A man was walking along the beach when he suddenly noticed some children dancing far away from him. "What on earth are they 1 on the beach?" he thought and quickly 2 towards them.

    He was surprised that a boy and a girl were not dancing but picking up the 3 on sands and throwing them back into the sea.

    "Excuse me, why are you 4 the starfishes back into the sea?" he asked.

    The children didn't 5 but continued picking up the starfishes and kept throwing them back into the sea.

    Don't you think it is a waste of your 6? There are hundreds of starfishes still lying around. 7 you can't keep this act all day long." the man talked to the two children with a smile.

    At last the elder boy replied, "Sir, you see it is very hot and the Sun will soon rise. Though my sister and I can't throw all the starfishes back into the 8, we are sure it is important to the ones we 9 in throwing. Would you like to join us? It would make a difference." The man 10 and said, "It certainly would," so he also picked up the starfishes and threw them into the sea.

    "I can't believe what I'm hearing!" I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate (候选人) for president of Students' Union. My best friend Tony came to me and said, "I'm 1, Mike. I really thought you should be 2."

    Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a polite " 3" and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.

    "I'm, er-I'm just wondering 4 you would…consider coming to work on my team," he said 5. "You are really smart, and you would be a great manager."

    "I don't think so," I replied, feeling 6.

    "Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow," he said before moving to 7 table.

    All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process (选举过程) would give me a chance to make important changes at our school. I 8 to join them.

    My first goal was to 9 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a10 with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeff's smiling face.

    My next step was to 11 which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster 12 to add these activities to our school program.

    With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well received at school.

    An eighth grader said, "It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president."

    Hearing these words made my heart filled with 13. I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 14. The fact that it has made a(n) 15 in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!

Alan is a cute boy. He often goes to a park with his dad in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) free time.

There is a swimming pool in the park, and Alan often sees many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (child) there. They swim {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (happy) in summer. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wish) that he can swim in a river or a lake someday. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he knows that he must learn how to swim in a pool first.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the morning of Sunday, while dad is still {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sleep), Alan wakes him up. Then the boy asks Dad {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) him to the park.

"Why do you want to go there? It's so hot today," Dad asks.

"I want to learn swimming," says Alan, "And you can teach me there."

"Oh, I'm sorry. But I can't swim," Dad answers.

"You can't swim? Jack's dad swims very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good). Why can't you swim?" Alan feels quite surprised.

"His dad likes eating fish, so he can swim {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a fish," Dad says.

"Oh, I see," says Alan, "But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs (下蛋)?"

Hi, friends! I'm Lily. Welcome to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (I) home. Look! This is a photo of my family. In it you can see {#blank#}2{#/blank#} American girl. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is she? Well, she is my cousin—my uncle's daughter. Her name is Linda Smith. These are my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(parent). They work in a middle school. My father often plays games {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his students. The students like {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) very much. Look at this boy. He is my brother—Bill. Where is he now? He is in his room and e-mailing his friend, because he lost his soccer ball. He wants {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (know) where he can find it. He {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (love) to play soccer, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he doesn't like baseball. It's difficult {#blank#}10{#/blank#} him. Can you find me in the photo? Yes, the girl in red is me. I like my family. 

A novel is a long story, usually a fictional book, which describes human experiences and interactions. It is in the form of prose(written or spoken language in its ordinary form), rather than poetry. The English-language novel, as we know it today, mainly began its development in the 1700s. Realism became important in literature at this point. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It was in this time period and mode of literature that women writers truly came into their own. Two famous women authors who influenced the history of literature were Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf.

Jane Austen(1775-1817) was an English author. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Jane's father was a priest. They were middle class, thought not rich. In the polite society of that time, which they were part of, the lives of girls and women were very much ruled by the social rules and morals of the day. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} The writer Walter Scott said of her novels, "That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with."

She was concerned with how women came to marry as it was not a simple matter of falling in love with someone in those days. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}The other problem was money; parents needed to provide women with some money to take into a marriage. Parents often tried to find their daughters the right partners. That's why Jane herself never married and died aged only{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

A．Parents had to be of a similar social place.

B．This means that authors tried to have their novels reflect real life.

C．Jane saw the ambition(野心) of parents in many of these situations.

D．Jane's stories focused on middle to upper class society which she knew, and the place of women in it.

E．Among her most famous novels are Sense and Sensibility(1811), Pride and Prejudice(1813) and Emma(1815).

Jack and Mary are two good friends. On their way to school, they find an old 1 . It is about treasure（珍宝）. They want to read it, 2 they have to go to school first. 

After school, they meet at Jack's house. They find there is a treasure 3 in the old book. They talk to Jack's father about it He agrees to drive them around to find the treasure. 4 can we go first? "Jack's father asks. Mary, 5 at the map. The way starts at the pool in the middle of town, so they go there first. Then, they arrive at a park after a 20-minute ride. The 6 problem for them is where the treasure in the park is. 7 try looking for clues（线索）in the park. Ten minutes later, Mary shouts to others 8 , " I find it! It's not something we can take with us, but when you read it, you'll see! "She points to（指向）a tree. There is a card in the tree. It 9 , " The best treasure is a good trip with good friends! "Wow, that's 10 , " Jack says. Although（虽然）they don't get anything to keep, they still think that it is a great day.