1 . One sunny morning, when Zebra (斑马) visited the river for a cool drink, he heard a tiny voice. “Help me, Zebra!”

Zebra looked around and found Wasp (黄蜂) _______ in a spider web in a thorn bush (荆棘丛).

Carefully, Zebra reached into it, but the thorns _______ him. “Ouch!” Zebra stepped back and was leaving.

“Please help me,” said Wasp. “One day I will _______ your help.”

Zebra laughed. “I’m fast and strong. Besides, I have a big family. Why would I need help from a _______ wasp?”

“Please try one more time,” Wasp said. Zebra knocked at the web again. _______, this time it was enough to free Wasp. “Try to stay out of trouble,” Zebra said. “I might not be nearby the next time a spider gets _______.” Then he left.

All day, Zebra stayed with his family until he noticed his favourite fruit—some berries! The hungry Zebra ran to _______ the berries.

Wasp was resting in the bushes when she saw Zebra. She also found Lion hiding quietly ahead. If Zebra got too close to Lion...

Thinking quickly, Wasp flew down and gave Lion a sudden sting. The _______ lion cried.

“Roooooar!” Zebra heard the loud cry. In a second, he turned around and ran back to his _______.

A moment later, Wasp flew around Zebra’s head. “Try to stay out of trouble,” Wasp said with a ________. “I might not be nearby the next time a lion gets hungry.”

Zhang Lei is a highly skilled doctor. He was born in a lonely ________ village. The people there lived a hard life. They seldom walked out of the mountain. They could ________ get good education. However, Zhang Lei was ________, for he not only went to college, but he also became an excellent doctor. Then what made him lucky? A volunteer teacher called Han Xue encouraged him, and ________ his life.

When Han Xue first entered Zhang Lei’s school, she couldn’t ________ her eyes. She was shocked by the sights (情景) in front of her: broken windows, small old desks and chairs. Even worse, students of different ages were in the ________ classroom. It was the only class in the school. Han Xue realized ________ poor the people there were in education. She planned to ________ as many ways as she could to help them. One day when Han Xue was giving a class, Zhang Lei ________ some noise for fun. Other kids laughed. At that time Han Xue decided to make good use of the ________ to help him. She walked towards Zhang Lei and asked him to put out his hands. Looking at them ________, Han Xue said with a kind smile, “As soon as I see your little ________, I know you will become a highly skilled doctor in the future. Come on!” Hearing this, Zhang Lei was surprised because almost ________ said such words this way. Zhang Lei couldn’t believe that completely, but he remembered what the teacher said in his heart.

After that, Zhang Lei studied harder and then made more ________ continuously (持续地). Later, Zhang Lei went to college. After many years, he became a famous doctor, saving many lives. ________ Zhang Lei talks about his life, he always expresses thanks to his volunteer teacher. Her encouraging words have made what he is.

3 . Scientists think that there _______ life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. However, we have not found life on any other planets _______.

The earth is a planet and it _______ around the sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun. _______ of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them. The sun and the objects that orbit it are called the solar system, and our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, _______ the Galaxy or the Milky Way. There are billions of stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them.

Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe. They are very far away and their light has to travel for many years to reach us. So _______ is the universe? It is impossible to imagine.

Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet Mars _______. They have even sent spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has travelled _______ to reach other stars in our Galaxy.

Scientists have always asked the questions: with so many stars in the universe, are we _______, or is there life out there in space? Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has _______ communicated with us? We do not know the answers yet.

4 . Anna was from a small village. She ________ primary school at her village and would study in a middle school in a city nearby.

Today was the ________ day of her school in the city. Anna found her ________ after asking other students for direction. Seeing her simple clothing and knowing she was from a ________ village, other students started laughing at her. The teacher soon arrived and told that Anna would ________ with them from today.

Then the teacher. told the students to be ready for the surprise ________ now! She told everyone to write down the seven wonders (奇迹) of the world. Everyone started writing the answer quickly. But Anna thought for a long time and started to write ________.

Soon most of the students had got the right answers ________ The Great Wall of China and Leaning Tower of Pisa. The teacher was ________ because students had remembered what she had taught them.

At last the teacher picked up Anna’s answer paper and started reading.

“The seven wonders are - To be able to see, To be able to hear, To be able to feel, To laugh, To think, To be kind, To love!”

The teacher stood without saying a word and the whole class was ________. Today, a girl from a small village made them understand what is truly a wonder.

It was a hot summer day. The sun was shining _____ and all I could think of was _____ down with two of my favorite ice creams. I _____ to make a quick trip to the newly-opened ice cream shop close by for a mid-day _____.

I ordered my ice cream and asked the server to _____ two tubs (桶) of chocolate ice cream for folks at home. Before I _____ it, I was halfway through my ice cream and was enjoying the _____ of the colorful ice cream in the show window, sitting pretty one next to the other.

Now that my to-go order was _____, I headed to the payment counter to settle the bill. To my _____, the cashier had forgotten to bill my ice cream, ______ only for the chocolate ice cream.

The next few seconds passed by as I ______ between doing what was easy—paying the bill and moving out, and doing what was right—______ the error. I knew if I didn’t bring the error in the bill to his ______, my ice cream would be charged against his ______.

That moment, my ______ was made and I went and pointed out what he had ______. He looked at me with ______ and thanked me for reminding him of his mistake. The smile of relief on his face made me ______ too.

I came out of the ice cream shop feeling really ______ about myself. I knew that day how wonderful it feels to do what is right ______ what is easy.

7 . Smiling is the best way of _______ friends. When I was thirteen _______ old, my father found a _______ in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a(n) _______ school near where we live. My old school was far away. _______ first, I didn’t know anyone in my class. I was afraid to make friends with my classmates _______ I was very lonely. I _______ talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to _______ me.

Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual while my classmates were talking _______ with each other. At that moment, _______ came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked _______ me and smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy and _______. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other classmates and made friends. Day _______ day, I became closer to everyone in my ________.

Thanks to the ________, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile to the world and it will smile back.

8 . Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees(雇员) to be _______ to the buyers and he gets a lot of _______ .

One day an old woman went to the shop to _______ a silk blouse(女衬衫). When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she _______ her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and _______ there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and _______ saw it. She put it into her _______ quickly. Soon the old woman _______ to look for it, of course she failed (失败). That evening Mr. Young was told about it. He was very _______ and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest(诚实的) man to take her ________ . A few young men came, but Mr. Young didn’t like ________ .

This morning a young man came to his ________ . He asked, “Do you smoke, sir?”

“No, sir,” answered the young man.

“Do you __________ ?”

“No, sir.”

Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man’s ________ satisfied(满意) Mr. Young. Before he employed him, he asked him the ____________ question, “You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?”

“No, I don’t, sir.” said the young man. “I only like telling lies(谎言).”

9 . Hello! My _______ is Eric. I am _______ No. 4 Middle School. Here _______ a photo of a pen. Is it mine? _______. It is not my pen. It is my good friend Anna’s. She lost _______ pen in the school library this morning. It is black. Now she can’t _______ it. You can e-mail her _______ anna2020@168.com if you find it. I found a _______ of keys in Classroom 7 this afternoon. _______ the keys _______? My _______ is 798-5546. Please _______ me. You can _______ the teacher for them, too. And I can’t find my jacket. It’s blue. Blue is my favorite _______. Lily says, “_______ jacket is in the lost and found office.” Thank you, Lily!

10 . Good morning! I am Linda Smith. ________ is my first name. Smith is my ________ name. I am _______ English girl. My ________ is 456-3967. This ________ a photo of my family. This is ________ father. His favorite (最喜欢的) ________ is white. My favorite color is ________, too. And this is my mother.Who’s that girl? ____is my sister Jane. My ________ are in the picture.

This morning, Jane and I ________ a pencil box. The pencil box is black ________ red. A pen, a ruler and two pencils ________ in it. The pen is black. The ________ is yellow and white. The two pencils are blue. If you lost it, please call me ________ 456-3967.