One morning, I told my husband jokingly that he’d dropped the ball because by that moment he 【小题1】 (make) me coffee and I was having trouble getting motivated to start the day. My five year old son overheard me and asked what “drop the ball” meant. I told him it was just something like making a mistake. A few minutes later, he came into our bedroom holding an overflowing coffee cup 【小题2】 a dishcloth underneath it to catch the drops. He said to my husband, “You dropped the ball, but I picked the ball up,” and he handed me the worst tasting, most watered down but 【小题3】 (sweet) cup of coffee ever.

My mother is a Chinese 【小题1】 home town is in Sichuan and she often 【小题2】 (cook) spicy dishes. Thanks to that, Dad, who is British 【小题3】(come) to love hot pot! But he was 【小题4】(shock) at what Chinese ate like chicken feet.What’s more，he can cook 【小题5】super “full English breakfast” so that Mum and I like finding a way 【小题6】(get) him into the kitchen.We all love his 【小题7】(type) Sunday roast. As for me, 【小题8】(grow) up in England, I enjoy food from both countries. I think I can deal 【小题9】 all Chinese food.There’s nothing 【小题10】(good) than a cross-cultural afternoon tea.

My mother was cooking in the kitchen【小题1】I was doing my school assignments. No sooner had I finished my homework than the doorbell rang. However, my sister unlocked the door【小题2】I could open it. We were surprised the moment we saw her【小题3】her clothes and face were terribly dirty. She looked much poorer than we expected.【小题4】we didn’t know what had happened to her, we stood there and waited for my sister’s story. We wouldn’t leave unless my sister told us all about it.【小题5】my sister got changed, she told us that she fell into a ditch when she walked on a path on her way to my uncle’s home in the countryside. She couldn’t get out of the ditch.【小题6】she cried for help loudly, no one could hear her. She tried to climb out of it, but【小题7】hard she tried, she failed to escape from it.【小题8】time went by, she got worried.

After several vain attempts she had to stand【小题9】she was and waited until a boy student passed by and gave her a hand. The boy reached her a long rope and told her to climb with the rope. She did【小题10】the boy told, and she came out.