Tom began to learn to cook when he was six years old. At that time,he was ill in hospital．During the first three days there,Tom1a lot of TV cartoons and felt bored with them．Then he visited the Internet for fun．He 2an interesting website(网站)．It taught people how to cook．Tom was very3the pictures on the website and fell in love with(爱上)cooking．4he got better,Tom went back home and tried to learn to cook by himself．Tom spent most of his free time learning5to cook．He tried a lot of recipes(食谱)．

    Now after five years of6 ． Tom is a famous cook in his town．He also uses his cooking to make money7poor children in his town．He's already given them more than 10,000 dollars．He8has his own book to teach people to cook food．The book is quite popular．"When you9to do something，try your best to do it．Then you will be10one day!"said Tom．

    One night a man came to my house. He told me. "There is a family with eight 1. They don't have anything to eat." After I asked him where the family was. I took some 2 with me and left.

    When I finally got to that family, I 3 those little children were so hungry that they could not 4 anything. There was no sadness in their eyes, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the food to the mother. She took half of it, and then went out. When she 5, I asked her, "Where did you go?" She gave me this simple 6, "To my neighbours'. They are also 7!"

    I was not surprised that she gave the food to others, because poor people are always very 8. But I was surprised that she knew her 9 were hungry when she was also in need of food. Usually, when we are in trouble or in danger, we always 10 ourselves first, and we have no time for others.

Several years ago, I spent most of my time at a mental hospital (精神病院) in our town. I found much joy there. At first it was a little scary to be there, but I stayed on, because I had a reason for doing this.

I volunteered in a locked-up (封闭的) environment. To my surprise, I found that a friend of my parents' was a patient in this hospital. I knew, when I was a baby, this woman wanted to keep me because she had no children. I looked after this woman and showed my old photos to her. Finally, she was able to remember some old things, and she said to me one day, "Dear, you should not come here. But I wanted to bring something happy into this woman's life. I learned that because she had no family, she couldn't leave here and go home. So I brought her to my home twice and I still remembered the happy smile on her face.

I have never forgotten this volunteering experience. This woman later passed away. I can't see her anymore, but I'm happy that I have done something to make a difference in another person's life.

Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works hard and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（do） well in school. It is hard to believe, that he used to have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（difficulty） in school. When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family{#blank#}3{#/blank#} （spend） a lot of time together. 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, things began to change a few years ago. His parents moved to the city to work, and they could not be at home to look {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him. So he became less interested in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（study） and was absent from classes. Then his parents were so worried{#blank#}7{#/blank#} they decided to send him to a boarding school. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（they） son in person. This conversation changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would be{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（pride） of everything good that he did. Now he is much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （happy） and more outgoing than he used to be. 

It is January 12th. It's my friend Jenny's thirteenth birthday. She has three good friends. They are Lily, Jack and me. She asks us to come to her party（晚会）. And we plan（计划） to buy some gifts for her. 

Lily knows Jenny likes playing tennis very much, so she buys a tennis ball for her. Jack thinks Jenny's favorite fruits are strawberries and pears, so he buys some strawberries and pears for her. For me, I buy her a red skirt. She likes skirts and her favorite color is red. I think she likes the skirt. 

At seven, we go to her home. When she sees us, she is really happy. She thanks us for our coming to her party. We have dinner at her home. And we say "Happy birthday" to her! We are all happy at the party. 

A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn't fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor. "I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?"

"I have a suggestion (建议)" said the doctor. "Try counting numbers (数数). By the time you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep. I'm sure of it."

The next day the man returned to the doctor's office. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"

The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said, "I tried counting one, two, three—up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep."