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Amal’s family has a new house. There _________ a lot of boxes in the new house. Amal sees a very big _________. She says, “Hmmm! I can make a car.” Amal goes into the yard (院子) with her box and her paints (画笔) .

A girl next door sits in the yard. She sees Amal, “Hi. I’m Sara. What’s your name?”

Amal says, “Hi. I’m Amal. And I’m painting my new car.”

Sara _________ and walks (走) to Amal, “Do you want _________ orange car?”

Amal says, “No. I’m painting my car _________.”

Sara asks, “Do you want an orange stripe (条纹)?”

“No. I don’t like orange! My car is blue.” Amal says _________. Sara looks sad (难过的) .

Sara paints _________ car orange and she paints a blue stripe.

Amal says. “I like your car! I want a stripe, too.”

Sara asks, “What _________ do you want?” Amal says, “Orange!”

Sara paints an orange stripe on Amal’s car. They are very happy with their __________ cars.

My mother was a housewife (家庭主妇). She thought that excellent people spent a lot of time reading. So she asked my brother and me to read two books every week and write book reports (报告). She couldn’t read the books at all, but she would check them and make marks (检查并作笔记).

When I went to school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted only cool clothes and often went out to play with friends after school. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn’t worry about that at all.

One night, I told my mother that I wanted to buy a T-shirt. Then my mother gave me all her money. She said I could use the money left to buy T-shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was very happy about that, but after I bought all the things we needed, there was no money left. Then I knew how difficult it was for my mother to take care of (照顾) the family. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. At last, my dream came true and I became a doctor.

My mother, a woman with little education (教育) made my dream come true. So I think there is no job more important than parenting.

My name is Carl. I’m very happy today _________ it’s my twelfth birthday.

In the evening, my mother cooks some delicious food for my birthday and makes a Cake. After dinner, I know it’s time to _________ gifts from my family. _________ will they give me? A model car? No, I don’t like it now. _________ a box of chocolate (巧克力)? No, I don’t want to eat it. What will the gifts be?

My mother comes in my room and puts a beautiful _________ on my desk. It can make me get up early. I think it’s very _________.

My _________ comes after my mother. He says to me, “I know you enjoy _________. Here is a new pen for you.” I say thanks to my father. The pen is beautiful. I like it very much.

When I am looking at the pen, my sister takes out a book and speaks to me, “I want to give the book to you. I wish you can learn something (某物) from _________. ”

The clock, the pen and the book are so nice! I’m happy to get them __________ my birthday.

No matter how early you get up, someone else will always get up ________ than you. No matter how hard you try, other people will always try harder than you. If you ________ work hard, you will only be left further behind ________ others. Please stop your laziness, change your ________ passion(热情), empty your brain that can’t resist temptation. You need ________ your eyes when they are easily attracted. Controlling your mouth ________ also very important when you want to talk about everything, and calm down to do ________ you should do.

It’s time to work hard. You will live a ________ life than anyone else, if you work harder. Don’t be ________ with yourself. Time ________ be spent in meaningful places, not lying flat when you are free. Stop wasting your time on useless short ________. We ________ know how valuable time is!

We all have something that we are good at. We all have something ________. Maybe you could be a great ________. Maybe I could be a successful doctor. And no matter what you want to do with your life, you will need to work hard to make your dream ________ true.

The giraffe（长颈鹿）is the tallest animal on land. Their interesting shapes attract ______ people to visit them. They have long necks and long thin legs. Their front legs are ______ than their back legs. Some of ______ can be more than five meters tall. They can run very fast—about 30 miles ______ hour. They are usually brown and yellow.

Giraffes live ______ Africa. They ______ live up to 25 years in the wild. They spend most of the day ______. The leaves, flowers and fruit are their main food, and they also eat grass or ______ plants. To find food, they travel over a large area, ______ they don’t have a fixed（固定的）home.

However, when a mother giraffe gives birth to babies, it often returns to ______ birthplace. It only gives birth to one baby every time, and the baby giraffe is cute and can be ______. About 20 minutes after being born, the baby giraffe learns to stand. Then it begins drinking ______ milk from its mother. A few hours later, it can run as ______ as those who have been born for weeks. ______ amazing! The baby giraffe only stays with its mother after it is born in the first two weeks. When it is strong enough, it ______ its mother and start a new life.

B2 is a robot made to understand bat flight. The strength of flying made by the bats’ wings comes from a strong piece of skin. If you want to make a flying robot, said Science Focus, don’t copy bats. But B2 has very thin “skin” made of silicone（硅酮）. It flaps its wings and does sharp drops and turns, just like a real bat!

It has four legs instead of six, but this 4.5-centimeter-long cockroach（蟑螂）robot can walk and climb walls just like real cockroaches which have sticky（有粘性的）feet. The robot uses electricity to stick to walls. The tiny robot can look around inside engines because humans can’t go there.

German scientists used magnets（磁铁）to move a 3D-printed guppy（孔雀鱼）around. The magnetic robot roller around under the fish tank. It copied the speed and direction of a fish partner, who thought the printed guppy was real. The team now use the robotic fish to better understand group actions in guppies.