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.

Kids like playing games (游戏). Do you often play hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) ________ your friends? A lot of kids often play this game and love ________ very much. Hide-and-seek is a very ________ game. Maybe (可能) your father and mother ________ the game. Maybe your grandparents play it, ________. ________ do we know this? Old stories (故事) tell us ________ hide-and-seek. In old photos, we can ________ the game, too. Boys and girls play ________ old games. Big kids tell small kids about ________. And so (因此) the games live on (继续存在).

Ron was 10 years old and he loved watching TV. However, Ron’s ________ thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy. He didn’t watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. His parents said that ________ he didn’t watch TV at all for one full year, they would give him $600. He turned off the TV right away, and said, “I can stop watching TV. I just want the money.”

At first Ron’s parents were very ________. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside and talked with his parents. But after some time, he got bored. Every morning, he asked his parents, “What are we going to do tonight?” His parents wanted him to watch TV just for one evening, but Ron always said, “No, it would ________ me money!”

Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favorite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What did he ________ to do with the $600?

“I want to buy myself a TV set,” he said.

5 . Hi! My Chinese name is Dawei, and my English name is Tony Brown. Tony is my ______ name and Brown is my last name. What is this? It is a ______ of my family. I can ______ it. Er... P-H-O-T-O. Look! These are my ______. ______ are my mother’s father and mother. This is Uncle Bob and that is Aunt Alice. Bob is my father’s ______. This is Eric, Aunt Alice’s son. He is my ______. Helen is Eric’s sister. ______ is two years old. My ______ name is Paul and my mother is Kate. My parents and I are wearing(穿着)jackets. What ______ are the jackets? They are blue.

6 . A teenage girl couldn’t stand her family rules, so she left home. She wanted to be a star and become ________. But she had little ________ so she couldn’t get a good job. A few years later, she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father is dead. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ________ for her daughter. She has been to every ________ of the city. Everywhere she goes, she ________ a big photo of her daughter on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you …Come back home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so ________ that she couldn’t believe her eyes. “Is that me?” She moved closer and read the ________: “I still love you…” She cried. She couldn’t ________ to go back home. When she got home, it was early morning. She pushed the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She ________ her mother up, “It’s me! Your daughter is back home!” The mother and daughter looked at each other with excitement, full of happy ________. The daughter asked, “________ is the door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered ________, “The door has never been locked ________ you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you’ll come back some day.”

As ________ knows, parents love their children forever. Children should also understand their parents and ________ their happiness, sadness, even everything with their parents. In this way, both parents and children can be happy.

7 . A young boy and his father visited a city for the first time. They went to a big shopping mall. They were _______ in everything that they saw.

_______ they walked around, they found a lift. They didn’t know _______ about the lift. They thought it was two shiny, silver _______. The father said to his son, “ _______ the two walls! They can move apart and get together again.”

The boy asked his father, “What is this, father?”

The father had _______ seen a lift. He answered, “Son, this is the _______ time I have ever seen this in my life. I don’t know what it is.”

Just then, an old _______ walked to the lift. She pressed a button. The lift opened and the old lady got _______ it. Then the lift closed and ________.

The boy and his father were ________ the lift. ________ they waited outside quietly.

After a while, the lift opened. The old lady wasn’t in the lift. A beautiful young lady walked out.

The father was so surprised and shouted ________, “Go and ________ your mother to come here. She always dreams of being ________!”

In Chinese culture, people ________ a baby’s first month celebration as a big event for the family. I found this out after going to my ________ Heng Yi’s first month party.

All of us went to a big Chinese restaurant in Orchard Road to ________. On the way there, I realized that we hadn’t ________ a present for Heng Yi. My mother told me that for the first month celebration, ________ a present, we should give the newborn baby hongbao.

When we reached there, we pushed through the ________ to find Heng Yi and his mother, Aunt Eng. We hadn’t seen Aunt Eng for a while ever since ________ gave birth to a baby. Heng Yi was very small, but he was very ________ and didn’t cry. Throughout (在……期间) the evening, everyone ________ the mother and her baby. After a big dinner, Aunt Eng and Uncle Loke handed out hard-boiled eggs dyed (染) bright ________ to each family as gifts. The eggs are a(n) ________ of happiness and new life, and red is a lucky color.

Mom told me, “The first month party is ________ because in ancient China, only a few babies could live over one month.” Later that night, Mom even took out an old photo album (相册) and ________ me pictures from my own first month celebration.

As I went to bed that night, I thought about children long ago. Life was very hard in the past. Children used to live a short life because there was no good ________ treatment. I was glad that life had become so much ________.

9 . “If Mom finds out that I am going to the beach, I’ll be in big trouble,” I said to myself.

As I was walking towards the back door quietly, I heard a voice from Mom, “Where are you going?” To hide my nervousness, I _______ quickly, “I am going to the garden to play.” When I got out of the house, I had a sense of relief (解脱). My _______ had worked out fine so far. I started running towards the bus stop. After half an hour, I was at the _______ playing volleyball with my friends.

_______, Bobby hit the ball too hard and it fell into the sea. To show off my swimming skills, I dived into the water and _______ towards the ball. About ten minutes later, I was a little bit _______. But when I _______ the ball was not far from me, I sped up. Just as I was going to catch the _______, a strong current (水流) swept it further away. What’s even _______, the water plants tangled up (缠住) with my feet and I __________ move properly. By the time a lifeguard holding a life buoy (救生圈) reached me, I had already fainted (昏厥).

When I __________, I was lying on a bed in an empty room. It was not until a doctor came in that I __________ I was in hospital. My parents spoke __________ to me for my going to the beach secretly, __________ they were also glad that I was not seriously hurt. I will never forget that scary __________. Neither will I show off again.

10 . Mrs. Lee goes to buy (买) some fruit every day. Her ________ love fruit very much. Mrs. Lee likes apples. Her daughter likes ________ and her son likes bananas.

________ does Mr. Lee like? He likes oranges. Mrs. Lee buys some tomatoes and eggs ________ dinner. Her favorite ________ is tomato and egg noodles (面条).

Fruit and vegetables are ________ food. Mrs. Lee likes to make salad with them. But Mr. Lee doesn’t like salad. He likes chicken and hamburgers, ________ he is very fat.

After dinner, they go to ________ sports. Mrs. Lee plays ping-pong with Mr. Lee. Where are his daughter and son? They play baseball over there.