Today is Sunday. The weather is fine. Huiyuan Supermarket is on 1 sale. There are many 2 kinds of things and many people are in it.

    Now Sally and her mother are also there. Sally 3 a nice sandwich, but it's too small. She'd like a 4 one. Then she sees a large-sized hamburger 5 beef. She asks her mother to buy it for her. When she sees some 6, she also asks her mother to buy them. 7 her mother buys a hamburger, some orange juice and green tea. After that they want to buy something for their 8, Carol. Carol is a dog. She 9 playing with balls. So they buy her a ball.

    How much are these things? Only 40 yuan. And Sally is lucky. She 10 a gift from the supermarket. It is a red hat. Sally and her mother go home happily.

    Long ago there was a boy who was hungry for success. For him, winning was 1. One day, the boy was going to compete with two other young boys in a 2 in his village. A large crowd gathered to 3. Among the crowd was a wise old man.

    The race began. With strength and power, the boy 4. The crowd cheered and waved at the boy. The boy felt 5 and important. However, the wise man remained calm and said nothing.

     “6 race!” shouted the boy. The wise old man stepped forward and presented the boy with two new competitors, an old woman and a blind man. “This isn't a race!” the boy shouted angrily.

“Race!” 7 the wise man. The race started and the boy was the8 one to cross the line— the other two left standing at the starting line. The boy raised his arms excitedly. However, the crowd was 9 this time.

     “Why don't the people join in my 10?” he asked the wise old man.

     “Race again!” replied the wise man. “But this time, three of you should finish 11”

    The boy thought for a while, stood between the blind man and the old lady, and then took the 12 of the blind man and the old woman. The race began and three of them walked 13 to the finishing line and crossed it. The crowd cheered. The wise man smiled, gently 14 his head.

     “Who is the crowd cheering for?” asked the boy.

    The wise old man, putting his hands on the boy's shoulders, replied softly, “Little boy, for this race, you have won 15 than in any other race you have ever run before, and for this race, the crowd cheer not for any winner!”

    In Chicago, the USA, there was a girl called Jenny. She was very polite and ready to help everybody. One day she found a brown paper bag on the way to school. She opened it and saw there was a lot of 1 in it. She thought she should hand it in to the teacher, so she 2it in her schoolbag first.

    When she went to the office, her teacher wasn't 3. As it was time for class, she hurried to the classroom. After class, she told her friend, Linda, about the money that she 4. Then, her greedy (贪婪的) friend 5 away the bag. After school, Jenny wanted to go to the 6 office again, but she found the money was missing.

    The next day when the children were playing a game, Linda fell down and was hurt very badly. The other children stood around her and didn't know7 to do. Jenny kept calm and did8 to stop bleeding. She told the others to go to teachers for 9. Soon a teacher took Linda to the 10and the doctor examined her carefully. Within a week she was all right again. Jenny became very11 in the school.

    12 three days, Linda came to Jenny's house. Her 13 turned red. She was crying. She gave Jenny the 14 paper bag with the money in it and said, "Jenny. I have taken the money away. That day when you helped me, I felt very ashamed and now I decide to tell you the 15. You are such a nice friend!16 please don't tell the teachers about this!" Then Jenny said," You are now17, but you have done a bad thing. Though I will not tell anyone. I want you not to be greedy and never to do anything wrong. The girl thanked Jenny and 18.

    At the end of the term Jenny was given a 19 for being a very helpful girl in the school. Linda became an honest girl and was 20 greedy.

    Once wrong, never be wrong forever.

My first day of school

    Fear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in America. I had a long journey from India to join my parents, who had been here for three years, hoping America would help my future.

    On the first day, I was already confused because back in India the teachers switch(转换) according to periods while most of the students have the same periods, but here it was totally1.

    With anxiety(焦虑) on one hand and fear on the other, I opened the door 2. Since I was a bit late, everyone's eyes were on me as I entered the room. Without paying attention to them, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered, "Yes." His voice 3 me a little. Then he asked me to choose a seat. I didn't actually want to 4a seat. In India we had assigned (分配的) seats, so I never needed to worry about that.

    I was confused about which buildings to go to, but I 5to get to my classes without asking anyone. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. It was already noon. The bell rang and I entered my next class. Again, I asked the teacher if I was in the right class. Then I chose a seat, sat down and waited for the6 to begin. The teacher looked at me with a puzzled face, "Why don't you go for lunch?" "But the bell just rang," I said. "That is the lunch bell," she said. Without another word I 7for the cafeteria( 餐厅) . I felt lucky because we didn't have this in India.

    Every confusion seemed like a difficulty I had to get through to reach my 8. At the end of the day, at the school gate I found my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn't so bad. I couldn't wait for the next day to come.

    I looked at my watch. It was ten to six. There was just ten minutes left before we 1 leave for home. Suddenly the earth began to shake. In no time the shake became very 2. "Earthquake(地震)!" someone shouted. I 3 the others to the door but we couldn't get out. I stayed under a desk, covering my head and neck with my arms. "Will someone save me 4the building falls down?

Is this the end for me?" I kept thinking about that. Several minutes 5 the shake stopped. Two of my workmates tried to open the door again, and they made it! We ran quickly to the street. It was such a(n) 6 that we couldn't believe our eyes- the street was full of debris(碎片) and broken wood. More and more people came out and many were injured(受伤的). Lots of them did 7 but look up into the sky in shock. We walked a long way home not saying much. Some were praying(祈祷) and some were crying. 8 in such a situation was difficult. Our phones didn't work because of the earthquake. So it was 9 to find out if our friends were okay. I had no way of letting my family in China 10 that I was still alive(活着). I just hoped that they wouldn't hear about the earthquake until tomorrow.