Andy: Do you like your life in Grade 9, Paul?

Paul: Yes, I do. But I must {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very early every day. I don't want to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} school.

Andy: Really? Do you feel tired at school?

Paul: No. But I feel tired {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. We usually have too much homework.

Andy: No students like too much homework. Then when do you {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

Paul: At ten o'clock.

Andy: Ten o'clock? Why don't you start to do your homework earlier (更早)?

Paul: Well, I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}for a walk first after dinner. And then I start to do my homework at 7:00.

A: What did you do during the Dragon Boat Festival?

B: I visited my cousins in Jiangxi.

A: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wonderful! What did you do there?

B: Well, we {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a lot of zongzi, I've put on six {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, I really like eating them.

A: Me, too. The sweet ones are my favorite. So what was the best part of the trip?

B: The races. They were really {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. I wonder if they'll have the races again next year.

A: Of course. I'm planning a trip to Jiangxi next year. I wonder {#blank#}5{#/blank#} June is a good time.

B: June will be a perfect time for you to visit if you don't mind the hot weather. We can go there together next year.

    During the summer holidays, I worked as a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at a vet's(兽医诊所), so I saw lots of dogs. Minnie was the funniest-looking dog I'd ever seen. She had thin snow-white hair on her fat body. She had big round eyes and always seemed surprised, but she was blind.

    She was brought to the vet's because her owner didn't want her any more. I thought Minnie was a sweet dog, though. "No one can know her by the ways she looks, "I thought. So we took care of her. Finally, I put an{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in the newspaper; Funny looking dog, who is quiet and has blind but beautiful eyes, needs a loving family. "Then a young man called. He said on the phone that his grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. I gave Minnie a good bath and made her hair feel soft. Then we waited for them to arrive.

    At last, an old car{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in front of the vet's. Two kids ran to the door. They took her happily into their arms. Then they ran to their grandfather, who was waiting in the car. I hurried behind them to see what he would say about Minnie. Inside the car, the grandfather held Minnie in his{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Minnie licked his face. It was love at the first lick.

    "She is wonderful!" the old man smiled. I was thankful that Minnie had found a good home. Then I saw that the grandfather's eyes were a milky white colour, he was blind, too.

The little girl put her doll {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to the shelf（架子） and ran over to the computer game. After she talked to her father, she {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for the computer game and said to the shop assistant in a low voice.

So the boy got the computer game that he wanted for free（免费）—he was told it was a prize from the store. He smiled {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, although he felt it was so unbelievable.

The girl saw all this happen. She smiled happily, too.

When I walked out of the store to my car, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that. I would never {#blank#}4{#/blank#}their short talk. "Daddy, didn't Grandma want me to buy something that would {#blank#}5{#/blank#}me happy?"

He said, "Of course, she did."

"Well, I just did!" With that, the little girl started skipping(蹦跳) towards their car happily.