1 . This afternoon, Alan and Frank are at Mike’s home. _______ 17:00, Mike and Alan go to play baseball. Frank can’t play it, and he doesn’t go with them. He _______ some pens, erasers and rulers on the desk. “I can help them clean the desk, “Frank says. “The _______ pen and the yellow eraser are Mike’s, “he says. And he puts (放) them in Mike’s _______ . What about the green _______ and the yellow ruler? Frank puts them in Alan’s schoolbag.

At 18:00, Mike and Alan come back（回来）. “I can’t find my green pen. Do you see it?” Mike _______ Alan.

“It’s in my schoolbag. Is my black pen in _______ schoolbag?” Alan asks. “Yes, it is. And your yellow eraser is in my schoolbag, _______ . “says Mike. “I’m sorry, boys, “ Frank says.

“That’s _______ , Frank. We should thank you. ________ time, we can clean the desk together, “Mike says.

2 . In your life, you are sure to have met thousands of people. Can you remember everyone’s _______? Maybe not.

I studied in a nursing school three years ago. During the sixth month there, we had an important ________. I studied very hard for it. I finished all the questions ________ until I read the last one. “What is the name of the woman who cleans our classroom?”

Just then, I was ________ the question. I saw the woman almost every day but I could only remember what she looked like. How could I know her name? Finally I had to ________ my paper without finishing the last question. My classmates didn’t ________ it either.

After class, one of my classmates asked the teacher if the last question would influence our ________. “Of course,” the teacher said. In our life we will meet a lot of people. Many of them are important and ________ to us, although they might play different roles in our society. Anyway, they are worth（值得） our ________ and care, even if all that we can do is just to smile at them or say hello to them.

I will never ________ the test. Don’t ignore （忽视） anyone who should be kindly treated. Sometimes just because of those people, our world changes for the better.

3 . Everybody has hobbies for fun or relaxation. For me, soccer is my hobby. It’s my favorite after-class activity. It’s part of my life and life will be ________ without it.

In countries like Vietnam (越南), soccer is the king of ________. Everyone likes playing it or watching it. That is why I have grown up with soccer. My mom told me that I liked ________ the ball around and had ________ when I was two years old.

It is interesting ________ amazing, especially when I score a goal (射门得分) or my teammates do it. Playing soccer also ________ me to relax after class. For example, after studying all day long, I feel ________. However, by having fun with the ball, such as kicking it against the wall or trying to do some tricks, all my stress (烦恼) ________.

Soccer is not about passing and kicking the ball with no rules but about the spirit and skills. It ________ me the teamwork and sportsmanship (体育精神). Besides, I have learned a lot about how to play ________ well.

5 . Inventions make our life easier and better. A big invention makes us feel it all the time. There are also small inventions around us which are _____ and interesting.

Do you ever find it annoying to look for the TV remote (遥控器)? Are you tired of _____ shoes when playing different sports? Don’t worry. Students at Clayton Middle School in the US might be able to _____ you. Dylan Glick, a 9-grade student, thought out the idea _____ “retractable (可伸缩的) remote”. The remote has a rope to connect with its resting place. _____ people push a button on the remote, the rope will give the remote back to its resting place.

“It is something that I would use, and I’m sure _____ parents would use, too.” said Glick. He said that sometimes at night when he wants to go to bed, he needs at least ten minutes _____ the remote. So he came up with the _____.

Allison Bicking, also a student in Grade Nine, had a _____ idea. Bicking is a soccer player. She _____ spiked shoes (钉鞋) when she practices running. If she plays soccer after she runs, she has to change her shoes. To solve the _____, she designed many kinds of shoes. Finally, she invented “speedy spikes” after three months’ hard _____. The spikes are retractable with a small button on each shoe. If you push the button, the spikes will _____ or go back into the shoe quickly, making the shoes suit different kinds of sports. It seems that inventing something is not _____. Inspirations (灵感) always come from your daily life, so keep your eyes open. Maybe the next great _____ who will make a difference to our life is you! Be creative, and you can make it.

6 . Many students of English think that learning a new language is very difficult. If your brain(大脑) is only the size of a bird’s brain, how difficult learning English will be? That is what some birds can do.

Many different ________ of birds can imitate (模仿) the sounds of language? African gray parrots (非洲灰鹦鹉) are a good ________. Now let’s have a look at the following two birds.

Every December in London, a Bird Show tries to ________ the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle ________ the prize for 12 years from 1965 to 1976.

Prudle came ________ Uganda, Africa. Mr. Frost in England bought her. She was really ________ , because she knew almost 800 English words. She was also the ________ bird in the world that lived in a cage. Mr. Frost took care of her until she ________ in 1994, at the age of 35.

A different kind of bird named Puck joined the ________ in 1993. Puck was wonderful. It knew ________ English words than Prudle did—over 1700 words. It got the best ________ of this year and became the new winner.

Many students think that ________ a new language is pretty difficult. They can’t ________ the words. But ________ a bird can do it, anybody can do it. So come on! you can make it when you really take it ________.

7 . Hello, I’m Alan Green! Alan is my _______ name and Green is my family name. I’m _______ English boy, _______ now I’m in Beijing _______ my parents. My parents are both _______ in No.4 Middle School. I’m a student in this school. Now I’m in the school _______. There are many books _______ it. Oh, this morning I lost my _______ here. It’s black. Many _______ are in it. Two books, one pen and one ruler ________ in it. I’m very worried. I want to ________ it. If you find it, please call me ________ 987-0101. You can ________ my father, too. His ________ is 875-3542. If you find a ________ schoolbag, please contact us. Thank you!

8 . English is always changing. The English that people used 500 years ago is very _______ from the English we use now. _______ in the last fifty years English has changed. But what _______ languages to change? And is language change a positive or a negative thing?

There are many reasons that _______ change. One reason is that technology changes. We use new words for new types of technology. Thirty years ago we only used the word “mouse” in English to _______ an animal. Today the word also means the object you use to control a computer. Another important reason for language change is _______ between different countries and cultures. For example, English uses words like sugar from Arabic and yogurt from Turkish. Languages also change because young people create their own way of _______ that is different from their parents. _______ often use new slang-informal (非正式俚语) words and phrases—to talk to their friends. Some slang gets _______ but other slang words become part of everyday language. Words like bus and rock music ________ as slang but now they are in the dictionary and everyone ________ them.

But is language change a good thing or a bad thing? Some people think that we should stop languages from ________. They think that they need to ________ their language or it will die. ________ other people believe that language change is a natural thing and shouldn’t be stopped. They think that it is ________ that languages change over time. They think that languages need to change to stay modern and interesting.

9 . Hello! My _______ is Sally. I am _______ English girl. I’m in China now. I _______ speak (说) Chinese (中文). I’m _______ Beijing No.8 Middle School. My QQ _______ is 89019933. These are my family’s two _______. My parents are in the _______ photo. My father likes (喜欢) _______. This is his blue cup. My _______ is a teacher (老师) in a middle ________. In the next photo are my ________, my grandparents and I. ________ is my cousin Amy. She is my uncle’s ________. Amy has a brother. ________ name is Tom. In the middle ________ my grandparents. They are in Shanghai now.

Burano is a beautiful island in Italy. It is probably one of the most colorful places in the world. It is popular with visitors ________ all over the world. Lots of visitors ________ to visit it when they are free.

When you visit Burano, you can see lots of ________ in bright colors. When you are walking here, you may think you are ________ in a fairy world(童话世界). Every house is beautiful and it ________ a castle.

The local people can ________ their houses in bright colors, but all the houses must ________ a special color pattern. ________ you paint your house, you must ask the government first. The government will ________ you the certain color that you can use. There are some other interesting ________ . For example, if your neighbor’s house is red, the government won’t ________ you to paint your house red. You have to choose a different ________ .

For the local people, painting ________ houses has become a tradition. In the past, most of the local people were fishermen. They painted their houses in ________ colors so that the fishermen could see their houses in the fog (雾) ________ . See! Colors were useful in their life.