Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

    It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to speak to anyone.

    Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my problems.

    Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.

    Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

    One day I asked him why he had smiled, but he couldn't remember doing so!

    It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

    Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.

    Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.

    Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.

    "Which university (大学) will your son study in?" a woman next to her asked.

    "In the most famous university in our country!" Mrs. Turner said happily.

    "The most famous university?"

    "Oxford University (牛津)."

    Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, "Congratulations!"

    A woman said, "I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith."

    "Who's Fred Smith?"

    "He's my son."

    "Does he study in the university, too?"

    "No," said the woman. "He is one of the professors."

    I'm Yu Fei. I come from No. 1 Junior High School in Ji'nan. It is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} beautiful. My friend Xiaoli is in this school Xiaoli is of medium {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. She has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hair, a long face, a small mouth and big {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. She is thirteen. She is in Class Five, Grade Seven. She is a good student, and she is good at painting pictures. She hopes to be an {#blank#}5{#/blank#} when she grows up. She has two good {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in her school. They are Lucy and Lily. They are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They are twins. They are fourteen They have big noses and big eyes, and they are very {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and thin. Lucy, Lily and Xiaoli are in the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} class. Mrs. Smith is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} English teacher. She is friendly to them and often helps them.

I was going to spend four months in France learning French. I was feeling nervous {#blank#}1{#/blank#}this was my first time on a plane. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(luck), Alice, my sister, was going as well. The flight went by quickly because I was so busy talking with Alice about our trip {#blank#}3{#/blank#}how different French life might be from that back home. During the flight, we decided that we shouldn't spend too much time together, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}we wouldn't learn as much French.

Despite (尽管) our agreement, I felt {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(worry) that I wouldn't be able to speak much French. However, when my host family met me, I knew from the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mother) smile that everything would be OK. It was still a bit stressful at first trying to understand and communicate, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}after a couple of weeks it became easier. I made friends with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}lovely young woman who was a neighbour of the family. In fact, I learnt lots of interesting words from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(she), you know, the kind of things you don't find in books! She was always kind and encouraged me not to be afraid of making mistakes, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I felt less embarrassed when I used the wrong words.

All in all, my days in France left me really wonderful memories.

Frank doesn't have many friends. He doesn't know why.

One day, Frank tells Bill,"I'd like to have a party this Saturday evening. You sing well. I hope you can come and sing for us."

"OK! I'd love to," said Bill.

" Don't forget to sing You Are My Sunshine. I like it best," says Frank.

Then Frank asks his friend Betty to bring a cake." You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like your cake best!" says Frank.

Frank also invites some other friends to come to his party. He remembers to ask each of them to bring something. He even asks Mary to let him have the party in her house!

Everyone has a good time at the party. The guests(客人) say" Thank you" to Bill for the song, to Betty for the cake, to Mary for the house. But they say" Thanks for the invitation(邀请)" to Frank.※. He doesn't know why.

A man left the airport(机场). There were many taxis. He asked every driver's name and he took the third one. It cost him $5 to go from the airport to the hotel. Then the man asked the driver to show him around the city for a whole day. For this task, the driver wanted $100. It was too much, but the man said nothing and agreed(同意). 

 The driver took the man to many places happily. 

 In the evening, they went back to the hotel. The man gave $100 to the driver and asked for another day of driving. It was another $100. The driver was very happy to be getting more money than before. 

 The next day, they went to the same places again. In the evening, the driver got his money, but he felt guilty(内疚的). He liked the man and 100 dollars a day was expensive. Finally the man's trip was coming to an end. 

"So you are going home. Where are you from?"

"I come from Kenova, Wayne County, in West Virginia. "

"Kenova?" said the driver. "I have a sister there. Her name is Susan Miller. Do you know her?"

"Yes, she asked me to give you 200 dollars!"