When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, "Tony fell from the open window!" She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, "Don't worry, I'm just joking." My mother shouted at me, "If you do it again, I'll hit you."

      Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn't joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn't swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

      In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven't joked on anyone.

    Ann is my classmate. She comes from New York, and she lives in Shanghai with her parents now. Every morning, she goes to KFC to have breakfast. Sometimes she buys a hamburger for me. She can't speak Chinese well. In the evening, her father often helps her with it. He's a teacher in our school. He can speak Chinese very well.

    Ann thinks the school life(生活)in China is very interesting. Ann likes reading Chinese books because she wants to know more about China. She tries(努力)to talk with her Chinese friends in Chinese. She hopes to speak Chinese well. She is very happy to live in China. She loves people here.

Back home, Qian at once {#blank#}1{#/blank#} helping China develop a space program. He started the Institute of Mechanics in Beijing, where he trained young scientists. He worked on many important space {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In 1960, China's first rocket and first missile were launched(发射) {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. In 1970, China launched its first satellite. It is largely because of Qian's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that China so quickly developed a space program, and became only the third country to send a manned rocket into space in

2003. 

Qian watched this rocket launch on television. He was by he will always be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for his great contributions(贡献). He working so hard for his country, even through difficult times, helping develop the space program that pushed China into the future. 

The Chongyang Festival is an important and famous Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nine)day of September in the lunar (阴历) month. In 2021, it falls {#blank#}2{#/blank#}October 14th.

The festival has a history of more than 1,700 years. The number nine is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}highest odd number(奇数). In China, it is believed that two nines meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(show) love and respect for their elders. People hold many kinds of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (activity) in honor of old people, wishing them a long life and good health.

The festival comes during the golden days of autumn. On the day, people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tradition) drink chrysanthemum(菊花) wine, eat special cakes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant called dogwood. People in ancient times {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(consider) that the plant could drive the illness away in winter and stop them from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(catch) by evil spirits.

Since you have known about Chongyang Festival and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(it) traditions, why not step out and make the festival this year special? Write to us and share your stories.

I have invented robots which improve the work of cars. My love of making things began when I was a kid. I really became 1 about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.

In Grade Four, we 2 a project by our teacher in class. We had to write to a company and learn about the products. I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company. Soon after,3 company sent me a book about the life of Thomas Edison. 4 excited I was!I enjoyed reading and re- reading about his inventions. I like the recorded sound and the electric light best.

My dad 5 my interest in inventing and encouraged me. He showed me 6 I could turn my ideas into plans and then into new things. Once, I surprised 7 witha model plane I made. Later, we found a similar model plane 8 a store. I learned that different 9 often invent similar things. I also learned that not all great ideas work. Failure is a common part of the inventing.

My dad is always looking for a better way 10 a simple job. His guiding hands, together with my interest in inventing has led me to become an engineer and inventor. Of course, I also thank Thomas Edison. He is my hero.

Frank is a truck driver. Recently, he was thought to be a great man. 

Last Monday, he was driving on the road with his son and his friend. Suddenly, he saw a car hit another truck and caught fire. The accident was just in front of his truck. Without thinking, he stopped his truck, found a fire extinguisher（灭火器）and ran towards the broken car. But other car drivers still sat inside their cars. Frank began to fight the fire. His action（行为）encouraged（鼓舞）his friend. He also came and lent Frank a hand. Later, Frank's son and four other men came to help. Another five men pulled（拉）the car driver and her granddaughter（孙女）, a three-year-old girl out of the car successfully. They were all safe except that the driver's le g was hurt. 

When people talked about his brave action, Frank said, "I didn't think about too much then. I just did what other people would do in that situation. When I first got out of the truck, I wished that they wouldn't die. When I saw they were living, it was really great!"

"My father was so calm and brave. He set a good example to me. " said Frank's son.