It's half past five．In London，the Greens and their children are at home．They are busy doing things.Mrs.Green is in the kitchen．She{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cook)dinner．Mr．Green is in his room．He {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(call)his friend in Beijing，China．Emma，their first daughter,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(practice)the piano in her room．She{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play)it every Monday and Wednesday．Betty is also in Emma's room．She{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sing)．Their brother John isn't with them．He{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(draw)a picture of his dog in his room．He{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(like) drawing very much.

    Bill and his son went to town and bought a donkey（驴）. B{#blank#}1{#/blank#} it was dark, the two started to go back home.

    Being tired, they walked slowly on their way. A young lady advised（建议）, "Why d{#blank#}2{#/blank#} you sit on the donkey?" The two t{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it was a good idea, so the son asked Bill to sit on the donkey.

    After a few minutes, an old man saw them and shouted at Bill, "Look a{#blank#}4{#/blank#} your son. He is tired. Get down from the donkey!"

    So Bill made his son sit on the donkey. A few minutes l{#blank#}5{#/blank#} , they met another man. "Wait a m{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, young boy. You should let your father sit on the donkey," he said.

    Bill and his son d{#blank#}7{#/blank#} to sit on the donkey together.

    A woman saw them and said, "Why are you hurting the p{#blank#}8{#/blank#} animal? It is too little and is not a{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to carry both of you."

    Bill and his son walked home at last.

    We can't make e{#blank#}10{#/blank#} happy. Sometimes, we should just follow the heart.

    Mrs．Patrick  was  a piano teacher．She{#blank#}1{#/blank#}hundreds of students．At age 69，Mrs．Patrick had a stroke (中风)．She couldn't move or speak．As the days passed，she got better, but her right hand was still very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ．She couldn't play the piano anymore．She was very sad．

    A few months after her stroke，Mrs．Patrick went to a senior citizens' center(老年活动中心)．There were a lot of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}at the center．The director(负责人)was showing her around the center when Mrs．Patrick{#blank#}4{#/blank#} a piano．She looked sadly at the piano．“Is anything wrong?”the director asked．“No．”Mrs．Patrick answered．”The piano brings back my memories(回忆)．{#blank#}5{#/blank#}my stroke．I played the piano．”The director looked at Mrs．Patrick's weak right hand and  said．“{#blank#}6{#/blank#}here．I'll be right back．”A few minutes later the director came back {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Mrs．Eisenberg．“Margaret Patrick,” the director said，“meet Ruth Eisenberg．Before her stroke she{#blank#}8{#/blank#}played the piano．She has a good right

hand，and you have a good left hand．I think you two can do something{#blank#}9{#/blank#} together．”The two women sat down at me piano and began to play．The music {#blank#}10{#/blank#}good．They were not sad anymore．

    Yesterday I heard from a friend. In his letter, he said,“I'm planning a housewarming party and I've already started making {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for it. It will start at 2 pm next Tuesday and last(持续) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 9 pm. I hope you can come if possible.I am {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your coming.” But I am busy preparing for an important meeting these days. I have to turn it down. So I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in writing to the invitation like this, “I'm glad that you invited me. It's such a big event that I don't want to miss(错过) it. But I really have an important meeting that day, so I won't be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I'm very sorry. I'll visit you another time.”