Tom is 17 years old now. He started skateboarding (滑板) when he was nine. He grew up in New York. There he practiced _______ and won his first match. He was lucky. A writer watched him that day, and then wrote _______ article (文章) about him. “They even made a video of _______!” said Tom. “I left school last year and now the magazine is paying me to practice and to skateboard in matches. But I’m not doing this _______ the money. I’m doing this _______ it’s so much fun!”

Tom has just come back from Japan. Skateboarding is the third _______ sport for boys aged 12 to 16 in the US, but in Japan it is less popular. “I took my skateboard out to the city street and the traffic _______. People watched me!” said Tom. “The skateboarders in Japan don’t have many _______ to practice outside. Skate parks are usually inside big buildings in large cities, so street skating here is _______ than other cities. But things are changing. I enjoy the trip a lot and hope __________ back to Japan to skate there again very soon.”

During summer holidays, Mike was crazy about computer games. He could spend almost all day in front of the computer. _________ his parents found it hard to believe, he really enjoyed every minute of playing games. He _________ left his seat.

Among all the games, there was one he liked _________. In the game, he would move a character around to collect turtles. He was really good _________ collecting turtles. Maybe nobody else in the world had collected as many turtles as he had.

One day, when he got home from a football game, everything had changed. As usual, he ran to his room _________ on the computer. But this time he heard some strange noise. Suddenly the screen broke, _________ lots of little turtles came out of the computer. Mike was scared with his mouth open. He couldn’t believe _________ was happening.

Over the following days, Mike was busy _________ all about turtles. He studied their diet, their habits and so on. Then he came up with some right ways to feed them. And _________, including his parents and his teachers, enjoyed hearing his stories and his growing knowledge about nature. Finally, Mike __________ about his computer.

He now prefers to play with his turtles. He is happy that they become part of his life. And even today Mike is still learning and discovering new things about animals and nature. They are his doorway to the world.

There is a hot video on the Internet. It shows ________ 11-year-old boy doing his homework at the corner of the street, under a streetlight. This video received ________ thousands of views within a few hours after being shared by local police.

The police ________ the boy by chance while they were checking security cameras (监控摄像). ________ first, they thought the boy was doing something bad, but later they realized he was doing his homework. The police ________ by the boy’s spirit, and they put the video on the Internet. Wondering about the reason why the boy did his homework there, the local TV station managed ________ the boy and got the answer.

It turned out that the boy’s family was so poor that they ________ afford the electricity bill, so they just depended on candles. The boy could hardly finish his homework before the sun went down ________ he had to help to take care of sheep after school. Clearly, ________ candlelight is not enough to help the little boy finish his homework at night.

“He is a good boy. Even though he has to help with some housework, he always takes his studies very ________ and gets good grades,” the boy’s mother said. “I feel upset that I am unable to offer good learning conditions,” the father said, “but still, I will try my best.”