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Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man At 9:00 a.m.yesterday, bus No. 26 _________ (go) along Zhonghua Road when the driver sawan old man _________ (lie) on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for help. The bus driver,24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped bus _________ thinking _______ (two). He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart __________（问题）and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act ________ (quick).He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected mostor all of the passengers __________ (get) off and wait for the next bus. But _______his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man onto the bus. Thanks ______Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man ______ ______（及时）.“It’s sad that many people don’t want to help ________ because they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger. “But the driver didn’t think about ________(he). He only thought about saving a life.” Mario Green and Mary Brown from River side High School ______ _____（放弃）________（几个）hours each week to help other others. Maria loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He __________（志愿）at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. “It’s hard work,” he says, “but I want to learn more about ______ to care ______ animals. I get such a strong _______（feel）of _____________（满足）when I see the animals get better and the look of ________（快乐）on their _________（主人的）faces. Mary is a book lover. She could read by ________（she）_____ the age of four. Last year, she decided to ______________（选拔）for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there ________（一次）a week to help kids learn to read. “The kids are ________（sit）in the library but you can see in their eyes that they’re going _____ a different __________（旅行）with each new book. ___________ （志愿）here is a dream ______ ______（实现）for me. I can do what I love to do and help others ______ the same time. Last month, our dog ___________ (welcome) me when I came home from school. He wanted a walk, _________I was too tired. I threw down my bag and went to the living room. The minute I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came over. “Could you please take the dog ______a walk?” she asked. “Could I watch one show ________ (one)?” I asked. “No!” she replied _________ (angry). “You watch TV ______ ______ ______（一直）and never help out around the house! I can’t work all day and do housework all evening.” “Well, I work all day at school, too! I’m just as _________ (tiring) as you are!” I shouted back. My mom did not say___________ (something) and walked away. _____ one week, she did not do any housework and ________ did I. Finally I could not find a clean dish _______ a clean shirt. The next day, my mom came home from work __________ (find) a house clean and tidy. “What happened?”she asked ________ surprise. “I’m so sorry,mom. I finally understand that we need to share the housework to have a cleanand _____________（舒适的）home,” I replied. Dear Mr hunt, My problem isthat I can’t get ______ with my family. ___________（关系）between my parents have become difficult. They fight a lot, and I really don’tlike it. It’s the only _______________（沟通）they have. I don’t know ______ I should say anything to them about this. When they ________（争吵）,it’s like a big, black cloud hanging over our home. Also, my elder brother is not very nice ______ me. He always refuses ___________（让）me watch my favorite TV show. ___________ he watches _____________（无论什么）he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is fair. At home I always feel____________（孤单的）and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do? Sad and Thirteen Dear Sad and Thirteen, It’s not easy __________(be) your age, and it’s normal to have these ____________（感觉）.Why don’t you talk about these feelings with your family? If your parents are having problems, you should __________（提供）to help. ___________（可能）you could do __________ (many) jobs around the house so that they have more time for proper communication. ______________（第二）,why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother? You should ____________（解释）that you don’t mind him ____________ (watch) TV all the time. _____________, he should let you watch your favourite show. I hope things will be __________(good) for you soon. Robert Hunt The Storm Brought People Closer Together Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. _________ no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Ben’s dad was putting _________ (piece) of wood over the windows __________ his mom was ____________（确保）the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table. Ben was helpinghis mother _________ (make) dinner when the rain began to beat __________(heavy) __________ the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a card game,but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell __________ (sleep) when the wind was ___________(die) down at around 3:00 a.m. When he _____________（醒来）,the son was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood _____a mess. __________ (fall) trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. ____________the storm broke many things _________, it brought families and neighbors ________(close) together. In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program ________（call）Monkey. Most of them were _______ (hear) this story ______ the first time.However, this story is not new _______ Chinese children. The monkey king or SunWukong is the main ___________（角色） in the___________ (tradition) Chinese book Journey to the West.. The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is ___________ he can make 72 Changes to his__________（形状） and size, _________ (turn) himself into different animals and objects. But ________he can hide his tail, he cannot turn __________ (he) into a person. __________(fight) bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small _________ he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long. The Monkey King has ___________ (excite) the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program _________（出版） more than 30 years ago, Western children became ________ (interest) in ________ (read) this story because the clever Monkey King keeps _________ (fight)to help the weak and never gives up. Qomolangma---the Most Dangerous Mountain in the World? One of the world’s _________ (dangerous) sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular _________ (place) for this is the Himalayas .The Himalayas run along southwestern part of China. ________ all the mountains,Qomolangma rises the ___________ (high) and is the most famous. It is 8, 844.43meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even more serious difficulties __________（包含）freezing weather conditions are heavy storms. It is also very hard to___________（吸入）air as you get near the top. The first people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary ______ May29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to_____________（成功） was Junko Tabei from Japan in 1975. Why do so many climbers risk their __________ (life)? One of the main reasons is because people want to ______________（挑战） themselves in the face of difficulties. The spirit of these climbers ____________ (show) us that we should never give up ___________ (try) to __________（实现） our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be __________ (strong) than forces of nature When I first arrived _______ this island, I had nothing. But I’ve found the ship and made a small boat. I’ve _________ (bring) back many things I can use ---food and drink, tools, ___________（刀）and guns.____________ I have lost everything, I have not lost my life. So I will not give up and I will wait for another ship. I have already cut down trees and built a house. I go out with my gun________（几乎） everyday_________ (kill) animals and birds for food. I’m even learning to grow fruit and vegetables. A few weeks ago, I found the marks of another __________ (man) feet on the sand.Who else is on my island? How long have they __________ (be) here? Not long after that, I saw some cannibals _____________ (try) to kill two men from abroken ship. One of them __________（死） but the other ran ______________（朝，向）my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now lives with me and helps me. I named him Friday____________ that was the day I met him. He is smart and I have already_____________ (teach) him some English. Ken: The most interesting museum I have ever __________ (be) to is the American Computer Museum. They have _______________（信息） about different computers and who ___________（发明） them. The old computers were much __________ (big). It’s _________ (believe) that__________（科技） has_________ (progress) _______ such a rapid way! I’ve also learned that there was a __________（特殊的） computer. It could play chess even_________ (good) than humans. I wonder how much more computers will be able to do in the future. Amy: I’ve ____________（最近） been to a very unusual museum in India,the International Museum of Toilets. I just couldn’t believe my eyes___________ I saw so many different kinds of toilets there. The museum teaches people __________ the history and _________（发展） of toilets. It also __________（鼓励） __________（政府） and social groups to think about ways to __________（改善） toilets in the future. Linlin: Last year I went to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’s a _______(relax) and _________ (peace) place near a lake. The tea art___________（表演） show _______ to make a perfect cup of tea ________ beautiful tea sets. _____________ (watch) the tea ___________(prepare) is just as __________ (enjoy)as drinking the tea __________(it). I’ve finally realized __________ my grandpa loves drinking tea and_________（收集） teasets. My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. ________ they get ________ (big) our house seems to get smaller.So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a___________ (children) home. We have already ________________（清理） a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we_____________（不再） use. My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played ________ his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he ________(own) a train and railway set since his __________ (four) birthday, and he played with it almost every week _________ he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either. He _______ (sleep) next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to __________（交出）certain toys. _________（至于）me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, __________（老实说）, I have not played for a while now. I’m getting older ,too. |
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