If you have one easy task to do and one hard task as well, which one will you do first? What are your reasons for this? There was once a man ________ built his own house. From top ________ bottom, he designed and built every inch (英寸) of his home. It ________ him over a year. But in the end, he had ________ beautiful house of his own. No other house in his neighborhood looked like it and many of his neighbors admired it.

But as time went by, his house started to have some problems. One day, a neighbor said, “Friend, it looks like ________ front yard is a bit overgrown.”

The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll cut the grass tomorrow.”

A few days later, a mailman came by with a letter for the man. The mailman said, “Friend, it looks like your windows are a bit dirty.”

The man replied, “Yes, I know. But it’s okay. I’ll wash them tomorrow.”

Weeks passed by. Finally, the man’s brother came over ________ a visit. He took one look at his brother’s house and ________ believe what he saw. The yard was a mess, the paint on the walls was falling down and the windows ________ with dirt (尘土). The house looked like it could fall apart at any second — all because the man put everything off ________ “tomorrow”.

When we procrastinate (拖延), “tomorrow” can turn into “next week” or even “next year”. It’s much ________ to just take care of things today than to wait until some imaginary “tomorrow” that might not actually come.

Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He was ________ excellent gardener.

One day, Henry’s brother Mike went to visit him. “Look, my brother,” said Henry. “Here is one of my ________ apple trees in my garden. Take it home and plant it ________ you and your children can enjoy it.” Mike was pleased with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to find a place ________ it.

“If I plant it ________ the hill, the wind might shake down the fruit.” he said to ________ .

Finally he planted the tree behind his house, and no one else ________ notice it. But two years later, the tree bore（结出）no fruit. Then Mike sent for his brother and said to him, “You ________ me for two years. This is the ________ year and it brings me nothing but leaves.” When Mike saw the tree, he laughed and said, “You planted the tree in such a cold corner. It ________ get any sunlight. How could you expect flowers and fruit?”

Welcome to Woodpark School! When you _______ at a new school, you start to worry about many things. You worry about your studies. You also worry about _______friends. You worry that you will feel lonely because _______ likes you at school. _______ worry too much. You will always find that some people are friendly and some people are not. There are some people you like, _______ these people often like you , too.

How _______ people become friends? Helen has something to say.

“My name is Helen. Amy and Sally are my best friends. Amy _______ my friend when we were only three years old. We are 14 now! I like her because she is happy most _________ the time and very friendly.

Sally is a quiet person. She makes friends more slowly. But she is _______ a good friend. They both like the same things ________ me, and we listen to each other’s problems. I love them and I hope we’ll be friends forever!”