My name is Sally. There are 1 people in my family. My grandfather 2Mike. His birthday is 3 February 7th. My 4 name is Alan. August 5 is his birthday. My grandmother is Jane. 6 birthday is on April 8th. My mother's name is Jenny. Her birthday is 7 September. Do you know(知道) 8 my birthday is? Oh, 9 on November 26. I like to go mountain 10 on that day.

    Today is June 4th it's 1 fine day. It is Betty's birthday. She comes 2 and sees a new red box on her bed. She opens 3. There is nothing but a piece of paper 4 it! Betty takes it out and 5: “Dear Betty. I'm your present(礼物). Come and 6 me in the front room.” Betty runs 7 front room. She finds her parents there. They look at her happily. She looks round and sees her present — a nice 8 bike. “Happy birthday. Betty.” Her parents both 9. Betty is very happy and says: “10 very much.”

    Jack is a 16-year-old boy. Last summer, he wanted to have a nice1.He asked his parents for the money.But his parents said he must get it by himself.But 2could he get one?

    One day，on his way home，he was thinking about this.Not many people wanted to ask children to work3them.Maybe he could sweep away the snow for the neighbours.However，it was not4.He had to wait a long time for that. Just at the moment，he saw Tom，one of his classmates，working in a5shop.

    "I could do that，"he thought.He asked Tom some questions.He learned that it took Tom about three hours a day to do the job6he could get twenty dollars each week.Then Tom gave him the telephone number of the book shop manager.Jack almost 7 home."Mum，I have good news to tell you，"Jack said.After he told his mother that，she said,"I think it's a8idea."

    "I will9the manager tomorrow,"said Jack，"After all，I'm going to be a businessman.''Jack's mother looked 10at him and smiled.

    After the summer holiday，Jack got the bike which he dreamt of.

    Tom worked hard in an office. But it seemed that there was little change in his life. He was unhappy and didn't want to improve himself any more. His father, Joe, knew this and decided to have a talk with 1 .

    One day, Tom and his father went for a walk after dinner. 2 they were walking along a river, Tom said, “Dad, you always tell me to learn something new. To be3, I don't want to make any change.”

    Joe looked in the river, saw a dead 4and pointed at it.

    “Tom, what is that over there?”

    “It's a dead fish.”

    “What's the fish doing?”

    “It's moving down with the running water.”

    “But the fish is dead. 5 can it be moving?” asked Joe.

    “It's moving as the river is moving.”

    Joe turned to his son and said, “Life is 6 the river. It's always moving and always changing. Some people don't want to change, but their life is always changing whether they like it or not. A dead fish only moves along the river, while a living fish can control its journey. What's your choice if you want to live a 7 life?”

    This made Tom 8 his aunt who had already stopped learning and developing. And she just stayed the way she used to be, living like a dead fish.

    Guided by his 9 , Tom understood what he said. He didn't want to become a person like his aunt. So he made up his mind to 10  learning and developing himself.