I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father's words for the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!”At that time, a week-long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year.

    When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind old lady. She was good at cooking. All her relatives liked the food she cooked. During “Fair time”, they would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them.

    Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no longer “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Grandma. We did our best to make her life comfortable. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper's crossword puzzle. However, she didn't look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word.

    To attract（吸引） people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the fair. One day, when I came back from school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked much younger. She told me that her two nieces(侄女) would come. “They said the food I cooked was very delicious and they wanted to stay in my house again,” Grandma said happily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I've had in years!”

    I suddenly realized that Grandma didn't want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful” and helpful.

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Hi! My name is Bart Simpson and I'm ten years old. I live in a1 with my parents. It's far from the city (城市) center and there are not many people living here.

Every day, I get up early in the morning.2 a quick breakfast, I walk to school. Classes start (开始) at 8:00 and3 at 3:30. 

When I get home in the afternoon, I take a shower first. Then I do my homework and have dinner. After that, I meet friends. I have some good friends but Mike is my4 friend. We always have fun. Mike has a black bike and I have a blue one. We like 5 them everywhere. At ten o'clock, I go to bed.

Many people think skateboarding（滑板） is very cool，but it's hard to learn this sport. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in a skateboarding camp last summer. On the first day，our{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ，Hagen，taught us how to stand on a skateboard. It sounded{#blank#}3{#/blank#}，but in fact it was difficult to do that. 

I could hardly keep my balance（平衡） on the skateboard， {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I was a beginner. I often fell on the ground. I couldn't even stand up. I was so tired that I wanted to have a（n） {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. But just when l was going to give up（放弃），I remembered the words my mum told {#blank#}6{#/blank#}， "No pains，no gains. " If I stopped halfway，I wouldn't get anything from this camp. So

A few days {#blank#}7{#/blank#}，Hagen taught us how to be cool on the skateboard. With all of my hard work，I did my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to be cool. 

You may be interested{#blank#}9{#/blank#} skateboarding and think it is cool. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}，if you want to learn it well，you must practise hard. Without the love for it，you will never be cool on a skateboard!

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city，she1 much heavier than before. As time went by，her health got 2 . So I had to take her to see a doctor. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but 3 the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning. 

On the first morning，she got up very early and ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After running for 4 minutes，I told her proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. 5 made me remember that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. 6 the morning of the second day，I praised her for keeping running with me. 

But after two weeks，she wanted to give up running because she thought the two﹣week exercise didn't work at all. To encourage her，I taught her how to use the facilities（设施）7 exercise in the gym 8 I always do sports. She began to exercise again. 

With my help，it took her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. "Thank you，my dear daughter. 9 exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will never worry about my health. "Her words touched my heart 10 . I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life. 

Bruce has a great family. There are five people in his family. He 1 with his parents and grandparents in a big house in Guangzhou.

On weekdays, his parents go to work. They need to get up 2 in the morning, at about 6：15 a. m. 

They get to their 3 at about 8 o'clock. On weekends, his parents don't need to work. They get up at about 9 o'clock. His father brushes teeth first and his mother cooks 4 . She makes tea, milk, eggs and bread.

Bruce's father likes 5 newspapers at home. He thinks he can learn a lot from them. Bruce's mother enjoys going shopping with Bruce's grandparents. She has a 6 . 

She usually drives them to supermarkets. They often 7 some cakes, fruit and vegetables there.

Bruce is one of the best students in his class. He usually does some reading in the morning. 

He thinks it is 8 for his study. What's more, he is 9 . He often helps his classmates with their study. On the weekend, he plays ping­pong with his friends 10 . That's his favourite sport.