Hello, I’m Cindy. I’m 12. I have a good friend. _____ name is Cherry. She is 13. Look! This is Cherry’s ______. It’s nice and tidy.

A purple bed is in the room. Cherry likes purple. ______ is that on the bed? It’s her schoolbag. It’s purple, too. A model plane and a pencil box are on the desk. In the pencil box you can see some ______, pencils and rulers. What ______ is the desk? It’s white. Where are her books? They are under the desk. Some balls are ______ the desk, too. A chair is next to the desk. Cherry’s ______ is on the chair. It’s an English dictionary. Where is Cherry’s tablet computer (平板电脑)? It’s in the box under the chair. It’s made in China. You can see ______ girls in the room. One is Cherry and the other is her ______, Lily. Lily is her aunt’s daughter. She always comes to Cherry’s room. A cat is in the room, too. I ______ her name. It’s Mimi.

Cherry likes her room. And I think it is really tidy and beautiful, too.

9 . Jenny lived in a small village. When she was a child, what she liked to do most was to watch the blue sky and enjoy birds flying freely in the sky. She always _______ that someday she could also fly like a bird.

When Jenny was in the fourth grade, her teacher asked her to write a passage about her _______.

In it, she wrote that she wanted to become an air plane pilot in the future. However, to her surprise, her paper came back with an “F” on it. Jenny felt _______ and sad. In her heart, she didn’t want to _______ her teacher’s opinion. Why was it impossible? But the people _______ Jenny didn’t support her and told her over and over again, “Girls can’t become pilots; never have, and never will. You’re _______ .” Finally, Jenny felt hopeless and _______ her dream.

Several _______ later, Mrs. Salton, her high school English teacher, gave the class a _______ about what they would be doing in the future. Jenny thought hard about it, “Pilot? No way! Artist? No talent! Waitress? I can do it.”________ she wrote it down. What Jenny wrote surprised Mrs. Salton, “Is that what you are really interested in? I think you will be ________ to do something full of more challenges.” Jenny felt excited, but she was still ________ that she would be laughed at again. The teacher continued, “Everyone has their own talent. If you don’t go for your dream,________ will do it for you.” Hearing that, with great courage she wrote down her old dream.

Mrs. Salton’s words ________ Jenny a lot. After ten years of hard work, Jenny’s dream came true. She became one of the first three women ________ in the world.

10 . As a child, I was quite active. I was running around and getting hurt almost every day. My mom was ________. A neighbor advised me to learn to fish. I liked the ________, but my mom said no. She thought it was ________ to get close to any body of water.

At last, my mom got another idea. Every day, she made me sit at the desk and ________ for an hour. I hated reading and cried a lot. Then, my ________, a school teacher, came to help. He led me to my desk and told me to ________ one book. “Read just twenty pages. If you still feel bored after that, just put it down and choose another one,” he said.

I started with The Emperor’s New Clothes. After I read twenty ________ as my uncle suggested, I was rolling (打滚) on the floor laughing. What a stupid emperor! Next, I read more books. As time went on, I was able to ________ understand the stories. So I started reading longer and more serious books. I fell in love with Journey to the West. My mom said I should spend more time playing outside. But I didn’t want to ________ the book.

To this day, I make time to read every day. If you haven’t yet experienced the fun of reading, take my uncle’s advice and find the “________” books. They’ll give you enjoyment, teach you something new, and even change your life.