Most people like to make some new year's plans at the beginning of the year. Jack is a student of a middle school in Longwan, Wenzhou. He usually makes his new year's 1 on January 1st .He wants to have a(an) 2 start. This year he wants to keep 3,because he is too heavy and he likes 4lots of fast food . So he is going to 5 and eat healthy food . He likes football and he is good at it , he is going to join the school 6 team . He wants to be captain of the football team . He also wants to be able to speak English well, so he is going to  7 English aloud every morning, and he is going to listen to English music after school every day. He says he is going to be an English teacher 8  10 years.

    9are your new year's plans? Are you going to look after yourself well? Are you going to do something for 10 parents? Are you going to make more friends? Work hard for it every day and I'm sure your dream will come true one day.

    One day,all the birds decided to hold a1to see who could be the king.

    The crow(乌鸦)said,“The one who flew the2could be the king.”Everybody3.As the birds got ready for the competition,no one noticed a small sparrow(麻雀）creeping(缓慢行进）under the wings of an eagle(老鹰).Before the competition was over,the sparrow came out from the eagle's wings and4shouted loudly.He wanted to fly the highest.

    The other birds heard the noise and found out what happened.They were angry5the sparrow and they decided to punish him,The sparrow flew into a small6in an old tree.None of the other birds could fly into the hole7it was too small.

    The owl was known to be the8.Other birds asked him to watch the hole and to9the sparrow.Hours passed and the owl grew sleepy.When the owl10his eyes,the sparrow flew away.

    The owl felt ashamed and thought that he would no longer be called wise.So he decided to come out only at night.He didn't want anyone to see him.

    Leo was a small fast boy. He often saw the other1play tennis in the park. And he wanted to learn to play tennis from them, but they wouldn't like to. They thought it would2too long to teach him.

    Leo felt3. One day, Leo decided to borrow（借）a tennis racket and a tennis ball from the park manager（经理）, Ben. Ben said to Leo, "It's going to be4to play tennis by yourself.

    Let me help you learn." "Wow, that would be great!" said Leo happily.

    That afternoon, Leo learned5to play tennis from Ben. Johnny, Joe and Roger watched and6that Leo was learning the game, and he was really good7it. Johnny wanted to have a match with Leo. He thought he would surely win（获胜）the match.

    The next day, Johnny and Leo had their big match. The other boys were all shouting for Johnny.

    Leo was a little worried8he told himself he could do it. He tried to play as Ben taught him.

    In the end, Leo won.

    After that day, many boys wanted to play tennis with Leo. But Leo didn't really want to play with9. Leo felt they weren't true friends.

    Leo10forgot Ben and how nice he was to him. They still get together to play tennis.

    David and Tim are brothers and they are in the same school.

    One afternoon, 1they finished their lessons, they stayed in the school to help their teacher work. They2for an hour. Then the teacher said, "Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. It's getting dark. Now you3go home." When the boys got home, it was seven o'clock. The lights were on in their house and the door was4.They saw a man in the house.

     "Who can it be?" David thought." Dad and Mum are5now. They won't be back until(直到) eight o'clock."

    6the man saw David, he smiled and said, " Come in! You don't know me. But I am your 7 friend. He asked me to fetch(取) something for him." However, the man didn't see Tim.

    David went into the house and talked with the man. Tim quickly went to8the police. Soon Tim and a policeman came back. When the man saw the policeman, he tried to run out of the door, but the policeman9 him.

    Just then Mr and Mrs Baker, the boys'10came back home from work. The policeman asked Mr Baker, "Do you know the man?"

    "No," said Mr Baker, "I don't know him. He must be a thief."

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    At first Mike is very interested in the new baby because he doesn't have any sisters or brothers. But after some time he begins to get tired of Peter's endless talking about it. He also feels a little jealous (嫉妒) of his friend.

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    "An elephant's," says Mike.