Hello! My name is Anna. I'm ten. My 1  is Alice. She is 38. My father is Sam. He is 2 ,too. They teach(教书)in a 3. I have a 4 and a brother. My sister is Betty. She is a nice 5. She is 5. The6 is my brother Tony. I have 7 uncle. He is 35. My aunt is 33. 8 ! 9 the boys? 10are David and Bill. They are my cousins. They are my uncle's sons.

    I looked at my watch. It was ten to six. There was just ten minutes left before we 1 leave for home. Suddenly the earth began to shake. In no time the shake became very 2. "Earthquake(地震)!" someone shouted. I 3 the others to the door but we couldn't get out. I stayed under a desk, covering my head and neck with my arms. "Will someone save me 4the building falls down?

Is this the end for me?" I kept thinking about that. Several minutes 5 the shake stopped. Two of my workmates tried to open the door again, and they made it! We ran quickly to the street. It was such a(n) 6 that we couldn't believe our eyes- the street was full of debris(碎片) and broken wood. More and more people came out and many were injured(受伤的). Lots of them did 7 but look up into the sky in shock. We walked a long way home not saying much. Some were praying(祈祷) and some were crying. 8 in such a situation was difficult. Our phones didn't work because of the earthquake. So it was 9 to find out if our friends were okay. I had no way of letting my family in China 10 that I was still alive(活着). I just hoped that they wouldn't hear about the earthquake until tomorrow.

When was the last time you gave or received a hug（拥抱）？ Do your parents hug you before you go to school？ In Western countries, it is quite common to greet close friends or relatives with a hug.

You might hug your teammates after winning a basketball game. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Friends who haven't seen each other for a long time will usually hug each other when meeting.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} After coming to China, I've noticed that the Chinese seem unwilling（不愿意）to hug.

My Chinese friends tell me that hugging is considered to be very intimate （亲密的） in their culture. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Chinese people don't usually hug in public. But people's attitudes towards hugging can also change.

I remember watching a video story about a "hugging party" that was held in shanghai.. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The Chinese who took part in the party looked uncomfortable. However, after the party, several of them changed their minds. They found that hugging didn't have to be embarrassing and could actually be quite nice.So next time you see your parents, give them a hug and see how it makes you feel.

提示：(1)母亲出生在一个小城市；(2)外祖父母是工人，他们的家在工厂附近；(3)家里只有一个客厅和两间小卧室；(4)家的附近有许多孩子，他们中的一些是母亲童年时代的朋友。

My Mother's Past Life 

We decided to have a trip to the mountain in our town. My mother  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(唤醒) me up early in the morning. We took some water in order not to be  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(渴的). We didn't want to  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(浪费) time, so we set off so early that there were few cars on the road. We could   {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(几乎不) see anybody on the road.

We got there early. The mountain area is about 1,000  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(平方的) kilometres. It has beautiful  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(风景). There are many rocks in different   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(形 状)everywhere. Some are like  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(人),some are like animals and others look like monsters. We walked along the  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(小路) and got to the top of the mountain. We could see the whole town. Mother  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(指;指向) to a faraway village and told me where my grandma's house was. We had a great time there.

My only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(good) player in our school. On my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (thirteen) birthday this year, I promised I would make it come true.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (carry) my football everywhere for practice. Just before September, Miller was struck {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from hospital. He looked very pale, but he didn't cry.

That season, I broke all of Miller's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (record) while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10:11 {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I was named "Most Valuable Player", but I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame (责备) for Miller's accident.

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) Miller in trouble climbing over a fence which wasn't difficult to climb if you had both arms. I'm sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (final) safe on the other side, he said to me, "You know. I didn't tell you this during the season, but you did {#blank#}9{#/blank#} fine job. Thank you for doing the job for me."

His words freed (解脱) me from {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (I) bad dreams. I thought to myself how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was still ahead of me. I was right to have respected him. From that day on, I grew bigger and a little more real.