Camilla Chomp was a strange littlegirl. She liked to spend her time alone eating chocolate. Her parents wereworried, so they tookall the chocolate away.

    Camilla left her house to look forsome chocolate. She found a small house full of bottles. Among the bottles, a blue bottle caught Camilla's eyes. It was full of chocolate.In the bottle there was also a card with the words "Changetears(眼泪)intochocolate."

    Camilla was very excited. She ran outof the house with the bottle to look for someone crying. First, she met a little boy crying hard and collected his tears. The tears were quickly changed into chocolate. While Camillawas collecting the tears, she comfortedthe boy. Finally, the boystopped crying and they had a good time together.

    Later, Camilla met awoman and an old man crying. The woman had broken some bowls.And the old man's dog had just died. Camilla collected their tears and made them happy again.

    Soon, Camilla knew thatmaking people happy was much more important than finding chocolate. So shestopped collecting tears and began to help sad people. As a result, she had many friends and had a happylife.

    My neighbor is a doctor. He and his wife are some of the1people I have ever met. A few years ago, we started this kind of "favor war" where one of us would do something kind for the other, such as2the driveway or building a shed, and next time the other would3to top it with another favor.

    Yesterday morning, it snowed heavily and I remembered he shoveled (铲) my driveway for me. So I took out my shovel and took care of both our driveways and sidewalks because it was my turn to do a favor4. It took a while but I finished it and got into my car for work.

That night I got a5on my door, it was my neighbor. He immediately shook my hands and thanked me for shoveling his driveway and sidewalk, so that he was able to get to work earlier and6a boy.

    "As soon as I started the car early this morning, a call came through that a young boy in our neighborhood was seriously ill.7, my partner and I were only about 2 minutes away, but the closest ambulance 10 minutes," added he. "A young boy got to live his life because you did me the favor."

    It wasn't too much8to shovel a driveway, but what I did got a young boy to see his family again, go back to school again and live his life again.9favor is too small. Even the smallest favor can make the biggest10. One favor will always be followed by another.

Every girl dreams and Lisa is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). "Swan Lake" is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers are sure she is a good student.

One day she saw a poster that a famous ballerina group will be performing in her hometown. Confidence filled her heart and she was so excited. Her thoughts soon ran wild. "I must meet up with the leader of the group and show him my skills," she whispered to herself. When the troupe(舞团) arrived, Lisa put on her ballet outfit(芭蕾舞装) and hid in the dressing room. To her luck, the leader entered and she timidly(胆怯地) knocked at the door. She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses. The thorns(刺) hurt her hand but she did not care about the pain. The leader watched her action as she told him her dream. "Alright, you dance and then I will give you my conclusion." But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, "I'm sorry you're not good enough!" On hearing this Lisa ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was upset. She decided to give up her dream.

Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter memories of the leader's unfriendly words came flooding back to her. This time she decided to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough. This was his reply, "I tell this to every student." Then she got a further shock from the leader, "I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had hurt your fingers but you carried on bravery. If you had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily, therefore, you still deserve my conclusion!"

25．

Americans' Weekends

What do American families usually do on weekends？{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．Running，playing volleyball，biking and swimming are all popular sports．The weekend is also a time for American families to work in the yard{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．Sometimes some families spend the weekend painting their houses．They are busy on weekends，but they are very relaxed．

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}．They can go to the park，the zoo，the cinema and many other places they want to go．{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Sometimes they help their parents do some work at home and their parents will take them to the restaurant to have a good dinner．{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．

A．At weekends，some people like to stay at home．

B．They think the weekend is the best time of a week．

C．Many American families often do some sports on weekends．

D．Children are also very happy on weekends．

E．Children don't like weekends because they have a lot of homework to do．

F．They can play games，fly kites and play any ball games．

G．Many families plant flowers and vegetables in the garden．

Kevin and Chloe's anniversary(纪念日) is on16th May. Kevin doesn't know how to 1 it. 

After thinking it over, Kevin 2 to have a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant. He calls the only two Italian restaurants in town to book(预订) a table, 3 there are no tables available(可用的) on that day. 

Kevin knows that Italian food is Chloe's favourite. Having Italian food is the best way to make 4 happy. Now there are no tables available. 5 can he do?

Suddenly, Kevin has a(n)6 . What if he cooks Chloe an Italian meal?

He is sure that Chloe will be 7 . But there is one 8 — Kevin isn't a 9 cook. Then Kevin thinks he can go to an Italian restaurant and take the food home. 

The big day comes. Chloe is 10 work when Kevin orders the food and brings it back. As he puts the food on the table and puts the music on, Chloe 11 . 

Kevin 12 her the dinner. "Happy Anniversary!"

Chloe looks at Kevin. " Do you know what 13 it is today, Kevin? Our anniversary is tomorrow. "

"What? Is it 14 May today?" Kevin thinks. He looks at the calendar(日历). It turns out that Chloe is 15 . He looks back at her. "Well, I guess it's always good to practise. "