An ant was walking by a river. She looked at the river and said to herself, “{#blank#}1{#/blank#} nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it.” But {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was drinking, she slipped(滑倒) into the river.

    Luckily a bird was sitting in the tree. The bird quickly used his mouth {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cut) a leaf from the tree. He dropped the leaf into the river near the ant.

    The ant climbed onto the leaf, and the wind blew the leaf to the bank. And the ant {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(save).

     “Thank you!”shouted the ant, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her low voice. But her voice was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} low that the bird couldn't hear it.

    After a few days, the bird was building his nest. Suddenly a bird catcher {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(careful) took out his nest(网). He quietly walked towards the branch where the bird was sitting.

    The ant saw this, and ran quickly to bite the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(man) leg. “Ouch” The pain in his leg made the man drop his nest. The bird heard the noise and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fly) away.

    The bird never knew how the little ant helped. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the ant was happy that she was able to do something for the bird.

    If you think of after­school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After­school activities help us grow up in many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}．Above all, they offer us chances to practice{#blank#}2{#/blank#}we learn in class.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} various activities, we can also learn more about today's society and a lot of new things that we can't learn from our books. What's more, they help to develop our abilities that we need {#blank#}4{#/blank#}for our studies now and for our work and life in the future.

    We are busy with our studies in school, so after school we all need to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}ourselves. After­school activities just make it possible {#blank#}6{#/blank#}us to breathe {#blank#}7{#/blank#}air and remove tiredness. Then, we can pay {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to our studies and achieve good results.

    Some after­school activities will make us useful {#blank#}9{#/blank#}helpful to others. Some can keep us strong and healthy, some may even change our life. So, all the students, get out and take {#blank#}10{#/blank#}active part in various after­school activities!

综合填空。(根据汉语，音标或首字母提示, 理解上下文并用适当形式填空。)

    Have you seen a group of{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (boy)dancing hip-hop together？The music beat is usually {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (令人激动的) and cool! And the people dancing hip-hop {#blank#}3{#/blank#} /si:m/ to really enjoy what they are doing .

    What is the real meaning of “Hip-hop”? Some people say it is the motion(动作) that people make {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (当…时候) they are dancing. They move their hips(臀部) sideways when they dance. It's very interesting. So more and more young people are becoming {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (interest) in it .

    With the birth(起源) of hip-hop, there is a certain style of fashion, s{#blank#}6{#/blank#} as wearing bigger size jeans, casual shirts, sports shoes, and colorful caps. The young people like to wear them. These kinds of clothing make them feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (comfort) They call it “Hip-hop fashion”.

    Hip-hop culture style of the younger people. They express their {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (感觉) through this culture and enjoy it. So {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  you see groups of young people dancing hip-hop and singing, just stop for a moment and try {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (accept) them!

Dear Jim,

    How's your winter vacation going? I am having {#blank#}1{#/blank#}great time in Xi'an.

    I am{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in my grandparents' home {#blank#}3{#/blank#}my parents. In winter,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is snowy and cold here. So my cousins like staying at home every day. But I don't like that. I like going {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to make snowmen with my parents. We always feel very happy{#blank#}6{#/blank#}we are making them. After {#blank#}7{#/blank#}making the snowmen, we usually take some{#blank#}8{#/blank#}of them. I also like skating with my father. I think it's very relaxing to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}on ice.

    Can you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to tell me about your vacation now?

    I miss you.

    Bob