It is almost Molly's birthday, and she wants only one thing. She1 that Dad can be home for her birthday. Molly's father is a 2 driver.

    Dad wakes (唤醒) Molly up on her birthday, “3, Molly !” he says. “It is a beautiful day today. The weather is nice. It's a great day for a 4.”

    “Where are you going today, Dad?” Molly asks. She doesn't feel 5 because she thinks her father is going to work on her birthday. Can't he 6Molly?

    “I mean where we are going,” Dad says. “7 are going for a ride in my taxi! Our first8 will be the meal. We will have a special birthday9!”

    “Wow!” Molly says, “10 will we go after that?”

    “Anywhere you like,” Dad says with a smile.

    Simon has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all 1 salegirls to be friendly to the buyers and he gets 2 money.

    One day an old woman 3into the shop to buy a handbag. When she went out of the shop with the handbag, she left her wallet in it. A girl who worked 4 a shop assistant picked it up and found there 5 nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and 6saw it. She put it into her pocket quickly. Soon the old woman came back to look for it7 she failed. She was sad and left. That evening Simon was told about it. He was so angry that he sent the girl away. Then he decided to get an honest man to take her place. Several young men came, but none of them could8  him.

    One morning 9 young man came to his office. He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?"

    "No, sir," answered the young man.

    "Do you drink?"

    "No, sir."

    Simon asked him the other questions, and the young man's answers made him happy. Before he made his decision, he asked him the last question, "You have no shortcoming, do you?"

    "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like 10  lies."

    Look at the girl. She is1good friend. She is2English girl. 3name is Kate. 4twelve. My 5is Fangfang. 6a Chinese girl. I'm eleven.

    Kate7a small sports collection. She has 8tennis racket, three basketballs, and five baseballs, but I only9a soccer ball. Kate and I both 10sports every day.

    After school on Friday, I waited at the school gate to walk home with Jemma, as usual. Then I saw 1 talking and laughing happily with some other girls. She glanced (瞥了一眼) at me and left me alone there. I knew right then that I had 2 my best friend.

    At dinner, Mom asked, "Is Jemma coming by tomorrow?"

    I shrugged (耸肩) and said nothing.

    The next morning, Mom asked, "Today is 3, what are you and Jemma going to do?"

    I shrugged again. "4 is Jemma?"

    Mom took a look at me. Then she said, "Will you take these magazines to Grandma, please?"

    5 I walked down the street, a new girl in the neighborhood came towards me, smiling. But I just went 6 her.

    Grandma welcomed me at the door with a warm hug.

Sitting on the sofa, I noticed a (an) 7 of kids in old-fashioned clothes on the table. Grandma pointed at a girl with short fair hair.

    "That's Beth Lambert," she said. "My best friend. Until a week before we took this photo."

    I was 8 at that.

    "Beth and I were best friends in school. We did everything 9. Then one day, she made new friends and said she didn't want to hang out with me anymore. Nothing hurt 10 that."

    I didn't say anything. I couldn't. I knew I'd start 11 if I opened my mouth.

    Grandma hugged me again. "Simone, sometimes friends grow 12. It might happen to anyone," she continued. "Then, see him?" Grandma's finger 13 to a boy with glasses in the photo. "He lived near me. When I was walking home by myself 14 this boy was, too, I said ‘hello'. And we became friends."

    "So, if we want to start a new friendship," she smiled. "One 15 is all it took."

    As I was heading home, that new girl appeared again. I went towards her and spoke, "Hello."

    Susan couldn't see well, and she wore big glasses. Some of her classmates made fun of (嘲笑) her big glasses.

    The 1 thing was that Lewis started calling her "Four Eyes". 2 knew her as "Four Eyes". She acted like she didn't mind, but 3, Susan didn't like the name.

    One day, the class 4 some caves (洞穴) as a school trip. Lewis and Susan fell into a deep hole (跌入深洞). They shouted for help. But it was 5 that no one came. They spent a long dark night 6.

    The next morning, Lewis went on shouting for help and he tried to look for a way out. However, he found nothing helpful after a few hours and started feeling 7. Susan used her glasses to let more light (光亮) show in the hole. Lewis felt better. In the end, they got out of the cave. Lewis told everyone about what 8 below the cave. And from that day, there was no "Four Eyes" in their class.