Luis and his wife Gloria live in a nice apartment, but it isn't big enough. They need a house with at least three bedrooms. They also want to have a yard for the children to play in. And so far they  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (look) at several houses that are for sale. One of them was beautiful but terribly expensive. Their business isn't going well. so they can't afford an expensive house. That's why they  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (search) for one that doesn't cost a lot, and, of course, that's not easy to find.

 Yesterday they looked at four houses, and three of them {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (be) great. But they couldn't afford the houses they liked, and they didn't like the one they could afford. The only affordable one was old and had cracks（裂缝）in the walls. Last night, Luis and Gloria talked about the house for two hours. “I know we{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (not find) anything that costs less, and I want to move as soon as I can,” said Luis. “And I'm tired of looking at houses we can't afford,” Gloria added. So they decided to buy the old house and repair it. The house will need a lot of work, but it's a nice neighborhood and the back yard is big. It'll look beautiful when it  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}   (repair). Luis and Gloria are good at painting, and some of their friends will help with the repairs. The children will be happy  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}    (have) their own house where they can make all the noise they want.

   Yesterday was Sunday. We had no{#blank#}1{#/blank#} . I wrote a letter to my pen pal and{#blank#}2{#/blank#} lunch for my parents. After lunch I took a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}with Mike through the park behind my house. We saw a little girl{#blank#}4{#/blank#} for something. She lost her keys. “She {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  help,” Mike said. So we helped the girl look for her{#blank#}6{#/blank#} . About ten{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  later, Mike found them in the grass. The girl was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . We spent much time in looking for the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} keys, but we{#blank#}10{#/blank#}  very happy because we did a good deed（做好事）.

    Last Saturday, I went to Shaoxing Library{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(独自). On the way there, I saw one of my {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(邻居), a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(瞎的)man, walking across the street. So I came up to him to help him . He thanked me a lot. After that, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(继续) to go to the library.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (突然地), it began to rain {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(大). I had to run as fast as I could. When I got there, I was all wet. Then I went into the reading room, I saw {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(数个)people reading in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.(无声) I was interested in reading so{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(以至于)I forgot the time. Though on that day I put {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(推迟) eating dinner, I was very happy.

    In the past there lived a man in a small town called Zheng. One day he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measured (测量) his feet with a ruler first and wrote down his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on a piece of paper. Then he went shoe shopping.

    When he arrived at the shoe shop, he reached into his pocket (口袋), but he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the paper was not there. So he said to the salesman, "I have left the measurement at home and don't {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the size. I'll go back home to take it."{#blank#}5{#/blank#}these words, he ran out of the shop.

    He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. But it took him a few hours and the shop was closed (关闭). He{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the afternoon on the way and did not buy his shoes at last.

    Someone asked {#blank#}8{#/blank#} "Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself?"

    "Of course," he answered.

    "Then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} don't you try the shoes on by yourself?"

    "I trust (相信) the ruler {#blank#}10{#/blank#} than my feet," he said.