My name is Tian Yong. I was born in a poor family on July 22, 1996. My parents are _____ farmers in a small mountain village. In my family, there _____ also my grandparents and my younger sister. _____ life is not so easy for such a big family, we are still enjoying a happy life. With the help of many people, I became a student in a middle school. My teachers and classmates are very to _____ me. I like my computer science teacher most, I learned a lot _____ him. When I grow up, I want to become a teacher like him. I will try my best to help poor students.

George Ellet had a bright silver dollar for a New-year gift.

He thought of all the fine things he might buy with it.

The ground was all covered with _______; but the sun shone out bright, and _______ looked beautiful.

So George put on his hat, and _______into the street. After a while, he met some boys throwing snowballs. George soon _______them.

He sent a ball at James Mason, but it missed him, and broke a _______ on the other side of the street.

George was afraid some one would come out of the house and _______ him. So he ran off as fast as he could.

As soon as he got round the next corner, George stopped, because he was very sorry for _______ he had done. He said to _______, “I have no right（权利）to spend my silver dollar, now. I should go back, and pay for the window I broke with _______.”

He went up and down the street, and felt very ________. He wished very much to ________ something nice. He also wished to pay for the ________ window.

________ he said, “It was wrong to break the window, though I did not want to do it. I will go and pay for it, if it takes all my ________, I will try not to be sorry. I do not think the man will hurt me ________ I pay for the window I broke.”

I am writing to thank you for looking after me so well when I came to stay with you in England. You made me feel like part of the family, I felt I was Ann’s sister, although I was just her friend from Singapore. I had a good time when I was in England. We visited many different paces and took lots of photos. My mother has kept all the postcards I sent to her, I am going to put them on the bookshelf with some of the photos.

The journey I went home was very relaxing, and the long flight seemed to pass more quickly than usual, thanks to the book Harry Potter Ann gave me to read on the plane. My parents were pleased to see me, and said that they missed me a lot. We will have a busy time soon, as we are moving house next month. I have give Ann my new address, and I hope she will be able to come and stay with us next summer.

I must finish now, because my father is going to the shopping centre and he said he would post this letter for me while he is there.

Best wishes.

Kate.

One day a man was walking through a big city. On a street corner he saw a boy with a number of small birds for sale, in a cage.

He looked with sadness upon the little prisoners flying about the cage, jumping up and down, beating their wings, and trying to get out.

He stood for some time looking at the birds. At last he said to the boy, “How much do you ask for your birds?”

“Fifty cents a piece, sir,” said the boy. “I do not mean how much a piece.” said the man, “ but how much for all of them? I want to buy them all.”

The boy began to count, and found they came to five dollars. “ There is your money,” said the man. The boy took it, well pleased with his morning’s trade.

After giving the money, the man opened the cage door, and let all the birds fly away.

The boy, in great surprise, cried, “What did you do that for, sir？You have lost all your birds.”

“I will tell you why I did it,” said the man. “I was shut up three years in a French prison（监狱）, as a prisoner of war, and I am resolved（下定决心）never to see anything in prison which I can make free.”

Taiwan island, the biggest island of China, is between the South and East China Seas. Almost two-thirds of the island is covered by mountains.

Traveling in Taiwan, you can do lots of things. In Taipei, you can taste all kinds of delicious food from the mainland, as well as some local delicacies. Standing at the top of Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building until now, you can get a view of the whole city. In Tainan, the oldest city on the island, you can visit different temples, known as the “City of 100 Temples”, the city in fact has 220 temples in it.

Taiwan has nice natural landscape（景观）as well. Sun and Moon Lake is a beautiful lake. On one side of the island it looks like the sun, on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call the lake the Sun and Moon lake. Ali Mountain is the nearest mountain around Sun and Moon Lake. You can enjoy a nice experience with Gaoshan people. It’s a wonderful place to see a very beautiful sunrise. If you enjoy swimming, fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish, Peng Lake must be a good place to visit. The East Rift Valley is where the world’s largest continental plate（大陆板块）and largest occanic plate meet. In this area you can see mountains, valleys, and hot springs（温泉）, together with fields of rice, oranges and tea.

An old man was sitting on the sofa with Mike, his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a dove（鸽子）landed on the ground.

The father asked his son, “What is this?”

The son replied, “It is a dove.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?”

The son said, “Father, I have just told you. It’s a dove.”

After a little while, the old father asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”

This time Mike could not control his anger and shouted, “It’s a dove, a dove. Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A DOVE’ Don’t you understand this?”

The old man silently took out an old diary, turned to a page and showed it to Mike. Though a little impatient（不耐烦）, Mike began to read it.

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a dove landed on the ground, and my son asked me what it was. I smiled at him, said it was a dove and hugged him. After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same dove, little Mike asked me what it was 23 times and I kept on answering his question and hugging him every time.”

Something gently touched Mike’s heart. His face turned red with shame for being so impatient to his father and he hugged him tightly（紧紧地）.

Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime, but you may not realize that until they are gone.

Madam Curie, a world famous woman scientist, was
56． into a teacher’s family in Poland in 1867 and died in 1934. When she was
57． a child, she liked study very much and had a
58． of becoming a scientist. She finished her middle school at the
59． of 16. Eight years
60．, when she was 24, she went to study at Paris University, where she
61． many difficulties, but still worked very hard. She worked
62． scientific research all her life and her efforts were rewarded（报偿）. She
63． the Nobel Prize（诺贝尔奖）twice.

Today, as a famous woman scientist, Madam Curie is still remembered by the
64． world. People will remember her forever for her
65． and her spirit of sharing knowledge with others.

Last week we went to the countryside to have a picnic. We bought some sandwiches, fruits and water for lunch. We started out quite early before there was too much traffic. After two hours’ driving, we came to a nice place. It was at the foot of a hill and near a river, with some large trees beside it. As it was a very hot day, we parked the car under a large tree and went for a swim in the river. The water was refreshing. After having a swim we had lunch in the cool shade under the trees.

Then we went for a walk. We saw some beautiful birds and butterflies. After walking for about an hour we returned to the car. However, we couldn’t get the car started. Finally we had to push the car off the road and wait for help. Of course, the car’s breaking down spoilt（破坏）our picnic in the end!

小组合作学习是一种重要的课堂学习方式。请你根据以下要点提示，以“Studying in groups”为题，用英语写一篇短文。

Studying in Groups