Children like to copy（模仿）what they hear. They copy their parents， their friends and even the TV. This teaches them how to speak the language. Copying is also 1 for students of a second language. When you listen to foreigners speak English， repeat 2 they say.

    Children don't practice grammar， but they can use the language to talk about things that 3 them. They don't complain 4 their vocabulary or poor grammar. They can find ways to express themselves， and they do it 5.

    Students who are learning English should also pay their attention to 6. Look for chances to talk with people in English. If you can't find a 7 to talk to， you man talk with other students who know English instead. 8 an English discussion group and talk about music， movies 9 whatever interests you. Don't worry about 10. The objective（目标）is to learn how to communicate easily and comfortably. Remember that you communicate successfully even with a small vocabulary.

    A farmer had a donkey. One day it fell into a deep dry well. The poor animal cried for hours. The farmer tried hard to pull it out but1. Finally, he decided the animal was too old, so it just wasn't worth it to try to 2it. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury (埋葬) the old donkey in the well so that it would make him end its pain.

    They each took a shovel (铲子) and began to cover the3with dirt. Realizing what was happening, the donkey felt upset and cried sadly and loudly. But as more dirt fell into the well, slowly it became 4. The farmer looked down into the well, and was 5 by what he saw. When the dirt hit its6, the donkey shook it off and took a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to put dirt on top of the animal, it would shake it off and7a step up. Soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and 8quickly. Everyone was amazed and shocked. It seemed that it would bury it at first, but it actually helped it9later.

    Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to get out of the well is to stop 10, and not to let the dirt cover you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each one of our troubles in life is a stepping stone. We can deal with difficulties just by not stopping, never giving up!

This is a story about Goldilocks. One day, Goldilocks walked into the forest and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (采; 摘) some flowers. There were so many flowers that she forgot the time.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (不久) Goldilocks found she was lost because it was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (黑暗的). She looked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (围绕) her, and saw a little house. So she walked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (朝……方向) it. After some time, she was in front of the door. Then she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (敲) on the door, but there was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (没有人) in. She didn't think too much and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(进入) the house. Then she {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(注意到) three bowls. She was very hungry and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(吃完)all the food in a small bowl.

I was living in a house with a long history in Halifax, Nova Scotia five years ago. One day, one of my friends from the West Coast came to visit me. He was 1 for three weeks so he brought a lot of bags and suitcases, and other things like a 2  . I told him that he could sleep on the bed in the front living room.

One morning after a late night of drinking, my friend ran into my room, shouting, "FIRE! FIRE!"Without 3  , I jumped out of bed. The floor was 4  against my feet as I ran out into the hallway, right behind my friend. I couldn't see the fire anywhere, 5  as we ran towards the front door, I could hear the 6  making a loud noise all around me. It was inside the 7  . We ran out into the front yard and 8  at the house, seeing black smoke coming out of the 9  house.

We were standing there watching the house when I looked down and 10  all of my friend's bags and suitcases 11  lined up on the front grassland, including his basketball. When he noticed the house was on fire, he took 12  out to the grassland first. And then he came back to 13  me about it. That fire had started in the basement(地下室), and it spread up into the walls and was burning the 14  we were standing on. The floor and much of the house fell down not long after we came out. The firemen said we were very 15  .

Of course, we are not friends any more.

There was a little boy whose name was Peter. He lived by the sea. The villagers built sea walls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.

One day, Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running. Peter shouted for help because he knew the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, or the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village. At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.

It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry. In the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on. He remembered his father's words, "Lots of strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger. The sea walls are really important."

Finally, when the boy's father saw him, Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. "Thank God! He saved the village," they praised Peter. All the villagers called him "Peter the Guard" from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!

My dad bought me a new Jeep when I was 17, but the real gift was what he  taught me about life through this car. Every month, on the first day, he asked me  to pay him $150 if I wanted to continue driving my Jeep. If I didn't pay, I  couldn't drive my car〔or "his car", as he often reminded me, since he owned the title (所有权). My dad was (and still is) a successful businessman, who makes a very good living. To a 17-year-old student who only had a part-time weekend job, $150 was more  than  I  usually  made  every  month.  I  had  to  work  harder.  Although I was unhappy about my father's request, I always made sure to give him $150 on the first of each month, and did so for two years.

The day I graduated from high school, my dad pulled me into his office at our house for a talk. "Kevin," he gave me a white box and said, "here is your graduation present. To be honest, this is actually a present you gave yourself." I opened the box carefully, and almost started crying when I realized he just gave me $3,600! It was 24 car payments that he had saved for the last two years. Every payment I gave him went straight into this box. By requiring me to pay him every month, he was teaching me how to save, how to use my money and how to be responsible (有责任心的). My dad is and will forever be the best man I have ever known.

Four years later he gave me the title to the Jeep, as my college graduation present.