Mrs. Yuan is a writer. She's 1 and often helps the poor person. It was very cold one snowy morning. On the way to her office, she saw an old man 2 on the ground. She came to him and help him to 3 and bought some porridge and bread for him. The old man ate up the food quickly and  4 her very much. Then she asked. “Where do you live, Grandpa?”

     “I have no  5  madam,” said the old man. “ I have to sleep outside 6.”

     “How old are you?” “Ninety-two.” Mrs Yuan became 7 and went on asking, “Why not live in the old people's house?”  8 I have a son,” said the old man. “they've 9 admitted(接纳) a person who has children.”

     “Do you have any children?”

     “Yes,” answered the old man. “I have a son.”

     “Where is your son, then?”

     “He has no children, 10 the old people's house admitted him.”

     “It's unfair!” said Mrs. Yuan. She overcame several difficulties and at last helped him to live in the old people's house.

    It's hard to make friends if you stay at home all the time, so get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with(接触)other people. It's easier to make friends with them when you find you like the same things as other people.

Don't be afraid to show people what you're really good at. You can talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if they, hear something interesting about you.

    Look at people in your eyes when you talk to them. That way, they'll find it easier to talk to you, or people may think you're not interested in them and may stop being interested in you.

    Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about "me, me, me” You can ask people lots of questions and show that you are interested in their answers.

    Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect(尊敬)and admire(羡慕). You shouldn't just make friends with those people you will meet them easily. Try to be friendly with all kinds of people. That way, you'll have a bigger group of people to choose from. Then you'll be easier to make friends with other people.

It was raining heavily as I was walking up the hill towards the station at six o'clock on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there wasn't much traffic and there weren't many people. Just as I was crossing the road near the top of the hill, a car came around the corner. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it hit a lamp post and turned over.

    I ran to the car to help the driver at once. He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his face. A young woman hurried into the station and phoned for an ambulance, while I took care of the driver. Many people came to see what happened. A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about the accident. After a while the ambulance arrived and the driver was sent to the hospital.

    On Monday morning I went to the hospital to see the man. The doctor told me that he was much better, and he would leave the hospital after a few day's rest.

A: Hi, Mary. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

B: I enjoy watching soap operas. Do you like them?

A: {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I don't think they are interesting. 

B: Then what do you like watching?

A: I like watching sports shows. They are very exciting.

B: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

A: I watch them five times a week. 

B: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

A: Yes, you are right. 

B: What's your favorite sport?

A: {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I often play basketball after school.

It was a cold afternoon. I was training（训练） a football team for first graders. It was the day of our first practice. I seated the kids on a long bench on the grass. Any time I was training a new team, I spent a few minutes getting them to 1 one another, each kid saying his name and the names of all the kids sitting to the left of him.

A few minutes later, I decided to choose Alex to start at the end of the bench, go up to each kid, say that kid's 2 and then shake his right hand.

Alex was doing well and he went down the row（一排）—Dylan, Micah, David and Beau—until he reached Ben. He said Ben's name and reached out his right hand, but Ben just 3 there with his right hand 4 in his jacket. "Ben, why don't you let Alex shake your hand?" I asked. Ben stood up and said, "But I don't have that 5 ." He pulled his jacket away from his right shoulder. Ben's arm ran from his right shoulder but his arm 6 at the elbow（胳膊肘）. No forearm, no hand, no fingers! I got shocked（震惊） and could think of 7 to say, but the little kids were curious（好奇的）.

"What happened to your arm?" Alex asked. "Does it hurt?"

Ben took off his jacket to 8 the kids what they all wanted to see. He explained（解释） to them that he had always been that 9 and that there was nothing special. What he meant was that he wanted to be treated（被对待） like everybody else.

And he was. From that day on, he was 10 Ben, one of the players on the team.

In my school, once you are in the sixth grade you can create (创建) your own club. It can be anything! I create a classics (经典作品) club. Students can talk about the Latin language (拉丁语) or books in our club.

Running a club is not easy, so I ask a friend for help. To make the club useful, we plan to make a show during each of our meetings. We think of 20 different ideas! Some of those include "Why are classics still important?" "What does Harry Potter have to do with classics?" "How do classics write about women?" To make more students interested in our club, we have topics (话题) from science and maths in classics to arts and languages.

Last week, our school had a club show. It was the first time we had shown our club to others. We had 30 members that day. Now it's time for the club to finally start.