Zhang Lin is a middle school student. He is a good boy. Uncle Wu lives next to him. Uncle Wu has no child and can't see anything. He works in the factory (工厂) near Zhang Lin's school. He goes to work at 7:30 in the morning and comes home at 4:30 in the afternoon. Zhang Lin walks to school at 8:00 in the morning and comes home at the same time as Uncle Wu in the afternoon. On weekdays Zhang Lin gets up early to take Uncle Wu to the factory. After school he takes him home. On Sundays Zhang Lin helps Uncle Wu clean the house and do some cooking. Uncle Wu thanks Zhang Lin very much. He says, “Zhang Lin is a good boy. He is like my son.”

    One day a big red hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something and she takes out her chickens to look for food.

    When they are eating, she finds a grain of wheat(一粒小麦). So she asks her chickens to plant it in the back garden. But no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it herself.

    After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, “Who will take the wheat to the store to get some flour(面粉)?” But they don't want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.

    After she gets home, she says,“ Who will make some bread with the flour? ”They all say they are very busy, so they can't do it.

    When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens,“ Who wants to eat the bread?”

    “I will,” they say. “No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains, no gains（不劳无获）'.”She doesn't give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread herself.

    Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me 1 I love my job. Well, it's very2. I'm the first to know about important news stories. I3around the world and I talk to people. I find out what is happening4different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I've talked to people in the government, 5 famous sportsmen and sportswoman and film stars. I ask people to tell me about6lives. I want to know how they feel.

    A lot of people want to work in TV news, so you have to be energetic and creative. You have to show that you can do it. You must learn how to use a video camera,7 reports, and speak to the camera. What's the best way to learn? Your school or college TV station is a good place to start, but you have to get a job!

    Most people8with an unpaid job, so they can learn. The best place to learn is at a small station. There aren't many people, and as a result, you get more9. I had an unpaid job at a small station, and one night, when10was ill, I read the news on air. I did well, and as a result, I got my first paid job!

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Peter was a robot in Sky City. There were some words1 his name card: "XT-27: The best robot". Yes, he was the best robot here. And he was the only XT-27 robot in the2 as well. Peter thought he was so3 , so he didn't want to make friends with other robots. When they asked him to play, he always said he was4 .

One day, Peter went to5 another city, Bionic City. After getting there, he found there wereXT-27 robots everywhere. Peter was very6 and he walked around the city for a long time. He7 to other XT-27 robots, telling them how happy he was to meet them there. He thought he found8 true friends there. Finally, he9 decided to live there. 

However, as time went by, Peter got10 with living in Bionic City. All the robots here11 the same—one big head and one big eye. And they always did the same thing. There was12 new every day. Peter thought of Sky City. Hundreds of robots lived there13 they were so different. He missed them and wanted to go back to Sky City. 

When Peter14 to Sky City, he was happy to meet so many different robots. He15 that it was great to make friends with them. 

Betty collected a basket of seashells. She showed them to Amy." Look! They are all1 . These are big, and those are small. Some look like beautiful animals… Well, I can use them to make a birthday present for my Dad! How wonderful!"

Suddenly, Amy saw the sea water rising along the beach. She was 2 and cried," The waves! They will take your toys!"

" Put my seashells onto the bus, Amy!" Betty ra n 3 to get her toys.

Just when Amy was about to get the basket onto the bus, she fell down and the shells4 into pieces.

When Betty 5 , she saw the pieces and cried. Amy tried to tell her what happened, but Betty still looked 6 and didn't talk to Amy. Amy didn't know what to do, so she took them home.

The next morning at school, Amy found Betty on her 7 . She walked over to her desk and took out a frame(框) and a bag of seashells." Betty, I 8 some nice seashell pieces from the broken ones last night. Shall we glue(粘) them to the frame together? We can put a( an) 9 of your family in it. It will be a wonderful present." Amy said. Betty agreed. Together they made a beautiful frame.

" Sorry, I wasn't careful yesterday, Betty." Amy said."I know the shells are 10 to you."

"I should also say‘ sorry' to you. I like them, but you' re my best friend." Betty smiled.