The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ___36___games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes ___37___seemed, especially to Mrs. Catherine who ___38___the house, that they had too much stuff in the closets, in the drawers, in the basement, and almost ___39___. It made Mrs. Catherine a little ___40___.

One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a（n） ___41___. “This family,”she said firmly, “has too much stuff. It's time to get ___42___of some of them. ”The three children all ___43___with this idea and helped pile used things and unused things they were never going to use into the car.

Their first ___44___was Home for the Aged where the older went to live. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ___45___. They liked visitors and things to do. When the family arrived at Home for the Aged, they ___46___out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a ___47___time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.

Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family dropped ___48___their load of used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital ___49___party.

Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to ___50___money for those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family lugged all their old clothes and furniture into the store.  

After that, the Catherine family ___51___home with warm feelings about what they had done. ___52___they drove along, they passed the lighted ___53___of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they ___54___noticed the wonderful things in the windows except maybe out of the ___55___of their eyes.

By popular consensus, great painters can mix the colours together within a short period of time to get the __________colour.    

Marry is no different from any other teenage girl, but she has given enough thought __________ her future career.

—Drinking tea is a common practice in daily life, isn’t it?

—Yes, teahouses continue to __________up in and around the city of Nanjing.

So hard did he work that he __________made himself ill for a whole week.

Zhang Yimou, a two-time winner in the Venice International Film Festival, has all the right __________to become the Best Director of China.

—Why not talk with your parents about your willingness to attend Peking University Summer Camp?

—I tried __________to get them to listen to me.

We are supposed to __________newspapers, magazines and other related books when writing a report.

The, __________at 7：30 pm last night, was followed by a brief dinner.

Taking notes is important in class, but it is not necessary to __________every word the teacher says.