Mr. Klein told the class that a new student, Inez, would join them soon. He 1 that Inez was deaf. She “talked” with others by using sign language. Mr. Klein knew sign language, and he decided to teach 2 students so that they could also “talk” with Inez.
    First, they learned to sign the letters. Some letters were hard to3 . Other letters, such as C ,were easier because the shape of the hand was the same as the shape of the letter.
    The 4 thing they learned was finer spelling. They signed one letter after another to spell a word. They5with two-letter words such as at and on . Then they spelled 6words.
    Finally, Mr. Klein showed that 7 one sign could be used for a whole word. To make the sign for the word fine, a person spreads out the fingers on one hand, 8 the thumb(拇指) to the chest(前胸) , and moves the hand away from the chest. Signing is not just done with the hands. Expressions on the face are also9  . The students learned to sign a question mark by using expressions on the face.
When Inez first entered the classroom. She looked  10 . But the students signed, “Good morning, Inez. ” She gave the class a big smile and signed back, “What a wonderful welcome !”

    Venice Film Festival is considered to be the oldest film festival in the world. The first Venice Film Festival was  1  in Italy in 1932. It was 14 years earlier than the first Cannes Film Festival in France.

    At the first Venice Film Festival, there were no judges（裁判） and no 2 at all. Only a list of good films was chosen by the public. At the 3festival, prizes started to be given. The prize of the festival was the Golden 4 . The lion is a symbol of the ancient republic of Venice.

5the Venice Film Festival was first held, the government has wanted to hold it every year. But from 1938 to 1942 the festival was destroyed 6 special reasons. Also, from 1940 to 1942, the festival was not held in Venice, so it was considered to have been 7 during that time. In 1946, the festival became active again. Now the festival becomes more and more 8 . Each of the editors in the world wants to have a seat in this festival.

      Venice Film has  9  a great opportunity for people around the world. They can learn about other countries' culture by watching films. Many movie makers send their  10 to the festival and some of them hope to win the Lion Award.

    I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.

    One day, while I was 1 on the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to 2 where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

    She was singing songs about love, 3 yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there 4, watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be 5 enough to perform in front of so many people.  

    She noticed me: I walked over and told her how good her 6 sounded. "Thank you," she said.

    "I have been going through a hard time recently, 7 you've made me hopeful again." I said to her.

    "I'm glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so 8?"

    "Well, my mum has lost her job, and I'm not sure what to do.”

    "Did you notice the 9 you were walking? Your head was down." she said. "Don't be upset, because 10 comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should 11 more and lift your head up. "

    I looked 12 her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. " 13 are you playing the piano here?" I asked her with a smile.

    She 14  that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer 15 up by playing music.  

    I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

    Once there was a young lion named Leo who loved to play. He often played with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes his mother would play with him, too. But Leo wished for 1 more. He wanted to play with other 2.

    So one day Leo walked up to Millie the monkey. "Would you like to play with me?" he asked.

    "I cannot play with you," said Millie. "Lions are 3."

    Then Leo asked Fred the fox to play. But Fed's mother had told him to 4 lions. Pat the pig said that lions did not make good friends.

Leo had tears in his eyes as he went along.

    Leo heard a 5 sound as he was walking home. Someone seemed to be crying. Then Leo saw Zip the zebra. The poor little zebra was caught in a 6 net. And Zip cried even more 7 when he saw Leo coming.

    Leo told Zip that he wanted to 8 him. He used his sharp teeth to chew a hole in the net. Soon Zip was free. He jumped out of the net and licked Leo's face.

    The next morning Leo saw Zip's mother standing close to Zip.

    "Hi, Leo," called Zip.

    "Thank you for 9 my child," said Zip's mother.

    Then Leo saw the other animals. All the animals invited Leo to play with them. Leo 10 the day playing with his new friends. They played tag, hide-and-seek, and follow the leader. Leo's wish had come true finally.

    Most kids have dogs or cats or fish as pets, but Betty has a1. The mouse's name is Augustus. She likes mice 2 they are small, easy to take care of and 3. When her friends come over to her 4, they don't like her mouse. They think a mouse is5.

    It was time to feed Augustus one day, but it was difficult to6 him. He wasn't in his little room. How did he get7? After hours of8Augustus around the house, Betty put up notices (告示) on the road. Her9 took them off. "Hey! Why did you do that? "Betty 10. "I lost my dog so I'm going to put my notice up. And11cares about a mouse," her neighbour said.

    Betty didn't let her neighbour's words discourage (使泄气) her. She kept 12"Lost Mouse" notice. Betty then heard ashout. "Oh, it's a mouse!" someone cried out13. Betty followed the shout and it led her to the14shop. She found Augustus eating in the15. She got him and held him happily.