What do you think a hero is? In this story, a brother and a sister have different ideas.　　

It was on Apri1 10. Kwan was excited. The newspaper was 1 a writing contest(比赛). The winner's story would be printed in the newspaper!“It says to write about someone2 you think is a hero,” Kwan said. “I will write about my favorite soccer player. He's 3 hero.”

 Kwan's sister, Cho, asked,“Can I enter the contest?”

“No. You're too little,” Kwan said.“You won't win." He4his soccer ball and went outside.

 Cho knew what to do.5 , she took the newspaper. Next, she read the contest rules. Then, she began to write. “I believe that I can win,” she said to herself.

 When Cho had finished, she found her mother. She told her mother6  the contest. “Who did you write about?”asked Mother.

“I chose Rosa Parks,” said Cho. “She was a true 7. She believed everyone was equa1 (平等的). She wanted all people to be treated the same.”

On tht morning of June 3, Kwan ran outside to get the newspaper.“The contest winner's story 8 in today's newspaper!” he shouted

Two minutes 9 , Kwan came back inside.“I guess I need to reconsider(重新考虑) what I said to you, Cho. You are not too10  . You won the contest!”

“Your story taught me a lot,”Kwan said, "Rosa Parks was a true hero."

    Ann is a girl. 1 from Chicago, the USA. She's twelve. She 2 a round face and a small mouth. Her eyes  3 very big. He 4 blue very much. Blue T-shirt and skirt are 5  favorite clothes. She's  6 blue every day. She's very cool. Now, she's a high school student in Hong Kong. She's in 7. Her telephone number is 72585069. JiangShan is her good friend. She's 8. She's from Beijing. She's eleven. She's a high school student 9, but she's in a different class. Her telephone number is 6325625. Her 10 is in Beijing now. Beijing is very beautiful.

    Mike Tam is a 16-year-old boy. He has many good habits(习惯)－he 1 every morning and reads books every night. He does well in studies and his favorite 2 are science and history.

    Both of Mike's parents are good 3. When Mike was four years old, his father 4 to teach him how to swim. After two months of learning, Mike could swim 5 a fish.

    Each week, Mike has to spend at least 16 hours 6. He spends two 7 practicing swimming every day before school. After morning practice, he goes to school by 8. He likes riding bikes, 9 it is good for his health.

    On Saturday, he gets up at 7:00 a.m. He 10 in the pool for four hours. After that, he goes home to do his homework. He 11 watching movies, so he goes to the cinema(电影院) every Sunday. “It helps me to 12 to watch movies with my friends,” he said. His parents often go to the pool on weekends to encourage(鼓励) 13 when they don't have to 14.

    Mike doesn't 15 spending a lot of time practicing. “I love swimming, and practice can help me get good results in competitions(比赛),” he said.

    Do you have any interests in your childhood? In my seventh grade, I developed a/an 1 in solving a Rubik's Cube. I started by asking my brother to teach me and he asked me to solve a blue cross on a cube by myself.

    I spent around 20 minutes mixing the cube and finally got that little blue cross on the top. 2, I jumped up from the chair and raced into my brother's bedroom. After handing the cube to him, to my surprise, he mixed the perfect blue cross up. Making my work completely disappear.

    "Do it again," he 3 it back to me.

    "No, I won't." I was angry stepping out of his room.

    A few weeks later, my brother wasn't at home. "I'm going to 4 how to do this without him!" I promised myself. I spent the rest of my night watching a guy on YouTube teach me to solve the first few steps. I mastered those steps.

    The next day, I spent the whole school day secretly5 what I had learned the night before. When I made my way to my music class, I tried to find some spare time taking out the cube again and solving what I knew. Noah, my classmate, and also one of my best friends later, laughed at me.

    "Do you know how?" I sneered（讥笑）.

    "Actually yeah, let me see it. My fastest solving 6 is 15 seconds," he noted as he began solving the cube. It took him about 25 seconds to finish it.

    "Okay, that was cool." I started solving the cube again. I didn't know at that time this boy would be my inspiration for cube solving. He taught me each step, each day, and when I 7, he'd remind(提醒) me how to do it. He was the best friend I'd ever had.

    Sadly he's no longer with us now, but the memories of solving cubes together will be there forever. It was this boy who helped me with cube solving. It takes me around a minute to solve a Rubik's Cube. I am 8 that I can do something not many people can. Thank you, Noah.

    Charlie Chaplin spent over 70 years acting both on stages and in films. But do you know 1 he began his artistic(演艺生涯) career?

    When Chaplin was five years old, his father died. His mother thought she was rather ill, had to go on with her work as a 2 in order to make a living and she took little Chaplin along with her because no one took care of him at home.

    Once when she was giving a performance on the stage. 3 chocked(卡住) her throat, and she could not go on. People whistled(吹口哨) and 4. At that time, little Chaplin ran to the stage and 5 his mother. He wanted to help her. He cleverly sang as his mother did. He acted 6 that the audience all laughed merrily. They tossed(扔) coins to the stage 7 his humorous acting and pleasing voice.

    Seeing this little Chaplin said to the audience. “Wait till I 8 please.” All the audience burst out laughing at his words. When the boss helped him and left the stage. Chaplin said. “The boss must have put 9 into his pockets, so I have to go to ask him.” And he did leave the stage for a while. The audience laughed themselves to tears at his performance.10 they welcomed little Chaplin wherever he went. This was how Charlie Chaplin began his career.

    I graduated from college recently and moved to Washington by myself While I was in college, it was really 1 to meet new people. But "out in the real world", I was finding it really hard, so I called my sister for some advice.

    My sister is five2older than I am, so she's been through all this already. When I explained my problem, she understood3. She said, "Why don't you try 4 people online?"

    "Online? Are you kidding?" I asked. "A friend of 5 chatted with a guy online, and when she finally met him face to face, he was 6 like what he said."

    My sister laughed. "But you can find other people like you — people who have just moved to town and want to make some new 7. When I first moved to New York after college, I 8a book club and a football team online. I met a lot of people that way."

    "9 you don't even like football!" I said.

    "I know," she replied. "But that didn't 10. I still had a lot of fun. You played volleyball in college. Why don't you 11a volleyball team to join? Or an art class?"

    "Yeah! I saw a website12volunteering the other day." I said. "I could volunteer for an organization here in Washington. I bet I could meet a lot of really 13people that way."

    "Good idea!" my sister answered excitedly. "Hey, you14even meet the perfect guy."

    "Thanks a lot for the 15. I'll let you know what happens. Will you be home tonight?" I said.

"No, but I'll be here all day tomorrow, so give me a call," my sister replied. "Good luck!"