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something,    write ,    when ,    gift,    luckily,    easy ,    like ,    for

If your birthday is coming, what presents will your parents buy_____ you? It's not ____ for Chinese parents to choose a birthday present for their children. Many American parents also have the same problem. But ______they have got American girl — an American company. It is famous for its beautiful dolls. Though there are many famous dolls in the world. American girl dolls are becoming one of the most popular birthday ____ girls.
What makes American girl dolls so popular among girls? The secret is in her matching (相配的)hair , skin , eye color , clothing and so on . That is to say, there are different kinds of dolls for buyers to choose and the dolls look ____their owners. The company hopes their dolls can make girls understand that it is OK to be different from others.
The company gives each American girl doll her own name and special background. They also invite writers to _____books about her the stories in the books are mainly about different periods of American history .So ______ the girls are playing with their dolls, they can get a lot of fun and they can learn ____about history, too.

step	voung	look	when	he	top
mountain	clear	come	quick	year	reach

You are never too young to start doing things. Do you believe it?
Jordan Romero, a 13—year—old cute boy from California, got a new record by the top of Mount Qomolangma at the end of last month. He has become the  person to climb the world's highest mountain. At the of the mountain, he was excited to call  very cute. He began climbing mountains   he was nine years old. "I have been. climbing mountains for four years. Every  I take is toward the biggest goal of my life, to stand on top of the world, " Jordan once said on his blog.
Jordan had never climbed above 8 , 000 meters before. Thanks to the  weather he and his team climbedto the top. His father, climbing with Jordan, said he wanted nothing more than to make his son's dreams true.
Now, Jordan hopes to arrive at Antarctical "It's a piece of cake for him, " his mother said.

when    like   falling    used   more  cuts air     study   so   save  much  how

 
Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation (开采） of the natural resources, such as oil. The_______ oil we use, the less these will be left for the future. Oil can be _______in many ways and it’s difficult to imagine what the modern world will be  _____ without oil. But oil isn’t easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must _______ the rocks, _______they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower  ______ a hole down into the ground. At the same time , a steel pipe （钢管） is pushed down to stop the sides from  ______ in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up high into the  _____. If the oil catches a light , there will be a terrible fire, ______a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe. And the oil can run out through taps( 活塞）. Today the price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to ____oil as much as possible.

two     south       lady       pick      you

Ann, help __________ to some chicken soup.
In China, ___________ people eat rice a lot.
They were busy __________ oranges on the farm when we saw them.
I went to London for the ____________ time last month.
Here are some new shoes for __________, madam.

pieces  study   think   know  pressure   after   at between   never    someone    usually   information

Usually, most women cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours, a new study shows. The  finds that women like to tell others gossip(闲言碎语) as soon as they hear it. They will tell   least one other person in 47 hours and 15 minutes. They may tell their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother the    at first.
3,000 women age    18 and 65 took part in this study. The study found that four out of ten said that they couldn’t keep a secret. It also found that wine    gave them a help hand to speak out secrets.
Usually English ladies heard three     of gossip a week, and they would tell at least one person. Six in ten said they would tell    who had nothing to do with the secret, so the person about the secret couldn’t   . Three in ten said they had ideas to speak out the secret. Nearly half(45%) of them spoke out the secrets just for losing their   . However, two thirds of them said that they felt sorry    they passed on secrets. Three quarters of them said they could keep quiet about a secret. But over a quarter(27%) said they always forgot what they heard the following day.

simple，be，he，invite，bad，minute，speak，very，usual，walk，seat，drop

Brian was not good at pubic speaking. One day, he  to make a speech at a church. His younger sister, Ann knew he was nervous and tried to calm him down. “Don’t worry. Everything fine.”
When the day came, Brian’s car had an accident on the way to the church. Luckily, he was not hurt and arrived at the church on time. It was  turn. When he stood up, his coat became tangled(缠绕) with his chair. After a few  , he finally began his speech, but he was so nervous that he dropped his book. Many people thought he would run, but he went on.
Suddenly, peple saw something     down from his nose, blood(血)! He stopped  when he saw the blood. But he still tried to finish his speech. Then Ann quietly moved to the front and handed him her handkerchief(手帕). Then she gave him a smile and
 to her seat.
It was a really simple gesture(手势), and might be the  . She just saw someone in need, and gave him a hand. In the end, Brian finished his talk, with more confidence.

arrive,   play against,   excited,   leaving for,   famous

For the last 20 years, David Beckham was a very soccer player. He played with teams in England, Spain, America and Italy. He in Beijing with his teammates yesterday. They are going to  China’s national team tomorrow. Soccer fans are very  . But it’s too bad that the team isn’t going to stay for long. They areJapan the day after tomorrow for a game with Japan’s national team.

like, dream, take, idea, think, important, night, wake, long, because ,quick, from

“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need dreams,” some scientists say.
Dreams ___ up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have a few dreams each ___. Dreams are ___ short films. They are usually in color. Some ___ are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be ___ the dreamer is thinking about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ___ about their work from dreams. They may __ about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we __ up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream. Dreams can go away ___.
Too much dreaming cannot be good. The more we sleep, the ___ we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

My best pen pal,Jim,comes   America.He is thirteen years old .He is a middle school student. He brown hair and blue eyes.    sister is a student,too. Her hair  black.and she is of medium   .
Jim likes helping others .so he is very    in his school. He spends lots of time his studies.   ,He likes    Chinese food very much. such as noodles. He  to visit China one day.

shows     exciting     from     takes    dresses

Mulan is an ______ action movie. It comes _________ an old Chinese story. The movie is about a village girl, Mulan. She_________ up like a boy and _______her father’s place to fight in the army. I like Mulan very much. The movie______ her love for her family, friends and country.

Which, interesting, learn, between, science

—What do you think of ________?
—It’s boring.
We can ______ a lot from English newspapers and books.
—_____ is your favorite food?
—Coke.
He thinks history is very _______. So he likes it very much.
—Where is Lin Tao?
—He sits _______ Kangkang and Zhou Weilun.

bowl  two  nice  until  invite

This dress looks                   than that one.
My father was hungry and had two                 of rice.
Thanks very much for               me to your birthday party.
Take the                 turning on your right and you'll see the museum.
The children didn’t go to bed                   their mother came back.

The two travellers          about the weather in a traditional English way when they met.
Mr Green never          anyone to do anything unless he is sure that he can do something well.
Most young people in the village agreed to move to town，but some of the elderly people    .
We           Canada for the coming holiday，and the next step is to plan our route carefully.
─I heard lots of noise from your group，Suzy.
─Oh，sorry to have disturbed you. We           the history project.

Bob came           in the race and didn’t win a medal，but we still clapped him.
You will never be alone and           .All of us are willing to give you a hand at any time.
Though the weather was getting          ，the boys decided not to change their camping plan.
Her           have recorded all her experiences in her study of English.
Jacky hates to be like others and he always does things             .

Billy is     ，clever and outgoing.
Amy came first in the race. She ran the     .
My car     because of the cold weather. So I had to walk to my office
Ricky had no     but to leave the company.
I     that we should take immediate action to put this right.