It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb (突然宣布). "There is no Father Christmas." 

    I ran to my grandmother's house, for she always told the 1. Grandmother was at home. I told her everything. "No Father Christmas?" she was a little 2. "Don't believe it. Put on your coat, and let's go."

    "Go? Where, Grandma?" I asked.

    "Kerby's Store. "

    As we walked through its doors. Grandma handed me the dollars and said. "Take the 3and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby's.

    For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering what to buy, and who to buy it for.

    I thought of everybody I knew, my family, my friends, my neighbours… I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decbar, a boy with bad breath (口臭) and messy (凌乱的) hair. He sat right behind me in Mrs Polack's class.

    Bobbie 4 went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, 5 we all knew that he didn't have a cough. In fact, he didn't have a 6. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat that he would like.

    That evening, grandma helped me wrap (包裹) the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons (缎带), and write "To Bobbie. From Father Christmas" on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he 7 them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie's home, telling me that I was helping Father Christmas 8 the presents.

    Grandma parked the car along the street and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie's home. Then Grandma said to me. "All right, Father Christmas, get going."

    I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down 9 the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the 10 and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did and there stood Bobbie.

    That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

    Gina is a new teacher in a middle school. She lives in San Diego, just fifteen minutes' walk 1 a beach. So she always walks along the beach after work.

    Gina was very happy this weekend. After a busy week, she was ready (准备好的) to 2 The weekend started when she met her friends for dinner at Sam's Chinese Restaurant on Friday night. "My friends and I all like Chinese food, so we 3eat together at Sam' s Chinese Restaurant," said Gina.

    On 4 morning, Gina helped a friend move to a new house. In the afternoon, she went to her tennis class. 5 she is new to the sport, she plays well. After dinner, Gina went to the Red Onion and 6 until (到……时) 10:00 p.m. She loves dancing and she thinks it is good for her health.

    On Sunday, Gina got up at 8:00 a.m. and went to a small 7 near her home for breakfast. She likes the food there. Then she 8 the whole (整个) morning reading books. In the afternoon, she went to swim with her cousin, and then 9 had a fast-food meal together. In the evening, she went to the San Diego Folk Festival. She thought it was wonderful.

    10 do I have such a great weekend? Oh, every weekend," said Gina.

    Maxim Gorky(高尔基)was born in a carpenter's (木匠) family. When he was five, he1  his father.

    He 2 his childhood in his grandfather's home.3the age of ten, his mother 4of illness. His grandfather5 him look for a job by himself.  For ten years, young Gorky 6 about in the street. He did whatever kinds of jobs he 7 , and he lived such 8 life. The dog's life in the ten years made him deeply understand the hardship of the 9people and deeply hate the old system (制度).

    During that time he read all kinds of books which  10_him a lot of materials for works later on.

    When we talk about the universe, we mean not only the sun, the earth, the starts, but also the moon. Do you know1 about the moon? The moon is smaller than the earth, but the sun is much bigger than the earth. The moon is2 from the earth. It's 380,000 kilometers away. On the earth we see that the moon3 like a cake. It is round. There is4 air or water on the moon, so there is no living5 there. The side of the moon towards (朝，向)the sun is very hot, while the other side is very6. People can jump7 on the moon than on the earth and we can walk very8 there. It takes more than three days to get to the moon9spaceship (宇宙飞船). Now some countries including10 can fly to the moon. I'm sure we can go to the moon in the future one day.

    One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom. Mrs. Brown came in and told the whole class that they would have to change a 1 in March. The naughtiest(调皮的) class in the grade could not 2 it. The pupils all disagreed with the decision, so they shouted when Mrs.

    Brown said it was because a new pupil would be3 the class. The class was in disorder. (杂乱地) "Why must we move to another classroom just because someone new is coming?". One of them asked 4 Mrs. Brown waited patiently before the class without saying anything. The students saw it and they became quiet. Mrs. Brown told them to be 5 to their new classmate and then she left.

    The following week, the class understood 6. The head teacher himself brought the new student to their class.7, Mr. White pushed the new student to the class because the student was disabled. Mr. White 8 the new student as Jeff and asked them to be friendly to him. He said that Jeff now was a 9 of the class and they should work together. He added," A house divided (分开) against itself cannot stand."10 could completely understand what Mr. White meant at first.

    Over time, they began to understand what their head teacher meant. Jeff was a 11 student and often lent a helping hand to students who did not understand 12 work. They felt very thankful to him. They took turns (轮流) to push him 13 they knew well that when someone did something for you, you 14 do something back in return (作为回报) .Their results 15 and their behavior (行为) became better. It was a special year Class 6 would never forget.