Alisa was walking around the swimming pool. Her friend Maria was waiting for her. "Come on, Alisa!" Maria said. "Let's jump off the diving board (跳水版)."

    "No way! I can never go that high," said Alisa.

    "Don't be scared," Maria said. "It's really fun."

    Alisa walked away and sat on a bench.

    "You go. I'll watch you," said Alisa.

    "You don't know what you're missing," said Maria. Then she climbed up the tall ladder (梯子). It made Alisa scared just thinking of being up there.

    Maria jumped off the board and then climbed out of the pool. She walled to Alisa. "Come on, Alisa; just try it. It's wonderful!" she said.

    Alisa looked up at the board. Maybe it was time to try something new. OK, she said. Alisa climbed up the ladder for the diving board. The water looked far, far away. She wanted to turn back to climb down the ladder， but that would be too embarrassing. There was only one thing to do.

    Alisa walked to the edge (边缘) of the board. Then she closed (闭上) her eyes and jumped. She got into the water in no time. "Wow, so wonderful! I like it!" she shouted.

    Do you know the story about Vince? It was a true story. Vince was an English boy and he was eight years old. He didn't like soap or water. Three or four times a day his mother said to him, “Vince, your hands are very dirty again.” Go and wash them. ” But Vince never washed them well. He only put his hands in the water for a few seconds and then took them out again.

Vince's uncle and aunt lived in another city. One day they came to stay with Vince's parents, and they brought their small son, Toby, with them. Toby was seven years old and he didn't like soap or water, either.

    The boys sat with their parents for a few minutes and then they went outside. When they were pla­ying, Vince looked at Toby's hands and then went back to Toby's parents and said proudly (骄傲地）， “Toby's hands are dirtier than mine, ”

    “Of course they are，”Toby said angrily. “You are one year older than I am, ”

A few years ago we moved to a new city, so I had to change schools. On the first day at my new school, I was really {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . I found it hard to make new friends and hardly said a word to anyone for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . When the morning break started, I went outside and stood on my own. I was feeling really lonely. Towards the end of break, a girl walked up to me. She introduced {#blank#}3{#/blank#} as Monica and started chatting right away. She was also quite new at the school and we soon {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we had a lot in common. We watched the same TV shows, listened to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} types of music, and we were both learning to play the guitar. Also, we lived just a few minutes' walk from each other! 

Monica and I have been really good friends since that day. Naturally we sometimes argue like everyone does but we're very close. 

One day, Jenny brought her only son Max to a restaurant. When they left, Max wanted to throw away half of the sandwich that he couldn't cat. But Jenny stopped him "Wait! You should never1 any food!" The boy replied in a loud voice, "But I'm too 2 now!" Jenny didn't say anything but took it into her hand. As they walked out of the restaurant, Max spilled (洒出) some 3 on his coat because of carelessness. Without thinking, he just took it off and wanted to throw it away again. Jenny came up4 and said, "We can wash the juice off the coat. And do you know someone is wishing to have a coat like that?" However, Max answered angrily, "I don't care!"

At this, Jenny was very surprised and decided to do5 . For a while, she turned to Max and said softly, "You know when you don't 6 what you have, there is someone else wishing for all that you have. "Max just kept in 7 . 

On their way home, they saw an old man8 around the corner. Mother asked Max to give the piece of sandwich to him. 9 he was unhappy, he walked towards the old man and handed the sandwich. "I'm not sure whether you want this or not. It's just our leftovers (剩菜). " "Oh, my God! I can't tell you10 this means to me. I am so hungry now. " The old man thanked Max again and again for giving him food, which really made Max feel ashamed. Some 11 later, they met another old man with few clothes on him. This time, Max 12 before him without thinking twice and asked, "I wonder if this coat will help you. But there is a juice stain (污渍) on it. " The old man was so glad that he 13 the coat immediately and said, "Thanks so much. You don't know what this means to me. It is so14 these days. "

With his face turning red, Max went back to his mother and said, "Mum, I am so 15 . You're right. " And then he could see a big smile on his mum's face. Exactly, in life what you want to throw away may be the very thing someone does wish to have. 

My good friend Mary is my cousin. She is three years{#blank#}1{#/blank#}than me.I am fourteen years old and she is eleven now. She is very friendly and{#blank#}2{#/blank#},so she has many friends.She is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in music and    wants to be a singer when she grows up.

When she was six years old, she started to learn singing.She wants to be a great singer,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}she says it's difficult.She practices singing every day.She{#blank#}5{#/blank#}sings in shows and I love listening to her singing. We talk about everything together and we always{#blank#}6{#/blank#}some—thing interesting with each other. My favorite saying is "A true friend reaches for your hand and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}your heart."Mary is a friend like this.

Mary is very busy{#blank#}8{#/blank#}she also studies photography（摄影）in her free time．She takes lots of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}.They are all very wonderful. Last year, she{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the first prize in the photo competition.

I am lucky that I have so good a friend.