Betsy was born in Brooklyn, New York. Most of her childhood was spent in New York City, in a house filled ____ books. It was then that she grew to love books and reading.

    Before she became ____ writer, Betsy taught kindergarten (幼儿园) and first grade. For her, the best part of the school day ____ (be)story time, when she could share her favorite books with the class. She decided ____ (try) writing her own children's books after she met her husband, illustrator (插画家) Giulio. Together, they have ____ (create) many books. She writes the words, and he draws the pictures.

    Betsy believes that writers should always edit (编辑) their own work and then ask someone else to look it over. "Your editor can be your teacher, one of your parents, your older brother ____ sister, or someone in your class who is good at ____ (write). Your editor will see your work ____ (different) from the way you see it, so you will get a new point of view (见解)."

    Betsy and her husband like to travel, and they sometimes do research for their books on ____ (they) trips. They also enjoy talking to students when they visit schools and ____ (library).

语法填空（每空至多三个词）

    Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned____ farm, which looked almost abandoned. ____ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly____ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what____ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass____ it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she____ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living____ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees____  (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market____ people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to____ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

辨一辨，填一填。

认____    准____    先____    备____    清____

队____    难____    失____    各____    请____

选择正确的读音填空。

音乐____课上，我们快乐____地唱着歌。

这个鸟窝里只____有一只____喜鹊。

后来，这里种____了各种____各样的树。