My name is Lisa and I am 12. Now I am in the 1 club. This is because my best friend Anna. She is the same age as me. She is from Canada (加拿大). 2 is thin (瘦的) but not very tall.

    I 3 Ann on our first day at our new school. No one says to me and I am not 4. I find a seat on the school bus and sit there. Then, I see a 5 and she sits next to me. She is Anna!

    She asks me, “6 are you not happy?”

    I 7 her, “No one likes me here.”

 “I see. No one likes me, too. I am new,” she says to me.

    Anna is the only one who says to 8 on the school bus. That's why we become friends.

    Now, Anna is my best friend. She is very kind, 9 she can sing and draw very well. I 10 the art club with her. We go to the club on the weekend. I am very happy to know Anna.

    Linda and Laura were very excited because it would be their mother's birthday next Monday．Their mother loved {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and she knew a lot about them．On Thursday,the two girls pretended(假装)that they were going out to buy eggs and bread with their father．{#blank#}2{#/blank#}，they went to the plant store where their mother often went．With their father's help，they {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a plant with beautiful flowers．They were sure their mother would like {#blank#}4{#/blank#}．

    When they got home．their mother was busy in the kitchen，so they {#blank#}5{#/blank#}carried the plant to their room．They didn't know where they could put it because they wanted to give their mother a surprise on Monday．They looked around the room carefully．Finally,the two young girls had a(n){#blank#}6{#/blank#}．They put the plant in a big box and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}it to the top of the bookcase(书柜)．After it was done，they were very happy．

    However,no one{#blank#}8{#/blank#}watering the plant over the next few days．They just treated(对待)the plant{#blank#}9{#/blank#}any other gift．When their mother's birthday came，they opened the box and found a dead(枯萎的)plant with dry flowers，but it still{#blank#}10{#/blank#}their mother happy．

    Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter. He 1 how he could find the right person. Finally, the king had an 2. He decided to hold a contest(比赛) to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor. The king ordered that anyone 3 wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace. To win his daughter, a man must fill up a whole room with a(an) 4 thing very quickly.

    The first brave man anived at the palace. He brought bags full of feathers. With great 5, he started to fill the large room with feathers, but time ran out and he failed.

    The next day, 6 young man tried to quickly fill the room, this time with beautiful silk. Time ran out again, and he left the palace 7.

    The contest went on day afterday, 8 contestants hoped to pass the test but no one 9. The king began to lose heart. Wasn't anyone in the kingdom qualified(有资格的)to many the beautiful princess?

    One day, a young man arrived at the palace empty-handed. The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest. Entering the room, the young man 10 the lights. He reached into his pocket, got a small 11 and lit it. In no time, the light filled the whole room.

    The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter.

    To get through a problem, sometimes we must 12 the way we're thinking about it. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way.

    Tongtong is three years old. She likes1English very much. Her mother2English in a high school.

    Tongtong likes to3English cartoon videos. She plays games with her dolls and4with them in English. She learns a lot by watching the videos. Sometimes she can5but doesn't know the6. When her mother comes back home, she will tell Tongtong what the words and sentences mean.

    Tongtong's mother thinks that interest is important, and7is more important. Tongtong has great interest in English speaking. She can learn to speak by8and listening. But she should have chances(机会)to use it. So her mother tries to talk with her in English at home and takes her to the9at school. Though Tongtong makes many mistakes, her English improves10.

    Before Father's Day, I found my father was unhappy because he was out of work. I decided to cheer him up by buying him a special Father's Day gift.

    One day after school I1to the Agins which was known for fashions and styles. I told the Agins salesperson that I was looking for a Father's Day present.

    "Do you think he'd like a2?" she asked. "Yes, I think he might, "I told her.

    She 3 a Swiss watch and I told her that he would like it.

    "How much money do you have?" she asked.

    "4dollars, "I replied.

    "You're so lucky!" she told me." It's only $11.You still have $l for the 5." She packed the watch and I thanked for my business, and I rode off home with the gift under my arm.

    When my father opened the gift, he asked 6, "Where did you get it?"

    "I bought it at the Agins. It cost me $11, "I said. My father was shocked into silence.

    Many years later, I did learn that the watch was worth several hundred dollars, 7I appreciated(感激)how wonderful the Agins sales-person had been to me. I always felt8that I never had a chance to thank her.

    "What really amazes me to this day...…my daughter, "my father said." Letting you have the watch for 11 dollars was 9 enough. But the fact that she let you leave the shop with a dollar for the card was a touch (触动)of 10.I'll never forget it."

  Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, "You won't be a real man until you begin to 1helping others."

  One morning, his parents gave him some money to 2some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very 3. Bill went to him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

  The old man answered, "I'm hungry. I haven't had any food for two days. "

  All the thought of his parents' words, Bill said to the old man, "Let's go to the 4."

  When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter 5 the plate and the cup, the old man said, "Sorry for giving you too much 6. I'm fine now. I'll 7forget your kindness! You are a very good young man"

  Bill was 8when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned 9that his food was free 10it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customer(顾客) that day.