2 . Erhu is a kind of traditional Chinese musical instrument. There are many English _____ for erhu such as urheen and urhien. When I _____ to the sound of erhu, I fell in love with（爱上）the instrument.

I was born in _____ traditional Chinese family. My grandfather _____ a fan of erhu music. When I was very young , my grandpa often played the erhu. Sometimes the melody（曲调）was exciting , sometimes sad.

_____ the age of eight, I decided to learn to play the erhu. At the beginning, I was interested in _____ it. But I found it difficult to play it soon. I wanted to give up. My grandfather encouraged me _____ on. Up till now（到目前为止） I have been playing the erhu for six years. Recently I _____ Level 9. _____, I even won first prize in the instrument competition last week. Now I can play it well and I’m so proud of _____.

3 . Do you play Ant Forest? It is ____ online game of Alipay (支付宝). Players collect “energy” by doing something environment-friendly, such as walking or buying tickets on the Internet. ____ then they can grow and water their own trees with the energy. When the trees finish growing, Alipay with some ____ companies will plant real trees in the desert area of China. Every year they plant ____ trees in this way.

Ant Forest is a part of China's tree-planting program. People stop the desert area becoming larger through it. Since 1978, China has planted over 66 billion trees in the north. They are famous ____ “the Green Great Wall”. For example, Saihanba in Hebei province was once a desert, but now it becomes ____ man-made forest in China.

“According to the news, China is making the world much greener than before. It sets a good example ____ with the problem of land desertification (沙漠化) in the world. It also ____ many lessons to share with the world.” said the United Nations Environment Program.

Ian Teh, a British photographer, saw many new oases (绿洲) while he ____ through northern China. “____ hard it is to imagine that it was ever a desert!” he told China Daily, “Only in this way can we live a greener life in the future!”

4 . Lee Ching loved tennis. He hoped he would become ________ famous player one day. However, Lee’s family was very ________. He couldn’t afford (支付得起) to pay for tennis lessons. Lee played with the other players on the courts in his town, but they just made fun of his old racket and old clothes. So, Lee ________ his time watching them play, and then just practising what he had seen them do.

The boss of the tennis courts, Mr. Song, heard ________ story. He gave Lee a job sweeping (扫) the tennis courts every day. Instead of paying him, he offered to give Lee tennis lessons.

Through the lessons, Mr. Song realized (意识到) that Lee knew a lot about tennis, ________ he asked him to coach the ________ children’s tennis class; this time Lee got ________ for his job. He was able to buy new clothes and a new racket and soon people were asking him ________ their games.

Lee became a very good tennis player. He played in a competition once. The world-class tennis coach, Mr. Wei, watched Lee play. Lee ________ very well and won all his matches. Mr. Wei was so impressed (印象深刻的) that he offered Lee a place at his tennis school.

For many years, Lee worked hard at his tennis. When he played in tennis competitions, he ________ lost a match. He was on the road to becoming a famous player.

5 . Last night I went to a concert of Chinese folk (民间的) music. The piece which was played on the erhu ______ touched me. I sensed a strong sadness and pain. The piece was Erquan Yingyue, and it was one of the ______ pieces of music that I’ve ever heard. The erhu sounded so sad that I almost cried along with it. Abing ______ was a folk musician wrote the music. He could play many musical instruments with his father’s help. By age 17, he was known ______ his musical skills. Today, Abing’s Erquan Yingyue is a piece which all the great erhu masters (大师) play and praise (称赞). It ______ one of China’s national treasures so far.

6 . There are many optimistic (乐观的) people around us. _______ people I have ever seen is my dad! He is so positive (积极乐观) that I have never heard _______ single (单一的) word from him which is related to hopeless!

Unlike most mums and dads, my dad never says things that _______ make me feel sad. He is always there to give _______ encouragement and help.

When I do something wrong, he always tells me _______ I should do next time in a positive way. For example, if I am _______ trouble, he often tells me to open the books he has bought for me. Then he asks me _______ the stories that can help me with the problems I’m facing. After that, we will have a discussion together. If it’s useless, he _______ me calm (镇静) down firstly and think about what happened to me by myself.

_______ I’m not always a good kid because of my naughty (淘气) character, my dad never shouts at or gets angry with me. I know that he’s waiting for the day when I grow up and understand some important things in my life.

I can see the reason why he is so positive is that he believes in himself, and also I ________ by him. He believes that whatever happens, it is under control. So we have nothing to worry about. Be positive! Sunshine will be in your life forever!

7 . Most children like _________ TV. It’s very interesting. By _________ TV they can _________ a lot, learn a lot and know many _________ about their country and world. Of course they can also learn _________ the radio. But they can learn better and more easily _________ TV, because they can hear and watch at the same time, but they can see _________ over the radio. TV helps _________ children’s eyes. TV helps to open their minds too. They learn newer and better ways of _________ things. Many children watch TV on weekends. But some students watch TV every night. They usually __________ very late. They can’t have a good rest.

8 . It is Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Green are at home _______ their two children. One is their son, Jim. _______ is their daughter, Kate. They don’t have classes today. They are _______ chess in the sitting room. They are very happy. Mr. Green is reading a book in the bedroom. _______ is Mrs. Green? _______ is in the kitchen. She is doing cleaning. What a happy family!

9 . Virtual Reality (虚拟现实) has already become a reality. By wearing a pair of VR goggles (护目镜) _______ is connected to your computer, you can experience a lot of things _______ leaving the room. From climbing the ___________ mountain in the world to flying like a pilot, the things you can experience with VR are amazing. ___________ this technology is still far from perfect, it is believed that VR will be widely _______ in the near future.

10 . Once upon a time, there lived a greedy and selfish man named David. He always wished to have a lot of money and often cheated others _______ money. David never shared anything with _______ of his family and friends.

One day, _______ small bag full of gold coins was missing. There were 50 gold coins in the bag. David became very worried. He searched inside and out for the bag, _______ found nothing.

After a few days, a ten-year-old daughter of one of the workers of David’s named Tina found the bag. The worker knew David was looking for the missing money everywhere, so he went to David. David was overjoyed to get the coins back. Because of his greedy nature, he decided to play a trick on his poor worker.

He shouted at his worker, “There were 75 gold coins in this bag, but you gave me only 50! Where are _______ coins? You have stolen them! You are a thief.” The worker was shocked to hear this and tried his best to explain. However, David still took him to the court (法庭). The judge _______ heard both the sides. David said, “Is quite clear that they have stolen 25 coins!”

The clever judge knew that David was _______ . Everyone in that place knew about David and his nature. Soon, the judge made his judgment.

“Since David lost a bag _______ had 75 gold coins and the bag found by Tina had just 50 coins, it seems that the bag that _______ does not belong to David. It was lost by someone else. If anyone sees a bag of 75 gold coins, please tell me. As there is no report about the loss of 50 coins, I order the girl and her father to take those 50 coins ________ a prize of appreciation(感谢) for their honesty!”