before; first; up; send; get; at;

plan; made; take; healthier

    Lily made some New Year's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} this year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} , she's going to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} piano lessons and practice every day. Next, she wants to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} good grades. She's going to study harder and she's going to do all her homework {#blank#}5{#/blank#}she watches TV. Finally, she wants to learn French. She's going to buy some French CDs and practice French  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} home.

    Lily's sister Lucy  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} some New Year's plans, too. She wants to become fit, so she's going to exercise more and eat {#blank#}8{#/blank#} food. She also wants to improve her Chinese. She's going to get a pen pal in China, and she is going to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} e-mails in Chinese to her pen pal. When she grows {#blank#}10{#/blank#} , she wants to be an engineer. So she's going to work harder in her math and science classes.

Life as Chopsticks

    Right now, more and more people are digging into their food with {#blank#}1{#/blank#}sticks which are called chopsticks.Even people eating with knives and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} begin to love them. Why are they so special? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they have deep influence in many people's ways of life.

    Simple. There's nothing simpler {#blank#}4{#/blank#} chopsticks. Also the chopsticks don't cost much. In real life, we don't need to keep improving things all the time.Aim(目的).When using chopsticks, you can not pick up everything each time. Know{#blank#}5{#/blank#} you want and just do it. Sometimes, a little bit of focus makes the difference between failure and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} .

    Practice.Using chopsticks doesn't come naturally. You have to learn to use them and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it. There's no better way than to practice. In real life, you may have many things you want to do, but it will be a dream {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you don't try doing it.

    Slowing down. Eating with chopsticks can slow you down. It provides you {#blank#}9{#/blank#} enough time to know yourself. It also warns your brain of your full stomach, so {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you will not overeat(吃过饱). In our life, we sometimes need slow down to have time to think, to realize that we're actually full and don't have to hurry through life.

    My grandmother is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fifty-three-year-old woman. She loves gardening and plants a lot of flowers. She likes animals because she thinks they{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) cute. And she really enjoys {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cook) but the dishes don't taste good. She doesn't tike sports at all.

    My grandmother {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (have) two pretty big eyes and long brown hair She really looks beautiful. She always has a bright smile on {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (she) face. We all think she's also very generous and likes to help{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(other).

    My grandmother is very popular with her friends and her grandchildren. She often tells {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(story) to us. She gives us a lot of happy time. But sometimes she is strict with. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (I). She said she couldn't go to school when she was young. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}she hopes that I can get into a better university. I love my grandmother and I hope she will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} healthy and happy forever.