“Today is my birthday”, Sarah said. “I hope there will be a big party {#blank#}1{#/blank#} all my friends!” She looked around the house,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} nobody was there. She was sad that her parents and friends forgot{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(she) birthday.

She decided to have a party on her own. “I'll invite my dolls and my favorite Teddy Bear to my party.” Sarah gave all her dolls a ride to the party in her wagon(马车). She also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) a cake by{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (she).

    “Now I need a special gift for my birthday! It will be the most beautiful gift I have had!” Sarah said proudly, but she began to feel sad again{#blank#}6{#/blank#} her friends were not at her party. Then she ran upstairs to prepare the gift. When she {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (come) back, nothing was there! “Where is my cake? Where are my dolls?” She was{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprise). Just then, her parents and friends came out. “Surprise, Sarah! Here is your birthday party,” they said{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(happy). Of course they didn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (forget) her birthday!

    Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} time. They can learn what is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} look at the front page or the names of the passages.

    Newspapers are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in some mountain villages we can see fewer (更少的) newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published(出版) once a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}^, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} enjoy short stories. They just choose what they are interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

Today newspapers in English have the most (最多的) {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in the world. Many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily and 21st Century. They bring us more messages together with the Internet.