Once upon a time, a young man came across a spring(泉水) of clear water while crossing the desert. The water was very sweet, and he filled his leather container(皮革容器) so that he could bring some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to his teacher. After a four-day journey, he presented the water to his teacher.

The old man took a deep drink, smiled{#blank#}2{#/blank#} and thanked his

student very much for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart. After a while, the teacher let a{#blank#}3{#/blank#} student taste the water. He spat (吐) it out, saying it was terrible. It was clear that the water had become no longer fresh sweet because of the old leather container. The student questioned his teacher, “Master, the water tasted strange. Why did you still like it?” The teacher replied, “You{#blank#}4{#/blank#} tasted the water while I tasted the gift. The water was the container for an act of love and kindness and nothing could be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} .”

After reading the story, we can understand that when we receive a chocolate as a gift from a child, we get more than the chocolate

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} . What we should do properly is to express {#blank#}7{#/blank#} naturally to him or her because we love the idea within the gift.

Gratitude (感谢) doesn't always come naturally.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} , most children and many grown-ups like only the thing given rather than the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} shown in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty of feelings and{#blank#}10{#/blank#} of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.

    I was doing my homework and my parents were watching me news when the phone rang．I had won a competition． The {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a trip to Guadeloupe with a group! The next day，on my way home from school，I borrowed a(n) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} about Guadeloupe from the library and read it at night．

My flight(航班)to Guadeloupe from Dublin was too {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to catch a bus，so my dad drove me to the airport(机场)．When my group arrived in Pointe-a-Pitre，Guadeloupe's largest city, a taxi {#blank#}4{#/blank#}us to the hotel．It was raining and cloudy when we left Dublin but the sun was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in Pointe-a-Pitre.

The others in the group were Spanish and German．French is the language of Guadeloupe but {#blank#}6{#/blank#}of us could speak it．{#blank#}7{#/blank#}for the next few days，we had language classes before lunch．After lunch，we {#blank#}8{#/blank#}different places in the city and in the evening we played cards．

Then we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}from our hotel in the city to a small island called Terre-de-Bas．For the next two weeks，I stayed {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the Dinart family in their house and I became another member of the family．I got on well with them and I really enjoyed my trip．

    Tom is an American boy. He's tall and healthy. He likes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sports very much. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is his favorite. so he often watches basketball games on TV. He thinks the games are great. Tom often plays basketball with his friends on {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. One day, he went to the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with his friends. They had a basketball game with the boys in No. 2 Middle School, They played very well, but at last they lost the game. They felt very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} After the game, Tom sat down and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} with his friends. Then, a man walked to them. Wow! The man is a great basketball {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in the city. Many people know him. He's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} with his students. Some of the basketball players in CBA are his students. The man said Tom played very well. He asked him to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the city basketball club, It's really a piece of good news for Tom. He will make new {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and become a good player in the club.