My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. He 1 the first three years of his life in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he has a problem when you saw him 2 .

    Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play,  4 . We never told him that he probably wouldn't be  5  to run like the other children. So he didn't know.

    In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 . We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

    He ran four to five miles every day — even when he had a fever. I was  9 , so I went to  10  him after school. I found him running  11,  I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12 .
   Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had  14 the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it … so he didn't know. He just  15  it.

    In the early hours of 7 September 1838, one of the worst storms in history was roaring（咆哮）along the coast of England. The lighthouse keeper1at a ship. “It will be gone in a few more minutes,” he said sadly. His daughter, Grace Darling, looking from an upstairs window, found the great ship had 2 against the rocks and broken into halves.

     “Can't we save them?” Grace asked when she saw the3people on the ship. “Isn't there any way to help them?”

“No one can take a lifeboat out in that water,” her father answered. “The waves（浪）are too large.”

    Grace had great4.She simply did not know how to give up. Filled with pity, she ran to the lifeboat quickly. Her father5. With tears running down his face, he begged his daughter not to get into the boat, 6 she would not listen. Her father could not let her go alone. He climbed in too. The two of them rowed in a great hurry. Each wave seemed 7to throw them into the sea at any time.

    Suddenly there was a terrible roar. The storm had 8the ship in two. People were holding on to each half tightly（紧紧地）.They had to be saved soon.

    Grace and her father rowed faster. Soon they reached the ship and began filling the lifeboat with9. Then father and daughter brought their lifeboat safely to shore.

    As news of her brave saving action reached the public, the whole country considered her as a national hero. Grace and her father received the Silver Medal10from the British government. To this day a small statue stands above the grave（墓）of Grace Darling. People still respect the young woman who refused to give up.

    One summer evening I was sitting by the open window， reading a good novel. I was so 1 the story I was reading that I didn't 2 that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read 3 ， I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone 4 ， "Help! Help!" It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to see anything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It sounds like a child， but I could not 5what someone would be doing in our backyard， unless one of my neighbor's children had climbed a tree and had not been able to 6.

    I decided that I should go out and have 7 in the yard， just in case someone was8. With a flashlight and a stick in my hands， I went out into the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. "Who is there?" I 9 as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no 10. With the help of my flashlight， I 11 all over that end of the yard， including the branches of the trees. There was no 12 of anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that my 13 made fun of me， probably nothing is happening there.

    I had to go back into the house and sat down to read my book again. Not long after that， I was 14 by the loud cry of "Help! Help!" This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and jump up. There， sitting on the table was my neighbor's large green and red 15.

    I don't like to stay at home during holidays. Last summer, my family took a 1to Hong Kong. It 2an interesting trip.

    We went there by plane, because we wanted to get there quickly. We3 there at about eleven o'clock and we had lunch there. We ate the seafood. It was delicious. The weather was sunny and 4 so we swam in the sea. There were 5people on the beach.

    Disneyland is the place that I like best there, so we 6visited the Disneyland. It is a 7place. We stayed in Hong Kong 8a week. We took many photos and bought lots of souvenirs. And then, we went home9.We just10a good time.

    I enjoyed the trip. It was really a fantastic trip.

    Once there was a clever man. One day he went shopping and he found a very beautiful vase. He loved it very much. It was 400 dollars. But it was too 1for him.

   "Could you sell it at 200 dollars?" He wanted to cut down the2.
    I'm sorry I can't," the shop assistant answered.

    Then he3the shop without saying any words. He went back home and4his friends about the vase. They worked out a5. The clever man hoped the plan could work.

    The next day, one of his friends went to6and wanted to buy the vase for 350 dollars. The shop assistant didn't7.

    Shortly after the first one, the second friend went there and wanted to buy it for 300 dollars.8shook his head.

    Later, the third offered 200. The fourth offered 150. The fifth offered 100. Oh! It was too9.

    At last, the clever man went to the shop and offered 100 dollars again. This time, the plan worked and the clever man10the beautiful vase at his price.

    My name is Tony. I'm from 1. Now I'm a student of NO.5 Middle School in Beijing. It's easy for me to make friends in China 2Chinese people are friendly. They usually ask me to join（加入） 3for dinner. There are 4people in my family. They are my grandparents, my parents, my sister and I. My father is a 5. He teaches English in my school. My mother is a doctor. It's 20 km from our home to 6. So she goes to work 7bus every morning. My sister is a six-year-old girl. She doesn't come to China. She stays in America with my grandparents. So I 8her very much. She has two dogs. They are smart. They can dance 9. They can play games 10her, too.