A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know 1 she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt 2 of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came. Her father 3 was a cook took her into the kitchen. He poured water into the pan（锅）and boiled it. While the water 4, in the first pan he put carrots, in the second he put some eggs and in the last he put some coffee. He waited for them for 5 minutes without any words. The girl closed her mouth and waited 6. She didn't know why her father was doing that. After about 20 minutes, her father turned 7 the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took out the eggs and put them into another bowl. After that the coffee8 into a cup. Turning back to 9 daughter, he asked, “What do you see?” “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she answered.

Her father told her to close her eyes and let her 10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take eggs and break them. Then, she got boiled and hard eggs. At last, the father told her to smell the coffee. “What's the meaning, Father?” He explained that each one had 11 same unlucky experience—the boiled water,12each had a different reaction（反应）. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak after13in the boiling water?” The eggs became hard in the boiled water. The coffee was very special and it 14 change the water. “Who are you?” asked the father, “When calamity（厄运） 15 at your door, what's your reaction? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?”

    Almost everyone has his own hobby. My hobby is reading. When I was young, I didn't have any hobbies. I always watched TV at home all day and my parents were 1 about me.

    One day, my father took me to my aunt's home. When I got there, I saw my cousin 2 in his room. I ran to him and said, "Reading books is so boring. Why not go out to play games? That's more 3. "

    "I don't think so. Reading is really interesting, and I can also get a lot of 4from my books." Then my cousin asked me some questions, but I couldn't 5 most of them. He was two years younger than me, but he knew much more. My face turned red.

    That day he told me many interesting stories. I 6 myself in his stories. From then on, I became interested in reading. Now I have a room7 hooks. In my free time, I'm happy to be 8 and read the books. I do well in my subjects because of all the books I've read, and I'm especially good at 9 . I have won many prizes in writing contests. That makes me feel very 10.

    Four women lived in the same building and all of them were going to a party. They were1 about what dresses they would wear. They finally decided to choose(挑选) a dress that matches the hair color of their 2.

    The first woman said, "I will go in red 3 my husband colored his hair red."

    4 this, the second woman said, "Well, I will 5 black because my husband's hair color is black."?

    The third woman also had a(n) 6 "Yes, then I would love to go in a 7 dress because my husband has yellow and blonde(金色的) hair!"

    They all turned to the 8 woman, but she stayed quiet. So they asked her 9 she would wear. "I am thinking very hard, but I can't 10 a right dress. It seems that I can't wear any dress because my husband is bald(秃顶的)!" said the woman.

It's 7:00 a. m. on Friday in Beijing. Anna is having a video chat with her family in America. In the video, Anna's family are sitting around a big table. It's 6:00 p. m. in America and it's the night before Friday. Today is Thanksgiving Day in America. Anna's mother makes a lot of delicious food. Anna sees the turkey—the must-eat on Thanksgiving Day. Anna's brother Nick is talking with her.

"Hi, Anna,"Nick says."We are taking a trip tomorrow."

"Oh, really?I hope you'll have a good time."

"Would you like to know where we are going?"

"Mom loves Thailand. Are you going to Thailand?"

"No. We miss you and we are going to Beijing to see you!"

Anna sees her family's faces and cries. No one loves you like your family.

①Cameron is a great businessman(商人). He knows how to sell things. 

②When he was nine years old, he got his first computer. Did he play games on it? No! He had his first business with it! He made cards on his computer. Then, he sold them. He sold things online, such as his sister's old toys. Then, he got more new toys. He sold them, too. He was able to sell 40 toys every day! Cameron made $50, 000 that year. 

③How does Cameron learn to do this? His family helps. His father has a company(公司). Cameron's parents often talk to him about making money. 

④Cameron is a good writer,too.He writes well about the things he sells. You may want to buy his things after reading that. And he has great ideas. Cameron looks for ways to help his father sometimes. 

⑤"You do not have to make a lot of money to be happy, " Cameron says. A business can be big or small. No one is too old to have a business. And, no one is too young!

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Mr. Bird says, "My {#blank#}3{#/blank#}is that I need more workers and I can't find therr. Young people ali want to work {#blank#}4{#/blank#}computers these days. I'm afraid shoemaking will {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lost art because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I am 45, and now I want to teach young people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Iknow about making shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for them. "

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