Simon was a smart boy in a single-parent（单亲的）family. Last year, his mother 1 him to learn the piano from me. Simon said that it was his mother's  2 to hear him play the piano.

    Simon played very hard, but he was really not good at it. He still went on 3.

    One day Simon 4 coming to my lessons. He called me and said his mother was in hospital  5 he needed to look after her.

Two weeks before a show from the students, Simon 6 my school. He told me he  7 stopped practicing the piano. He told me that he wanted to join us in the show. I saw something special in his blue eyes, so I said OK.

    Simon did very 8 in the show, and the show was on TV in the end. Later, Simon told me that his 9  was born deaf（聋的）, but she became better after watching the show on TV. It was a(n)   10 thing, wasn't it?

    Mr. Read works in a big shop. He's very 1 and always gets to the office on time. The 2 is satisfied with (对……满意) him and pays him more. One evening he was very tired, and as soon as he had 3, he put his watch on the table and went to bed. Little Mable, one of his daughters, came in and 4 something there. She dropped the watch to the floor. She picked it up and 5quickly. The next morning he got up on time. After breakfast he had a look at his watch and began to 6 newspapers. When he got to his office, it was half past eight. He was 7 for the first time! At that moment he found something was wrong with his watch. He had to ask someone to 8 it.     This morning Mr. Read was going to take a train to London. But he 9  it because his watch was slow again. He was very surprised and said, "It was all right yesterday, but why is it 10 now?"     "Last night I found it was dirty," said Little Mable. "I had to wash it for you!"

    Miss Chan, our class teacher, is my favorite teacher. We are going to1this school and I will miss her very much.

    Miss Chan is very patient. Whenever we2 questions in class. She explains to us very carefully. She is also3because she cares much about us. She often says to us. "Tell me immediately if you feel unhappy. Share your4with me and do not just try to solve it by yourself. "

    Miss Clran is very generous(慷慨的). One day, she gave each of us a book, Three Days to See, and told5We should read more. She once chose our monitor as the most helpful student, and gave him a set of stationery(文具)as a6. When she is free, she7helps us with our studies and we've made great progress.

    Not only do all of us like Miss Chan, but Miss Chan also likes my class because she thinks all of us are8. She always says she thinks herself very9to be the teacher of my class. In fact, Miss Chan is the most thoughtful(体贴的) teacher I have ever met. She always thinks about our feelings. I hope I will go to a high school with10as good as Miss Chan.

    I like eating rice, noodles, strawberries, ice-cream, hamburgers and so on. But my favorite 1 is dumplings. Every Sunday, my mother 2 many dumplings for me. If she has 3 time, I'll go to the supermarket to 4 some. Dumplings look 5 white boats. They are very delicious. 6 my birthday every year, I usually help my mother make a lot of dumplings. Do you 7 the reason？Because I often ask some friends to 8 them with me. There are different kinds of 9 and meat in them. My friends 10 like to eat them very much. We have a good time on my birthday.