The Black family come to a new big city. Mrs. Black’s son, Bob, is not ________. He doesn’t have any friends to play with. “Don’t worry!” says his mother, “You will soon make friends here.”

One ________, there is a knock at the door. Bob’s ________, Mrs. Black, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs. White. She comes to ________ some eggs. She wants to ________ cakes. Mrs. Black gives her two. In the afternoon, there is another knock at the door. Mrs. Black opens it and sees a ________ standing there. “My name is Jack White,” he says. “My mother sends you this cake and the two ________.” “Well, thank you, Jack,” says Mrs. Black. “Come in and meet my son Bob.”

Look! Bob and Jack are ________ the cake and milk. They are playing football. Now they are ________! Jack says, “I’m glad you live next door.” Bob says, “I must thank your mother for coming for eggs.” Jack laughs and tells Bob, “She ________ the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother.” Bob says, “That’s an interesting way to make friends. It’s an easy way, too. It can work!”

So if you’re willing to make friends, you can always find some ways!

Elise and I are good friends, but we hardly see each other these years. She is my very special Chinese friend from ________.

When I first met Elise, I was ________. Both of her parents are American, but she ________ a Chinese girl. Then I learned that she was adopted (被收养) from China. Elise shows a great interest in Chinese culture. She takes Chinese lessons every week. When we talk online, she chooses to speak Chinese, ________ it would be much easier for her to speak English. She reads Chinese poems (诗歌) and practices calligraphy (书法) every day. Elise even ________ China a few times, in hopes of finding her birth parents, but ________, she was not successful.

I am touched by Elise so much. I decided to give her a special ________. I made a video of a girl reading a Chinese poem in front of a hospital in Lianjiang. Elise’s birth parents ________ her in the hospital after she was born. I also talk about Lianjiang in the video. Elise was ________ when she got my gift and she thanked me again and again. I hope she can find ________ birth parents in the future.

Tim is an English boy. He goes to school with Sam, his ________, every day. Tim’s mother buys him a white ________. He likes the shirt very much, ________ he always wears (穿) it to school.

One day, the two friends are going to school. Sam asks, “Where is ________ white shirt, Tim?” “Oh, it is in my room. I don’t want to wear it.”

Sam asks, “ ________? Tim, your shirt is very ________.”

Tim says, “A button (纽扣) ________ my shirt is lost. I can’t ________ the same button. So I don’t want to wear that shirt.”

“Why not change (更换) all the buttons on the shirt?” says Sam.

“That sounds ________,” says Tim. He does this and wears the ________ shirt the next day.