Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died．His mother found it 1to support the large family．However，she tried her best to do so．Also，she 2Henry，the eldest son，to school．

    At one time，Henry needed a grammar book for his study．His family was so 3that his mother could not afford one．

    One morning，Henry found that a deep snow had fallen，and the 4wind was blowing．"Ah，"he said，"it is an ill wind that blows nobody good．"With these words，he ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his 5to move away the snow around it．The offer was accepted．When he finished the work，he received his 6 ． Then he went to another place for the

7purpose，and then to anther，8he had earned （挣得） enough to buy a grammar book．

    From that time，Henry was 9the first in all his classes．He knew no such word as"10"，and he succeeded in all he tried to do．Having the will，he always found the way．

    Our class is going to visit the zoo. Our town has a big zoo with a lot of 1 in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old 2. They eat a lot of meat every day. There are also two big elephants and a baby one. I want to3on one of the elephants. The elephants are tame(驯服的) and 4. They eat a lot of grass every day. They like children because they sometimes5 the elephants bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas very much.

    In our zoo there are also brown, black bears and white bears. They stand on their back legs, hold up their arms and ask for food. They like 6 very much.

    There is also a Children's Corner in our zoo. There children 7 horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys. The monkeys are very 8. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children. They love nuts and 9and bread. I am going to 10a basket to the zoo with bread, cakes, nuts and bananas.

    When Mary Smith was a1, she wanted to be a teacher, 2 she liked children. When she was twenty, she began teaching in a small school. She was a good teacher, and she3 a lot with the children in her class. They4 her teaching.

One day5of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, 6does a man's hair become grey before his beard（胡子）does？"

Mary laughed and answered, "I don't know. Helen, do you know？"

    "I don't know7, Miss Smith, "said Helen, "but it happened to my father." The8children in the class laughed when they heard this.

    Then a boy said, "I9, Miss Smith! A man's hair becomes grey10because it's sixteen years older than his beard."

    It was a cold winter. An eight—year-old boy got a 1from his grandfather. It was a very lovely little turtle(海龟). The boy was so happy to2the little turtle. He wanted to play with it very much.  3the turtle retracted(缩回)its head and feet into its shell. The boy wanted the turtle to4 out of its shell, so he pocked(捅)the turtle with a stick. But it didn't5. The turtle just stayed inside its shell. They boy was very6.

    Grandfather saw that, and he said to the boy, "Don't do it in that way. I have a good idea. Let me help you. "Grandfather7the little turtle into his room and put it near a warm fireplace(壁炉). After a few minutes, the little turtle8warm and showed its head and feet.

    "Sometimes.  9 are like the little turtle, "Grandfather said, "So don't be so rude. Be kind and friendly10them."

    It was a fine summer day. The Chinese girl Dan and her mother were on the1. They wanted to go to the2. There were many children on it. Their parents were with3, too. After a short time, a4got on the bus and he was an old man. He had no seat (座位)to sit in. Dan asked him to sit in her seat and he5her. There were two American people on the bus. They went to the Great Wall, too.6they couldn't speak Chinese. Dan talked to them in English. She told them Beijing was a big city. It had a7history. She told them some stories8Beijing. The two American thought the stories were very9and they also wanted to go to other cities of China. Could their dream10? Of course.

    Everyone has a place which he remembers most from his childhood (童年), and so do I. One of the places I remember from my childhood is a 1 in the country. It belonged to my parents. I spent my summers in that place 2 I was a teenager(青少年), and now I begin to miss the farm again.

    It was lovely to 3 there. There were a lot of lot of 4— cows, sheep, hens, dogs and cats. My sister and I 5 helped to work on the farm. We helped people graze(放牧) sheep or make bread or cheese. I can still remember that on Tuesdays we 6 the bread and on Thursdays, the cheese.

    I love that farm because I 7 to love animals and not to be afraid of them there. We saw a sheep give birth to its baby there, and we enjoyed staying there to see how lovely the 8 sheep was.

    Now my sister and her son are 9 this place. My nephew is 10 with the place. I hope that he has a good time there and when he is older, he will remember the place as I do.