1 . After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed ________, and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a ________ in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John ________ closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be ________ work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us,” Mary ________.

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in ________. A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John ________ her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the ________,” cried the woman. “Down the hall and to the left.”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John ________ for the basement which was full of smoke and ________ hot. He found the door and two children. ________ he left he could hear some more sobbing. He ________ the two badly frightened children into ________ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him ________ more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s ________! That house will fall down any second.”

________ he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the ________ stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely ________ about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the ________ and fresh air, he found that he had just ________ his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

2 . I'm entering my eighth year teaching preschool. I've never got tired of it, because______ year is ever the same. Sometimes our school brings new staff and new students' families who are ______ with the purposeful aesthetic（美学）our school seeks for. So I am eager to show them around my classroom with the of ______ to help them sense our school philosophy ——supporting creativity, learning and ______ for children. Their nodding and smile make me feel it will be another ______ new school year.

All of the walls in my classroom start out very ______They are plain in color. All I will do is give students the great beauty in the physical environment with my philosophy. First, I arrange all the children’ s first names in a circle on the wall, ______ traditional number lines or alphabet order, which may make students feel discriminated. I like it when children see their names and have a sense of ______ to our class community. ______ I have a sign on our paper towel holder that is a ______ of how many paper towels we use, because we are showing our ______ to the Earth and will be starting with what we can do for the Earth within our classroom. I also have a small sign about our voice scale, which gives a ______ to distinguish indoor and outdoor voice level, and then I use the language all the time ______,“Shh — Let's bring our voices down to a Number 2 or 3. ”For the ______ part, the walls belong to the children, and the children will ______ the lively color and decorations in the room through their paintings to relieve their tension between lessons. The walls I place value on give an excellent way to show that students' well-being and the talent of art are valued.

Aesthetics of the walls affect their emotional responses. I am proud I can provide such a class community where my students feel happy, motivated and respected.