"Don't sleep in class, Jack!" shouted the teacher. "You are 1, sir," Jack stood up and said, "I'm thinking about the question now. I'm not 2."

    "I'm sorry," said the teacher. "Would you like 3 my question?" asked the teacher. "Certainly," said Jack. "What is it?" "Why does the moon sometimes look like a(n) 4 and sometimes look like a sickle(镰刀)?" asked the teacher. "Oh, this question is 5," said Jack. " 6 it is full, it looks like a plate. It 7 like a sickle when it is 8, just like my stomach." Jack's answer made the class 9. The teacher was unhappy.

    "Why do we have the sun in the 10 and don't have the sun at night?" "This question is easier than that one," said Jack. "When we work in the day, we need the sun. When we go to bed at night, we don't need the sun."

    It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Angela found she couldn't see things clearly all the time. She became very 1, but she hoped nobody would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't 2. But her mother's mind was made up.

    Three days later, Angela got new 3 and instructions from her doctor. "All of the kids will think I'm silly," Angela said. Her mother 4 and shook her head, "You look just as beautiful as before." But Angela didn't believe her.

    The next day, Angela kept the glasses in her pocket as she walked into the schoolyard. She felt 5. Suddenly, she heard her friend Della shout. Angela ran over to the other girls. "6 is the matter?" she asked.

    "My ring is gone!" Della cried. "My sister sent it to me from California. It's very special and I can't lose it." Angela and her friends began to 7 for the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Angela realized that she could do better 8 she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so different! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 9. It was the ring.

    "Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Della.

    "Thanks, Angela." Della said. "I 10 thought we'd find it." She paused (停顿). "Hey, I didn't know you wore glasses. They look great!"

    "Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all," Angela thought.

    Once an Arab was traveling in the desert. When the sun went down in the west, he stopped and1his tent, made a fire and had a simple meal. When night fell, he2down to sleep.

    He had already fallen asleep when he felt a soft3on his elbow. He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent. The camel said," Would you please let me4my head in the tent to get warm. It's so cold outside. I won't take up too much5."

    The Arab was a kind-hearted man. "All right, do as you6,"he said. Then he turned on his side and back to sleep.

    It wasn't long7he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. "Dear master," the camel said," my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind8I keep it inside the tent, too?"

    "No, not at all," the man said. But this time he felt a bit9, as the camel had such a long neck. No sooner had he closed his eyes10he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, "Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little?"

    The Arab11over to one side of the tent. He made himself as small as he could. It wasn't12comfortable, and sleep was now out of the question.

    Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, "The tent is too small for the two of us.13, my two back legs are still left in the cold. It is only14that you should leave the whole tent to me."

    And with that，the camel15the poor man out.

    Rose didn't see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn't 1 it. Later, one girl said that she saw Kate take a card from Rose's desk. So Rose got very 2. When she met Kate in the afternoon, Rose 3, "You have stolen(偷) my card! "Hearing this, Kate began to cry, "No, no, I didn't steal it! I only took it by4." But Rose didn't think so and they began to fight.

    Just then a teacher came up and 5 what had happened. Kate told the whole story. She said her pen pal came to see her in the morning. She was so 6 that she took the card carelessly. Then they went for lunch happily. "I used the card, but I had thought it was mine. I didn't know it was Rose's 7 she asked. I was too afraid to explain it to her. So I decided to put the 8 back with some money secretly. I am sorry, Rose." Kate said in a low 9.

    "It's just a misunderstanding(误会) !" said the teacher. Tears(泪水) came into Rose's eyes. Then she said, "I was 10 sorry, Kate! I hope we are still good friends."

Clothes Donation (捐赠) Box

    Have you ever put your old clothes into the donation box in your neighborhood? If not, you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend (趋势) in Urumqi.

    "From time to time, my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear. You know, we teenagers are growing fast. I think it's a good way to help others." Lin Tao, a junior student says.

    "I often pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping. Then I put them into the donation box." Miss Li, a pretty young lady says.

    "That seems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People can either wear them or use them to make things such as handbags and pencil cases," Mrs Wang, an old woman says, "sometimes I also look through the box for some nice clothes."

    However, there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation. Recently, a UTV reporter from Focus on the City has made a survey. Here are the results:

    Some boxes are full of clothes in a short time. There is no more room for people to give away clothes.

    Some people sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearing them.

    Some communities set the boxes in unsuitable places. So there are few clothes in it.

    Many clothes are too old and shabby (破烂的).

    "What's worse," one of the staff in a community added, "we quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by. We've tried to stop them several times but failed. It has been the most serious problem since we set the box."

    In order to make the donation box work in an efficient (有效的) way, our government is taking action. Clothes donation will be better-organized and it'll be more convenient for people in need to take the clothes away.