Today is Saturday. It's nine o'clock. The Smiths {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) all at home. Mrs. Smith is watching TV. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (like) watching TV and shopping. She wants to buy {#blank#}3{#/blank#} bike on TV, because she wants to ride it to work. Mr. Smith is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (read) a newspaper. There is some news about Liu Huan. And his favorite {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sing) is Liu Huan. He sings very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (good). Their son, Jim, is talking on the phone. He is calling one of his {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (friend). He wants to go to the zoo to see animals with his friend. Their daughter, Lily, is playing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} her small dog. She is only four years old. Look, she's eating a banana. This is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}favorite fruit. What's that over there? Oh, it's a cat. It's sleeping. Jim, please keep quiet {#blank#}10{#/blank#} don't wake it up!

Life as Chopsticks

    Right now, more and more people are digging into their food with {#blank#}1{#/blank#}sticks which are called chopsticks.Even people eating with knives and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} begin to love them. Why are they so special? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they have deep influence in many people's ways of life.

    Simple. There's nothing simpler {#blank#}4{#/blank#} chopsticks. Also the chopsticks don't cost much. In real life, we don't need to keep improving things all the time.Aim(目的).When using chopsticks, you can not pick up everything each time. Know{#blank#}5{#/blank#} you want and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference between failure and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} .

    Practice.Using chopsticks doesn't come naturally. You have to learn to use them and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it. There's no better way than to practice. In real life, you may have many things you want to do, but it will be a dream {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you don't try doing it.

    Slowing down. Eating with chopsticks can slow you down. It provides you {#blank#}9{#/blank#} enough time to know yourself. It also warns your brain of your full stomach, so {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you will not overeat(吃过饱). In our life, we sometimes need slow down to have time to think, to realize that we're actually full and don't have to hurry through life.

    Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more{#blank#}1{#/blank#} with people in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find strangers to talk to by {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(shake) the phones.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} [ə'nʌðə] funny function(功能) is that WeChat can help to search for people{#blank#}4{#/blank#}live nearby with the program on. Many people like this function, because it can help them to find more people who they may know.

    In my opinion, Wechat is really a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(use) chatting tool. It can help people communicate with their friends more {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(easy). However, it is also bad for people, especially students. As we know, some people use Wechat{#blank#}7{#/blank#}a long time. It is not healthy to them. So I have some {#blank#}8{#/blank#}[sə'dʒestʃənz] to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can't focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} show too much personal information nor trust strangers so much.

    We should learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to use it properly. Remember, Wechat is not everything in our life. Don't depend too much on it.

    I was born in a small river. When I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} young, the river was my home. I didn't know my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (parent),  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I had {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hundred) of brothers and sisters. I swam(游)and played all day with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . At that time, I didn't look like my parents. I had no legs, but I had a long tail(尾巴). So I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (look) like a fish.

    Then {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (I) tail got shorter than before. And now I know l {#blank#}8{#/blank#} four legs and a very short tail. I know I'm going to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (like) my parents. Then I'm going to eat lots of bad {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (insect). Do you know what I am?