1． Miss Dinsmore lived in nice little house.
"I (1)       my house looked more cheerful (令人愉快的). Maybe I should paint (刷漆) it more (2)      ." said Miss Dinsomore.
Miss Dinsmore went to the store. She saw all kinds of (3)       there. It was hard for her to (4)      .
"I know what to do," said Miss Dinsore at last. "I'll draw pictures of my house (5)       all of the colors. Then I'll paint my mouse according to the (6)       one."
Then Miss Dinsmore started to draw pictures of her house. "All the pictures are (7)      ," said Miss Dinsmore. "But I still can't (8)       which color will make my house more cheerful."
One day, a neighbor (邻居) saw Miss Dinsmore's pictures. She (9)       them very much. "I'll tell others in the neighborhood," she said. "They will want to (10)       your pictures."
It was true. Lots of people (11)       to enjoy the pictures. "What a nice little house you have," everyone said.
"It is a nice little house," said Miss Dinsmore. "(12)       I want to make it more cheerful. .."
Miss Dinsmore stopped and looked around. Her house was (13)      . People in her house were enjoying pictures, drinking tea, talking, (14)       and having fun. "It's a nice little house," she said again. "And it's a cheerful little house, too — when good friends come to (15)        me."

2． Good friends have common ideas and sometimes similar taste in music, clothes and Free time activities. However, the most important thing of friendship (友谊), according to some studies at North Westminster Community School is trust (信任). Trust is what it is all about.

3． Many people like to drink soda pop (苏打汽水), but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story.
The story began with mineral water (矿泉水). In many places, people thought washing with mineral water was good for your health. Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people. Some mineral water had bubbles (气泡) in it. So people learn to make bubble water to put CO2 into water to make the water bubbly. The called the bubbly water "soda water".
Later, people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good. Many drugstores (药房) or ice cream shop sold soda water. Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store. Some people call it "pop", some say "soda" and other people call it "soda pop".
At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health. But in fact, it's bad for us. For example, drinking too much soda pop make us fat. Well, maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health.

4．　　In the forest, everything was great and everyone was happy before Jemima came there.
　　Jemima was a very tall giraffe with a long neck (脖子). She was the noisest and the most gossipy (爱说三道四的) animal in the forest. She liked to watch everything and told everyone what was going on that made so many animals unhappy. They had a meeting and decide to teach her a lesson (给她一个教训).
　　At that time, Big Bongo, the monkey decided to move to a new house. Jemima was so curious about the new house. One night she walked quietly to Big Bongo's bedroom window. The window was open and she put her head inside. She was just on time to see Big Bongo leaving the bedroom. So, Jemima put her head further in so that she could follow him to the next room. It was dark in the house and she couldn't see very well. But she followed Big Bongo into another room and then another. . .
　　At last Jemima couldn't follow Big Bongo anymore. Her neck wasn't long enough. Big Bongo run around his house, and Jemima's neck was in a tangle (绕成一团).
　　Then all the other animals came to the house and told Jemima what they thought of her. Jemima's face turned red, she decided that she would not use her neck to poke (干涉) into the lives of others.

5．　　Some Chinese parents only care about their children's grades. This made their children lose confidence(自信) little by little because of too much schoolwork. It's a problem. Parents should find out their children's interests and teach them some important skills (技能) they need. The skills make children confident, happy and clever.
　　Cooking, for example, is a good skill. Teaching a child to cook will help improve many of his other skills. Cooking needs patience and time. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking so he will learn to work hard and finish his job well. As a result, a well－cooked dinner will give him a lot of fun and confidence.
　　Give your child all the things like a broken radio or TV set to play with they will spend hours looking at them and trying to fix (修理) them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. This kind of activity is better than teaching a child to read a book. It teaches him to think and to use his mind. And that is more important.

6．A: Hi, Jimmy. (1)      
B: I played baseball with my two brothers.
A: (2)      
B: Yes, and my brothers and I all want to be baseball players.
A: Really? (3)      
B: We are going to practice every day. What are you going to be in the future(将来)?
A: (4)      
B: Is she your English teacher?
A: (5)       She teaches us well.
B: Oh, I see.

7．
What is the most important thing in the world? I think it is health because it's the foundation (基础) of work and lives.
Someone can take away our money, houses, cars or (1)             our clothes and we can still live. But if he takes away our (2)            , we must die soon. That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and take (3)             every day.
To be healthy I usually don't like eating (4)             high in fat (脂肪) like hamburgers or sweets. I also eat little meat, I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit because they are (5)             of vitamins.
Doing exercises every day helps us be (6)            . Doing sports is another important part of keeping us healthy.
And I think (7)             are an important part of one's health. I always feel (8)             when I'm with my friends. When I am with my friends, I always laugh. Laughing is also an important part of health. I like to love with my friends.
(9)             eating healthy food and exercising every day I can make my body strong and keep healthy. By spending time with my friends I can keep (10)             happy. These things sound easy to do, but not all people can do them well.

8．　　Computers and the Internet are becoming more and more popular. Most people think they are very useful 1.             their studies in lives.
　　The first computer was born in 1946. It was very big, and it worked 2.             (slow). Today computers are getting smaller and 3.            (small), but they were faster and faster. What can computers do? They can do many kind of things.
　　At the same 4.             , our world is getting smaller and smaller with the Internet. The Internet came into the world about 25 years later than computers. It makes our lives 5.             (easy). If you are far away in America, you can talk to your family on the Internet. If you want to 6.             a good book, but you don't have time to buy it in the bookstore, you can read it on the Internet. You can also read newspapers, 7.             some shopping, play games and make friends on it.
　　Many students like the internet very much and they would not like to do anything else. They 8.             friends on the Internet but they may not see these friends. Some of the students are cheated by(受骗)the "unreal (假的) friends". Because of the Internet, some students can't 9.             hard at their lessons. Many of them can't do well in their studies. A few of them have to leave school.
　　We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. 10.             please remember: not all good things are good for you.

15．为了提高同学们的英语口语表达能力学校决定举行一次题为"My life in 10 years的演讲比赛, 请你用英语写一篇短文, 为此次演讲比赛做准备, 80词左右开头已经给出不计入总词数.
My life in 10 years.
Hello, I'm a middle school student now. What will I be in 10 years? What kind of life will I live?
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