It's Sunday afternoon. It's my son's eighth birthday today. I go into a 1shop to buy a big birthday cake for him.

    There are lots of people in the shop. When I am 2 a cake, I find a little boy watching the cakes for a long time. He is 3old clothes. At last he chooses a cake. Then he gives money to the shopkeeper and says to her, “I want the 4 cake.”

    “Sorry, the cake is 20 yuan, but you only have 10 yuan,” says the shopkeeper.

    “I ...I have no more money,” says the little boy and he begins to cry.

    “Oh, my boy. Who would you like to 5 the birthday cake for?” I ask.

    “My mum, madam.”

    “6 doesn't she come and buy one?”

    “My father left us three years ago,” the boy says. “We don't have much7. My mother has to 8 from morning to night every day. She celebrates my birthday every year, but she 9 celebrates hers. It's her birthday tomorrow. I want to buy a small cake for her. But I don't have enough money...”

    “Oh, my boy! I'm your 10 friend,” I say. “I will buy her a nice birthday cake.” I give the money to the shopkeeper and leave the shop.

    Last summer, I went to Yunnan on vacation with my family. We1four days there.

    Our first stop was Lugu Lake. I wondered why there was so beautiful a lake in the world. I enjoyed2there. We went boating and took quite a few photos, Then we went up to a hill. On the top of the3 , we got to see something beautiful. I felt like l was in a painting. I thought l would4forget the beautiful scenery there

    The next morning we went to Lijiang by bus. It was a long5from Lugu Lake to Lijiang. We6in the afternoon. After a short break, we went to walk around the town and bought some gifts. Then we decided to try the famous Guoqiao Rice Noodles for dinner. They were very7and delicious. After dinner we took a walk and enjoyed the old streets and buildings8the moon. The summer evening was cool.

    Our9stop was the” spring city” Kunming, We visited Dianchi. watched the birds and went to the flower market. We had a really wonderful day.

    The four-day trip came to a(n) 10soon. We had to go home. Everything in Yunnan was great It is a very beautiful and interesting place. I'm sure you'll never regret going on a trip there.

    George Mallory was an English school teacher who loved climbing. In 1924, Mallory and a team of British1tried to get to the top of Mount Qomolangma, 2mountain in the world. No one had ever done it before.

    Mallory had already tried to3the top of Mount Qomolangma in 1921 and 1922, but he had4both times. In 1924, he tried again. On June 8, 1924, he and 5climber, Andrew Irvine, were only a few6meters from the top of the mountain. The other members of their7team watched as Mallory and Irvine climbed slowly up towards the top. However, the weather was very misty, and soon the two men8into the mist. They could never9.

    In 1953, Edmund Hillary10New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal, finally reached the top of Mount Qomolangma. Most people thought that they were11to do this, but some people12whether Mallory and Irvine had got there first.

    Many years later, in 1999, Mallory's body13on Mount Qomolangma, about six hundred meters from the top of it. However, it is still not known14he and Irvine ever reached the top of the mountain or not.

    Someone had once asked Malory why he wanted to climb15mountain in the world. "Because it's there," he answered.

    The Turners 1 America. They are now 2.

    Beijing, the capital of China. This is their first visit to China. They are going to stay in China 3 three months. They want to visit some big cities like Beijing and Xi'an and old villages like

    Hongcun and Xidi in Anhui. They hope to learn 4.

    Chinese too, because it will make their trip much easier.

    Mr. Turner is 5 good driver. He likes to drive in Beijing, because he can enjoy the beautiful scenery(景色). Mrs. Turner is a school teacher. She 6a school now. 7 daughter is a middle school student. In Beijing, she meets some students. The family 8 a lot of pictures on the Great Wall When they are back to America, they will 9 the pictures to their friends.

    They want 10 to know more about China.

  Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, "You won't be a real man until you begin to 1helping others."

  One morning, his parents gave him some money to 2some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very 3. Bill went to him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

  The old man answered, "I'm hungry. I haven't had any food for two days. "

  All the thought of his parents' words, Bill said to the old man, "Let's go to the 4."

  When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter 5 the plate and the cup, the old man said, "Sorry for giving you too much 6. I'm fine now. I'll 7forget your kindness! You are a very good young man"

  Bill was 8when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned 9that his food was free 10it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customer(顾客) that day.