2 . I have a good friend. Her name is Kate. She is _____ American girl. She is eleven. She _____ with her family in China. There are _____ people in her family. They’re her father, her mother, her brother and herself (她自己). She has a cat. _____ name is Mimi. It’s Sunday today. They _____ at home. Look! Kate _____ with Mimi. Her father is reading newspapers. Her mother is cleaning the house. Where is her brother Jim? He is doing _____ homework in his study. Kate _____ Chinese very much, but she can’t _____ it very well. Jim likes _____ soccer. He can play it very well.

4 . Do you love your parents? “Yes, of course,” you may answer, “I buy a present for my mother on _________. And I give my father a present on Father’s Day, too.” Well, what about the _________ days of a year? You should always _________ to care for your parents, not just on holidays or festivals.

I have a friend. She lives alone _________ her parents have to stay in their hometown to look after her grandparents. One day I went to see her. We had a nice talk. Then she wanted to make a telephone call. She dialed (拨) the number, but then she put the phone _________. After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom. It’s me …”

When she finished the phone call, I asked, “Why did you dial the number _________?” She said, “My parents are old. They can’t get _________ the telephone quickly. I always do so when I call them, so that they will have _________ time to answer the call.”

My friend is such a good girl. She is always _________ her parents. I think everyone should __________ her. Then you’ll also be a good son or a good daughter.

5 . I went to Beijing to study Chinese last year. I was _______ about all the chances to better my language skills, walk on the Great Wall, and most of all, eat real Chinese food! I _______ remember my first jianbing, jiaozi and Peking duck. Each of them was amazing in its own way.

I knew that real Chinese food would _______ the Chinese food I had eaten in the USA. I couldn’t wait to try all the mouth-watering dishes that came up in my research about Chinese food. One of _______ favorites turned out to be hotpot. My first-ever hotpot experience in Beijing was unforgettable. As a first-timer, I was moved by the waiters’ _______ and their warmth of welcome. They tried their best to introduce all of the oils and spices (调味香料) to me.

Looking around, I found that everyone had their own favorite sauce combinations (酱料组合), ingredients and styles. Some would carefully _______ their ingredients into the hotpot one after another. Others would impatiently put whole plates into the bubbling (冒泡的) oil. You can learn a lot from the _______ people eat hotpot. When I went back to the USA, I _______ to prepare a hotpot meal for my family. It allowed me to not only share the culture that I had learned about, but also offer others a chance to _______ China like I had. It’s amazing ________ hotpot could bring so much to life!

After arriving in New Jersey, US, for a one-year cultural exchange program (交换项目), I found that many people there love Chinese culture. I ______ sharing our culture with them, so I built a tai chi club for kids. My tai chi program lasted for ten ______, giving classes every Tuesday.

I have taken part in some cultural exchange programs before, but I have ______ worked with such little kids. It was a little difficult for me at first. Kids are very noisy and ______. I had to spend most of my time ______ control of the class. Surely, in the beginning, we could only go over a few gestures during each class.

However, as the class went on, we got along well with each other. Slowly, I found the kids’ fun and sense of achievement (成就) instead of ______ worries and tiredness.

______ made me happier than seeing their smiles after learning a new gesture. I was sure of their ______ in learning tai chi.

I have learned a lot ______ this experience. I knew that it was important to unite the whole class and encourage (鼓励) kids to help each other ______ they meet difficulties. I will try my best to spread tai chi culture here.

7 . Sometimes, laughter can help us discover the beauty of life. Whether it’s caused by joy or embarrassment (窘迫), it’s a _________ part of life.

Just now, an old photo reminded me of an unforgettable _________. When I was twelve years old, my family flew to America to go on a trip. The fantastic places of interest _________ me with good memories. However, on the last day of the journey, I made a funny _________.

That evening, my mother sent me to buy some food by myself. I ran to the supermarket happily. After a while, I _________ a few things, including a bag of biscuits, into the shopping basket that I had brought from home.

When I _________ to the hotel, I asked my mom if she was proud of me. Suddenly, she started to laugh loudly. I had no idea what had made _________ laugh so much. A few minutes later, she explained to me that the bag of biscuits was dog food. She looked at me and pointed at the English words on the bag, laughing again. At that moment, I felt embarrassed that my face went red at once. And I realized that I could never be too _________.

As time goes by, I’ve forgotten a number of things, but this memory is _________ clear. Life won’t be colorful __________ we find beauty in little things like this. Don’t you think so?

8 .

A children’s choir (合唱团) sang the Olympic Anthem in Greek (希腊语) at the opening and closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. All the ________ of the choir are pupils from Fuping County, Hebei Province. As their teacher, Deng Xiaolan said she wanted to share the exciting news ________ her mother, because her mother once worked in Malan Village, Fuping County.

Deng has often travelled to Fuping to ________ music since 2004. It took ________ at least seven hours to reach the village from Beijing. ________ she faced many difficulties, she never stopped giving lessons there. Deng was glad to find that the children were ________. They were able to sing a song after having just a few lessons.

Deng brought different musical instruments to the village, too. In 2013, Deng held ________ in Malan Village in order to let her young students sing and play music in front of the whole village.

While the children were learning the Olympic Anthem, Deng learned ________ to sing the song with them in Greek. At the same time, she ________ ways to help the children to remember the lyrics (歌词). With her help, the children learned well.

Deng Xiaolan and her choir made progress day after day. It took a long time, but at last she has ________ led the children from the small village to the world stage.

I learned to cook in our school’s labor classes. _______ Mother’s Day, I decided to cook for my family to show my love for my mother. I chose the steaks because they are _______ to our health. I looked up the best cooking way on the website in order to cook it _______ .

Before cooking, I prepared all the things well. They were fresh steaks, butter, and a pan. I cut an onion into _______ , and put them aside (一旁).

First, I heated the pan, and put some butter in it. The butter could provide the steak a sense of fragrance (香气). _______ , I put the steak in and fried one side lightly. After some minutes, I turned the steak over to _______ the other side. Then I _______ some onion pieces. When the steak was cooked well, I put it onto the plate. With a bunch of flowers beside, I thought my mother could feel my love and she wouldn’t mind _______ the dish was delicious or not.

When my mother sat at the table, I gave her a set of knives and _______ to thank her for taking good care of me. She was so moved and ________ all the dish.

My mother said she would remember this Mother’s Day all her life. That was the most delicious food.