Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and cannot do any 1at all. Bob's mother is very busy with the housework 2 working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her3some housework. 4 he does too much housework, his mother is still very strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob.

    He must5his things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up 6. He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water 7 every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time. 8 his clothes, he isn't allowed to choose his own clothes. On school nights, he can't go out 9 and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV.

    Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are 10 him, so he faithfully obeys them.

    J.K Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series, the most popular books.

    J.K. Rowling was born in Bristol in 1965. She has one sister 1 is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to bedtime 2 . They loved stories about the magical (有魔力的) world. Rowling 3her first story, called rabbit at the age of six.

    4 she graduated from the university, Rowling worked in London. During that time, on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea of a 5 who has magic but doesn't know it himself came to6 . In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her daughter, Jessica, and7much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young8. It came out in 1997. To her 9 , the book was very successful. The film came out in 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is 10with people of all ages.

    Why is the series so successful? Many other magic stories11place in faraway lands in the past or future times,12Harry lives in modern England. He 's also a very normal boy. When other 13 read the story about Harry, they can 14 being like him.

    J.K. Rowling is very happy with her success. She says she will go on 15 children's books.

In the past, I thought I was terrible at many things, such as maths, French and science.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}I was good at drawing, I wasn't the best in my art class. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(want) to find out who I was, what I liked and how I could do it well. So, in that winter, I took {#blank#}3{#/blank#}notebook and kept my diary. When I filled that notebook, I started another one, and then another.

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Right now, you might be thinking: It sounds great, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I'm not a good writer; or I'd love to keep a diary, but my handwriting is terrible, Don't worry! Keeping a diary is not like doing your homework — there are no rules, so do whatever you feel best.

Hello! I am Dale. This {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) my bedroom. You can see a key, a map, a jacket, two {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (cup) and a quilt in it. What's this {#blank#}3{#/blank#} English? It's a key. It's black. I use it in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} morning and in the evening. What's that in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (England)? It's a blue map. That is a jacket. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} color is it? It's brown and white. It isn't {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (I) jacket. It's my friend Lisa's. Brown and white are her favorite {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (color). This is my cup. It's white. What's that on the quilt? It's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (a) orange. My friend, Eric gives it to me. Oh, you can also {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (see) another(另一个) white cup in the bedroom. It's my sister Lucy's.

"Why do I live? Why do I wish for anything, or do anything? Is there anything in my life that will not be broken by my death?" Like Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, many people ask these difficult questions. Tolstoy spent his whole life trying to answer these difficult questions. 

As a young man, he thought people could be perfect if they tried hard enough. So he worked very hard to be the best in everything. He thought that he would find the meaning and the truth in success. 

In the 1850s, Tolstoy wrote his first stories. He wrote about his life when he was a soldier. He also told stories about his childhood. These works were published (出版) and Tolstoy became a well- known writer. He got the respect he always wanted. Many rich and smart men met and talked with Tolstoy. But soon Tolstoy recognised that these men were not perfect and they could not answer his questions. 

So in the 1860s, Tolstoy tried a different way to find the meaning of life. He opened a school for the children of his serfs — the people who worked on his land. These workers were very poor. He wanted to help them because he thought they were more honest than the rich people he knew. 

Tolstoy learnt a lot from his workers. He understood how they worked hard to support their families. He began to believe that marriage and family would give his life meaning. So in1862, Leo Tolstoy married a young woman named Sonya Behrs. 

 The next 15 years were the best years of Tolstoy's life. It was during this time that he wrote his most famous books— War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In these books, Tolstoy believed humans should live a simple life and take care of their families. Tolstoy thought this would satisfy him and bring him happiness. 

What things do you do well? Julian Lage plays the guitar. He plays1 than most people of his age.

Some people say Julian is 2 a guitar whiz(奇才). When he was 13 years old, he already played with some of the top guitar 3 in the country. He performed at a number of music festivals. He even appeared in Grammy Awards Show, which gives prizes to the country's 4 musicians.

Julian was five when his father 5 him the first guitar. Just one year later he surprised people with his amazing talent. He played the guitar so well that a 6 was made about him and showed in the cinema. Julian works hard and keeps on7 even harder. It takes him about five to eight hours each 8 . Julian also works on his music with a guitar teacher.

When do Julian have time for school? He doesn't go to school.9 going to school, he is taught at home. He does his homework first in the morning so that he can10 the rest of the day on his music. Julian is not sure what he will do when he grows up. For now he is happy just to play his guitar.