“It’s time for Field Day again,” thought Carly as she started the last week of school. Carly was not looking forward to it. “Why does everybody make a big deal out of it?” Carly asked her mom. “Well, it’s supposed to be a fun day and a day to _________ yourself,” said Carly’s mom. “I’m not good at any of those games that are played, and I’m afraid the kids are going to laugh at me. Maybe I can stay home and _________ Field Day,” said Carly.

Mary was Carly’s closest friend, and they walked to school every day. “Aren’t you _________ Field Day?” Mary asked Carly. ”No, I don’t care about such a silly day. No one ever picks me for their team because I’m not good at those games,” answered Carly _________.

Mary felt bad and she told her mom how unexcited Carly was and wondered what she could do to cheer her friend up. “See if you can get in a game that you know Carly is good at,” _________ Mary’s mom. Mary thought for a moment and said that she knew Carly loved to play horseshoes, and was really good at that game. She was also good at the water balloon toss (投掷) too.

Field Day finally arrived. Mary came by Carly’s house for their daily walk to school. Carly was very quiet on the way to school. “I hear they are going to have horseshoes this year and also a water balloon game,” Mary said. “Really? I love horseshoes, and I am pretty good at catching those water balloons,” said Carly. Suddenly, Carly felt more excited about going to school and starting Field Day than she had ever been.

The games began, and Carly had the best Field Day ever! _________ Carly, her team won first place in the water balloon toss, and she got a ribbon (绶带) for second place in horseshoes. “What a great day!” Carly said to Mary. Carly is now looking forward to Field Day next year!

Think before we speak

It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the ________ station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.

It was a ________ station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, ect. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to ________ the train to their seats.

The group of friends made loud noise to ________ the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats ________ anyone entered the train.

The empty seats were ________ and the train whistled(鸣笛) to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 had their seats just next to the friends’ group. The young boy was so ________ to see everything. He cheered, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward.”

His father ________ and nodded his head.

As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed(尖叫), “Dad, the ________ are green in color and run backward very fast.” His father said, “Yes, dear,” and smiled.

Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great ________.

A fruit seller passed selling apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, “I want to eat ________.” His father bought some for him. He said, “Oh, this apple looks a lot sweeter than it tastes. I love this color.”

The group was watching all the ________ of this boy and asked the boy’s father, “Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so ________?”

“His son is mad, I think,” a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.

The father of the young boy, with patience, ________ the friends’ group, “My son was born ________. Only a few days ago he was operated. He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.”

Mike Robinson ____ a 15-year-old English schoolboy. His sister is 14. ____ the moment, Mike and Clare are at a school in Sydney, one of the biggest ____ in Australia. They ____ there for two years. They like the school, ____ they know that soon they will leave and return to England with ____ parents.

Mike and Clare have ____ been to schools in America, Germany, France and China. This is ____ their father, Peter works for a very big international company. The company has offices in many different ____. The company has sent Peter to work in many different countries. Peter usually ____ in one country for about two years. Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.

____ are a happy family and love seeing the world. Mike and Clare have learnt to ____ French, German and ____ Chinese. The two children have friends all over the world. But they are glad that they are going to return to England.

Recently, the children told their parents, “we want to stay in England. We don’t want to move again.” Their father agrees and has asked his company to ____ him in England. The company has agreed. Mike and Clare are very ____ about this.