What will you do {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you don't have any pocket money(零花钱)? Well, it's a good way to get some {#blank#}2{#/blank#} your parents.

    Most children in America get pocket money by {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (do) chores. They usually start to do chores at the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of 10. Parents ask their children to do{#blank#}5{#/blank#} easy and interesting. Then parents give their children some pocket money for their work. Of course, school students have to do their homework and study for{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (test). So they often do some chores on weekends. Young kids can only do easy chores, so they{#blank#}7{#/blank#} get much money. They just buy some candy with their own money. Candy is cheap! When kids get {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(old), they want to buy something more expensive. They have to work harder and they can get more money.

    President Obama says that he gives his two daughters just two dollars every week. Two dollars is little for the housework, but the two girls are happy{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) their pocket money. They buy their favorite books or food with it. Obama{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hope)his daughters can learn some money-management (理财)skills.

    My seventh grade English teacher was named Mr. Forest. He had dark hair and a bushy(浓密的) beard. All of the student liked him because he picked out really good stories for us{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(read) in class. Well, we all liked him until he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (return) our graded homework.

    When he gave back my paper, it looked like it{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cover) in blood. He{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (check) everything and made comments with a red pen .There were so many marks and comments that you couldn't even tell what I had written. Mr. Forest wanted me{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fix) everything.

    At that time, I was sure Mr. Forest didn't understand anything about being in the seventh grade. Why was he was strict with us? It seemed unfair! When I got older, though, I realized I was getting fewer and fewer of those red marks in my homework. By the time I got to high school, I was already a pretty good writer.

    Now I am a teacher and I put red marks of my own on students" papers. I don't understand their problems. But I do it so that my students can be the best.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (learn)is like building a house. If you don't have strong bricks on the bottom, the home{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(stand). If Mr. Forest had not been so strict with me with his red pen, I wouldn't be who I am today.

    Mr Jones used to weigh over 100 kilograms. His doctor told him that he would get serious health problems {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he lost weight.

    Hearing this, Mr Jones was frightened. First, he tried to eat {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (little), but soon after, he felt hungry. As a result, he ate more.

    Then he went to the drugstore {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) for a way to solve his problem. He was advised to take diet pills. However, he changed his mind later because they were too expensive and he knew they were bad for his health.

    After trying many ways, Mr Jones still weighed 100 kilograms. He was very unhappy. Then one day, after listening to a radio programme, he had an idea. He told his family he would walk to work {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of driving. "Every day, I'll walk one hour in the morning, and another hour in the evening," he said. "I will change {#blank#}5{#/blank#} way I live." Everyone was astonished at his decision. He would walk eight kilometres every day!

    The whole family supported him. The next morning, after {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) a good breakfast, he left home for work. Slowly, Mr Jones started to lose some weight. At the end of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (one) month, he had lost three kilograms, which was a great encouragement to him. Everyone in his family was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (exciting) about the result.

    So far, Mr Jones {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (keep) on walking for years. He weighs 70 kilograms now and he is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (healthy) in his family.

    On the first day of school, the new teacher had a look at the name list of students. How {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (please) she was!

    Guess what she found? After each student's name, there was a number {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 138,140, 154 and so on.

    "Look at these high IQ(智商) students," she thought to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (she). "They've given me a wonderful class!"

    As {#blank#}4{#/blank#} result, the excited teacher worked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (hard) with this class than with her other classes. She tried some new {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (teach) ways. She thought these ways would cheer the students {#blank#}7{#/blank#} hold their interest. She was right. It worked well! The class did much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (well) than any of her other classes.

    Later, however, she found out the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (true), the number after each name did not mean the IQ, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the number of his or her clothing box in the school.