (she) neighbour was really sorry.

A few days     8     (late) before Thanksgiving Day, her neighbour gave Mrs Li a box. In it was     9     fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with these three     10     (word), “Enjoy your vegetables!”

These days, Chinese children are sometimes     1     on weekends than weekdays because they have to take so many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills so that they can get into a good high school     2     later a good university.     3     are practicing sports so that they can compete and win.     4    , this doesn’t only happen in China. In some families, competition     5     very young and continues until the kids get older. Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always comparing them     6     other children. Why don’t they just let their kids be kids? People     7     push their kids so hard. Doctors say too much pressure is not     8     for a child’s development. Kids should have time to relax and think for     9    , too.     10     it’s normal to want successful children, it’s even more important to have happy children.

The panda     1     (饲养员) at the Chengdu Research Base are a    2     early in the morning to prepare breakfast for the baby pandas. In fact, pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.

However, a     3    pandas do not have babies very often, and some of the babies only live for a short time because of     4     (疾病). What’s worse, as the forests get smaller and other activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewever babies.

A special program in Chengdu teaches children about why pandas are important. The Chinese       5     (政府) is helping to save the pandas. Scientists also want to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.