Sam was worried. The following morning, he would have art class. It was his favorite class, but there was a ______. Sam saw the world differently from everybody else. When he drew, birds had different-sized wings, and buildings had strange shapes. Every time he painted a picture, his teachers and classmates would be ______.

It was time for the art class. Nervously, Sam looked at the white piece of paper in front of him.

“Good morning, class,” said Mr. White. “Today, we’re going to paint …”

Sam ______, wondering what the next word would be. Please, he thought, not houses, not buildings …

“We’re going to paint ______.” said Mr. White, with a smile.

“Yes! Great!” said Sam ______.

“We can’t paint that!” shouted Mike from the other side of the classroom.

“Sure, you can,” replied Mr. White ______. “Think about it, Mike. What makes you happy?”

“Umm … beaches, sunshine, and … ice-cream!” said Mike.

“Well, there you go. That’s how you paint it. Start working!” said Mr. White.

Sam was already ______. He splashed (泼洒) large amounts of paint all over the ______. It was really beautiful! There were shapes that we didn’t have in the real world and the colors were so shining. The whole class ______ and Sam looked proud.

From that day on, Sam was never ______ about art class. He knew that he could paint happiness, no matter what he painted.

Sophia likes English very much. She spends a lot of time _________ it every day. She usually goes to the school _________ and reads English newspapers. After school, she goes to the city library behind her school. She needs to use the computer there to _________ the Internet because she does not have a computer at home. She tries hard to chat with her American e-friends in _________.

In fact, Sophia did not like English at first. At that time, studying English was very _________ for her. She did not know the good ways of leaning English. But one day, her new English _________ told her the importance of English and taught her how to learn English well. From then on, she started to _________ English songs, read English newspapers, and write down _________ English sentences in the notebooks. Now, she _________ English very much. She hopes to become an English teacher some day and help more __________ learn English well.