Long long ago, there was a beautiful little girl. She was 1because she had no family and no home. She only had her clothes and some bread. But she was very kind.

 A man asked her2she had something to eat. She gave him her3.

A child cried and told her that his 4was very cold. So she gave him her hat.

Then, she met a child with no coat. She gave him her coat.

One day, in the cold5forest, she met another child who

 6her dress. The little girl thought that it was dark and

7could see her, so she gave her dress away. At last, she had almost nothing: no family, nowhere to live, nothing to eat and little to wear.

8, stars fell from the sky. These stars became beautiful pieces of money. With the money, she9a new dress and a coat.

The little girl was rich for the10of her life and she still helped the people in need with her money.

    My father was a self-taught mandolin（曼陀林琴）player. He was one of the best players in our town. He could not 1 music, but if he heard a tune（曲子）a few times, he could play it. When he was young, he was a2 of a small country music band. They played at local dances and the radio station.

    At home, Dad often got out his mandolin and played for the family. We three children sang along. 3 played the mandolin like my father. He could 4 your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his 5 in his ability to play so well for his family.

    But Dad had to find another 6 in a factory later because the money he made atthe band wasn't enough to7 the family. Unluckily he had an 8 one day and lost one finger. He couldn't play as 9 as before. From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up reasons to 10 down our request. However, we missed his performance so much. 11 , he agreed and said “Okay, but remember, I can't hold down on the strings（琴弦）the way I 12 to”. When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a 13,happy time in our lives.

    Dad was that kind of man. 14 was what he was doing all his life. If he could give 15 to others, he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing（牺牲）his time to see that his family had enough in their life.

    My six-year-old daughter, Cindy, and I stopped at a food shop for some bread. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.

    The boy had a strange hairstyle. His nose was pierced, and a ring ran 1 the hole. He held a skateboard under one arm and a2 under the other.

    Cindy, who was walking ahead of me, suddenly 3 when she saw the boy. I thought he had frightened my daughter. But I was 4. My daughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I came face to face with the young man. I 5 aside (到一边) and let him pass. He replied vey 6, “Thank you very much.”

    On our way to the car, I praised Cindy for holding open the door for the boy. It seemed that she was not troubled by the boy's appearance,7 I still wanted to make sure. I wanted to be ready to talk about the young man 8 was so different from others.     I prepared to tell my little daughter what 9should be like.   

    But as it turned out, the person who needed the talk was 10!

    The only thing Cindy noticed about the boy was the fact that his arms were 11. “ He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other. He would have a 12 time to open the door,” said Cindy.

    I just 13  the hairstyle, the piercing and the ring, while she saw a person carrying something under arms and heading towards a(an)14 door.

    What my daughter said 15 me that I should change my ways of judging people and learn from my daughter to be open-minded and warm-hearted.

    Last summer, Tina's parents needed to work in another city for a month. And Tina had to stay 1 Aunt Betsy in California.

    Tina never saw Aunt Betsy before, 2 she was a little nervous(紧张的). Aunt Betsy told her the 3 in California was hot, so Tina put some shorts and T-shirts in her bag. She 4 put some books in her bag because she enjoyed reading. Her favorite 5 were about horses(马).

    When the 6 came, Aunt Betsy picked up(接) Tina. On the way to Aunt Betsy's house, Tina 7 many horses in the fields(牧场). Tina liked 8 very much and she wished she could have a horse some day.

    When they 9  Aunt Betsy's house, Tina saw a big picture on the wall. It was about a tall brown 10! Aunt Betsy was in the 11, and she was sitting on the horse.

    “Do you 12  the horse? Her name is Lucky. Usually, I visit her 13 a week, every Saturday afternoon for an hour. We can go 14 together this weekend,” said Aunt Betsy.

    Tina felt 15 because her aunt and she had the same hobby. It was going to be a wonderful holiday.

    My name is David. I am an English boy. My families are in Beijing. My father and mother work there. I have a sister, but no brothers. My sister and I are students of a middle school in Beijing. We love China. We have a nice house in Beijing. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and a computer in it. My books are on my desk and next to（附近）my computer. There are some pop singers'（流行歌手）pictures on the wall. I like them.

    Cindy was just seven years old when she started going on walks. Since then, she has joined a sports club with her 1, Kevin.

    "We started walking around the countryside," 2 Cindy. "There are a lot of paths near our house, and now we go walking all year round, even 3 winter. My first 4 was 2 kilometers away. But we did it little by little over quite a long time. After I 5 the sports club, I became more and more energetic (精力充沛的). Walking has made me much 6. I think it would be a really good idea to 7 other kids of my age to walk because many kids are getting fat nowadays."

    Cindy's father, Kevin is really 8 of his daughter's opinion of walking. "I wish we could get more kids out walking. 9 now lots of children are busy with TV programs and computer games, so it's not 10 for them to go out. But I think I should try my best to help them."