Fiona Famous was a very  1  girl at school. She was such a busy girl, with  2  friends, that she  3 had a chance to  4  time with individual(单独的) friends.

    But everything changed  5  National Friendship Day. That day in class, everyone  6  make three presents to give to their three best friends.

    However, Fiona was the only one  7 had not received a  8  ! She felt terrible, and spent hours  9  . How could it be possible? No one regarded her as their best friend? Everyone came and tried  10  for a while. But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.

    That was exactly what Fiona had done so many times to  11  .

    She knew that she was a friend, but she was not a  12  friend to anyone!

    When she got home that night, Fiona asked her mother  13 she could find true friends.

 “Fiona, my dear, ” answered her mother, “If you really  14  true friends, you will have to give them real time. For a true friend you  15  always be there, in good times and bad. ”

    During the Warring States Period (475-22IBC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road. He picked it up and 1 it home. But his wife was not 2 and said, "I hear that a great man doesn't drink a thief's water or accept alms(施舍物) .What do you think of the action of keeping others' thing for yourself?" Yue Yangzi felt sorry 3 what he had done, so he put the gold back to the place where he found it.

    The next year, Yue Yangzi decided to go to a faraway school to improve himself. A year later, he came back home 4. "Why have you returned?" asked his wife in surprise, "You've 5spent one year studying with scholars (学者们)." "I come back because I 6you very much."

    Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom(织布机)at which she had worked. 7 the half done cloth, she said, "The cloth is woven from the best silk. Now 8 I cut it ,all my previous（先前的）work will be wasted. It's the same as your 9.You can learn a lot only by working hard. Now, you've stopped half way. Isn't it the same as cutting the cloth on the loom?"

    Yue Yangzi was moved by 10she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a learned man.

    Yu Boya lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was 1 in playing the qin. One day 2 a boat trip, Yu Boya saw green mountains and clear water. 3 wonderful they were! Boya began to play with his qin. A young woodsman stood on the riverbank enjoying the 4. His name was Zhong Ziqi.

    Yu Boya 5 Zhong Ziqi to the boat and played the qin for him. He played music that described the mountains. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to6the high Mount Tai." He played music that described the7. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to see the running river. Boya was8. "You really understand my music!" he said to Ziqi9.So they became best friends. And they made 10to meet again in the same place the next year.

    The following year, Boya arrived on time. 11 he found that Ziqi had died of an illness. This 12Boya very sad. He said, "My best friend is dead.13can understand my music now." He 14the qin and played the music of High Mountains and Running water. Then he 15 the qin and never played it again. So we have Gao Shan and Liu Shui (High Mountains, Running Water).

    Boya and Ziqi shared the same interest and they understood each other well. How good it is to have a friend like this!

    On March 14th 2018, one of science's 1 stars went dark. Stephen Hawking, the world-famous British scientist, died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Hawking 2 by many people to be the greatest scientist in history since Albert Einstein. He came up with the theory that the universe began with the Big Bang(爆炸) and 3 in black holes. His theories became the base for a lot of later research. Common people are also curious about the space. So he wrote books to help 4understand the universe. His most famous book is Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 10 million copies around the world, according CNN.

5 his scientific achievements, Hawking was also someone6 had strong will and optimistic attitude. When Hawking was 21, he was diagnosed (诊断) with7 serious illness that stopped him from walking and talking. Later in life, he had to sit in a wheelchair and "speak" using a computerized voice.8 this didn't stop him from living a meaning and colourful life. "If one is physically disabled, one 9 afford to be psychologically (心理上) disabled as well," he once said.

    Hawking traveled the globe10science conferences, visiting every continent, including Antarctica. He was also a fan of pop culture and appeared on TV shows such as Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory. Hawking has 11 fans in China. His first message of Sina Weibo was a greeting 12 his "friends in China" posted in both English and Chinese.

    He celebrated his13 birthday by going up in a hot-air balloon; when he was 65, he took part in a zero-gravity flight to experience14. He hoped to travel into space one day.

    In 2013, Hawking spoke about how he felt life was unfair when he was first diagnosed with his illness. "But now, 50 years later, I can be 15 satisfied with my life." he said.

    Paul is from America. He is a 13-year-old boy. He likes1on weekends. There are many TV shows every day. What2TV shows does Paul like and what does he3them? Well, Paul's favorite TV shows are sports news and Animal World. He often watches them 4he goes to bed. Paul's favorite5is P.E. at school. He likes playing basketball very much. Paul loves sports news. He thinks it is very6because he can see a lot of famous players. Paul also likes Animal World. He thinks the show is very interesting, and he can7a lot about animals from it. Pandas and koalas are Paula's favorite animals. Paul hopes 8to Australia to see koalas one day.