The greatest source of inspiration for me has always been my father. Though he's been gone for 17 years, his 1 still resonate (产生共鸣). He taught me how to run my own race in life. But the most inspiring thing he taught me was to 2.

One incident is 3 in my mind. It happened when I was a teenager. My sister and I weren't very fond of a so-called friend of 4. Dad was a very generous man, and as he'd done with so many people, he'd given this fellow great help. But when he asked for a favor 5, the guy didn't deliver.

Dad's outlook (人生观) on most things was "Live and let live." In this case, however, his calmness 6 Terre and me, and we let him know it.

"How can you be nice to that man?" we said to him. "You've been so kind to him, and he's not being kind back. Why would you want to give him the time of day again?"

My father shrugged (耸肩) and said to us, " I do not bend my back with 7." I didn't get it at first, but over the years I came to understand the 8. Holding a grudge (怨恨) doesn't 9 the person you're angry with, but it changes you. It makes you heavier and gives you more weight to drag around.

After my father died in 1991, a (n) 10 came from a fellow I'd had a quarrel with years before to 11 his sympathy. He wrote: " I thought I'd tell you how sorry I am 12 the loss of your father. I know he 13 the world to you. I just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts."

Much moved, I wrote back. I thanked him for his 14. And then, because he'd 15 our disagreement, I recalled Dad's inspiring words. "I am my father's daughter," I wrote. "And like him, I do not bend my back with yesterday."

The elephant was lying and fast asleep on its side. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it ran after the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a few houses and hurt several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.

Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer(驯兽师). He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up —— how to catch wild elephants.

Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle (丛林). After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to a boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. "Life in the city is too boring. Catching elephants is an adventure (冒险) and the excitement can last for days after the chase," she says.

But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun. "My work," she says,"is to rescue men from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from men." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Nowadays, the Indian elephant becomes angry: for many years, illegal(非法的) hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, people call Parbati to guide the animals back to the forest.

Dear ninth-graders,

This week, you are taking a number of important tests, but there is something more important that you need {#blank#}1{#/blank#} know: These tests can't measure (衡量) all the things that make you wonderful and special. The results of these tests can't tell you everything.

There {#blank#}2{#/blank#}not any tests to measure how kind you are to your friends, or how much you love to draw. The people who mark the tests don't know how helpful you are to your Mom and Dad, or how caring you are when playing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} others in the playground. They don't know how bravely you share your weekend stories with your friends, or your performance in sports, music and art. Besides, these tests will not measure how much you have improved on some-thing, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}how much you love a certain subject.

We hope you can know about these and try your best. Always remember that there is no exam in the world {#blank#}5{#/blank#} can measure all the wonderful things that make you, YOU!

From,

Your English teachers

参考词语: football(足球)

My room

This is my room.

I love my room.

I love traveling. I've been to many cities in China and Sanya is my favorite. Last Spring Festival, instead of visiting {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and friends, we decided to pay a visit to Sanya.

 We left for Sanya as soon as our holiday began. We really enjoyed ourselves there. We played on the beach and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} fireworks.

 Then we went to Nanshan Temple. A large {#blank#}3{#/blank#}of people visited it every day. According to the local(当地的) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}people should eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival, so we went to a local restaurant. Its rice cakes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}good and tasted delicious. We didn't return until our holiday was about to be over.

 Want some advice? Keep in mind that the best time to visit Sanya is from December to January in the dry season when the weather isn't too hot.

This is George, a little monkey, and always curious (好奇). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} They were taking a trip to the country. Right then the worker shouted, "All aboard!" A crowd of people hurried towards the train. George simply rushed with the crowd through the gate. There he found the perfect hiding place for a monkey. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} "Look, Daddy, " he said,  "a train!" His father looked up and shouted. "That's not our train!" But it was too late. The gate locked behind him. The boy began to cry. George saw the boy's to y roll towards the tracks(轨道). The boy ran after it. George climbed out of his hiding place and ran fast.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} What a close call!

When the worker opened the gate, the boy's father ran to his son. The boy was not crying now. He was playing with his new friend. "You saved my son!" said the boy's father. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Just then Mrs Needleman arrived. She said"Here comes our train. ""This is our train too. " the father said. The little boy was excited. "Can George ride with us?" he asked.  That sounded like a good idea to everyone. So the worker found them a special seat. Right up front!

What do you think of George?(不超过5个词) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}