A woman was waiting for her plane at an airport.

    She bought a bag of cookies, found a place to1and took out her 2. She started to read and 3noticed that a man, sitting beside her, took a cookie4her bag. She just 5not to see this. So she ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless thief（小偷）was stealing6cookies. She thought to herself, "If I wasn't such a（n）7 person, I would hit him in the eye. "

    8only one cookie was left, she looked with interest and9what he would do. He smiled, took the10cookie and broke it in half. She thought, "This guy is so impolite. He didn't even show any11!"

    After her flight was called, the woman12 her baggage（行李）and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the 13, and started to look for her book, which was almost complete. As she reached her baggage, she gasped（喘气）with 14, as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, "If my cookie bag is here, the other one was his and he just tried to15." She realized that she was the impolite one, but it was too late to say sorry to him.

    My mother took me to visit the orphanage (孤儿院) last weekend. I spent some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with the children there. I couldn't sleep that night{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I kept thinking about them. I thought they must be unhappy without parents. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to do something for them. I would like to go there {#blank#}4{#/blank#}month and spend some time with them. A month later, I went back there on my birthday and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} them some chocolate. They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} my name and it made me happy. We played and sang together and the children were very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They prayed for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} that day. They didn't know much about me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they were very kind. We should care more about the orphans and try to help {#blank#}10{#/blank#}live a happy life.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Rose. She loved1 but she didn't have paintbrushes(画笔) or paper. She always painted pictures in the sand2 tree branches(树枝). One day, an old lady saw Rose and said, "Hi! Here's a paintbrush and some3 for you."

"Thank you!"Rose said. She felt so4 ."Hmm, what will I paint?" she thought. She5 and saw a duck in the river. "I know! I can paint a6 !" So she did. Suddenly, the duck flew off the paper and into the river."Wow!"she said."A magic paintbrush!"

Rose was a very 7 girl and she painted pictures for the people in her village. She painted cows for the 8 , pencils for the students and toys for all the children.

The king9 about the magic paintbrush and he sent a soldier(士兵) to find Rose. "Come with10 ," said the soldier."The king wants you to paint some money for him."

"But he's so11 ," said Rose. "I only paint to help poor people."But the soldier still took Rose to the king. "Paint me a tree with lots of12 on it," the greedy(贪婪的) king shouted.

Rose was brave and said, "No!"13 the king sent her to prison(监狱). But Rose painted a key to the door and a horse to help her run away. The king14 her with his soldiers.

She took out her paintbrush and 15 a big hole, and splat(啪嗒声)! The king and the soldiers fell into the hole.

Rose only used her magic paintbrush to help those people who truly needed her help.

Anna comes from Russia. She is 17 years old. She is going to stay with the Black family for a year. They will form valuable  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} .Anna comes to England because she wants to study English. She hopes to make progress in English.

Anna is now in London. Everything is new to  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . She finds life is different from that in Moscow. Some things are nice in London. However, many things are not so nice. The shops are  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in London than those in Moscow. But it's very expensive to enjoy herself in London. It's expensive to have a meal at a restaurant  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} go to the cinema.

Now Anna has got used to many things. She helps Mrs Black with housework and goes to English classes on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. She enjoys studying with her classmates  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} groups. She expects to go back home with London's culture.

I never knew that one little"I'm sorry"could mean so much. I never thought that one moment in time could 1 the rest of my life.

I was sitting in class one day when a short and 2 kidnamed Victor came in. He sat down next to me, looked at meand looked away. When our eyes met, I 3  talked to him, but he just smiled at me. So I didn't think 4  was the person that I'd like to become friends with.

One day I joined the unkind kids in 5  him, although I knew it was wrong."Do you have any friends?"a kid asked Victor, who 6  past us alone, keeping his head down.

 "No, he hasn't got any 7  . He's too foolish,"I said. Victor looked at me with sad eyes. That night, I couldn't sleep 8  I couldn't get Victor's face out of my mind. In the next week, he never 9  my eyes in class or smiled at me.

It was really hard for me to ask him to forgive me. I couldn't forget his sad 10  every time I saw him. The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how 11  I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears12 his eyes. Later he told me that I would never realise how much my apology(道歉) had meant to him. He said he hoped that we 13  become friends.

We had a very pleasant talk over lunch that noon. And then, we became close friends. When I think back, I realise that my apology made it possible for me to 14  good friends with Victor, a lonely person.

So never 15  a chance to tell somebody you are sorry. Apologies can really change your life.

When I moved to America in the 7th grade, I did not speak any English. I had no choice but to keep working hard. Although I made1 when I reached the 9th grade, people still found it difficult to understand me because of my accent (口音).

One day, at a party, I was invited to play a guessing game. When it was my turn, I tried to 2 the object that I had in mind. Suddenly someone said with a laugh, "What did she say?" I felt 3 . Out of kindness, a girl gently advised me to repeat it, but I got stuck on the word "purple"—I couldn't 4 it. This time, everyone laughed while I was trying hard to get the word out of me. This5 had its own influence on me. When opportunities were opened up for the summer program I had been looking forward to, I6 to attend (参加) the interview. Luckily, I got tons of encouragement from people around me. So I decided to 7 .

At the interview, the other students in my group spoke very 8 but I didn't speak that much. I knew that I could hardly be understood because of my accent. Besides when I was nervous, it would be even more 9 for me to pronounce words clearly. After the interview, I stayed, said "10 " and explained to the teachers. I didn't want them to think I wasn't interested or I was being unfriendly. But they appreciated (欣赏) that I expressed11 . "It's OK. You don't have to say sorry. Your accent does not make you less than others," said one of the teachers.

Surprisingly, I was accepted into the 12 . Imagine how I felt!

Up to now, I still feel 13 that I took that step. It is a sign that I have changed. I did not let my accent 14 me. I'm sure I will continue to feel nervous about speaking English with strangers. 15 that's OK. It will not stop me from trying to be better.