To be honest, no matter how old we are, most of us love it when our parents do things for us. It makes our lives {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（comfortable）, and we have less to worry about.

    Some parents {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（prepare） almost everything for their children since they were born. They consider their older children（and sometimes even adults） {#blank#}3{#/blank#}babies! In big cities in China, most parents only have one child. They are afraid to let them go anywhere or do anything by {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（they）. As a result, their children fail {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（learn） social skills, and come to depend more on the parents!

    So some experts suggest that children shouldn't {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（take） good care of by their parents all the time. Children need their own time to develop into adults and to learn {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to deal with problems. It is not necessary for parents to care too much about the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（safe） of their children. Too much care spoils（破坏） their fun when they are growing up. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}they may get into trouble when they can't depend on their parents, they can learn a lot from them.

    It is nice that parents show their care and attention to their children. It is nice that children know that their parents' care is the result of love. And it will be nicer if they are the children {#blank#}10{#/blank#}can let their parents know how much love they really need and how much love is too much.

Welcome to our English class! The students are talking about 1 .

"I think purple is my lucky（幸运的）color." Jenny says. "My mother is an English teacher. She works very hard. And she comes back home from 2 very late every day. I want to buy a purple 3 for her. I hope she can go home early（早的）on the purple bike."

"I like 4 ,"says Jim. "Do you know why? Guess（猜）…Let me tell you. Yes, my 5 name is White! You can call me Mr. White. There are 6 ‘Mr. White' in my family. I am the youngest（最小的）one. My grandpa is 87 years old. He has three sons. I have a brother and four cousin brothers. I really have a 7 family."

John likes blue. Blue is the color of seas on sunny days. John likes 8 very much. In summer, he and his friends often swim in the sea. They have a good time. Look, his blue notebooks, blue pens, blue erasers and blue 9 are all in his blue schoolbag. Blue makes him feel 10 .

When I was in school, I volunteered to work in a hospital for some time.

On one visit, I carefully entered a dark room  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(find) an elderly man lying in bed. I firstly thought he was sleeping. When I moved much  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(close), however, I realised he was very much awake. He wanted to communicate something,   {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I couldn't make sense of what he was saying. He seemed quite weak, and I couldn't tell if he  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) in pain or just frightened. I knew nothing  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}him, and I felt totally helpless. He clearly didn't want me to leave him, but I felt so lost and uncomfortable that I had to leave the room after only a couple of  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(minute).

The next time I was at  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}same hospital and saw him again, he immediately said,"I remember you. You gave me hope in my darkest hour that evening!"I was so  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(surprise) that I didn't know how to answer.

In the short moment of  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(I)staying there, I did nothing at all. But surprisingly he found something he needed in me, just  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I was there.

I have thought about this thing often over the past years. It makes me want to offer whatever kindness I can to others, and I try to make it out and appreciate (欣赏) it.

This is a story about a storm in Moscow. It happened several years ago. It was my first time that I had seen such a 1 storm.

It was a sunny day in July, and I was at home watching TV. The window was open 2 the weather was so hot. Suddenly, I felt a strong wind from outside. I looked out of the window and saw a black sky and trees 3 over because of the strong wind. I tried to 4 the window, but the wind made me fall down. I was afraid that the glass might break. I stood up and tried to close the window again. 5 , I made it.

Then I looked outside. I found that the big tree in front of my house was going to fall to the ground and its 6 had broken off. There was frequent（频繁的）thunder and lightning. I started to 7 all the appliances as quickly as possible.

After a while, the wind stopped, but it began to hail （下冰雹）. After about ten minutes, everything stopped, and the Sun came out again. How 8 the weather was! A few minutes later, the phone began to ring. It was my friend. We asked each other how it was and how we felt after the storm.

In the streets, many trees died because of the 9 . For a few days, people helped clean parks and gardens. Some people's cars were damaged by trees' falling branches on them. The 10 tells me that in the face of natural disasters, human beings are insignificant（微不足道的）. We can't stop them, but we must protect ourselves from them.