Mr. Smith 1from London. Now he is in China. He is 2. He teaches 3a middle school. He works very hard. His students like 4very much. He can 5a little Chinese .His students often teach him Chinese. 6Sundays. Mr. Smith likes playing football. He often plays football 7 his students.

    Mr. Smith 8  a son. His name is Jack. He is a student. He studies in a middle school. He goes to school 9 bike every day. He gets back home at four in the afternoon. He likes 10 TV in the evening.

I used to hate scary films. I didn't understand 1 some people wanted to scare 2 on purpose. But now I love them. Sometimes I watch them by myself; sometimes I watch them with my sister. 3, I will have a cushion(靠垫) nearby to 4 my face especially for bad parts, but I still enjoy watching them. As a 5, I have to watch something "happy" afterwards to take my mind off them,

    Watching scary films is 6 going on a roller coaster(过山车). Many people ride it for the 7 that comes from being scared without actually being in 8. As I am truly scared of the roller coaster, watching scary films is my way of 9 this. And it is interesting, especially 10 it is a film you haven't seen before. You can try and 11 what's going to happen.

    12 I saw a film called The Strangers by myself. In the film, a group of people with scary masks(面具) attacked(攻击) a couple's house. 13 some reason I had to keep stopping the video and doing 14 else, like checking e mails or reading a bit of my book. It took me five hours to finish seeing the film. It's hard to believe, isn't it?

    Scary films make me 15 but excited, I know I will continue to scare myself.

One day, a boy fought with one of his classmates at school. In the evening, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his grandfather what happened. "He is really bad, "the boy said {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. "And I hate him."

The grandfather said with a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, "Let me tell you a story, dear. When I was a boy at your age, I sometimes hated others, for what they did, too." The boy listened carefully as his grandfather went on. "There {#blank#}4{#/blank#} always two tigers in my heart. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is good and kind. He gets on well with people around him. But the other is bad and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. It's hard for me to live with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} two tigers in my heart. They {#blank#}8{#/blank#} try to control me."

The boy looked into his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} eyes and asked, "Which tiger controls you, grandfather?" The old man said slowly, "The one that I feed. I always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the good tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry."

Alex set his lunch tray on the table near his friend Leo. "Trade you some fries for some pretzels" Alex said. 

"Deal," said Leo, taking his bag of pretzels out of bis lunchbox. 

Alex noticed a folded piece of paper at the bottom of Leo's lunchbox. 

"What's that?" asked Daniel, another boy in their class. 

Before Leo could answer, Daniel grabbed the paper. He unfolded it and read in a loud voice: "Dear Leo, I hope you have a great day. Love. Mom."

Daniel snorted. "Your mom puts notes in your lunchbox?"

"Yes," Leo said. 

Daniel read the note again, to himself. It almost looked as if he wanted to keep it.

"Give it back to Leo," said Alex. 

"Well, who wants a note anyway?" Daniel said. 

"I do," said Leo. 

Alex liked getting notes too. 

Daniel tossed the note and it fell to the floor. 

Alex picked it up. He handed it back to Leo, who put it into his pocket. 

On the bus that afternoon, Alex thought about what had happened. 

Alex's older brother, Mateo, arrived home just after Alex did. "How was your day, little dude?" Mateo asked. 

"A boy in my class was mean to Leo," Alex said. He explained the way Daniel had acted. 

Mateo shook his head. "How would Daniel like it if people picked on him for getting a note?"

"Daniel never gets notes," Alex said. Suddenly, he had an idea. "That's it! I know how to help Leo and Daniel."

Alex explained his idea to Mateo. Mateo agreed to help, and they worked on the plan all afternoon. 

At lunchtime the next day, Alex hurried to the cafeteria. He set out 23 folded pieces of paper on a table by the entrance. Each piece of paper had the name of a classmate on it. 

"What are these?" asked Mira. 

"We all have notes," said Sabrina. 

Alex watched as Daniel picked up the note with his name on it. Alex knew that the note said Daniel,  ▲  Have a great day.

Alex saw Daniel smile as he put the note into his pocket. 

"Great idea, Alex," said Leo. 

"Now everyone knows how it feels to get a lunch note," Alex said.

There is a story in the book History as a Mirror（《资治通鉴》）by Chinese historian Sima Guang.

Zhi Xuanzi was the head of Zhi, a big family of Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period. He wanted Zhi Yao {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（be）the family head after him.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, another man in the family disliked the idea. He listed five good things of Zhi Yao. For {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, he was good at riding and shooting. But Zhi Yao had a big problem: his virtue（品德）. He had {#blank#}4{#/blank#} unkind heart.

Zhi Xuanzi didn't listen {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the idea. And still, Zhi Yao {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（become）the head of the family. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（quick）made the Zhi family develop. Soon it was much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（strong）, than before. But because of his aggressive style, three other {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（family）worked together to fight against the Zhi family. Finally, Zhi family lost the fight.

Sims Guang used this story to tell us that having talent is not enough. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} talent and virtue are important. Excellent people must also have virtue.

Emma was nervous about the ceremony. She was the valedictorian(致告别辞者) for their class, and she was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(worry) about speaking in front of such a large audience (观众). Emma wanted to practice her speech one more time with Julie.

But {#blank#}2{#/blank#} was Julie? Emma looked everywhere, but she couldn't find her. She called Julie's cell phone and sent her a few text {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(message), but Julie didn't answer. Emma didn't have much time, so she practiced her speech behind the curtains in the hall. Nobody say her.

When it was time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(line) up for the ceremony. Emma finally say Julie." Where have you been?"

Emma asked Julie. "I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (call) you five times!"

"Sorry, I didn't hear my phone,"replied Julie.

"Where have you been? I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(look) for you, too."

"I was in the hall, practicing my speech,"said Emma.

"Where? I didn't see you there," said Julie.

"I was behind the curtains," Emma said and laughed. "That's why you couldn't find me!"

Julie laughed, too. "Don't worry. You'll do {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great job!" They took their seats. Emma sat in the front row. She was still {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(real) nervous. Then, someone landed her a piece {#blank#}9{#/blank#}paper. It was a note from Julie! It said, " Good luck! You can do it!" Emma felt better and smiled. 

"Sometimes paper is the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) technology." She thought.