Everybody has his own hero in mind and is always trying to copy his behaviors in life. As for me, my 1 is just that man. My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a 2.

    One autumn, most of the farmers in the village were all 3, so he promised to help his neighbor harvest the corn as he often did. 4, after harvesting his own corn, Grandpa's little corn machine broke. What was 5, the factory where Grandpa worked made the workers have extra work. He had to 6 the farm early and didn't get back until very late. It now seemed 7 to help out his neighbor because he really had no free time.

    One night, Grandpa 8 that he wouldn't let his neighbor's harvest rot (腐烂) in the field. Without a 9 , he'd harvest it by hand.

    “I don't think you'd have time to do it,” said my grandma. “10, it'd be too dark to do anything at night.”

    “I know of one night that I could do it!” he 11 . “There's still one more full moon in October. If the 12 is clear, I think I can do it.”

    A few days later, after a long shift (轮班) at the factory, my grandpa went to the 13. The weather was cold but clear. He cut all the corn through the night to 14 his word.

    Sometimes, when I want to put off responsibilities, I'd see my grandfather 15 corn in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of corn stocks (玉米秸秆) stand at attention in respect for a man who keeps his word.

Wanting: I want nothing but music

    Wanting Qu, born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, has become one of the most popular singers in China this year. During the past few months, her name and songs have spread quickly on the Internet, over the radio, and in almost every corner of China. You would be considered totally “out” if you have never heard of her song “Stay in My Song”.

    She is a girl full of courage. At only 16, Wanting left home and entered a Canadian school to study business, starting her life in a foreign country alone. Soon，she found that her true passion was music. She went on to get her degree(学位), but also tried her hand at songwriting. She did part-time jobs to keep on her study like many Chinese students who study in foreign countries, but never gave up her dream of being a musician. When the chance came, she bravely introduced herself to the CEO of Nettwerk and became the first Chinese singer-songwriter the company signed in 26 years.

    Wanting's music career started to take off in 2009 when she worked in Nettwerk. In 2011, after hearing the songs she wrote and recorded, the famous Chinese composer Zhang Yadong called her and would like to work with her.

    With all the successes she has achieved in China, Wanting is recording her first English album. She is ready to conquer(征服) the world.

    Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were at a store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace. What a lovely necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much happiness, and she got the plastic necklace she loved.

    How much Penny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Penny also helped with housework to get pocket money and she worked very hard. Soon she managed to pay off the price for the necklace.

    Penny's daddy saw all her effort and knew how much Penny cared about the necklace. One night, he asked Penny, “Penny, do you love me?”

    “Sure, Daddy,” the little girl said.

    “Then how about giving me your necklace?”

    “Come on, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Penny cried.

    “Oh, darling, it's fine,” her father gave her a kiss.

    A week later, her father asked Penny again for her plastic necklace.

    “Oh! Daddy, please don't!” Penny cried even harder.

    However, several days later, Penny went to her daddy with tears in her eyes. “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was her plastic pearl necklace that she loved a lot.

    Seeing this, Penny's father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside of the box was a real and beautiful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Penny for so long.

    We can't remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks（筷子）, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “liked.” Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

    Does that sound familiar（熟悉的） to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

    A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant(令人愉快的). To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took,   ▲  . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food ahead of you?

    Besides（除…之外） the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will be unable to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone accept my photo? I hope a lot of people like it!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

    So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

    "Asian art day in New York", a 14-day festival opening Friday, will offer collectors a lot of expensive things from thousands of years of Asian culture, including paintings, handwriting, jade and so on from China, southeast Asia and the Middle East.

    I am a third year student from the International Class at our school. I am happy that this semester, we have a new English teacher       (叫做) Amber. She is from the USA. She speaks good Chinese,

    Her       (发音) is great. She has       (教书) in China for more than ten years. She is trying her best to make her classes interesting and wonderful. She is really        (有耐心的) to us. And she is busy with her work. Now I am good friends with her. She also tells me the        (秘诀) of learning English well. Now I am        (骄傲)to say that my English is getting better and better. I used to be a        (沉默的) girl in English class because of my shyness. But now I am good with that. I have decided to take part in this year's English       (发言). I know math, physics and       ( 化学 )are hard for girls like me, but they are Amber's favorite subjects. She promised that she would help me with them. It is great to have such a       （有用的）foreign teacher like Amber.

Tom: Hi, Dad, do you have time for a chat? I have        some problems.

Dad: Oh, Tom, what's       ?

Tom: Dad, you and mum are always around me. I don't have my own time and       .

Dad: Are we?

Tom: Yes. I always have to obey you, but I'm able to decide my own business now.

Dad: Oh, I didn't realize that we hardly        you to make your own decision in the past.

Tom: Dad, I have grown up. Please don't treat me like a child.

Dad: I'm sorry. We'll try to change ourselves.

Tom: That's       .

Dad: Son, remember, we are always open for a chat.

    When I was little, my grandpa looked after me because my parents were both busy       their work. At that time, only a few people       (have) cars. Most people usually got around      bike. And how did I go to the school then? Yes, I went there on Grandpa's bike!        the bike was moving forward, it made some funny sounds that made me       (laugh). I always clapped my little hands and sang       (happy). Grandpa turned back over and over again to make sure my little feet would not get caught in the wheels. Grandpa was so careful        I never got hurt in his care.

           a sweet memory it is! Now, I am studying in a boarding school and I miss my grandpa a lot. I wish I could relive those old       (day).

3）词数80-100

参考词汇： have good self-control, think about it independently

短文首句： Nowadays, many students do homework with the help of the Internet, they search information online, or discuss through social networks like QQ or WeChat.