Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned farm, which looked almost abandoned
(lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby
other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what
(leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass
it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she
(fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living
he cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees
(sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market
people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to
that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
Time flies! This is _third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school
__ (organize) many activities. What impressed me __
__ (much) was an activity
__ (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we _
_ (send) to a farm
___ we learnt to plant potatoes. __
_ (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After
__ (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some cut potatoes
_ pieces, and_
___put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back.
I don’t know what it is. No matter_____ I go to a post office and no matter where the post office is, I always find____
__ (me) standing in line behind someone who has a lot of business to do.
One day, I had to buy a couple of stamps, but I had to wait behind an old lady who took fifteen minutes_______(finish) a form that a child could do in one minute.___
____( feel) that I could not stand waiting in such a line any longer, I decided to join___
____ one. It seemed twice as ___
___as the first line, but at least it was moving. It turned out to be the worst choice I had ever made. As soon as I ___
__(lose)my place in the first line, the one I joined slowed to a stop. I had no choice__
__ to wait behind a schoolboy who was taking half an hour to choose a new set of postcards. At last it was my turn. I nearly jumped for joy. Then the clerk behind ___
___ counter, a middle-aged fat guy, stood up, pushed forward a printed sign saying “Position Closed” and ____
___(say) without a smile, “Sorry, going to lunch.”
Time flies! This is __ third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school _
_(organize) many activities. What impressed me __
__ (much) was an activity _
__ (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we _
(send) to a farm _
___ we learnt to plant potatoes. ___
__ (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After _
__ (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some students cut potatoes _
_ pieces, some dug holes, and the others put the pieces of potatoes into the holes, put the earth back and pushed
__down hard.
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Christmas is no fun when you're poor. Twenty years ago I was a young, (struggle), substitute(替补) teacher whose calls into work had been few.Money was tight, bills were due
my wife and I couldn't even afford to get Christmas gifts for each other.The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I had found
(sell)at half price in the supermarket.I opened the door and brought in the gifts I
(hide) in our old car's trunk.Then I handed
to my son and daughter.I watched with a sad smile as they did their best to tear off the wrapping paper.As they pulled out their toys, though, I noticed their faces lit up and
jumped up and down.My daughter
(happy) hugged her toy and then hugged her Mom and me as well.I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys
_ hours, and thanked God for the
(great) happiness I had ever been given.Till today I still treasure
gift of pure love that my son and daughter gave me that day.
Keeping a diary in English is one of the most ______(eff ect) ways to improve our English writing ability. ____
____ (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes ___
____(little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. ___
___ we persist in this practice, gradually we’ll learn how to express ourselves in English. I n keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many ___
______. (difficult)In the first place, ___
____ often happens that we have trouble finding appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly. As far as I ___
_____ (concern), my ___
____ (suggest) is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach . Whenever something g beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is ___
___great use to keep a diary in English for ___
____ development of our writing skills.