As a student, I was most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the teacher asked a question, I always lowered my head because I was afraid the teacher saw me.

One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson. He wanted us to be active in class, so he asked us some questions, but no one answered. "Let me tell you a story first," he said.

"When I came to the United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing. The students around me always took a cardboard folded(折叠的) in half, wrote their names in bold(黑体) with the most eye-catching(引人注目的) color, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speaker needed the answers from the students, he could see it and call a listener's name directly."

"I couldn't understand that. My classmate told me the speakers were all top people, who meant chances. When your answer was to his surprise, it meant he might give you more chances. In fact, I really saw a few students got great chances because of that."

    After listening to the story, I understood that the chance will not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance on the card.

Wanting: I want nothing but music

    Wanting Qu, born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, has become one of the most popular singers in China this year. During the past few months, her name and songs have spread quickly on the Internet, over the radio, and in almost every corner of China. You would be considered totally “out” if you have never heard of her song “Stay in My Song”.

    She is a girl full of courage. At only 16, Wanting left home and entered a Canadian school to study business, starting her life in a foreign country alone. Soon，she found that her true passion was music. She went on to get her degree(学位), but also tried her hand at songwriting. She did part-time jobs to keep on her study like many Chinese students who study in foreign countries, but never gave up her dream of being a musician. When the chance came, she bravely introduced herself to the CEO of Nettwerk and became the first Chinese singer-songwriter the company signed in 26 years.

    Wanting's music career started to take off in 2009 when she worked in Nettwerk. In 2011, after hearing the songs she wrote and recorded, the famous Chinese composer Zhang Yadong called her and would like to work with her.

    With all the successes she has achieved in China, Wanting is recording her first English album. She is ready to conquer(征服) the world.

    Li Ming is staying with the Wang's family for the weekend. Today it is warm and fine. The family are having dinner in the garden. They often have dinner in the garden on a warm and fine spring day. Now Mr. and Mrs. Wang are sitting at the table with Li Ming under a tree.

    "It's great to have dinner out here on such a lovely day," Mrs. Wang says. "What's the weather like in your hometown, Li Ming?" Mr. Wang asks. "It's not very warm in spring. But I like the spring there best." "Help yourself to some cakes, Li Ming,"Mrs. Wang says. "Thanks," says Li Ming. "The cakes are very nice. I enjoy the dinner very much."

    Mrs. Liu lives in the countryside, and she doesn't know Guangzhou very well. One day, she goes to Guangzhou, but she can't find her way. Just then, she sees a man near the bus stop. "I can ask him the way." She says to herself. Then she goes over to the man and asks, "Excuse me, will you please tell me the way to Zhongshan Road?" The man smiles with no words. He doesn't know Chinese. He is Japanese. Then he puts his hand into his pocket (衣袋) and takes out a piece of paper and lets Mrs. Liu look at it. On the paper are these words, "Sorry, I can't speak Chinese."

I'm Cameron Davis. I'm 13 and I've visited 45 countries. I have been travelling for as long as I can remember.

Before we left on our first trip, I was very nervous. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(在……期间) the trip, I noticed that if I didn't talk to others, I couldn't make any friends. On my travels I have tried a lot of new things, from {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(高山) biking in Whistle r to camel {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(骑行) near the Great Pyramid of Giza! When you travel to certain places, you start to learn about the different {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(文化). I learned to cook Pad Thai in Thailand, ate curries in India, and tried dumplings in China. I learned that food was great in different countries. My trips also {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (教) me how to become more independent. When we {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(计划) to travel, I always had to pack my own suitcase. Also, when we weretraveling I saw a lot of families that really had to depend on each other to live. Now we wash {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(餐具),make our own lunch and more. I don't love these chores but we have learned that this family is like four gears(齿轮); if one stops

{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(工作), it is harder for the other three.

The {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(最好的) thing that I've learned about traveling is that sometimes you will have to take risks. When I was in Vietnam,I was playing with a little boy when out of the blue, he bit me. I still have the mark!I learned that there are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(都) good and bad risks. Take the good ones.

It's Sunday today. Peter doesn't go to 1 . Now he is free and he wants to 2 computer games, but his mother Mrs. Smith 3 him to do his Chinese homework(家庭作业) first. Then he can do the 4 he likes. Peter isn't 5 . He asks," Mom, do you love me?"

 Mrs. Smith says," Yes, I do, my dear."

" Then why don't you 6 me play computer games?" says Peter." Why can't I do7 I want? Homework is important(重要)8 boring. I like computer games."

 Mrs. Smith puts 9 on the sofa and asks him," Dear, do you love me?" Peter says,"10 , I love you."

 Then Mrs. Smith says," Great! Dear, I don't want to do the washing(洗) because I don't like it. So I don't want to wash your socks. 11 do you always ask me to wash them? You12 play computer games after you wash them."

 Then Peter 13 at all the socks on the sofa. His face gets red and he says," Mom, I am very sorry. I should(应该) 14 you do some housework(家务劳动) at home. Let's do it together. Then I' ll 15 my homework. I love you."

 What a nice Peter! What a clever mother!