I'm sitting outside grandpa's pigeon loft（鸽子房）and waiting for Goldie to come home. I'm really nervous about it because I{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (ask) to do an important job.

  Goldie is grandpa's champion（冠军）racing pigeon. She's famous because she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (win)lots of cups. This morning she had a race-flew two hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons. And now she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (race) back home.

 ¨Come on, Goldie. Come on. Goldie!" That's me, calling Goldie back home. But I can't see her yet.

   I really want Goldie to win this race.1 want to give grandpa the good news when I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (see) him tonight in hospital. My eyes search the blue sky. Still no sign of Goldie.

 “Calm（镇静）down,  Danny!” I tell myself.

   But it's hard to be calm. This job is very important. I'll tell you why.

   Before the race, they {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (put)a ring on every pigeon's leg. When Goldie comes back, I've got to catch her {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (take)her ring off, as fast as I can, and put it in a little metal tube(管子）,then put that tube in grandpa's special clock. That records the time that Goldie finished the race. It should be grandpa's job. But while he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (prepare) for the race, he fell ill suddenly and was sent to the hospital.

  So that's why I'm nervous, waiting for Goldie. I'm getting more nervous every minute, because Goldie {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be)here by now. But the sky is blue and empty.

“{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (not worry)”I tell myself. “Goldie always comes back. ”But where is she? What I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tell)grandpa?

   1 wait until it's nearly dark.1 give up！ Then l lock the other pigeons in the loft.  I've got to see grandpa tonight at the hospital.

   One Sunday afternoon, when Henry {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (swim) in his swimming pool, his friend Jack came to visit him.

“Wow! Henry, you have changed much these days. You are a sportsman now!” said Jack.                

“Well! Maybe in a couple of years.” {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (answer) Henry

“Do you swim every day?” asked Jack.

“Yeah. You know I get fat easily” Henry replied, “Now swimming {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (become) part of my daily life already ! It makes me happy and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (keep) myself fit.”

“Sounds great! I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (start) swimming tomorrow. After all, I’m too fat.” said Jack,

Dear Dr Know,
I'm not {#blank#}1{#/blank#} , I have too many rules in my house, I have to get {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at six o'clock every morning. I can't meet my {#blank#}3{#/blank#} after school because I have to do{#blank#}4{#/blank#} homework. I can't watch TV on school nights. And I have to be in bed by ten o'clock.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} weekends, I have to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} my room and wash my clothes. Then I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to help my mom make {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . Later I have to go to{#blank#}9{#/blank#} Children's Palace to learn piano. I never have any fun. What{#blank#}10{#/blank#} I do ?
Zhao Pei

    In Journey to the West, the Monkey King often turns into a bug and spies on monsters. Today, scientists are trying to turn the story into reality by {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (make) robot bugs. Would you like to know what they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) like?

    Robot bugs are small robots that {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) like bugs. People can use them {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) pictures in dangerous areas, follow bad guys, or help find survivors (幸存者) in broken buildings.

    Work on robotic bugs {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (start) since World War II. Today they have been greatly improved.

    Harvard University scientists have made a very small robot that looks like a fly. It weighs just 65 milligrams, or a little more than the plastic head of a push pin.

    What gives power for the robot to make it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fly)? This is a problem. It can only fly when it is connected to a wire that gives power.

    Scientists {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (try) to turn real bugs into robots in other ways these days. US scientists have put computer chips into moths (飞蛾) so people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (control) them.

But sometimes these robots {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) in danger. They can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eat) by birds. Other times they can be caught in spiders' webs.

Dear Benny,

    I'm sorry I don't have e {#blank#}1{#/blank#} time to write to you often. I am a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}busy at school.

    G{#blank#}3{#/blank#}what? Next month, I'm coming to Beijing with my parents! I'm very excited. I really want to see the old b{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and do some shopping. And I can't wait to meet you! Will you take me to some interesting places?

    All the b{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

Maria

    Mrs. Andrews said that she could see what was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to happen." I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to the girl. I wanted to stop her from {#blank#}3{#/blank#} {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the ball, but she didn't hear me." After the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , the car stopped, and the driver, Bill Morin, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. He called an ambulance.