—His boss asked him to leave.________，he was fired.

—________，but he wouldn't listen to me.                               

—Yes, once at a party, but we________．

—He ________for Beijing to attend an important meeting.The plane________at six.

     When I was in junior high, the eighth­grade bully hit me in the stomach.Not only did it1and make me angry, but the embarrassment and humiliation were almost2 ． I wanted desperately to even the score！I planned to 3him by the bike racks the next day and let him have it.

     For some reason, I told my4to Nana, my grandmother.She said，“Good5cause good results, and evil deeds cause bad results.”I told her, in anice way, 6 ， that I thought she was full of it.I told her that I did 7things all the time,and all I got 8was “baloney！”(I didn't use that word.)She stuck to her guns, though.She said, “Every good deed will come back to you someday, 9every bad thing you do will also come back to you.”

      It took me 30 years to understand the10 of her words.Nana was living in a board-­and-­care home in Laguna Hills, California.Each Tuesday, I came by and took her out to11 ． I would always find her neatly dressedand sitting in a 12 right by the front door.

      Moving my plate13 ， I took Nana's plate, placed it in front of me, and cut her 14 into small pieces.I then placed the plate back in front of  15 ． As she very weakly, and with great16 ， forked the meat into her mouth, I was struck with a17that brought instant tears to my eyes.

     Forty years 18 ， as a little boy sitting at the table，Nana had 19taken the meat on my plate and cut it into small pieces so I could eat it.It had taken 40 years, but the good deed had been 20 ． Nana was right. We reap exactly what we sow.“Every good deed you do will someday come back to you.”

Notes：

①bullyn ． 恶棍　②humiliation n ． 羞辱　③evenvt.使相等 ④baloney n ． 鬼话　⑤reapvt.收割1A.

        “Snakes in the Gutter”can make an interesting game that can be played in school.For this, you need to make some of the children snakes.They have to stand in a line widely distanced from each other.To begin the game, you need to say, “Snakes in the Gutter.”After your announcement, the children try to get through the line of the snakes without getting caught.The kids who are caught by the snakes have to join the snakes' team.The one who keeps free till all the others are caught is the winner.

       If your school has a big enough playground, you can organize basketball, football and other such outdoor team games.

       Online games that help kids get skills in using the mouse and the keyboard are excellent games in modern times.To do well in image tracking games, kids need to decide quickly and correctly when clicking a moving thing.

      Vocabulary games are those of the best games to play in school.One of the exciting word games is building words from the disordered letters.Another game could be that of finding the spelling mistake in a given word.A game known as “Hangman”is played by giving a piece of information about the meaning of a word to the kids and telling them the number of letters in the words.

      There can be many such games to play in school.Remember to design games that are interesting as well as educative.Games in school serve as the best way to develop certain skills in children, and they are also full of fun and excitement.So, get going!

      Sunday, 31 August

     We've been in China for a month now. Dad, Mom, Harry and I moved to Tianjin on 25 August. We're not very far from Beijing. Two days ago，we celebrated my 15th birthday. It was great celebrating in China; the only thing that was strange was the cake—here they're not as sweet as the ones in New York. On Monday school starts—I wonder what it will be like.

     Monday, 1 September

     On my first day I was looking around for a locker to put my books in. However, here all the students keep all of their books at their desks—we stay in the same classroom because apparently we don't have to go from class to class—teachers come to us!

     Today we selected teacher assistants for each subject. Their duties are to collect homework, make announcements, and do other stuff for the teacher and the students. It's kind of a big deal here! Since I am from the US, I was asked to be the English assistant. I felt so proud but quite nervous at the same time because I wasn't sure what I had to do，but I accepted the job anyway.

     Friday, 3 October

     Boy，what a week! Now we have nine classes every day, including the morning class, a combination of our American schools' “Homeroom” and “Study Hall”. I think Chinese students work too much! I have to do my homework when I get back home. I don't even have time to watch TV or surf the Internet like before. I sometimes miss New York and my school because we didn't have to study so much. We had more time to hang out with our classmates and neighbors; here, besides their usual classes, students are involved in weekend classes in subjects such as English，Chinese and maths.

     I get a lot of attention, being from another country. Everyone wants to practice English with me! A really cute girl even asked me for my phone number on my second day and sent me a text message! I'm making a lot more friends now. I just need a lot of help to improve my Chinese. Some students want to do a language exchange program with me. Nice!

       It is said that there are about 40,000 different kinds of jobs in the world.      

        “Finding a job”is not the same as“choosing a job”．Many young people end up in a job which they are not suitable for.      .Here are a few steps to help you think  about jobs which you might enjoy doing after school or university.

       First，it is important to realize what kind of person you are，which special qualities make you different from everyone else and what you areinterested in.      . If you likeart and enjoy looking at pictures，that is an interest. But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse instead of abig dog，thatis a skill.

       Then ask  yourself this question：in the following three areas ­skills with people，skills with information and skills with things ­which are your best skills?

       After examining your skills，the next step is research.To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible，go to the library and read books，magazines and newspapers.      .

       Finally，trust your own ideas and your ownthinking！         

A．It is your own life，so find something that you enjoydoing.

B．Choosing the right one itself is adifficult job.

C．We must know what our ideal jobs are.

D．There is a difference between aninterest and a skill.

E．Ask your friends about the work theydo.

F．“Chance”may play a more important partthan“decision”．

G．Your parents may also give you a joboffer.

        An elderly teacher，with a pupil by his side，took a walk through a forest. Suddenly

he       (stop) and pointed tofour plants close at hand.The first was just beginning to appear slowly above the ground，the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth，the third was a small short tree，while the fourth was       full­ sized tree.The tutor said to his young          (company)，“Pullup the first plant.” The boy did so eagerly,        (use) only his fingers.

          “Now pull up the second.”  The youth obeyed        found that the task was        (difficult)．

“Do the same        the third，”he urged.The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it. “Now，”said the instructor，“try your hand with the fourth.”The pupil put his arms around thetrunk of the tall tree and couldn't even shake       leaves.“This，my son，isjust          happens with our bad habits. When they are young, we can remove them easily; but when they are old，it'shard to pull them out of the ground,         we pray and struggle ever so sincerely！”