"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked. When the baby was lying in her arms and she moved the cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped(吃力地喘着气). The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the hospital window. The baby had been born without ears. Luckily, time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. Though the misfortune(不幸)happened to him, he grew into a handsome boy. Yet he felt ashamed when he communicated with others.
    "You should get in touch with other young people," his mother told him, with a kindness in her heart. The boy's father talked with the family doctor about his ears. "Could nothing be done?"the father asked. "I believe I could give him a pair of outer ears, if they could be got," the doctor replied.
    Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, "You are going to the hospital, Son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need, but it's a secret."The operation is a big success. Later he married and entered the diplomatic(外交的) service. One day, he asked his father, "Who gave the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her."
    "You could, my son," said the father, "but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet."
    The years kept their secret, but one of the darkest days did come. He stood with his father over his mother's casket(棺材). Slowly, the father stretched forth(伸出) a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears.
    "Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?"

    When faced with difficult situations in their lives, many people find them too challenging and give up, especially on their life dreams. But not for Gabriel Heredia.

    Gabrrel is a 21-year-old Argentinean barber（阿根廷理发师）who was born without hands. But he was able to grow up happy and independent because he always had the support of friends and family. In fact, his inspiration for such work was his mother, who is a hairdresser. At the age of 14, he began to take interest in her work and learned all kinds of hair cutting skills from her. Although he first saw it as an interest, Gabriel quickly decided that this was his dream job.

    Gabriel's family soon helped him open his first barbershop in San Isidro, Peru, which he worked at for one and a half years. There, he met Zlatan Gomez, the president of Argentina Corta, an organization for barbers to connect, do charity (慈善) work, and teach hairdressing. Later, Gabriel became part of Argentina Corta, offering his services to people of all ages so they can build up the skills they need to get a job.

    Gabriel then moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina where he cuts hair today. As a bright and caring young man, Gabriel tries hard to not only be a barber, but also make a connection with the neighborhood. He says, "The thing that I like the most about my job is that people feel comfortable and stylish with my cuts and that makes me feel happy."

    Gabriel always does his best to be independent. He never gives up. There is nothing he can't do. Besides cutting hair, he has learned to ride a bike, a motorbike and even to drive a car. He is no doubt inspiring others.

Two months ago, my husband's hand was badly hurt after an accident at work. Then we had to, drive to the hospital to do the physical therapy(治疗)for his hand three times a week.

Today while we were driving to the hospital. We saw a young man standing in the strong and cold winds. We stopped and asked if he needed a ride. He gladly accepted and jumped into the back seat. His name was Dan and he wasn't going far.

As we dropped him off, we noticed he had many large piles (堆) of cut wood in his yard. We asked if he was interested in selling any. He said," Oh, you can just come by anytime, even if I'm not here and take all you want." We asked how much it would cost for a trunk load (一箱). He answered," It's free. We have more than we'll ever use. So just come by and get it anytime. Thanks for the ride and have a great day!"

We still wanted to pay for it and would only get it when someone was home, but he just kept saying what he already told us.

Dan just wanted to repay (回报) us with the wood, never knowing how much that would mean to us because my husband isn't able to chop any wood for us this winter.

Helen Keller is my hero. To me, she is one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(great) persons all over the world. Helen is a famous {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(write) and educator (教育工作者) in America. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was about 19 months old, she got very ill and couldn't see or hear at all. As time passed, things got even {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(bad) than before— She couldn't understand anything. 

One day, a teacher named Anne Sullivan came to help Helen learn about words. Helen was very clever and she learnt {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(spell) her first word. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the help of Miss Sullivan, Helen went to school when she grew older. Then Helen Keller wanted to help others and she spent a lifetime {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(do) so. The world remembers her today as {#blank#}8{#/blank#} brave and wonderful person.

It's hard for Helen {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(live) a normal (正常的) life. But she tried {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(find) a way to see and hear. Luckily, she made it!

 How do you know about your family?{#blank#}1{#/blank#} . But for the two sisters Aishvarya and Vaishali, they have different ideas(想法).

 Aishvarya and Vaishali live in America with their parents. Their grandparents live in India (印度).{#blank#}2{#/blank#} . To know them well, the sisters make a book. It's a good book. It has the sisters' questions(问题) and their grandparents' answers(回答).{#blank#}3{#/blank#} .

 To make the book, the sisters go to India to visit their grandparents. Their grandmother tells many stories, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . He is a quiet man. But he writes many stories.

 The sisters share the book with their friends. One of their friends says, "What a great book!{#blank#}5{#/blank#} ."

Dear Michael, 

How are you? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Let me tell you now. 

In the morning, we have four classes. At 8:00, we have the first class. It is always maths, English or Chinese. My favourite subject is maths. Why? Because I love numbers very much. The second class begins at 9：00. After the class，we have a break（课间休息）. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}The next two classes are from 10:00 to 11:45. And then we have lunch in the school dining hall at 12:00. I like to eat food there. In the afternoon, we always have PE, art or music. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the PE class, I can play sports. How interesting! Our classes finish at 4:00. Then we can go home.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} What about your school days?

Yours, 

Zhang Wei

What's your favourite day of the week？Why？（答案不多于15词）{#blank#}5{#/blank#}