Mr. and Mrs. Black opened a small restaurant. In order to attract customers, they put a notice in front of the restaurant that said "Meals on the House for Three Days."

    A foreign student who didn't know much English happened to pass by the restaurant on the second day. It was lunchtime and he felt very hungry. "Well, here is a restaurant. I am going to have something to eat."

    He walked towards the restaurant when he saw the notice. "American people are really strange. They even eat dinners on their houses! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" he said to himself.

    He looked around and found a ladder against a tree nearby. He started climbing up. But as he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him.

    "Hey, what are you doing up there?" Mr. Black shouted at him. Next to him was a policeman. "Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the House for Three Days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student answered.

    On hearing this, both Mr. Black and the policeman laughed. "Do you know what ON THE HOUSE means? Look it up in the dictionary," the policeman said.

    Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office (办公室). One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, "I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?"

    Mr. Brown says, "Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first." So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very worried.

    "What's the matter?" asks Mr. Jones. "Is you wife there at home?"

    "No," answers Mr. Brown." She isn't there." My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, "Is your mother there, David?" and he answers "No, she isn't in the house." "Where is she?" I ask , "She is somewhere outside(在外面). ""What's she doing? ""She is looking for me."

Mr. Green has a fruit shop in the town. He is friendly to the people, so people like to buy fruit in his shop. 

One day, Mr. Green brings some grapes home for his grandson Steven because he knows his grandson likes eating grapes best. He puts these grapes in the kitchen. After lunch, he goes back to his shop. That afternoon Steven comes back from school. He looks around for something to eat and finds the fruit. "Great!I am so lucky today!Grapes are the best things in the world!"

Mr. Green gets home after he closed his shop in the evening. When he sees Steven, he asks, "Do you have the grapes?" His grandson answers, "Yes. And I eat all of them. "

"Do you wash them?"

"Oh, I forget. I am too hungry. What should I do?"

A few minutes later, Mr. Green finds that Steven is drinking water. 

"Are you thirsty? Why are you drinking so much water?" asks Mr. Green. 

Steven says, "I want to wash the grapes in my stomach(胃) with the water. "

Betty is not beautiful . She is too tall and thin. The kids in our class often laugh at(嘲笑) her, so Betty is 1 happy in school. 

I like making many friends, 2 I don't like talking with Betty. Just like other girls, I stay away from 3 , enjoying being with my group of friends. 

On the last day of the term, Mom says, "Ella, Betty will spend(度过) the 4 with us. "

"5 ? No one likes her. If my friends know it, they may 6 being friends with me. "

"Betty's father left. Her mom has to work. I must help her. She will come tomorrow. Treat her like yourfriend. OK?"

On the 7 day of the holiday, Betty comes over. We do homework, make meals and play chess, …We don't 8 a lot, but I get to know more about Betty. She's kind and she is good 9 making things. 

One sunny day, Betty says she wants to make a small treehouse in the old tree in the yard. I am interested in it. So when Betty does it, I 10 her. Finally, we work together to build the treehouse. It's so 11 that we can't move around freely but we feel warm here. 

From that day on, Betty and I spend hours in the 12 . We talk more—yes, we 13 . Most of them are true things that happen to us, so we know more about each other. 

But one day, a heavy rain comes to the village. Betty and I run 14 to save the treehouse but it is broken. I feel my heart is also broken. 

When the sun comes out, I still feel 15 , but Betty goes to help my parents to clean the yard. With tools in her hand, Betty says she wants to make another treehouse and fill(使…充满) it with more stories. Hearing this, I know that our friendship is stronger than the treehouse. 

My name is Tom. Of all the animals, I love rabbits best.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} I have a pet (宠物) rabbit named Luna. All my family members love her. Luna is a white rabbit with blue eyes and a pink nose. She has light brown patches (斑块) on her ears. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Even (甚至) when we speak far away, she hears us very well. We feed her fresh vegetable leaves. And cabbage leaves are her favorite.

Luna likes to play with me. When she sees me, she gets very happy and runs around me. Sometimes, I take her to the nearby park. She runs happily on the grass and among the flowers. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

Luna is very smart and energetic I have never felt lonely (孤独) with her around. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} We will have many more happy times together!

A. The patches make her look more lovely.

B. Her hearing is very good.

C. Rabbits are always good pets for us people.

D. Luna often plays with her friend in the zoo.

E. It also makes me happy to see her enjoying herself outside.

F. She is my favorite animal in the world.

On September 27th, Cui Chenxi, 13- year- old skateboarder(滑板运动员), became China's youngest gold medalist(奖牌得主) at the Qiantang Roller Sports Centre in Hangzhou. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} gold by scoring 242.62 points. Cui said,"I always wanted to win gold. This match is different {#blank#}2{#/blank#} other matches, so I wanted to win this one." When the reporter asked if she was worried before the match, she shook {#blank#}3{#/blank#} head and said," My dad told me to stay relaxed, enjoy the match and show my skills. As long as I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my best, I have no regrets."

Cui only took up skateboarding in 2020. In skateboarding, injuries(受伤) often happen. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} when talking about the pain and the difficulties, Cui said," When I started skateboarding, I{#blank#}6{#/blank#} it was great fun. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} , I found people got a lot of injuries while skateboarding. But that is where the spirit(精神) of skateboarding lies." Getting injured is just part of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, and she pushes through it and keep going on.

As the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} member of the team, Cui is popular with other young players. Most of people think that Cui is the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of Team China. She is quite excellent. And she will stand together with other young players to get more medals for our country in the future.