Bruce likes playing1a river（河）. But there2a river near his new house. He is not very happy.

    One day, he asks3mother,“4a river near here?”“No, there5”,his mother says, “But6new house has a garden.” “I don't like7”says Bruce.

    One morning, his mother says “8is a beautiful park near here. Bruce, and there9two pools(池塘) in it. We'll go there this afternoon.” Bruce is very happy.

    After lunch, Bruce and his mother10the park, and he plays in one of the pools. He has a very good time.

    My father was a self-taught mandolin(曼陀林琴) player. He was one of the best players in our town. He could not 1 music. but if he heard a tune(曲子) a few times, he could play it, When he was young, he was a 2 of a small country music band. They played at local dances and the radio station.

    At home Dad often took out his mandolin and played for the family. We three children sang along.3 played the mandolin like my father. He could 4 your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin, He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his 5 in his ability to play so well for his family.

    But Dad had to find another 6 in a factory later because the money he made at the band wasn't enough to 7 the family. Unluckily, he had an 8 one day and lost one finger, He couldn't play as 9 as before. From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up reasons to 10 down our request. However, we missed his performance so much. 11, he agreed and said, "Okay, but remember, 1 can't hold down on the strings(琴弦) the way I 12 to."

    When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a 13 ， happy time in our lives. Dad was that kind of man. 14 was what he was doing all his life. If he could give to 15 others, he would, especially his family. He was always there. sacrificing(牺牲) his time to see that his family had enough in their lives.

    Parents, especially those of teenagers, care about their children's education more than anything else. They would do    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for their children. Many of them spend most of their spare time {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their children with their studies. If they have no time or cannot do it themselves, they would hire family teachers {#blank#}3{#/blank#} send their children to after-class schools. It seems as if a better education is all that parents expect for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    How can we explain the present situation? First of all, many parents have {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that future success depends more and more {#blank#}6{#/blank#} skills and education. Secondly, in a competitive(竞争的) society there are both losers and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Those who have better skills and more knowledge will enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#} opportunities(机会).

    Certainly, it is important to learn to succeed, but the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} thing to learn is how to survive(生存) and how to be a qualified citizen(合格的公民). {#blank#}10{#/blank#} this is included a good education, the children will surely have a bright future and he healthy in body and mind.

Last summer I got the chance to spend a month helping out in a hospital in Africa. I had one year left at school, and I was  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in studying medicine at university.

Working there introduced me to a world that is very different from  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(I) in so many ways. I was shocked(震惊的) that many families over there had such  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}poor and difficult life. But I was also surprised at how positively people spend their daily  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (life). They come together and help each other, and that's something a lot of us here in the UK have forgotten. My work in the hospital  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) hard. Not only did I spend a lot of time cleaning floors, but also I got to spend some time looking after the patients (病人)  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(careful). And I liked  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(talk) to some doctors and asking them about the job. I saw some truly awful(极坏的) things in the hospital,  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}none of them changed my mind about being a doctor. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}fact, they only made me more determined to learn medicine.

 {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I finished the work, I knew what I'm going to do in the future: I want to work for an international organisation like the Red Cross. I can't wait to get started.

The Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong(黑神话：悟空) has become a big hit. It sold {#blank#}1{#/blank#} than 10 million copies- in just three days after it came out.

Many players, especially those from Western countries, find the game story and characters(角色) hard to understand because it's so much about Chinese culture. To help them understand well, here {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the background(背景).

The Monkey King, in fact, he sometimes doesn't even look {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a monkey! This is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, turn himself into different animals and objects(物体). But unless he can hide (隐藏) his tail, he can not turn {#blank#}5{#/blank#} into a man. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes ne can make the stick {#blank#}6{#/blank#} small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he can make it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and long.

The Monkey King has excited children for many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Even western children became interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#} reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the weak and never gives up.

My uncle is an English teacher at a middle school in Shanghai. Both he and his classes are 1 among the students. Most of his students like English. Last month my uncle 2 his story of learning English with me. 

My grandma was 40 years old when my uncle was born. So she had high 3 for her son. She asked my uncle to play the piano, learn to 4 and dance at a very young age.5 my uncle was only interested （感兴趣的） in English, not in art. As a Chinese teacher, my 6 tried her best to teach my uncle English. To help my uncle remember new words 7 , she made English word cards. After dinner, they often 8 children's English stories on the radio. When my uncle was in Grade One, he could speak a lot of words and sentences 9 English. 

When my uncle went to middle school, English was too 10 for my grandma. She couldn't help my uncle, but she gave him a lot of good 11 on English learning.

● When you can't understand a new word don't 12 in the dictionary at once （立刻）. You should try to guess its 13 by reading the sentences before and after it. 

● When you are reading, don't read word by word. Read word groups, and get the 14 .

● Write down your mistakes in notebooks and 15 them. 

It takes time to learn English well, but good learning habits （习惯） and ways are very important.