Mike is nine this year, but he's 1 in Grade One. He's tall in his class and his 2 is in the last row(排). Miss King usually wears 3 and can't see what the boy does there when she's near the blackboard. Sometimes Miss King asks him some 4. He stands up but doesn't know what she 5. Miss King often phones his father. The man is very busy. He 6 his wife to help Mike, but she doesn't know 7 and can't do that. She can only make him do his homework at home after supper. And she tells the boy she will buy a nice bike for him if he makes 8 in the exam(考试).

    This afternoon Mike 9 happily. When he sees his mother, he says, “I make a hundred this time.” “What?” says the woman, “What do you make it in?”“I make 10 in reading, forty in spelling and twenty in Maths.”

    Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country,    1  mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country Mouse saw the City Mouse, he  2 , "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City Mouse went. The City Mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good,  3 . Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should 4 and live in the city. You would live in a nice house  5 stone. You must come and see me at my house in the city. " The Country Mouse went to the house 6 the City Mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great  7 . The City Mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat is coming! " They ran away 8 and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country Mouse said, "I  9 living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For  10 is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

There are many holidays and festivals. Dads have Father's Day. Children have Children's Day. Is there a special day for old people?

Double Ninth Festival is a special day for old people in China. It started long ago. The festival is on lunar September 9th. On this day, people show love to their grandparents.

People do many different kinds of things on this day. They enjoy flowers, eat special cakes and drink wine (酒).

It's very interesting. The best way to celebrate it is climbing hills or mountains. People think climbing will bring them good luck and help old people live long lives. Double Ninth Festival is also a good time for a family get-together. And young people give their presents and best wishes to the old.

Qian Xuesen was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on December 11, 1911. He left Hangzhou at the age of three when his father obtained a post in Beijing. He graduated from the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University and attended Shanghai Jiaotong University. There, he received a degree in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on railroad administration.

After his graduation from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1934, he travelled across the Pacific Ocean to the United States for further study. There he received his PhD degrees in both aerospace and mathematics. After he graduated, he became a professor as well as a researcher who studied rockets and missile theories.

In 1949, when the news of the birth of the People's Republic of China came to the United States, Qian Xuesen and his wife decided to return to China. In 1950, when they were ready to return home, they were stopped by US officials and sent to prison. With the help of Chinese government and his friends, he finally returned home.

When he returned to China in 1955, our country's space research was almost a blank. In 1956, he set up the first research institute of rockets and missiles. From then on, he was in charge of developing China's missile, rocket and spacecraft research programs. He was a pioneer in these related fields and was honored as "The father of China's missiles". He is the pride of the Chinese people. He made important contributions to the missile and space programs in China.

He passed away on October 31, 2009, at the age of 98, but he is a man who still encourages Chinese youth. His devotion to our country was expressed in his saying. "My career is in China, my success is in China and my destination is in China!" When someone said he could make much more money if he stayed in the United States, he laughed and said, "My family name is Qian, but I don't like qian."

A Chinese film production, Qian Xuesen, directed by Zhang Jianya and starring Chen Kun as Qian Xuesen, was released on December 11, 2011 in both Asia and North America, and on March 2, 2012 in China.

There was a class of students who were very unruly (难管教的). None of the teachers wanted to teach them. So the headmaster had to call a teacher named Nancy who had just given up {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (she) job at a different school. He asked Nancy if she would like to come in and teach at the school {#blank#}2{#/blank#} one term. She agreed quickly {#blank#}3{#/blank#} thinking twice. 

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She showed the headmaster the list with the students'names and the numbers 136, 146, 129, 132, and so on written next to the names. The headmaster laughed and said, "{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(that) were not their IQ scores, but their locker (储物柜) numbers!"