Mr. Barry didn’t want his sofa anymore. Then he put it in the front garden for the rubbish collection to pick up.

His sofa’s name was Darla. Darla was sad that Mr. Barry didn’t want her _______ the house anymore.

She sat in the sun, under the trees, and watched the street. _______ quiet and sunny it was! Darla had never been outside in her whole life. She liked _______ feel of the sun on her.

A little girl _______ red shoes was walking along the street.

“Hello!” said the little girl, “What are you doing here? Is someone _______ house?”

“I’m going to the rubbish tip,” said Darla sadly.

“Oh!” said the girl, “Perhaps no one will mind then, if I sit on you?”

The girl sat on the sofa. She laughed and sang some songs to Darla.

Soon a boy came past. He stopped _______ he saw the girl and Darla.

“You can _______ on it too!” said the girl.

The boy came to sit on the sofa too.

Later some birds and a family of ants arrived. It was nice to sit on a sofa in the garden, _______ they stayed.

Mr. Barry came out of his house. “Why are you all on my sofa?” he asked.

The girl and the boy, the birds and family of ants, all looked up at Mr. Barry.

Then Mr. Barry laughed, “Is there room on that sofa for _______?”

Darla was now an outdoors sofa, and with so ________ new friends, trees and the sun, she was the happiest she’d ever been.

In the year 2099, every child on Earth had his or her own spacecraft. Of course, they were small and couldn’t travel out of the solar system. This was fine for everyone except Stanley. He was curious and looking forward to _______ around the whole universe, so he worked on his spacecraft _______ it could go anywhere!

His friends, George and Amanda, were not _______ about Stanley’s super spacecraft.

“Who wants _______ the universe?” George asked. “Our solar system is _______.”

“That’s true,” agreed Amanda. “Yesterday I went shopping on Mars and then flew around some asteroids for fun. I even chased a comet.”

“Just get into my spacecraft,” said Stanley. “Today I will take you on _______ amazing journey.”

When they got into the spacecraft, Stanley _______ everything. Soon the three friends were going to fly past the moon.

“Now, watch this,” said Stanley. A red button _______ and the spacecraft went fast.

Whoosh! George and Amanda grabbed their seats _______ and looked out the window. The sun was just a speck of light round it were _______ stars in the shape of a disk.

“That’s our Milky Way galaxy,” said Stanley pressed a blue button.

Whooooosh! The spacecraft flew much _______ into space. Suddenly, they saw many tiny galaxies all around them.

“Welcome to the universe,” said Stanley.

Amanda gasped. “I will remember this day forever. Thank you, Stanley. It is kind _______ you to offer us the trip.”

“It’s amazing, Stanley. Thank you,” George said. “Can the spacecraft _______ at the moon _______ I’d like to have a pizza on our way back? I’m really _______.”

“Of course!” said Stanley. His super spacecraft raced back to the moon.

7 . Puff and Pip lived in a burrow (地洞). They were both pleased with _______ home.

One morning, a deer passed by and asked them, “ _______ can you live in this dry, dusty place? You should go out and find a better home.” _______ his words, their home didn’t look as good as it was before. They started to notice all the bad things about it, _______ the two friends set off for something better.

Soon, they came to a lush (茂盛的) field. “This is a better home,” said Pip. “Look at all that grass!” As they walked into _______ field, they heard a strange sound. A big machine _______ in their direction. “This is not a better home!” Pip shouted. They rushed out of the field.

They continued their search. Next a sandy hill _______. “This is a better home,” Pip said. “Digging is easy for us.” Then they heard _______ strange sound. A giant sand hill crane flew down on them _______ the sky. “This is not a better home!” Pip shouted. As the crane flew off, the two left there __________.

Next they came to a watering hole. “This is a better home,” Pip said. “Much __________ to water and food!” Puff’s eyes grew wide. “Yes!” As the friends took a drink of water, they saw some cattle __________ straight for them. “This is not a better home!”

Pip shouted. “It’s hard __________ a better home,” Pip said. “Why did we ever leave the one we __________?”

“Maybe ours is good enough,” Pip said, “but we __________ take an adventure walk now and then,” he added. “Just to see the world a bit.” Puff nodded.

Huizhou is a city in Guangdong Province, China. It has a good living environment. This is a historic city famous ________ a nice place to live in. The government says that it also ________ millions of tourists every year. You can visit Huizhou West Lake, Luofu Mountain and Nankun Mountain or Daya Bay and Xunliao Bay.

Daya Bay is located on the South China Sen. There ________ nearly 100 islands in the bay. In the past, gray whales liked to swim here.

Double Moon Bay is well-known for ________ special sea views. The whole bay looks ________ two new moons. The most amazing point is that the left part of bay is quiet and gentle, ________ the right part is totally different from the left part. In addition, the seafood here is much ________ than that in other cities. You can take a boat trip, eat seafood, or watch the sea.

Xunliao Bay is in the southern part of Huizhou City. So far it ________ one of the bays with clean waters in the eastern part of Guangdong. The coastline of Xunliao Bay is very long. ________ good place for water activities it is! You can experience the pleasure of sailing, or ride on a fishing boat and fish with the locals. You can enjoy fresh and delicious seafood here.

It is a nice way ________ a holiday break in Huizhou. It is certainly worth a visit.

It was my birthday last weekend. On Friday, I called ________ of my friends. “Hello, Jane,” I said. “Would you like ________ to my party on Sunday evening?” “Sorry, Betty,” she said. “I ________. I’ve got a lot of homework to do”. “Then I phoned John. He said, “No, sorry! I ________ running yesterday and hurt my leg.”

I phoned Ben on Saturday. He said, “I’m sorry. My dad ________ work on Sunday. He can’t take me to your house in his car!” Then I phoned Kim. “No, I’m sorry,” she said. “I’m with my cousins that day.”

I started to cry. Mum said, “________ cry. Grandma and Grandpa can go to your party that evening.”

________ Sunday evening, I was unhappy but I went to my bedroom and put on my party dress. Then I went outside to the garden and there were so many people there—all my friends, my grandparents and even Kim’s cousins! They all gave me ________ and sang “Happy Birthday” to me. It was ________ nice surprise!

________ did we do that night? We danced and laughed a lot. We had a great time, of course.