James shook his piggy bank again. There was nothing left!

He carefully counted the coins _______ lay on the bed. All he had was $24.52. _______ bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How was he going to get the rest of the money?

His friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang out with people _______ you were the only one without a bicycle. He thought about _______ he could do. There was no point asking his parents, for _______ knew they had no extra money.

The only way he could get more money was _______ it. He would have to find a job. He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice.

“Well, you _______ start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “You see, my windows need cleaning _______ my car needs washing.”

That was the beginning of James’ part-time job. _______ the next three months, he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs for walks, cleared out cupboards and mended books.

The day finally __________ when James counted his money again and found $94.32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle that he wanted. He looked forward to __________ his new bicycle to his friends so that he rode back home as __________ as possible.

James had done a lot of hard __________, so he valued his bicycle far more than __________ else. He had achieved what he thought was impossible. That was worth even __________ than the bicycle.

2 . Look at the photo. It’s my family. The old man and the old ________ are my grandparents. This is my father. He is next to ________ brother, my ________. This woman is my mother. She is my English teacher. You can ________ three kids in the photo. The two girls are my ________. The girl ________ a red dress is Nancy ________ the girl in a yellow dress is Susan .Who is the boy, do you know? It’s ________. My grandparents live in the USA. I live in Beijing ________ my parents now. My father is a ________ .He ________ in Beijing Hospital. He often has milk ________ breakfast. And he likes to eat ________. My mother often has some eggs and ________ . I have ________ big and happy family.

3 . I have a good friend. Her name is Kate. She is _______ American girl. She is eleven. She _______ with her family in China. There _______ four people in her family. They’re her father, her mother, her brother and herself. She has a cat. _______ name is Mimi. It’s Sunday today. They _______ at home. Look! Kate _______ with Mimi. Her father is reading newspapers. Her mother is cleaning the house. Where is her brother Jim? He is doing _______ homework in his study. Kate _______ Chinese very much, but she can’t _______ it very well. Jim likes ________ soccer. He can play it very well.