Mr and Mrs Yates had one daughter.   1   name was Carol, and she was nineteen years old. Carol lived  2 her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she  3any of the boys very much.

Then she met a very 4 young man. His name was George. and he 5 in a bank near her office. They went out together quite 6 , and he came to Carol's parents' house twice, and then last week Carol went to her father and said, “I 7 George, Daddy. ”

“Oh, yes,” said 8 .“he's a nice boy. But has he got any money?”

“Oh, men! All of you are 9 ,” the daughter answered 10 . “I met George on the first of June and on the second he said to me, ‘Has your father got any money?'”

    I have a friend. He is a boy. His name is Nick. He is from England. Nick is a sports fan. He likes 1 every kind of games. He likes basketball, football, tennis, badminton 2 swimming. Nick is good at 3 football. Yang Chen is his favourite football player. Nick is a member 4 the Football Club. When he goes shopping, he always 5 newspapers 6sports and he often reads sports news. His school is very big and beautiful. There is a football tennis court and a swimming pool in his school. He usually plays football 7 his friends after school. Nick says that he wants to 8 a football player when he grows up. Nick often goes to the stadium (体育馆) to watch the football games 9 the weekend. He 10 want to miss any match.

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    Known as “wolf (狼) girl” at her school, Alyssa Grayson has spent much of her young life teaching others to protect animals. After starting a wolf club in second grade, Alyssa learned a lot about her favorite 1. Today, she gives speeches about protecting wolves at libraries and schools. She's even spoken at a university. In fact, she's become a wolf 2.

    When she's not teaching others about wolves, Alyssa always 3 at her local animal shelter (收容所). She cleans the dogs and plays with the cats. Back at home, she makes food for the animals and collects things for the shelter. She has even 4 medical care for a shelter dog with her money. Dogs and cats aren't the only animals Alyssa works for. She's also trained as a scientist for FrogWatch USA. Alyssa shows that you're never too 5 to make a difference to animals.

    Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was not only a great writer, 1a famous modern novelist(小说家)and dramatist(剧作家).

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing and his real name was Shu Qingchun. His family was poor2his father died. His mother had a very3time. Lao She worked his way through college. After finishing school he started to work as a4in primary and middle schools. He liked5since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.He was famous6his novel Camel Xiangzi and the play Teahouse. Teahouse shows the7of the Chinese people in 1898 and 1945.Most people like to see it.

    Like8famous intellectuals(知识分子)in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle of 1960s.9, he killed himself in a lake in 1966.

    He was married to Hu Jieqing and they10four children, one son and three daughters.

    Becky had never been to the theater to see a movie before. She tried to 1 what it would be like. Mum said it was a really big screen. Dad said there were lots of speakers all around. She 2 what else she would, see and hear there.

    It was a long ride to the theater. Once inside, they stopped at the snack bar for a big bag of popcorn they could 3 and a large soda with three straws (吸管) in it. Then they went up to an entrance. A man checked their 4. Becky could hardly breathe. She was so 5!

    They went down a hallway with lots of cool posters and big cardboard advertisements for the newest 6. They found their theater and entered the dark room, going down another short walkway until they saw all of the seats. It was so big inside! "There must be hundreds of chairs," she thought.

    People came in, sitting in rows, eating popcorn and talking 7 the movie started. The lights were turned off soon after, and the screen came on. Wow, Mum sure was-right. Then the movie 8. Dad was right, too! Becky could feel the seats vibrate (振动) with the loud sound. It was an amazing experience.

    Over an hour later with popcorn gone, soda 9, and the movie over, Becky and her parents left the dark room. It was so bright outside. "Well? Did you like it?" Her parents asked as they got back in the car. "That was interesting. Let's come here 10 sometime!" Becky said happily.