This is my 1. How do you like it? I like it very much. It's always tidy. You can see a map of China and 2 pictures on the walls. My classmates and I draw（画）the pictures. We have a soccer in 3classroom, but you can't see it. It's under the  4 desk.

    Our teachers are always very5. They do many things every day. We have our lessons 6 8:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon.  7, we like playing games. Soccer is my favorite. My classmates like to play  8 with me because I can play it very well. Then in the evening, we have two more classes. I like to be with my classmates. I  9 a good time with them every day.

       10  about you? Do you like your classroom?

    It was a fine spring day with beautiful flowers in the park. A young man arrived early and waited for his 1 under a big tree. But he was so short-tempered (性急的) that he wasn't in the mood to 2 the scenery.

    Suddenly, an angel appeared, "Here is a button (按钮). If you don't want to 3, just turn the button to the right. You can skip over (跳过) any time period if you want to."

    The man happily held the button and turned it softly. Oh! How amazing! His girlfriend appeared before him and was gently 4 him! "How I wish our wedding ceremony could be held now!" He turned the button once again. A great wedding 5 in front of him. The beautiful bride (新娘) was standing next to him and the band was playing 6 music. He lost himself in it deeply.

    The 7 in his heart kept coming out: I also want a big house with a garden in the front. He turned the button. Then he wished for children. All of a sudden, a group of lovely children were playing 8 in the huge living room. Again, he jumped at the chance to tum the button to the right.

    How time flew! Before he could see beautiful flowers in the garden, everything had been covered in deep snow. Looking at himself again, he found his hair totally 9. He had already become so old.

    He felt so sad. He would rather enjoy life step by step than watch it go by in such a hurry. He quickly turned the button to the 10.

    Once again, he was waiting for his lovely girlfriend under that big tree.

    A young man was walking in the desert, feeling so 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had expected it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he filled his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and give it to his 2 who had taught him in middle school.

    After a 3 trip, he gave the water to the old man. The old man took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 4 his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home 5 a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let 6 student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was terrible. The student said the water had become bad 7 the bottle was too old. He couldn't find the water was 8.

    The student asked his teacher, “Master, the water was bad and it was bitter(苦). 9 did you lie to him that you liked it?”

    The teacher replied, “You only tasted the water while I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in love and kindness is not simply water.”

    10 could be sweeter than love.

    An old friend from the US whom I was looking forward to staying with, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the 1 at that time, but I had got everything ready for his arrival. After letting him know where my house was, I told him that I had the 2 under the door-mat (门垫). 3 I was possible to be home rather late, I told him to go into the 4 and help himself to food and drink.

    Two hours later my friend 5 me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly wonderful 6. He had found a cooker and 7 two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the ice box. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would 8 him. When I asked him if he had reached the house without difficulty, he answered, "I was not able to find the key, but 9 the living room windows just by the apple tree were left open and you know what I could do."

    I listened to all this in 10. In front of my living room there was no apple tree at all.

    Kate said "Hello "to Mr. Patel as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked to——wards the back of the store1the rice was kept. The room, was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道)，with rows of shelves full of2Besides her and Mr. Pate I there were only two boys in the store. They were both wearing3overcoats. They looked rather4because the overcoats were too big for then."5"she heard one of them whisper to6. She walked on to the next aisle and found the7she was looking for. Then she heard something else. It8like a box dropping on the floor. She looked through the small open space9goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box. But10putting it in the basket，he dropped11into the inside pocket of his overcoat. Kate looked back and12see Mr. Patel at the door checking through a list. Then she looked through the13in the shelf again. The boys still had their backs to her. They were putting something14into their inside pockets and then one of them said, "Let's get out of here. "They moved away from her.

    When she got to the door the two boys were15her. She watched them16for the few things in their17They had both18their overcoats. Mr. Patel did not seem to know what they had done. He even19at them as they were about to20Now，Kate decided to stop them.

    My father was a self-taught mandolin(曼陀林琴) player. He was one of the best players in our town. He could not1music, but if he heard a tune(曲子) a few times, he could play it. When he was young, he was a2of a small country music band. They played at local dances and played for the local radio station on a few occasions.

    At home Dad often took out his mandolin and played for the family. We three children sang along.3played the mandolin like my father. He could4your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his5in his ability to play so well for his family.

    But Dad had to find another6in a factory later because the money he made at the band wasn't enough to7the family. Unluckily he had an8one day and lost one finger. He couldn't play as9as before. From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up excuses to 10 down our request. However, we missed his performances so much.11, he agreed and said, "Okay, but remember, I can't hold down the strings (琴弦) the way I12 to."

    When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a13, happy time in our lives. Dad was that kind of man,14 was what he was doing all his life. If he could give 15 to others, he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing(牺牲) his time to see that his family had enough in their life.