Dear Mary,

     Now I'm at Bill's home. Please {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(help) me do some things. First, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) some food for my dog Robot. After Robot finishes eating his food, you can{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(clean) his small room. Then, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) him for a walk. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(not let) him be with Mom's dog Frank. They will fight. Many thanks.

    Your sister

Mona

    Hello. I'm Tom. I'm a middle school student. It's nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} about my family. There are f{#blank#}2{#/blank#} people in my family. They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and me. My father is a worker. My mother is an English teacher. My sister is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I'm fourteen. We three go to the s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} school. We all enjoy w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} football games. My h{#blank#}5{#/blank#} is at West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple t{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, but there a{#blank#}7{#/blank#} any pears or apples on them now. H{#blank#}8{#/blank#} is a photo of my house. In the photo, you can s{#blank#}9{#/blank#} three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We l{#blank#}10{#/blank#} them very much.

    Making friends is a skill like other skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and m{#blank#}1{#/blank#} friends, you must be willing to take some actions.

    You must first go w {#blank#}2{#/blank#} there are many people. You won't make friends staying at home. J{#blank#}3{#/blank#} a club or go to a party, talking with those who like the s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} things as you do. Or join someone in some a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    It's human nature to feel a bit unhappy about the unknown. Most of our fears come from doubts about ourselves. D{#blank#}6{#/blank#} forget they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease（自由自在）. You'll both f{#blank#}7{#/blank#} comfortable. Try to act self-confidently t{#blank#}8{#/blank#} you don't feel that way. When you enter a room f{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of strangers, walk straight, look directly at them and smile. Meeting someone new doesn't mean that you will make friends because friendship is based on mutual liking（基于互相喜欢） and "give and take". It takes t{#blank#}10{#/blank#} to develop.

    Mr Brown's horse was lost at night. All of his friends were very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to hear that and came to see him together. After {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（听） his story, one of them said, “Why didn't you close the door of the stable(马厩) last night?” “You aren't a deaf man”, the second said. “Didn't you {#blank#}3{#/blank#}anything at that moment? The thief(小偷) must {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(赶走) the horse away out of the gate, and couldn't carry it on {#blank#}5{#/blank#} back.” “I agree with you,” said the third man. “How {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(careful) you are! Every evening before I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to bed, I lock my stable first and put the key in my box. Why didn't you do so?”The more they said, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}excited they became. At last Mr Brown couldn't stand any more and said {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(angry), “None of you would help me look for my horse or catch the thief. Do you think that it's all my fault(错误）?{#blank#}10{#/blank#} don't you blame(责备) the thief?”

    Pets are wonderful friends and they can always be around. They provide their owners {#blank#}1{#/blank#} love and comfort. Some animals do even more {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that. Service animals can help disabled (残疾的) people. Over 12,000 disabled people use service animals to{#blank#}3{#/blank#} them to live an easier life.

    Service animals are not pets. They have an important {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to do. We know pets can't get into business and public places, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} service animals can. They can visit restaurants, hotels and hospitals.

    The most well-known service animals are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . They are Seeing Eye Dogs. A person, if there is something wrong with his eyes, needs this kind of dogs. These dogs must {#blank#}7{#/blank#} clever and kind. There are other kinds of service animals, too. If there is something wrong with his {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , he could keep a hearing cat to make him know noises around him. Service monkeys can get something for their owners, if their owners can't move.

    Animals {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our lives wonderful in many ways. Some animals help disabled people live an independent(独立的)life. Others give their owners comfort in a sad moment, or protect the owner when they are in danger. No matter what they do, animals are special friends. We should regard them {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a real friend.