In a history class, our teacher, Mrs Bartlett asked us to make a poster in groups about the culture that we were studying. She told us to write the names of three friends we wanted in one group and she would think about o1. choices(选择).

The next day, I was told to be in a “bad” group. The boy in the group was too weak in English, and the other two girls always w2. strange clothes. Oh, how I wanted to be with my f3.!

With tears(眼泪) in my eyes, I walked up to Mrs Bartlett. She looked at me and seemed to know what I was there f4.. I told her I should be in the “good” group. She gently placed a hand on my shoulder(肩膀). “I know what you want, Karma,” she said, “but your g5. needs you. I need you to help them. Only you can help them.” I was surprised and moved. Her words c6. me up.

“Will you help them?” she asked. “Yes,” I r7.. Then I bravely walked over to my group. I sat down and we started. Each of us did a part according to our interests. Halfway through the week, I felt m8. enjoying our group. We did a good job together. Nobody e9. Mrs Bartlett believed in our group.

Amazingly, our group got an A. But I think the A should be r10. by Mrs Bartlett. Mrs Bartlett brought out the potential (潜能) in four of her students.

Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people … these acts of kindness s1. very small. But students at No.1 Middle School know that s2. small acts make the world a better place.

Eighth-graders from this school, took part in the Random(随机的) Acts of Kindness Week f3. March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others. Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world is c4. by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her s5., Murray also saw great changes in her class.

Before that, she always needed to ask her s6. to push the chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things by t7.. “The teachers have a lot of work,” said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza, a8. student, gave out more praise to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference. Murray decides to continue to do at l9. one act of kindness every week, however busy she is. She b10. her acts can encourage others.

UNICEF is part of the United Nations. It was set up in Europe in 1946. At that time , many c1. lives were changed because of the war.

Now UNICEF works in over 190 countries and areas. It helps g2. , communities and families make the world a better place for children.

UNICEF wants all children to live h3. so it provides them with clean water and food, and tries to p4. them from getting illnesses. It works to stop the s5. of some serious diseases, like AIDS.

UNICEF also believes it important for children to receive basic education so it helps them a6.

school. It works for the equal r7.of girls and women too.

We can help by donating money or working as v8. We can raise money by selling Christmas cards and o9. other activities. We can help a UNICEF officer learn about the c10. of the local people to improve their lives.

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by the UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of r1. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy books of special p2., much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. W3.do people like reading? First, reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent (勤奋的). S4., reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives us i5.about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that we don’t know well. We would have to think about them or do more reading to f6.out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. What’s more , reading is also one of the m7.important ways to learn a foreign l 8. like English.

“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers can help us to know m9. about the outside world and perfect us. So it is necessary for us to form the h10. of reading every day.

Manners used to be an important part of life in America. These days, people eat a1. more often, sometimes maybe just some fast food. We are o 2.of practice (实践). I like to be a gentleman a person who m3. everyone around me feel as comfortable as possible.

Edmund Spenser, an English poet, said, "The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known; For a man by nothing is so well betrayed (背叛) as by his m4. ." Don't p 5. up your food with your fingers U6. your fork and knife. Don't bring your mobile to the t7. .Let someone else talk for a change. For heaven's sake, use your napkin (餐巾纸), n 8. your sleeve (袖子)!

People a 9. you are still watching and maybe they will tell what kind of person you are by your manners. The decisions and judgments being made about you could affect your f10. .

The same song was my favourite TV programme on CCTV. I w1.it every week. There were both old songs and m2. songs. The programme was famous not only in China but also in other p3. of the world. It was held in many different places, i4.big cities, small towns, country areas and even f5.countries such as America and Canada. The same song was well-known for o6. charity shows. When a natural d7. happens, The same song would organize a charity show at once to help the victims. Besides charity shows, there are a8. big variety shows on holidays or at festivals. For e9., on Mother’s Day, the show c10. the festival of mothers and included all their favourite songs.

There is a charity that works for blind people．It’s c1.ORBIS ．About 285 million people a2. the world are blind or have other eye problems, mostly in poor countries．L3., 80 percent of these cases can be cured or p4.．However, many of the patients are so poor that they can't a5. to go to hospital, and there are still many people who do not have the money for m6. treatment.

ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital to v7. poor countries．On the plane volunteer doctors do operations．Dr Ma, a doctor working on the plane, once operated on 150 patients during his last visit.

The plane is also used as a teaching centre．L8. doctors and nurses can come to the plane to learn new skills and share their knowledge．They can also watch operations on video．After they are trained, they can help more people．ORBIS needs money to c9.on with its work．We hope more people can s10.it by sending donations to ORBIS.

—Wow! You’ve got so many clothes, Kate!

—But _______ of them are in fashion now, I still can’t find the most-loved one!

A. all B. both C. none D. neither

—Mike, how is it from your home to the office? —About two kilometers.

A. long B. far C. away D. about

--________ do you go to the library? --Three times a month.

A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How soon