Of all the seasons of the year, I think that spring is the loveliest and most {#blank#}1{#/blank#} season. In the bitter cold winter, we long for the spring when the weather is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hot nor cold. Everything seems to be fresh and wakening. It is a time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} going on picnics. It is also the time {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we Chinese have the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} festival —-the Spring Festival, according to our country's custom.
In spring, there are all {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of flowers blooming in gardens and parks. Grass and trees turn {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . Birds sing in the woods. The climate is mild and the air is invigorating. Poets describe spring as a season{#blank#}8{#/blank#} of hope, as the “year's king”.
Spring is a splendid picture in our life. Spring {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to us and we should make good use of it. We should study and work {#blank#}10{#/blank#} .

A：Hi, sir! Is there a fruit store{#blank#}1{#/blank#}here?

B：Yes, you need to turn right at the second{#blank#}2{#/blank#}and then go along Green Street.

A：How long do I need to walk{#blank#}3{#/blank#}this street?

B：About fifleen minutes.

A：Then I can see the fruit store on my{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, right?

B：No, you're not right.The fruit store is on your{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

A：Thank you for your help, sir.

B：You're welcome.Remember: the fruit store is on your left.

A：Yeah! Thank you very much!

    Modem life is not possible without travelling. The fastest way to travel is by plane. With a modem plane, you can travel in one day to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} which it took a month or more to get to one hundred years ago.

    Travelling by train is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}than travelling by plane, but you can see beautiful places {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the windows. Modem trains have comfortable {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and dining cars. They make the long journey pleasant.

    Some people prefer to travel by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}a holiday.

    Many people like to travel by car. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty miles a day, just as you like. You can stop anytime if there is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}interesting to see. That is why travelling by car is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane for business trips.

    I'm a teacher. My students can always make me feel happy. It was near Christmas during my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (one) term teaching at a new school. Other teachers had told me that our children were from poor families and not to expect any child {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bring) a Christmas gift. In fact, I loved the children {#blank#}3{#/blank#} enjoyed teaching, so I wasn't expecting any gifts.

    Imagine my surprise when every child brought me a gift on the day before our holiday break. First, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) a toy monkey from a shy girl. I was told, "He is my favourite, but I love you and I want him to be with you, Miss Taylor." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} happy I was!

    Next came a Dew set of Christmas tree lights that was "missing" from a mother's cupboard.

    Finally, I came to one little boy's gift which I had never received. It was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} old，dirty and broken Christmas storybook. Just when I wanted to express my happiness, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stop) by the giver, "And see, it is new! It still has the price tag."

    When other children laughed at him, I stopped {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they) and said, "Oh, books are good in that way. The story is always new if you have not read it before. Now, let's share one together. "Everyone listened {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (quiet) because I read the most wonderful Christmas Story of my life.

    I have kept those Christmas gifts since then. They always remind me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my lovely kids.

Holly and Maria are talking about what a good friend is like.

H: Maria, what should a good friend {#blank#}1{#/blank#}like in your mind?

M: I think a good friend is good at sports.

H: You mean he or she is strong?

M: Yes. And he or she must be {#blank#}2{#/blank#}enough. He or she often makes us{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

H: Is there {#blank#}4{#/blank#}else?

M: Er, I think he or she must be handsome or beautiful!

H: I can't agree with you. A beautiful heart is much more {#blank#}5{#/blank#}than a beautiful look.

M: Do you think a good friend should be popular in school, too?

H: Well, at least it doesn't matter to me.

    Little Tom down the street calls our dog the "keep dog". Zip is a sheep dog. But when Tom tries to say "sheep", it comes out "keep". And in a way(从某个方面) Tom is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    Zip is always bringing things home for us to keep! I'll {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you about some of them. Zip's first present was a shoe. It was made of green silk. We didn't know {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Zip found the shoe. But after a moment, Mary, my big sister, told me the shoe had a strange {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. I nodded(点头) and held my nose. "What do you think it is?"

    "It smells like something for cleaning. I think someone tried to clean a spot(污点) off the shoe. Then he put it at the 4{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to dry. We can't keep it."

    "Maybe little Tom is right," Mary said. "Maybe Zip is a keep dog!"