1 . A long time ago, there lived a wise man named Zun-Nun in Egypt. A young man came to visit him and asked, “Teacher, ___ do you dress so casually (随意地)? Nowadays, it is necessary to dress neatly (整洁地), isn’t it? Or how will people know you are really a ___ and wise man?”             

Zun-Nun smiled, took the ___ from his finger and said, “Young friend. I will answer your question, but first do one thing ___ me. Take this ring to the market. Can you ___ this for one chip (片) of gold?” ___ he looked at Zun-Nun’s dirty ring, the young man thought to himself. “How will I sell it at that ___?”

He offered the ring to the vegetable, meat and fish traders (商人) and others in the market. But ___ was ready to pay a chip of gold.

He told this to Zun-Nun and Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold ___ and show the ring to the owner. Don’t give a price. Just ____ how much he will pay.”

One hour later the young man was back with the ring, “Teacher, people at the market ____ didn’t know the value (价值) of this ring. The gold trader ____ me 1,000 chips of gold.”

Zun-Nun smiled. “That is the ____ to your question, my friend. Someone cannot be valued only from his ____. That ring was a gift from the king on my 60th birthday. There is only one ring like this in the world.” he said. “It’s very valuable. So never judge (评判) a book by its cover, young man. ____ yourself to make yourself valuable.”

2 . Hello, boys and girls! Let me tell you something about the ____.

Koalas come from Australia. They are quiet, friendly and cute. They are kind of lazy. They like ____ in the daytime. At night, they get up and eat leaves (树叶) on the ____.

Look over there! The tall animals are ____. They can eat the leaves on the big trees. They are ____ and beautiful animals, too. They come from Africa. Lions are also from ____. They are exciting (令人兴奋的) to watch, but they are scary, too. Many ____ like to have dolphins (海豚) because they are very smart and interesting. They live in the ____, so they can swim very well.

Most elephants come from Thailand or Africa. They are really ____. You can be good friends with them. But they are in great danger. We must ____ them.

3 . Many people like pandas very much. They are very ______. Most of them live in Sichuan, ______. They ______ white hair, but their shoulders, legs, ears and eyes are ______. Pandas are usually heavy, but they can climb trees like other ________. Pandas’ _______ food is bamboo leaves. But long long ago (很久很久以前), pandas liked to eat meat. It _______ pandas a lot of time to have food every day. When pandas are full (饱的), they like _______. They relax for many hours every day. Chinese people love pandas very much. And China made pandas as mascots of the 2008 and 2022 Beijing Olympics. However, there are not many pandas in China today. _______ some people cut down too many bamboo trees, pandas can’t find enough (足够的) food. I think we must _______ them.

4 . Welcome to Bei jing Zoo! There _____ many animals in the zoo. Let’s see the koalas first. Koalas are _____ Australia. They are quiet, _____ and cute. Children like them very much. The kangaroos are also from _____.

They are quiet and interesting, _____ they are not friendly. The giraffes come from Africa. They have a _____ neck (脖子). They like to eat leaves. The lions are also from Africa. They are a little _____, so many people don’t like _____. We also have pandas.

They are from China. They are very cute and friendly, but they are very shy. So please be _____. You can also see many other animals in the zoo. Have _____ here! Just come and see!

5 . It is Sunday today. It is fine. I want to learn to ____ at Green Water Pool, but who can help me ____ it? First, I go to Marcia for help, ____ she says she’s helping her mother do the housework (家务劳动). Next, I go to ask Mary to help me. When I get there, she is ____ Zhang Ming with his English. Now I feel ____. “Why not ask Mona? She’s my best friend,” I say to myself (我自己). “____ are you doing, Mona?” I ask her when I go into her home. “Oh, welcome to my home, Linda. Look, I’m ____ an e­-mail to my friend in Australia.” “Can you ____ me to swim today? ” I ask her. “Sure, I’d love to. I’m going to the swimming club ____ afternoon. You can go with ____.”   “That sounds great, Mona. Thanks a lot.”

How are you? Here are ______ of my photos. In the first photo, I am in the ______ reading a storybook. It is rainy outside, so I have to stay there. The stories are ______, and I like the book a lot.

In the second photo, it’s winter. I’m ______ a snowman with my sister Amy in the yard. We are ______ hats and coats. It is ______, but we are having a good time. Look! How ______ the snowman is!

In the last photo, I’m ______ my sister Sally at the train station. She ______ in a university (大学) in Shanghai. And she comes back home for the Spring Festival every year.

Please send me some of your photos and ______ me the stories about them. Best wishes!

Yours,

Jack

8 . Everyone agrees this is the most beautiful garden. Only one person knows how old it is. He ________ the garden as if (好像) it is an egg that could break at any time. He tells ________ who wants to hear the story. We believe him ________ he is the oldest man in our village.

Here is the story the oldest man tells us. Long ago, there was a very ________ family. They had a lot of land, food and expensive clothes. Their food baskets were the ________ and their clothes were made of the most colorful and expensive fabrics (织物). ________, they were not happy. No laughter came out of their mouths and no ________ could be seen in their home.

One day, Mavuto, the head of the family, decided to do something to ________ their problem. He chose a piece of land not far from their house. “I will ________ this into the most beautiful garden,” he said.

The land was in bad ________. But like a mad man, Mavuto started digging. He ________ stones and rubbish. He watered the ground every day ________ it became soft.

Mavuto laughed more as time passed. Later, his wife and children joined and helped him to grow plants ________ flowers, trees and vegetables. The children stopped ________ and they worked hard in the garden happily.

From then on, the ________ no longer shouted at each other for no reason. The most beautiful garden in the village is the key to their happiness.