It was nearly dark, the sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home, with tears in his eyes.

“What's the matter, Tom? How's your trip?" his mother asked with a big smile. “I failed. The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way, I still go ahead. But I was tired and it was so late that I had to come back." Tom cried. “It doesn't matter, you are only 14 years old after all. You will have another chance.”his mother said. "But, standing at the top of the mountain is my dream!”Tom said. His father came over and asked, "Did you see the green trees on your way to the mountain?”"Sure, and there are a lot of beautiful flowers by the side of the road.” Tom replied. “Did you hear the birds singing?”his father asked. "There were many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very sweet." Tom said. "Did you feel the beauty of nature?”his father asked. "Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers made a nice picture." Tom answered. “That's enough!" his father smiled and said, "Please remember, son. For often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Although you didn't reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way.”

 It is true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up with a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery (风景) is on the way.

Cake with friends

    On the first day of July, 2019, everyone was amazed. Our teacher held a birthday party for 23 students. Most of the students' birthdays are in July. Our teacher gave them birthday cards. The cards' covers were printed with a group photos of our class. The teacher wrote birthday wishes to the students on the back. It was really sweet!

    Then, we sang a birthday song for the birthday kids. In addition (另外), all of us got to share cream（奶油） cakes, even if our birthdays weren't in July. I thought this was nice. I watched everyone eat their cake together and have some fun talks. It's nice to have good friendships(友谊) like this.

    Then, something funny happened! We started throwing the cake to each other. Some of us drew pictures on the birthday kids' faces. It was a really fun time.

    I was happy to be at school on that day. I watched all of my friends have fun together. I felt like it was one of the happiest times I've ever had in junior high school. I wished that I could stop time or make the best time lest just a few minutes longer. This isn't possible of course. But I do hope that all of my friends can cherish(珍惜) their friendships forever and enjoy friendships, just like I am now.

    I'm looking forward to the future. I hope I can make more good friends in high school.

Hi, I'm Hu Bin, a student of Class l, Grade 7. At school,My teachers and my classmates very1to me. My school life is very2.I like it very Classes begin3 8:00a. m. I have four classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. Istudy Chinese, English, math, politics and4 othersubjects. English is my favorite subject, and I often5Englishwith my classmates. I also like P. E. and music.6 Idon't like math. I think it's7 difficultand boring. What do you think?

After school, I often play8 basketballwith my classmates. It is my favorite outdoor activity. Sometimes I swim in theswimming pool. Sometimes I9 withmy friends in the park. I go to the school library every Tuesday and Thursday. Ithink my school life is very interesting? What about10? Can you tell me something about it?

Today I turned eight. Today whatever I say goes. 

My grandma is cooler than most grandmas and laughs a lot,1 is the exact opposite. He's that old and serious. "Kids are impolite these days, and have no 2 ." he always says. "All they do is playing video games all the time." But I 3 play video games on weekends!

Anyway, the minute we park on the driveway, I get out and run straight to Grandma 4 Dad, who's still on the phone dealing with his business in the car as usual. "Happy birthday, honey!" Grandma holds me into her arms and says 5 that she's made my favorite chocolate cake.

And then I 6 Grandpa, who is asleep in a rocking chair, snoring （打鼾） like thunder. Can you believe it? On his only grandson's birthday! 

"7 , sleepyhead!" I call out. But more snores followed. An angry storm is coming up inside me.

"Oh, it's Parker's 8 !" Grandma calls out to Grandpa. He coughs. It seems to be ages for him to get to his feet and say, "boy, come here." But I don't 9 . 

"You and I," says Grandpa，rising slowly, "are going on a walk." 

"All right." I know what he's about to say: respect the elders, blah blah blah. But to my 10 , he says in a soft voice, "your parents are always very 11 , aren't they?"

"Hold my arms and help me into that chair. "For a second, I stood still. 12 when I see his legs shaking as he bends his knees, I rush over to hold his arms, I set him down nice and slow. "13 ," he says. He's breathing hard, like he's just climbed a mountain.

I sit down next to him. He covers my hand with his warm one. "Tell 14 all about the video game you like," he says. "Then I'll tell you some stories of my own. And we'll both listen to each other and ask good questions. Deal?"

I 15 in disbelief. And for some strange reason, it feels more like my birthday than ever.

There was once a master living with his students. One day, one of his students asked, "Could I please get the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of education?" The master said with a smile on his face, "Some day you will find out the answer {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ."

Several days later, the master gave a book to this student at night and ordered,"Put it on the chair in my room, please."It was dark in the room. The student entered the room with the book in his hand, but returned immediately(立刻) in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . The master asked what had made him even turn pale. The student replied,"Here is a snake in your room. The master said calmly (冷静地). You go back. When you enter the room, shout aloud. The snake will be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} offer. Knowing it was impolite to talk back to his teacher, the student had no choice but to go into the room again, shouting aloud. However, the snake didn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . He came out again. This time the master handed him a lamp(灯) and said,"The snake must run away as soon as it sees the light."When the student entered the room for a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} time with the lamp, he saw there was no snake {#blank#}7{#/blank#} on the floor at all. What had been troubling him was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a long rope there. Because of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, he mistook that rope for a snake. He didn't realize how stupid he was until then.

The master said, "See, this is the answer to your question. Only by the light of knowledge can we get the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. This is exactly what education brings us."

On the stage of America's Got Talent, 11-year-old Tyler Butler Figueroa played the violin well. Also, he touched many people's hearts {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his story. Tyler comes from North Carolina {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was four years old, he had a health problem and started to lose hair. He felt sad. The feeling got even {#blank#}3{#/blank#} when his classmates laughed at his look. And they stayed away from him. One day, Tyler saw a flyer (小传单) for free after-school violin lessons at school. He knew he was not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in music, but he decided to learn to play the violin. "I practiced {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in my room every day," he said. "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the violin could help me to forget the bad things." Tyler's mother said the violin made him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} again and she felt like she had her son back. Tyler stood strong, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he had to face those bad things. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a book. He wanted to share his story with other kids like {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and told them to be strong.