It's half past nine. Mrs. Green is on the sofa in the living room. Her daughter Cindy is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (shop) with her friend in the supermarket. She says she can get home before nine, but she still {#blank#}2{#/blank#} get home now. Mrs. Green {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) her, but no one answers(接).

    Tony walks out of his room and asks, "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} don't you go to bed, Mom？"Mrs. Green says, "Oh, your sister is still outside and doesn't get home. So I can't go to bed. "Tony goes back to his room and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (study) for a math test.

    "Tony is a good boy. He is good {#blank#}6{#/blank#} math, "Mrs.  Green thinks. Then Mrs. Green gets a call from Cindy. Mrs. Green says, "I'm so happy to get your call. No, don't {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (take) the bus. Wait for(等待) me in the supermarket {#blank#}8{#/blank#} your friend. I'll come and drive you home. "Mrs. Green goes out {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (quick), and then she {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (drive) her car to the supermarket.

My uncle {#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an engineer.

    How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month—200 yuan? Some may need more to buy birthday presents, fast food lunches, ice cream or cartoon books. But for Zhou Li, 30 yuan a month is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} /ɪˈnʌf/.The only thing she buys is lunch—1.5 yuan each day. "My favorite is fried potato slices and rice," said Zhou, "meat is too expensive {#blank#}2{#/blank#} me."

    Zhou, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Hongzhi Experimental School in Beijing. Her parents {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) migrant workers(外来务工人员). They {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (come) to Beijing from a village in Luohe of Henan two years ago. Her father now works as a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (clean)and earns 500 yuan every month. Her mother has no job. Every day, Zhou gets up at 5: 30 a.m. and rides 20 minutes to school. She studies {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, and even reads books during breaktime. Like many teens, Zhou has a lot of homework. It usually {#blank#}7{#/blank#} /teɪks/ her at least one hour to do it every day. But that is not all her work. She helps her mom cook. On weekends, she helps wash clothes. "I could cook when I was eight. Father said sometimes I cooked {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (good)than mom!"

    She is afraid of having to leave school. Zhou didn't go to school for one year {#blank#}9{#/blank#} her family had no money. "I hope I will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} /ˈɔːlweɪz/ be in school," said Zhou. She says she wants to be a doctor when she grows up.