Once there was a boy named Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very     1 at it. He drew many beautiful and interesting pictures, and many people 2 his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be 3 when he was a little older, and then they were going to 4 these pictures for a lot of money.

    Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other 5, because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on 6 of it, and the other half was always 7.

    “That's very 8,” everybody said. “No other people have ever done that before”.

    One day, somebody asked him, “Please 9 me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, but not on the top half.”

    “Because I'm small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes can't 10 very high.”

    I left school against the advice of my parents and became a worker in a factory. However, I still tried to 1 my studies in literature (文学) at evening classes.

    It was a long walk on cold winter nights and it was 2 to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I started writing 3 at home.

    By chance, I won some prizes for literature. One day a woman from a TV 4 came and told me I had won a national poetry prize. I looked at her 5 and disbelieved what she said. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems. Literature became more 6 for me and I didn't want to 7 in the factory. So I told my parents l wanted to get back to 8. They were greatly surprised, of course, also 9. They asked me if l was sure. I told them nothing could 10 me. So, again I came back to class.

You probably know math helps kids with their thinking.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} The more kids learn math, the more easily they will work in the future. Why should you get your kid to study math right away? {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Math is good for the brain. It can help a kid think better and do well in class. 28.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Little by little, he or she will enjoy studying more and more.

Math can make a child creative too. Just like reading, studying math can introduce kids to a whole new world as they get to try new ways to solve math problems. It makes them think more clearly.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} In fact, many jobs have one thing in common. They all use math in the same way. Kids will be more interested when they see how useful math is in different areas. Learning math in school can help them get exciting jobs in the future.

Math teaches kids life skills. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Math helps them solve problems and do some things in their daily lives. For example, using math, they can know how much money they need to save for a toy they want, or measure (测量) the right amount of flour and sugar when baking cookies.

Our English classes are always interesting. Mr Chen told us to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (讨论) great books and write a book review of our favourite one this morning. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (猜想) many students will take The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as their favourite book. This book describes how people lived in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(南方的) states of America. The conversations in the book sound especially real because they are all in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(日常的) English. 

Tom, the hero of the book, is a poor boy. Tom and his best friend decide to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(逃脱) to an island. But a bad man is looking for him. Later, Tom and another friend run away from a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (洞穴). Not seeing them for a long time, people think they are{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (死 的 ). Then, they suddenly appear at their funeral. People are {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(惊讶的) to see them at first, but very pleased to find they are still {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(活着的). 

Its writer Mark Twain is my favourite{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (外国的) writer. He is a well- known writer. 

Shortly after Mary left the university, she went to travel in Canada. When she returned to New York, she told a lot of funny things to her best friend, Jack. Jack has become very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in Canada from then on. And he decided to have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} visit there. 

The next summer vacation, Jack and Mary had a plan {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(go) to Canada together. But Mary's mother was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(serious) ill so she went to the airport to see her friend off. 

When they got to the airport, Mary had to go to the washroom. After she came back, she couldn't find Jack because there were so many people in the airport. She looked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him everywhere, but it was hard to find Jack among the people. 

Suddenly, Mary saw Jack. She felt very happy {#blank#}6{#/blank#} shouted, "Hi, Jack. Here, here!" At the same time, Jack waved his arms. "I'm here!" In three minutes, so many policemen came to the front of Jack and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(catch) him, "Please come with us to the police office. "

After the policemen found out the truth, they let {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) free. Why? Because the word "hijack" in English has different {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(meaning). You can look it up in the dictionary {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you want to know about it. 

Ann: Hello! This is Ann speaking.

ZhangMin: Hello! Ann! {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

 Ann: Hi, ZhangMin!

ZhangMin: {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

 Ann: Yes. What's up?

ZhangMin: Would you like to go to see a movie this afternoon ?

 Ann: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

ZhangMin: Please tell Sally and Kangkang about it!

 Ann: {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . See you then.

ZhangMin: {#blank#}5{#/blank#}