Ann is a girl. 1 from Chicago, the USA. She's twelve. She 2 a round face and a small mouth. Her eyes  3 very big. He 4 blue very much. Blue T-shirt and skirt are 5  favorite clothes. She's  6 blue every day. She's very cool. Now, she's a high school student in Hong Kong. She's in 7. Her telephone number is 72585069. JiangShan is her good friend. She's 8. She's from Beijing. She's eleven. She's a high school student 9, but she's in a different class. Her telephone number is 6325625. Her 10 is in Beijing now. Beijing is very beautiful.

    There was once a wise old lady who lived on a hill. All the children used to go and ask her questions. She always gave them1answers.

    There was a little boy among the children. One day he caught a little bird and held it in his hands without anybody seeing it. Suddenly he had an idea and asked his friends to2.

    "Let's3the old lady," he said. "I'll ask her what I'm holding in my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird. Then I'll ask her if the bird is alive or dead. If she says the bird is dead, then I'll4my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I'll quickly5it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she'll be6."

    The children agreed this was a clever plan. So7the hill they all went to the old lady's house.

    "Granny, we have a8for you," they all shouted.

    "What's in my hands?" the little boy asked.

    "Why, of course it must be a bird," the old lady replied.

    "But is it alive or dead?" the boy asked9.

    All the boys10 her answer and got ready to laugh at her.

    The old lady thought for a moment and then replied, "It's up to you, my child. If you're kind enough, it'll be alive."

    Do you have any interests in your childhood? In my seventh grade, I developed a/an 1 in solving a Rubik's Cube. I started by asking my brother to teach me and he asked me to solve a blue cross on a cube by myself.

    I spent around 20 minutes mixing the cube and finally got that little blue cross on the top. 2, I jumped up from the chair and raced into my brother's bedroom. After handing the cube to him, to my surprise, he mixed the perfect blue cross up. Making my work completely disappear.

    "Do it again," he 3 it back to me.

    "No, I won't." I was angry stepping out of his room.

    A few weeks later, my brother wasn't at home. "I'm going to 4 how to do this without him!" I promised myself. I spent the rest of my night watching a guy on YouTube teach me to solve the first few steps. I mastered those steps.

    The next day, I spent the whole school day secretly5 what I had learned the night before. When I made my way to my music class, I tried to find some spare time taking out the cube again and solving what I knew. Noah, my classmate, and also one of my best friends later, laughed at me.

    "Do you know how?" I sneered（讥笑）.

    "Actually yeah, let me see it. My fastest solving 6 is 15 seconds," he noted as he began solving the cube. It took him about 25 seconds to finish it.

    "Okay, that was cool." I started solving the cube again. I didn't know at that time this boy would be my inspiration for cube solving. He taught me each step, each day, and when I 7, he'd remind(提醒) me how to do it. He was the best friend I'd ever had.

    Sadly he's no longer with us now, but the memories of solving cubes together will be there forever. It was this boy who helped me with cube solving. It takes me around a minute to solve a Rubik's Cube. I am 8 that I can do something not many people can. Thank you, Noah.

     Mr. Green was unfriendly. Kids were afraid of going into his garden to pick an apple because he would run after them 1 with his gun (枪).

    One day, 12-year-old Janet walked out with her friend Amy. They had to 2 Mr. Green's house. 3 they got close, Janet saw him sitting at his front door. Like most kids, 4 was afraid of the old man. But Amy said, "Don't 5."

    When they got close enough Mr. Green took an unfriendly look 6, but when he saw Amy, he gave a big smile. Amy 7 back and told him that Janet was her best friend and they were going to listen to music and play games. Mr. Green said that 8 fun, and gave them each an apple.

Later, Janet asked Amy in 9, "Why was he so nice to us?"

    Amy replied "At first I was 10, too. But my grandma told me not to be afraid and to imagine that he was smiling at me."

    "11 a smile?" asked Janet.

    "Yes. If I smile back at 12, sooner or later he will really smile," continued Amy. "After some time, he started giving real smiles and 13 talked to me. Now, he always gives me a(n) 14, and is always very kind."

    If we remember to smile at others, most people can't 15 our smiles and they will smile back.

    "I can't find my glove," Father says.

    Kate and Alan want to help 1 father. Kate asks, "Dad, what 2 is your glove?"

    Father says, "3 brown."

    Alan asks, "4 did you lose it and when did you last 5 it?"

    Father says, "In my 6, but I can't remember (记起) the time."

    "I see some clothes (衣服) on the sofa," Kate says. "Let's have a 7."

    "OK," Alan gets a 8 from the sofa. A hat sticks to (粘) it.

    "Static can stick two objects together," Kate says.

    Then she peels apart (拨开) more clothes. Then she smiles. "I think I 9 your glove," she says. "Look! Your 10 glove is sticking to the shorts."

    "My glove!" Father takes it. "Thank you, dear!"