1 . It was a cold windy winter day and I was walking home from work. Then I noticed _________ old lady in the street. She was walking on the sidewalk in her house slippers (拖鞋). She was probably _________ her eighties, and she was holding some letters in her hands. I walked on to the traffic light.

When the light turned green, I pretended (假装) to check my phone and _________ by something on the road. After a while, she caught up with me. In this neighborhood, drivers often drive wildly through red lights and stop signs. So it is _________ for the old to cross the road than the young ones.

When she reached me, I turned to her _________ touched her gently on the arm. She smiled and _________ my hand in hers and held it.Hand-in-hand, we were waiting for the light _________. When the light turned green, we walked together _________ across the street and she dropped the letters in the mailbox. Then I took _________ back across the street.

As I walked the rest of the way home. I could still feel __________ was left in my hand. People say the first language of all humans is touch. And even now, I can still feel the power of touch.

I have a cousin. Let me _____ something about him. _____ name is Joe. He is a student. We are in _____ same school. He likes ping-pong _____ he doesn’t have a ping-pong ball. He only plays it _____ his friend, John. John _____ some ping-pong balls. Does he like tennis? No, he _____ . He thinks it’s difficult and boring. I don’t like sports but I often watch _____ on TV. I often play computer _____ at home. I think they are ______ . We are different from each other（彼此不同）.

4 . Do you love birds? Do you know pigeons (鸽子)? They are ________ kind of bird. They are usually white ________ gray. Some people say they are not beautiful, but I think they are cute and smart. ________ people keep them as ________.

Some people like pigeons because they think pigeons are smart. ________ do people say pigeons are smart? Because pigeons can ________ letters from one place to another. They also ________ the way home. We ________ see the pictures of pigeons with olive branches (橄榄枝) ________ their mouths. We give the name doves of peace (和平鸽) to ________. They are the symbol of peace.

5 . I have a good friend. ________ name is Mary. She is ________ America. She is tall with long black hair. She is ________. She is in China with her father and mother. She can ________ a little Chinese. She is in No. 15 Middle School in Shanghai. She likes doing ________ sports. Her father and mother are teachers. They are in No. 50 Middle School. Marry is a good student. She ________ to school by school bus five days a week. She ________ up early. She ________ to be late. She often goes to school very early. But yesterday she got up late. So she got to the classroom at seven thirty. ________ there weren’t any students in the classroom. She wasn’t late. She was still early. It was Saturday. The students ________ all at home.

Jimmy had some bad habits in the past. He liked to stay up late and he _______ played computer games on the Internet for five hours at night. In the morning, he got up late and _______ breakfast. For lunch and dinner, he ate junk food. He liked eating candies very much and he almost ate _________ every day. And he hardly ever exercised. _______ his parents asked him to do sports, he never listened.

Last year, Jimmy often felt tired. His parents were worried about his _______, so they took him to the hospital. The doctor told Jimmy that he was in poor health. Then Jimmy decided to do something. “I’ll try _______ less time on the computer,” he said. “I’ll eat healthy food. And I’ll get up early and exercise at least twice _______ week.”

Now he loves doing sports. After dinner, he often helps his parents _______ housework. On weekends, he hardly ever plays computer games. He also loves reading some English _______ such as Time in his free time. These good habits help him __________ healthy.

8 . Hello! My name is Linda Smith, I’m nine ________ old. Here ________ two photos of my family. In the first ________, this is my grandma, Susan. This is ________ son, Mike Smith. He is my father.

And my grandma has（有） two daughters, Lucy ________ Lily. They are my aunts. In the next photo, there are four ________. This is me. I’m the oldest （最大的）. ________ my brother, Bob. The girl is my cousin. She is ________ daughter. Who is ________ baby（婴儿）? He is Paul, and he is my cousin ________ a blue jacket.

9 . Jim is a boy. He is ________ America. Jim is 18 years old . He is ________ basketball fan （篮球迷）. He is very good at ________ basketball. Michael Jordan （迈克尔.乔丹）is ________ favorite basketball player. Jim ________ on the school basketball team. Every Friday afternoon, they play basketball after class. Ann is Jim’s good ________. She is 16 years old. She is from China. She isn’t good at basketball, ________ she is very good at swimming. ________ is her favorite player. She is ________ the swimming team. They ________ every Tuesday afternoon.