Mrs. Green is going to hold a birthday party for Mary. Mary is her daughter. She is going to be thirteen years old. Mary's friends are going to come to the party. They are all girls.

    Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

    "That's a nice cake," says Mrs. White.

    "Thank you very much," says Mrs. Green.

   Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's buying fruit for the party. She buys a lot of pears, apples, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Now the first girl comes, then another. The party is going to start after thirty minutes.

    Mr. and Mrs. Su don't often go out in the evening, but today they go out for a walk after supper. They go to the park and have a good time there. On their way home, Mr. Su says to Mr. Su, "Look! A woman is running in the street and a man is running after her." Mr. Su says, "What's the matter? Let's go and help her."

    Now the woman gets near them. Mr. Su asks, "Shall we help you?" "No, thank you," the woman says, "My husband（丈夫） and I are running home, and the slower (较慢的) one does the housework."

    Cindy comes from England. Her father works in a hospital and her mother teaches dance. When she was two, her parents bought her a small violin(小提琴). Cindy's sister Virginia was sixteen at that time. She played the piano. After Cindy heard Virginia play something, she played it on her violin. Her great talent surprised (使震惊)her family. From the age of four, she played at a lot of concert（音乐会）in England and America.

    Many teachers wanted to give Cindy lessons but when she was seven she met Mu Miller. She was sure(确信) from the beginning that he was the right teacher for her. Each year Cindy flies hundreds of kilometers to get to his classes.

    Cindy was only fourteen when she made her first CD, but she says she is just like other children. "I have lots of friends and I love music. I want to be a violinist (小提琴手), but I also make sure I have time for other things."

Peter was at his grandparents' house. He saw some coins in a bottle in the living room. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} On each coin, Peter saw dates, famous people's faces and values showing how much they are. Peter liked them so much. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

He began his collection. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} But that quickly became too small for all the different coins he collected.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} When his family and friends went to the USA and the UK, he asked them to bring back coins. He also bought some coins on the internet, and some of them were really expensive.

It was quite a hobby, collecting coins. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Even the smell of metal made him smile. He was really into coins! The good thing about it was that you could use it if you really wanted to, but they were fun to look at, as well.

A. Some people collected stamps, dolls, or baseball cards, but he liked coins.

B. He started with a small box in his desk drawer.

C. The next step was to collect coins from other countries.

D. They were so cool with wonderful information.

E. He wanted to collect coins.