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I learned to cook in our school’s labor classes. _______ Mother’s Day, I decided to cook for my mother to show my love for her. I chose the steaks because they are _______ for 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. _______, I put the steak in and fried (煎) one side lightly. After some minutes I _______ the steak over to fry 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 _______. I thanked 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.

A Difficult Question

Four girls went to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s get to school _________. Then we won’t have to take the test. ”

“What can we _________ the teacher?” one of the girls said, “He will be _________. We need a good _________.”

The girls thought for several minutes, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat (平的) tire (轮胎).”

“That’s a _________ idea,” the other girls said, “We can tell him that.”

They _________ school an hour later. The test was over.

“Why are you late?” the teacher asked, “You _________ the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.

The teacher thought for a while, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in _________ corner (角落) of the room.”

The four girls did this.

The teacher said, “Write the answer to this _________ on a piece of paper: _________ tire was flat?”

Daisy forgot to set the alarm clock so she had to run to catch the bus. This made ________ feel tired and rushed when she started her science test. After she handed in her test paper, she was certain that the test had not gone well. With ________, she left the classroom.

That afternoon, Daisy left school to work part-time at Beckman’s. After she finished her work, Mrs. Beckman called her into the office. “Daisy,” she said, “you have been a great worker. But business has been ________. We have to let you go.”

Feeling down, Daisy left the office. As she walked slowly towards her aunt’s house, she tried to think about the new hairstyle her aunt had promised her. When she arrived, Daisy showed her aunt a ________ of the style she wanted.

“Well, you’re done. What do you think?” Her aunt asked about an hour later. What Daisy saw in the mirror made her angry. It was nothing like the picture! How could she possibly go to school ________?

The next morning, putting her things in her locker, she saw Ms. Wilson, her science teacher, walking towards her. “I know, Ms.Wilson, I did very poorly on the test.”

What are you ________? Daisy, you did a great job!” Ms. Wilson said. “What I want to ask you is ________ you would be interested in working as my lab assistant (助手).” Daisy happily ________.

“Daisy!” she heard as the rest of the students began to enter the building. “Where did you get your hair done?” She was so excited about her test and new job that she had ________ forgotten about her hair.

“Wow! That is so cool!” she was told. She couldn’t believe her ears. Everyone loved her hair.

Full of happiness, she smiled ________ the way home as the radio of a passing car played the song “What a Difference a Day Makes”.

6 . How do people find their inner talent? The story of Jill may help you.

Jill ________ did well in school as a common child. She couldn’t think carefully about what she was learning and often found herself unable to keep quiet ________ she felt bored. Jill’s mother was worried about ________ . She took Jill to a doctor. For 20 minutes, she talked about the problems Jill was having at school. Then, the doctor said to Jill, “I need to talk to your mother alone. Wait here.” Before they left, the doctor ________ the radio. The minute they ________ the room, Jill was on her feet, dancing to the music on the radio. The doctor then turned to her mother and said, “Madam, your daughter isn’t sick. ________, I believe she’s a dancer, so take her to a dance school.”

The mother did so. Jill enjoyed dancing and became good ________ it. Later she went to the Royal Ballet School, one of the world’s ________ dance schools, and became a great dancer. She has worked on some of the most successful musicals in the world. It’s hard to believe that years ago, ________ else would just put her on medication (药物治疗) and tell her to calm down.

Those who can’t do well in school needn’t worry. Find your inner ________ like Jill, you can also succeed.

When I was 5 years old, I lived with my family in my grandpa’s old house. It was very old and not in great shape, but we were ________ there. We didn’t have a lot of money, so we made food and clothes by ________. Every day after school, I would play outside and wait (等) for my grandpa to come home ________ work. He worked on cars all day and would come home with oil (油渍) on his hands and clothes.

________ he got home, he would clean up and sit in his old chair. My mom and grandma made dinner in the ________. I loved climbing to his back and ________ TV with him. His back was ________, and I always felt (感觉) safe and loved.

________ I am 55 years old and the oldest (最年长的) person in my family. My eyes are bad, but I can ________ those happy times with my grandpa. I wish I could go back and sit with him in that old ________ one more time, just to tell him how much I love him and thank him for making me feel so happy and loved as a child.

8 . It’s ten o’clock on Saturday morning. It is raining now, so we have to stay at home. I don’t like rainy days _______ I can’t do outdoor activities (户外活动). But my brother John likes rainy days. He says he can play with _______. Let me show you what we are doing now.

Look! My father is _______ a newspaper in the living room. China Daily is his favorite newspaper. My mother _______ rooms and she will go to the supermarket after that. _______ is my brother? He is playing _______ in his room because he is interested in music. What about me? I am _______ my computer to do my homework. Our science teacher asks _______ to find some news about animals. I think it’s easy and interesting to do our homework _______ this. Are there any other members (成员) in my family? Yes! Our pet dog is __________ on the sofa. She’s kind of lazy and she always sleeps in the daytime (在白天).

How are you? I’m happy here, ______ I miss you very much. ______ Sunday today. I don’t have ______. I ______ an e-mail to you in the computer room now. There are ______ students here. Some students are ______ their friends on QQ. Some students are ______ music on computers. My new friends, Peter and Bill ______ here with me. Peter is buying a T-shirt on the Intermet and Bill is reading a book. They’re ______ and they often help me with my study and life.

Please don’t worry ______ me. I hope you are happy and well.

Love,

Molly

10 . When my daughter was in primary school, she brought home four small twigs (嫩枝) from school to plant. _________ of them looked very strong, but with hope for the future, I planted them somewhere in our backyard that had enough sunlight. Over the years, because of the _________ soil (土壤), three of them died. Only one survived. It grew very _________. It looked more like a fat bush (灌木丛) than a tree. Later, I noticed that it was starting to _________. The lower branches were becoming bare. Only the top third of the tree was still _________. I did my best to save it _________ feeding it a lot of fertilizer (肥料), but it didn’t work.

Later one morning, I_________ and looked at it again. I was wondering whether it would be better to just cut it down. It would make the yard look cleaner. As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed _________ moving within the leaves. It was a robin (知更鸟) patiently building a nest in the top branches. I smiled when I looked at it. I thought maybe this old tree was still useful. It might not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a home.

This tree _________ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong or old and sickly. _________ our last breath, we have things to do, love to give, and joy to share. We can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.