Susie Sunbeam was not her real name. It was Susan Brown. But everyone called 1 Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face. She 2 took brightness with her wherever she went. Her grandfather first gave her this 3, and it seemed to fit the little girl so 4 that soon it took the place of her own.

    Even when Susie was a baby, she laughed and smiled from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was 5 or hurt. When she had learnt to 6, she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother. 7, she helped her as much as she could.

She loved 8. She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her many questions. At other times, she would take a new book and read quietly. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used a(n) 9 word , but tried to do whatever would make her playmates happy.

    One day, a(n) 10 little girl with an old torn dress passed by. Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the little girl to come 11.

    “What are you crying for?” Susie asked. “Because they all 12 at me.” she said.

    Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She 13 the little girl with kind words, and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes. This brought real 14 to the poor child, and she thought that Sunbeam was the 15 name for Susan Brown.

    When I was eight years old, my mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go somewhere1. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would get something 2than a toy. She said I would get "access（通道）to a world of toys." I had no real idea what she meant. Did that mean we were buying a toy 3?

    But we did not end up at any toy store. Neither did we finally see anyone we knew.

    4, mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like something out of the past. It didn't have a modern5at all.

    We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then I found out what this place was, because there was a sign that 6"Marcy Public Library". We pushed the door open, and my mother led me to the front desk. "I'd like to get my daughter a library card", she told the man7the desk. He asked her to fill out a form. "What kind of books do you like to read?" he asked. I was too shy to 8. I only smiled. "Well, you'll find it out in time," he said. I do not remember9I picked out that day, but I know that in the years that followed I read through books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I 10knew that day.

    So my mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting the access to a world of toys.

Dale is an English boy. He is a 1 of Britain Middle school. He goes to school five days a week, from Monday to 2 . He studies hard (努力) at school. So he is very 3 every day. But today Dale is very happy, because it is Monday—the 4 day of a week. For most of the students, Monday is 5 , because they have to go to school again (又). They can't (不能) play 6 and they can't watch TV, either. But for Dale, he likes Monday. 7 Monday, Dale has PE. It is Dale's favorite 8 . The PE teacher, Mr. Liu is very good. He always 9 games with students on the playground (运动场). And he always has ways (方法) to make his 10 interesting, 11 Dale likes Monday very much. 

But for Alan, an American boy from Sunset Middle school, it is different (不同的). Thursday is his 12 day. He likes going around the world (周游世界) one day, and on that day, they have 13 . From the class, he can learn (了解) more about different countries (不同国家). So he 14 he must study it from now on. 

Do you know what 15 Jim likes best? It's Friday. Why? Haha, because the next day is Saturday! What about you?

Justin and Mary were on holiday at their uncle's house near a lake, but they woke up early. The night before, Uncle Thomas told them a1 about the Foggy Figure that haunts (以鬼魂形式出现) the lake. Justin and Mary wanted to see the Foggy Figure before their holiday was over.

It was only 5:00 am. Justin walked out and Mary2 him out of the door. It was foggy and 3 to see anything.

"Do you believe the story?" Mary asked. She had a4 that Uncle Thomas' story was not real.

"I think it is real," Justin said. "Mom and Dad will be really5 if we go out on the lake alone in this fog."

Mary said, "Maybe we don't have to go anywhere. We can 6 in the boat when it stops near the beach.

Justin and Mary climbed into the boat and sat together. Both of them felt 7 now. They looked around, and suddenly Mary shouted, "The Foggy Figure!" It was sitting in the8 with them!

Justin and Mary felt afraid, but then they heard a laugh. Justin 9 the Foggy Figure. "Uncle Thomas?"

"I knew that story would get you two out of bed 10 enough to take a boat ride with me," Uncle Thomas said.